Regulatory Watch: Congressional scrutiny expected in response to mad cow
"Obviously Congress is going to look into this and I think we can expect some increase in oversight of how cattle in the United States are processed," said Chris Galen, vice-president for communications at the National Milk Producers Federation.
Galen said the most obvious area of improvement is a better system for tracking the 100 million head of U.S. cattle from the feedlots to the processing plants. He said dairy farmers have long been in favor of better regulatory recording keeping in that area.