USDA reviewing 4,800 pages of comments

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reported that it has received and is reviewing more than 4,800 pages of public comments regarding its rule to reopen the U.S. border to Canadian cattle 30 months old and older and to beef from those cattle (Feedstuffs, Nov. 19, 2007). A federal judge in South Dakota, in response to a petition by R-CALF USA to temporarily enjoin the rule, ordered USDA last year to reopen its rulemaking to public comment because it failed to provide for comment on the beef portion of the rule (Feedstuffs, July 14, 2008). However, the judge did not issue an injunction that would halt cross-border trade in older Canadian cattle and beef from those cattle...Feedstuffs