A ban on imports of Canadian cattle has been lifted by a U.S. federal appeals court. The ban was originally in effect to keep mad cow disease out of the country. The ban took hold back in May of 2003 after a cow was found to have the disease. While the issue is still a concern to some, the imports are already starting.
"USDA did not provide significant justification for overturning a long-standing policy that protected both the U.S. cattle herd and U.S. consumers from the introduction" of the disease, said Bill Bullard, executive director of the Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund.
A hearing was scheduled for July 27 in a Montana court to discuss the arguments of this case, but the new ruling will surely have an effect on that. R-CALF, the group who got the imports banned in the first place plans to take the case to the Supreme Court.
Chris is a staff writer for latest ebusiness news. 
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