NEBRASKA: Corn, cattle groups, not government, behind E.coli research - (Brownfield Network)
January 29, 2008 – 5:43 pmIn the lead front-page article of its latest Sunday edition, the Des Moines Register reported that the Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) in Clay Center, Nebraska, is conducting research to determine the impact, if any, of feeding ethanol co-products on the levels of e. coli 0157:H7 found in cattle. The article said the government had decided to conduct the research because of last years wave of e. coli-related ground beef recalls.
But Dr. Mohammed Koohmaraie, who directs the MARC, told Brownfield that is not the case. According to Koohmaraie, the research is actually the brainchild of corn and beef industry groups.
“The Nebraska Corn Board made the commitment that they will not only give us some funding to do the experiment, but they’ll also find a source of dry distillers’ grains (DDG) for us,” Koohmaraie explained. “And then the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association at the same time contacted […]
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