... The Canadian regulations came in a full two years after Britain had banned the practice, and

three years after Canada barred uncertified cattle imports from the United Kingdom because of BSE fears.

The Canadian government didn't ban the dangerous feed practices until 1997.

The lawsuit now proceeds - even as a new round of criticisms is being levelled at Ottawa over the Conservative government's latest policy shift on mad cow prevention and detection.

A scientist at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency was fired this month after

stumbling upon a classified policy document that shows the government decided last year to cut back on inspections of meat, meat products, animal feed and commercial seeds, among other food items...

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