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Court bars meatpacker tests for mad cow

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Agriculture Department is within bounds to bar meatpackers from testing slaughter cattle for mad cow disease, a U.S. Court of Appeals panel said in a 2-1 ruling on Friday. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/Reuters/domesticNews?a=hJp9sS"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/Reuters/domesticNews?i=hJp9sS" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?a=yFmxSK"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?i=yFmxSK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?a=Y2JXZk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?i=Y2JXZk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?a=Z6tqnk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/Reuters/domesticNews?i=Z6tqnk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/domesticNews/~4/378314498" height="1" width="1"/>