WASHINGTON -- The World Organization for Animal Health voted Tuesday to grant the U.S. and Canada a favorable "controlled" risk status for mad-cow disease, something the countries hope to use as a new negotiating tool to open up beef markets still closed or partially closed to beef exports.
Glaieul Mamaghani, a spokeswoman for organization, known commonly by the French acronym OIE, said the vote was "unanimous" by the organization's members for both the U.S. and Canada.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said in a prepared statement: "We will use this international validation to urge our trading partners to reopen export ...
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