On 2012-05-11 18:52:10 +0000, Nancy2 said:

> In these days of spooky isolated occurrences of mad cow disease, I
> wouldn't touch it if it included any spinal bits.

I think you might mean "isolated investigations" or "isolated coverage"
of mad cow disease. I believe they test one per thousand, or at least
they "try to" with the testing scaled back in the previous
administrations. €¦After calling the facilities to let them know what
date and time they'll be there.