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Mad-cow ban cost U.S. $11 billion in beef exports

Oct 07, 2008

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U.S. ranchers and processors lost almost $11 billion in revenue between 2004 and 2007 after major importers barred U.S. beef following the discovery of mad cow disease in the United States, according to a government report issued on Tuesday.

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