Brussels, 04/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - Conducting a mass slaughter in the European Union of cows over 30 months old that have not been screened for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to combat mad cow disease would be a waste, observed Margareta Winberg, Swedish Agriculture Minister, on Wednesday in Lisbon. She was commenting, on behalf of the BSE-exempt country that took up the rotating Council Presidency in January, on the measures decided by the Union to restore consumer confidence in...