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      "id": 104618,
      "date": "2004-03-17",
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      "title": "Animal Rendering: Economics and Policy",
      "summary": "Renderers convert dead animals and animal byproducts into ingredients for a wide range of\nindustrial\nand consumer goods, such as animal feed, soaps, candles, pharmaceuticals, and personal care\nproducts. U.S. regulatory actions to bolster safeguards against bovine spongiform encephalopathy\n(BSE or mad cow disease) could portend significant changes in renderers' business practices, the\nvalue of their products, and, consequently, the balance sheets of animal producers and processors. \nAlso, if animal byproducts have fewer market outlets, questions arise about how to dispose of them\nsafely. This report, which will not be updated, describes the industry and discusses several\nindustry-related issues that have arisen in the 108th Congress.  (1) \n     1.  \u00a0For periodic updates on issues affecting the industry, see\nCRS Issue Brief IB10127,  Mad Cow Disease:\nAgricultural Issues for Congress .",
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