The U.S. Agriculture Department plans to propose by mid-2006 that Washington lift the last remaining mad cow-related restrictions on Canadian cattle.
Department spokesman Ron DeHaven said on Wednesday that officials hope to introduce a rule within eight months that would lift a ban on imports of Canadian cows older than 30 months.
The United States closed its borders to Canadian beef in 2003 after mad cow, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, was confirmed in an Alberta animal.
Restrictions on younger cows were lifted this year because they are least at risk for the brain-wasting disease.
Canada has discovered two more cases of mad cow since the ban was implemented, while two cases have been found in the United States.
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