Information or Misinformation?

When America's NATO allies decided to ship military food packets for those rendered homeless by Hurricane Katrina, it was rightly viewed as a terrific gesture, worthy of American thankfulness.

Now, there are reports in at least one British paper that the rations sent by Great Britain have been impounded by the US Department of Agriculture and may be burned. The Mirror seems unable to avoid hyperbolic America-bashing in their report and the Daily Kos is, of course, trumpeting it.

But I just want to know two things:

Is the report true?

If it is true, what is the reasoning behind impoundment?

Who knows? If the rations are being impounded, it may have to do with legitimate concerns over the spread of Mad Cow Disease.

The great thing about blogging and this era of rapid communications is that information gets passed around quickly. The bad thing about it is that misinformation gets passed along just as quickly.