The Wolf > wrote in message
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> Why is the farm lobby opposed to slaughter of these cows for human
> consumption in the U.S.?
>
> How many are there?
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I urge you to view this link.

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRe...d=104-12242003

It may not be time to panic but it is certainly time to make changes. In
fact the farmers and feed lot owners involved in this are reputable people.
People need to realize this parctice of adulterating feed is a practice of
the industry.

Just like ecoli this was a time bomb waiting to go off. We are no safer
today from ecoli except that we have been made well aware to cook hamburger
thouroghly.

The political and economic disaster this will cause is far more costly than
having done business correctly in the first place.

There are about 100 million cows in the U.S., one third of which are
slaughtered each year. USDA Testing on these cows amount ot one tenth of 1
percent.




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