Surprise---US Mad Cow was imported from Cananda
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Surprise---US Mad Cow was imported from Cananda
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:43:54 GMT, "Minnime"
> wrote: > http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031227/D7VMRP180.html > I guess you've also figured out that our cattle and their cattle crossed back and forth over the boarder until "their" mad cow appeared. Practice safe eating - always use condiments |
Surprise---US Mad Cow was imported from Cananda
sf wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:43:54 GMT, "Minnime" > > wrote: > >> http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031227/D7VMRP180.html >> > > I guess you've also figured out that our cattle and their > cattle crossed back and forth over the boarder until "their" > mad cow appeared. > > You put your foot on it! It is not a them versus us (USA vs. Canada) thing. It is a continental (ne global) problem. As long as bad husbandry practices are in place in the interests of corporate profits this problem (and others not yet identified - or identified and denied) will continue. We, the consumers, suposedly have the last say. Yah right!!! Regards. Ken. |
Surprise---US Mad Cow was imported from Cananda
> Ken Davey wrote: <snip> > > As long as bad husbandry practices are in place in the interests of > > corporate profits this problem (and others not yet identified - or > > identified and denied) will continue. We, the consumers, > > suposedly have the last say. > > Yah right!!! If people lined up willing to pay 3 times the amount for beef raised without bad husbandry practises, the corporations would jump. USians has been spoiled by cheap food, and even bad and bad for you food is deemed better than pricey food. I was at a house not long ago...big TV, two DVDs, computer games with all kinds of inserts, palmpilots, big truck, and the kitchen was full of rice a roni, frozen burger, canned mixed veg, a big sticky plastic jug of no-name vegetable oil, milk, sugary dry cereal and a box of eggs. Oh, and a generic version of Eggos and fake maple syrup in another huge sticky jug. When I go through the checkout lane, I see this repeated over and over. We vote with our dollar, not with our feet. blacksalt |
Surprise---US Mad Cow was imported from Cananda
Ken Davey wrote:
> > sf wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:43:54 GMT, "Minnime" > > > wrote: > > > >> http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031227/D7VMRP180.html > >> > > > > I guess you've also figured out that our cattle and their > > cattle crossed back and forth over the boarder until "their" > > mad cow appeared. > > > > > You put your foot on it! > It is not a them versus us (USA vs. Canada) thing. It is a continental (ne > global) problem. > As long as bad husbandry practices are in place in the interests of > corporate profits this problem (and others not yet identified - or > identified and denied) will continue. We, the consumers, > suposedly have the last say. > Yah right!!! > Regards. > Ken. Up to a point you do have a say. Don't buy beef or other products you might feel to be unsafe. Also the Canadian thing isn't proven, as Canadian records aren't matching up to US records yet. |
Surprise---US Mad Cow was imported from Cananda
Arri London > wrote:
> Up to a point you do have a say. Don't buy beef or other products you > might feel to be unsafe. But how does one know what an unsafe beef product looks like? Usually, unsafe food is indistringuishable from safe food unless its moldy or smells bad. > Also the Canadian thing isn't proven, as Canadian records aren't > matching up to US records yet. Time will tell. Perhaps the Canadian and American authorities should request an evaluation from an outside unbiased party such as the Brits. |
Surprise---US Mad Cow was imported from Cananda
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Surprise---US Mad Cow was imported from Cananda
Arri London wrote:
> > wrote: > > > > Arri London > wrote: > > > > > Up to a point you do have a say. Don't buy beef or other products you > > > might feel to be unsafe. > > > > But how does one know what an unsafe beef product looks like? > > Usually, unsafe food is indistringuishable from safe food unless > > its moldy or smells bad. > > I gave up beef in 1986, as soon as the rumours of BSE began in the UK > and before anyone acknowledged there was a problem. Wasn't a big thing, > as we hadn't eaten much to begin with. > > If it worries you, why take a risk and eat any beef at all? Plenty of > other things to eat. > > > > > > Also the Canadian thing isn't proven, as Canadian records aren't > > > matching up to US records yet. > > > > Time will tell. Perhaps the Canadian and American authorities should > > request an evaluation from an outside unbiased party such as the Brits. > > Even if the cow were to be proven definitively from Canada, it doesn't > mean that it was infected there. American farmers were still feeding > animal products to cattle within the incubation period of the disease. > Probably still are sometimes, even though it is banned. Exactly my point. When BSE broke out in the UK, I wrote the Canadian department of Agriculture and the Alberta Cattleman's association asking if any part of beef is feed back to the beef and does beef feed contain any parts of any animal? I got no answer. It has been said if you type a few words into google you can find almost any answer. I tried for many hours to try and determinal what is in beef feed and/or what is fed to beef. I went to government agricultural sites and every other lead. All I was able to determine is that feeding beef blood to beef, pigs, lamb and fowl is permitted up to 30 percent and not considered animal parts as we know it. I also learned that ground meat can contain eyeball which I didn't know up to that point. But what is in beef, pig, fowl or lamb feed is still a mystery. The governments and spokes people will say it is safe but nobody says what the cattle feed contains. Maybe someday we will learn that. Until then I no longer eat beef. Not that all beef is unsafe, but until I know or my neighbours all want to know, I am waiting it out. |
Surprise---US Mad Cow was imported from Cananda
Arri London > wrote:
> I gave up beef in 1986, as soon as the rumours of BSE began in the UK > and before anyone acknowledged there was a problem. Wasn't a big thing, > as we hadn't eaten much to begin with. > If it worries you, why take a risk and eat any beef at all? Plenty of > other things to eat. Actually, it doesn't worry me in the slightest bit. > Even if the cow were to be proven definitively from Canada, it doesn't > mean that it was infected there. American farmers were still feeding > animal products to cattle within the incubation period of the disease. > Probably still are sometimes, even though it is banned. Agreed. |
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