It seems that our Compassionate Conservative President isn't
willing to address issues that are of VITAL importance to
us. He wants to fingerprint people entering and exiting the
country, when he should be attending to the welfare of the
Republic, such as safe guarding our food supply.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?I60A225F6 .
this is what really creeped me out::

According to USDA spokesman Matthew Baun, it's up to
consumers to check with their grocers, butchers or
restaurants to find out if any of the recalled meat may have
landed on their tables.

"We are prohibited from releasing information that companies
would consider proprietary,'' he explained. "If you are
concerned whether you may have purchased the product, you
can call your retail store. They would know. .. . The only
way to know for sure is to contact stores."

All this secrecy is grounded in USDA rules surrounding the
voluntary nature of tainted meat recalls, and in an
18-month-old memorandum of understanding that arose in an
earlier tainted-meat episode. The memorandum was agreed to
between the federal agency, California and several other
states, and was meant to give states a bigger role in
verifying that the recall was working.

* * *

I'm unclear why this hasn't been an issue here in rfc. Sure
we've had "you too" from Canadian supporters, but no post
has indicated the complicity of our government to such a
degree.

The public distribution of (however faintly) tainted cattle
parts is a very serious matter and the reluctance of our
government to regulate it is truly concerning. Our rights
have been eaten away by the Patriot Act, yet no one in
government is willing to stand up and declare that parts
from a few tainted animals should be recalled? So what if
that mean every single animal part should be returned? We
are talking about the public welfare... health and safety.

In the end, it turns out that meat for pet food is better
regulated than meat for human consumption.



Practice safe eating - always use condiments

sf > wrote in
:

> It seems that our Compassionate Conservative President isn't
> willing to address issues that are of VITAL importance to
> us. He wants to fingerprint people entering and exiting the
> country, when he should be attending to the welfare of the
> Republic, such as safe guarding our food supply.
>
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?I60A225F6 .
> this is what really creeped me out::
>
> According to USDA spokesman Matthew Baun, it's up to
> consumers to check with their grocers, butchers or
> restaurants to find out if any of the recalled meat may have
> landed on their tables.
>
> "We are prohibited from releasing information that companies
> would consider proprietary,'' he explained. "If you are
> concerned whether you may have purchased the product, you
> can call your retail store. They would know. .. . The only
> way to know for sure is to contact stores."
>
> All this secrecy is grounded in USDA rules surrounding the
> voluntary nature of tainted meat recalls, and in an
> 18-month-old memorandum of understanding that arose in an
> earlier tainted-meat episode. The memorandum was agreed to
> between the federal agency, California and several other
> states, and was meant to give states a bigger role in
> verifying that the recall was working.
>
> * * *
>
> I'm unclear why this hasn't been an issue here in rfc. Sure
> we've had "you too" from Canadian supporters, but no post
> has indicated the complicity of our government to such a
> degree.
>
> The public distribution of (however faintly) tainted cattle
> parts is a very serious matter and the reluctance of our
> government to regulate it is truly concerning. Our rights
> have been eaten away by the Patriot Act, yet no one in
> government is willing to stand up and declare that parts
> from a few tainted animals should be recalled? So what if
> that mean every single animal part should be returned? We
> are talking about the public welfare... health and safety.

Agreed with all above.

> In the end, it turns out that meat for pet food is better
> regulated than meat for human consumption.

Time to drag out the carton of Fancy Feast! I'm partial to Chunky
Chicken myself! <G>

Wayne