Questions from Japan/Answers by USDA

[Mike]

Read carefully. One question addresses the concerns of Japan about Canadian cattle crossing the border into the US.

The answer proves that "ONLY" tonsils and distal ileum are removed from animals UTM. SRM's are not really SRM's folks. Depends on age.
What a whitewash.

http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-20050304-71.html

[STAFF]

FSIS also requires in-plant sanitation procedures for preventing cross-contamination by SRMs. When an establishment is slaughtering or processing cattle 30 months of age or older and cattle younger than 30 months of age, inspection program personnel verify that the equipment (e.g., saws and knives) is properly cleaned and sanitized between carcasses and parts. Do THEY THROW away the EQUIPMENT ?Didn't know you could sanitize PIRONS.

[Mike]

[Sandhusker]

[PORKER]

THE animal BSE age issue is not a Human health issue and not sound science as a BSE western test is sound science and most all beef is for human consumption.

[Tam]

[Tam]

[quote="STAFF"]FSIS also requires in-plant sanitation procedures for preventing cross-contamination by SRMs. When an establishment is slaughtering or processing cattle 30 months of age or older and cattle younger than 30 months of age, inspection program personnel verify that the equipment (e.g., saws and knives) is properly cleaned and sanitized between carcasses and parts. Do THEY THROW away the EQUIPMENT ?Didn't know you could sanitize PIRONS.[/quote}

The UDSA told Canada we couldn't even use the same plant to process OTM and UTM cattle, we had to segregate plants. Which was the main reason our cull cattle prices tank as bad as they did. We went from a system with some competition for the cattle to a one family owned plant in charge of slaughtering all cull cattle. Talk about a capitive supply. They could pay what ever they felt like because they were the only market in Canada.

[Bill]

[quote="Tam"]