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Mike

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US Still Expected To Accept Over 30 Months Canadian Cattle



WiINNIPEG (Dow Jones)--A Canadian cattle official said the recent demands of a U.S. cattle producing group should not affect changes to a proposed U.S. rule on whether to accept Canadian cattle over 30 months of age. He also noted that the rule is now out of the hands of the USDA.



R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America responded to news of Canada's latest bovine spongifrom encephalopathy (BSE) case by stating that the USDA should indefinitely postpone plans to revise its ban on older Canadian cattle.



"Their only venue is through the courts and so far they've been defeated at every court challenge that they've been involved in," said Rob McNabb, assistant general manager of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA). He said R-CALF previously lost two court appeals in relation to the first revisions to the ban in 2004.



"The court system has recognized the USDA has both the authority and the competency to deal with this."



He said the USDA has yet to make an official statement on revising the rule, as it is currently in the hands of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.



McNabb said the latest the CCA heard from the USDA was when it announced in a release July 13 that a USDA expert will be sent to Canada to participate in the investigation of the case.



"We welcome the fact that they're going to send someone up to participate and see things first hand," he said.



The U.S. banned all Canadian beef and cattle in May 2003 after the first case of BSE in Canada was discovered. In 2004 Canadian cattle under 30 months were allowed in for slaughter, and beef products from animals under 30 months were also allowed.



McNabb said the latest revisions to the rule are to expand the list of what is acceptable to include animals over 30 months for slaughter, as well as product from animals over 30 months and breeding cattle born after a certain date.



The latest BSE case, which was reported on July 10 and confirmed on July 13, involved a cow born four years after the 1997 implementation of a ban on ruminant-to-ruminant cattle feed. Infected feed is believed to be the cause the spread of the disease.



"In light of our recent case, that date is the uncertainty at the moment," he said.



Source:Alan MacKenzie, Dow Jones Newswires, (204) 947-1700, [email protected]
 

Sandhusker

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"The court system has recognized the USDA has both the authority and the competency to deal with this."

Other than SH, MRJ, and Agman, who else here shares this sentiment?
 
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Anonymous

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WiINNIPEG (Dow Jones)--A Canadian cattle official said the recent demands of a U.S. cattle producing group should not affect changes to a proposed U.S. rule on whether to accept Canadian cattle over 30 months of age. He also noted that the rule is now out of the hands of the USDA.



R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America responded to news of Canada's latest bovine spongifrom encephalopathy (BSE) case by stating that the USDA should indefinitely postpone plans to revise its ban on older Canadian cattle.



"Their only venue is through the courts and so far they've been defeated at every court challenge that they've been involved in," said Rob McNabb, assistant general manager of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA). He said R-CALF previously lost two court appeals in relation to the first revisions to the ban in 2004.

Actually the courts didn't stop the OTM rule- The US Senate did- and the USDA backed down and rescinded their OTM proposal after the Senate voted to go against USDA's ruling...And I believe the US Congress will stop anything the USDA again proposes on OTM beef or cattle/ IF they even follow thru with their proposal - which I doubt they will this year in an election year...

I also believe there may be a major Congressional move to rescind the entire Import Rule even on UTM's because many of these legislators are catching heat from the major consumers groups- and the fact that Canadian product and beef from Canadian cattle is not being identified for the US consumer....

I again print what Senator Baucus sent me in response to my letter of concerns about USDA's BSE policy and the fact there was unlabeled Canadian beef being shipped into the US consumer and fraudulently being passed off as US beef.....

In light of the two most recent cases of Canadian BSE-infected cattle, I think that the USDA's decision to proceed with their plan to open the border was too fast of a move. Moving ahead without all the facts at hand could jeopardize our food supply, which is a risk I am not willing to take.
 

Manitoba_Rancher

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OT- You can keep posting this garbage on here about the US not wanting our product but you damn well know its just as safe or safer than US beef. If anything I think Canada should be concerned about imported US cattle.
 
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Manitoba_Rancher said:
OT- You can keep posting this garbage on here about the US not wanting our product but you damn well know its just as safe or safer than US beef. If anything I think Canada should be concerned about imported US cattle.

Are you denying that the US Senate didn't vote against the OTM rule before?

What has changed in Canada since that vote- except for the finding of 4 POST feedban BSE cattle- one being born 5 years after the feedban went into effect and manifesting the disease at only 50 months old- and Canada admitting that their feedban was lax and proposing to change it "a year from now"..... :???:

You can believe whatever you want- but I believe there will be a battle in Congress- and I'm not even sure Canada will have any US Ag organizations (including NCBA) supporting them...

Did your read the MSGA statement?
The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) has contacted the U.S. Agriculture Secretary, Mike Johanns, to request a halt to any and all pending decisions that may liberalize the importation standards for Canadian cattle over 30 months of age.
 
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