Mike said:
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=67e3dd65-f8b3-471b-b15c-b59d63025358&p=1
Has there EVER been an "EFFECTIVE" one?
Just take a look at the number of positives in the UK "Post Ban".
there is not an effective ban in the US either ;
In 2007, in one weekly enforcement report, the fda recalled 10,000,000+
pounds of BANNED MAD COW FEED, 'in commerce', and i can tell you that most
of it was fed out ;
10,000,000+ LBS. of PROHIBITED BANNED MAD COW FEED I.E. MBM IN COMMERCE USA
2007
Date: March 21, 2007 at 2:27 pm PST REASON Blood meal used to make cattle
feed was recalled because it was cross-contaminated with prohibited bovine
meat and bone meal that had been manufactured on common equipment and
labeling did not bear cautionary BSE statement. VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN
COMMERCE 42,090 lbs. DISTRIBUTION WI
REASON Products manufactured from bulk feed containing blood meal that was
cross contaminated with prohibited meat and bone meal and the labeling did
not bear cautionary BSE statement. VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 9,997,976
lbs. DISTRIBUTION ID and NV
END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR MARCH 21, 2007
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2007/ENF00996.html
Subject: MAD COW FEED RECALL USA SEPT 6, 2006 1961.72 TONS IN COMMERCE AL,
TN, AND WV Date: September 6, 2006 at 7:58 am PST
snip... see listings and references of enormous amounts of banned mad cow
protein 'in commerce' in 2006 and 2005 ;
see full text ;
Friday, April 25, 2008
Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or Feed [Docket No.
2002N-0273] (Formerly Docket No. 02N-0273) RIN 0910-AF46
http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2008/04/substances-prohibited-from-use-in.html
SPECIFIED RISK MATERIALS
http://madcowspontaneousnot.blogspot.com/2008/02/specified-risk-materials-srm.html
SRM MAD COW RECALL 406 THOUSAND POUNDS CATTLE HEADS WITH TONSILS KANSAS
http://cjdmadcowbaseoct2007.blogspot.com/2008/04/srm-mad-cow-recall-406-thousand-pounds.html
TSS