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How SHOULD BSE have been "handled' by USDA?

mrj

Well-known member
There seem to be several "experts" continually claiming USDA (urged by NCBA to use internationally accepted science) has done everything wrong re. BSE.

This being a long holiday weekend, between celebrating birthdays of both Canada and the USA, there should be some time for a bit of reflection and thought......

First, what year did you first become aware of BSE?

How would you have handled it? Exactly what would you have done?

Remember, some of you insist everything connected to the present US administration is corrupt and you wouldn't want to do business with any of them, some of you don't believe in the internationally accepted science re BSE, so what do YOU believe should have been done to deal with this condition known as BSE? Exactly how and when would you achieve your plan?

When would you have STARTED implementing your plan?

MRJ
 

flounder

Well-known member
IT seems to me that the Canadians are really getting serious about there BSE
surveillance and eradication of this agent. a far cry from what the USA are
and have been doing. for the usda et al to continue with there bse charade,
will only spread the agent and continue to expose many in the USA and around
the globe. there is not a snowball chance in be nice that Canada has more
BSE than the USA. the only reason figures are as they are, is that USDA june
2004 enhanced bse surveillance was nothing more than a surveillance system
set up to NOT find BSE. this was proven from the very beginning with the
type of rapid test they chose, the least likely to find. then from day one
the BSE protocols were screwed up from the beginning and had to be tweaked
and tweaked and then fine tuned some more, then you had the first Tejas mad
cow they just decided to not go by any protocol and rendered that stumbling
and staggering mad cow without any test at all. then the other Tejas mad cow
where the Tissue samples sat up on the shelf for some 7+ months, and then it
took and act of congress and the end around johanns by the honorable Phyllis
Fong of the oig. they still don't know how old that cow was in Alabama, and
a veil of secrecy and confusion still clouds those two cows with this
atypical/spontaneous saga. i could go on, but facts are facts, and BSeee, is
just that. this agency, the industry that runs it 'USDA', and this
administration will do anything and everything to protect it's precious
commodity. your only kidding yourselves. just ask these folks ;


MAD SHEEP OF MAD RIVER VALLEY

THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE USDA'S WAR ON A FAMILY FARM

LINDA FAILLACE


The video is available as either a Windows Media Player file or QuickTime
file.

View QuickTime clip

View Windows Media Clip

http://www.chelseagreen.com/images/lambslow.mov


http://www.chelseagreen.com/images/lambslow.wmv


OR GO HERE ;


http://www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/madsheep/FilmClip



I have the book transcript, and wept several times through the course of
reading. IT
will blow you away. I was at a crossroads of being mad because of a 'oh my
poor sheep blah blah blah, to what about my poor mom, mentality', to
Francis and Heather and there plight with there animals, heathers remarkable
dear leon speech, to francis and his true grit, and honorable strong young
man indeed, to 'what about a farmers rights and how far can the gov go
mentality'. i would argue with some parts of the book about atypical TSE and
BSE to sheep and the fact i still believe that not only atypical scrapie and
or BSE in sheep, but some and or all of the 20+ strains of typical scrapie
are transmissible to humans, and the fact in my opinion it was USDA's fault
for ever letting those sheep into the USA in the first place. They knew
Europe was infected with BSE. But USDA got caught up in a bunch of lies and
deceit here with the Faillaces'. The testing is very very questionable to
date.
I guess i might now have my answer as to those infamous 'mouse bio-assays',
but the book is remarkable, i received a copy from the publisher. everyone
in the world of TSE pro/con needs to read this book. .....TSS
 

Sandhusker

Well-known member
For starters, MRJ, how about a little consistency? If a policy is based on scientific knowledge and that knowledge never changes, why would the policy change?
 

Econ101

Well-known member
How about a little honesty and transparency?

We should never be afraid of the truth. We have to realize it and change to meet its demands.

MRJ if you think the USDA has been either of these, you just haven't kept up with anything but what the NCBA puts out. The packer wing is running the NCBA/USDA and hurting producers. The OIG report on GIPSA proves that and all you can do is dismiss the truth in it.
 
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