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Econ101

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~SH~ said:
Sandbag: "Is complete SRM removal based on sound science?"

Depends on what the meaning of "IS" is.

Just kidding. Couldn't resist quoting your hero, William Jefferson Clinton.

NO!

So why should we base bse testing on sound science he asks?

Here's the deal. Japan makes their own rules as you've stated. We either abide by them and ship beef to them or we don't but in that process, we have to decide what actions we will support and what actions we won't.

Agreeing to remove all SRMs is hardly the same as agreeing to create an "ILLUSION" of safety by bse testing cattle under 24 months of age with tests that will not reveal bse prions in cattle under 24 months of age.

Here's where I can give you lattitude Sandbag, if Creekstone has a usda approved test that will reveal prions in cattle under 24 months of age, I say too, let them test and absorb the costs of testing but that's not the case.

Moot point anyway, Japan has already accepted our beef without testing.


Sandbag: "Does it make the product any safer?"

NO!

Japan's rules, not ours. Again, we have the ability to pick and choose what rules we will abide by and what rules we won't.

Here, let me help you out with another typical Sandbag spin question.

WELL, WELL, IF WE REMOVE SRM'S FOR JAPAN, WON'T THAT CREATE EXPECTATIONS FOR US CONSUMERS??? WHY AREN'T US CONSUMERS ASKING FOR ALL SRM'S TO BE REMOVED???

Because the science doesn't support it but Japan isn't known for making good decisions. TORA! TORA! TORA! LOL!

WELL, WELL, ISN'T TOTAL SRM REMOVAL CREATING AN "ILLUSION OF SAFETY"???

Their rules Sandbag, not ours! That doesn't justify supporting consumer fraud.

NEXT!



~SH~

SH, is the U.S. sending beef to Japan now?
 

flounder

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Mike wrote;

One way only, by using the old tests that the USDA was using before the Texas cow.


hey there mike,

can't forget the stumbling and staggering mad cow TEXAS rendered without any test at all ;



FDA Statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Statement
May 4, 2004
Media Inquiries: 301-827-6242
Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA



Statement on Texas Cow With Central Nervous System Symptoms
On Friday, April 30 th , the Food and Drug Administration learned that a cow with central nervous system symptoms had been killed and shipped to a processor for rendering into animal protein for use in animal feed.

FDA, which is responsible for the safety of animal feed, immediately began an investigation. On Friday and throughout the weekend, FDA investigators inspected the slaughterhouse, the rendering facility, the farm where the animal came from, and the processor that initially received the cow from the slaughterhouse.

FDA's investigation showed that the animal in question had already been rendered into "meat and bone meal" (a type of protein animal feed). Over the weekend FDA was able to track down all the implicated material. That material is being held by the firm, which is cooperating fully with FDA.

Cattle with central nervous system symptoms are of particular interest because cattle with bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE, also known as "mad cow disease," can exhibit such symptoms. In this case, there is no way now to test for BSE. But even if the cow had BSE, FDA's animal feed rule would prohibit the feeding of its rendered protein to other ruminant animals (e.g., cows, goats, sheep, bison).

FDA is sending a letter to the firm summarizing its findings and informing the firm that FDA will not object to use of this material in swine feed only. If it is not used in swine feed, this material will be destroyed. Pigs have been shown not to be susceptible to BSE. If the firm agrees to use the material for swine feed only, FDA will track the material all the way through the supply chain from the processor to the farm to ensure that the feed is properly monitored and used only as feed for pigs.

To protect the U.S. against BSE, FDA works to keep certain mammalian protein out of animal feed for cattle and other ruminant animals. FDA established its animal feed rule in 1997 after the BSE epidemic in the U.K. showed that the disease spreads by feeding infected ruminant protein to cattle.

Under the current regulation, the material from this Texas cow is not allowed in feed for cattle or other ruminant animals. FDA's action specifying that the material go only into swine feed means also that it will not be fed to poultry.

FDA is committed to protecting the U.S. from BSE and collaborates closely with the U.S. Department of Agriculture on all BSE issues. The animal feed rule provides crucial protection against the spread of BSE, but it is only one of several such firewalls. FDA will soon be improving the animal feed rule, to make this strong system even stronger. :liar:

OOPS!..........TSS



http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/NEW01061.html


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