~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?