SUBJECT: S.
AMERICAN BEEF AT MC DONALDSTHIS IS A GOOD MAN WHO TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE
THIS AND EVEN SIGN HIS NAME AND CONTACT, SO PLEASE
READ:I'm sure those of you who aren't in the cattle
business don't understand the issues here. But to those of us whose living
depends on the cattle market, selling Cattle, raising the best beef possible...
This is frustrating.The original message is from the Texas Cattle
Feeders AssociationAmerican cattle producers are very passionate about
this.McDonald's claims that there is not enough beef in
the USA to support their restaurants. Well, we know that is not so. Our opinion
is they are looking to save money at our expense. The sad thing of it is that
the people of the USA are the ones who made McDonald's successful in the first
place, but we are not good enough to provide beef. We personally are no
longer eating at McDonald's, which I am sure does not impact them, but if
we pass this around maybe there will be an impact
felt.All Americans that sell cows at a livestock auction
barn had to sign a paper stating that we do NOT EVER feed our cows any part of
another cow. South Americans are not required to do this as of
yet. McDonald's has announced that they are going to start importing
much of their beef from South America. The problem is that South Americans
aren't under the same regulations as American beef producers, and the
regulations they have are loosely
controlled.They can spray numerous pesticides on their
pastures that have been banned here at home because of residues found in the
beef. They can also use various hormones and growth regulators that we
can't. The American public needs to be aware of this problem and that they may
be putting themselves at risk now by eating at good old
McDonald's.American ranchers raise the highest quality beef in
the world and this is what Americans deserve to eat. Not beef from countries
where quality is loosely controlled. Therefore, I am proposing a boycott
of McDonald's until they see the
light.I'm sorry but everything is not always about the
bottom line, and when it comes to jeopardizing my family's health, that is where
I draw the line.I am sending this note to about thirty people. If
each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ...and those 300 send
it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the
message reaches the sixth level of people, we will have reached over THREE
MILLION consumers!I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much
potential, did you? Acting together we can make a big difference. If this
makes sense to you, please passthis message
on. David W. Forrest, Ph.D ., PAS,
Dipl.ACAP Department of Animal
ScienceTexas A&M
UniversityPhone (979)
845-3560Fax (979)
862-33992471 TAMU College Station, TX
77843-2471