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I hope this isn't true, as I got it in an email. But the credentials at the bottom make me fear that it is true.
Subject: Fw: McDonald's Beef
I'm sure those of you who aren't in the cattle business don't
understand the issues here. But to those of us who who's living
depends on the cattle market, selling cattle, raising the best beef
possible... this is frustrating. As far as my family, we don't eat at
McDonald's much (Subway is our choice of fast food), but this will
keep us from ever stopping there again, even for a drink.
The original message is from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.
American 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 make an impact, but if we pass this around maybe there will
be an impact felt.
Please pass it on. Just to add a note, 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 from now on 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 generation 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 difference. If this makes sense to you,
please pass this message on.
David W. Forrest, Ph.D., PAS, Dipl. ACAP
Department of Animal Science
Texas A&M University
2471 TA! MU
College Station, TX 77843-2471
Email [email protected]
Phone (979) 845-3560
Fax (979) 862-3399
Subject: Fw: McDonald's Beef
I'm sure those of you who aren't in the cattle business don't
understand the issues here. But to those of us who who's living
depends on the cattle market, selling cattle, raising the best beef
possible... this is frustrating. As far as my family, we don't eat at
McDonald's much (Subway is our choice of fast food), but this will
keep us from ever stopping there again, even for a drink.
The original message is from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.
American 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 make an impact, but if we pass this around maybe there will
be an impact felt.
Please pass it on. Just to add a note, 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 from now on 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 generation 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 difference. If this makes sense to you,
please pass this message on.
David W. Forrest, Ph.D., PAS, Dipl. ACAP
Department of Animal Science
Texas A&M University
2471 TA! MU
College Station, TX 77843-2471
Email [email protected]
Phone (979) 845-3560
Fax (979) 862-3399