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Canadian shipment included eight pregnant cows

by Pete Hisey on 8/24/2005 for Meatingplace.com


According to Canadian press reports, the shipment of cattle that included one animal over 30 months of age also included eight pregnant animals. The Calgary Herald reported on Tuesday that Francine Lord, national manager of imports and exports, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, revealed that the cattle came from a southern Ontario farm, and noted that while the export of pregnant cows is not allowed under USDA's Minimal Risk Rule, there is no danger to the human food supply.

A spokeswoman for Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America, however, wondered aloud where the fetal blood from the unborn calves went. That substance is banned from import.

Jim Rogers, a spokesman for USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, told Meatingplace.com that the slaughter plant discovered the pregnant cattle, destroyed the fetuses, and alerted USDA, which then warned Canada that breeding cattle are specifically barred from entering the country. Canadian authorities conducted an audit of the shipment, and discovered the overage animal in the process.
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