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OIE "Double Standard"?

Mike

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EU Ambassador Accuses U.S. Of Double Standard On Beef Trade

The United States has a double standard when it comes to beef trade rules around bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), according to Ambassador John Bruton, Head of the EU Commission Delegation to the United States.

"For example, the EU and the U.S. worked together in 2005 in the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) to forge a global agreement and recognition of the fact that boneless beef, under 30 months of age, does not pose any BSE risk. This very agreement is used to promote U.S. beef exports in Asia, yet, at the start of 2008, EU exports of boneless beef under 30 months to the USA are still blocked — supposedly because of BSE. This is a double standard," Burton said in a news release.

"The EU has yet to receive OIE designation for BSE," USDA Press Secretary Keith Williams told Meatingplace.com when asked to comment on Bruton's charges.

Bruton also voiced concern that the latest semi-annual regulatory agenda for U.S. government agencies did not include specific planned actions to address the concerns of European exporters about the U.S. market.

"We need to make more progress toward equivalence in the meat sector…we need to move more quickly toward risk-based inspections and away from the costly blanket approach," he said, questioning why USDA inspectors will spend more than 300 days in 2008 between January and September inspecting European meat plants, while EU inspectors will spend only about 30 days in the United States during this period.

Williams says there's a reason for that. "Each of the EU nations has different standards and its own methods. Thus, auditing more than 20 countries' varying food safety systems is quite different than auditing plants within one country's system," he said.

By Janie Gabbett on Monday, January 07, 2008 For Meatingplace.com.
 

flounder

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Mike said:
EU Ambassador Accuses U.S. Of Double Standard On Beef Trade

The United States has a double standard when it comes to beef trade rules around bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), according to Ambassador John Bruton, Head of the EU Commission Delegation to the United States.

"For example, ........snip.......


:lol: :lol2: :lol2: now that's funny.


sad part is, it never has been about nothing but trade, human health lost out long time ago. OIE and GW got just what they wanted, the spreading of all strains of TSE globally, and legally.



GW et al and the OIE, gave birth to the BSE MRR policy, the legal. trading of all strains of TSE globally, and they still ain't happy $$$


http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments/2006-0011/2006-0011-1.pdf


http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0612&L=sanet-mg&T=0&P=20678


http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0611&L=sanet-mg&T=0&I=-3&P=3381


IN A NUT SHELL ;

(Adopted by the International Committee of the OIE on 23 May 2006)

11. Information published by the OIE is derived from appropriate declarations made by the
official Veterinary Services of Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible for inaccurate
publication of country disease status based on inaccurate information or changes in
epidemiological status or other significant events that were not promptly reported to the
Central Bureau,

http://www.oie.int/eng/Session2007/RF2006.pdf


AS I SAID, bought and paid for by your local cattle dealer i.e. USDA. The status of USA for BSE that is to be announced in May 2007 by OIE, has already been decided, and it's a big fat lie. This is like letting a known, and convicted criminal, prosecute themselves. They will find themselves innocent every time. It's a win/win situation for the industry, and the consumer [email protected] out again, snake eyes, you loose. ...


National Center for Import and Export
Sanitary International Standards Team
World Organization for Animal Health - (OIE)


Draft Proposals October 2006
Comments Submitted to OIE Proposed for Adoption at General Session May 2007


Draft Proposals October 2006

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (pdf) (rtf)


snip...end...full text ;


http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2008/01/bse-oie-usda.html


SEAC 99th meeting on Friday 14th December 2007

http://seac992007.blogspot.com/



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