Just who do you think made this comment and when?
Is BSE in Texas contained or should that state be under quarantine like R-CALF thinks Canada should be?
Is there a targeted testing going on in Texas like R-CALF demands there should be in Alberta?
R-CALF also commented on the 7 year ban on exports on countries that have discovered BSE, should the US be exporting beef and cattle to say CANADA?
In another rambling comment they also ask about the 3 1/2 month lag time from the time the cow was turned over to the vets and the announcement, but in true R-CALF style all facts were wrong.
What about the US's lag time was the USDA questioned or thanked for delaying the announcement ?
Under the R-CALF USA's proposed framework for strengthening U.S. Resistanse to BSE
Now we all know the Texas cow was discovered in Nov. 2004 but it took until June 2005 to get a confirmed positive back from the U.K. did R-CALF demand Texas be quarantined in Nov. when the first and second inconclusive tests and the one test that was positive, but tossed as it was just an experiment, were found? Did they ever demand a quarantine of Texas?
It goes on to say that all cattle imported from Canada were to be marked so they could be immediately identified. Is R-CALF demanding that all Texas cattle to be marked with a big T so the rest of the US states, Canada and Mexico knows they come from a State that is known to have BSE?
What I found a bit strange was this was dated May 30 2003 and already R-CALF had a framework supported by their menbership and affiliates that was ready to take to the CONGRESS to which they urged the Congress to personally contact the USDA and to "encourage them to implement the R-CALF proposed framework as soon as possible. They worked almost as fast as Cebull did in putting out his ruling. :wink:
.Past experience shows that the findings of only a single case of BSE within a year's time provides little assurance that the disease is contained
Is BSE in Texas contained or should that state be under quarantine like R-CALF thinks Canada should be?
Is there a targeted testing going on in Texas like R-CALF demands there should be in Alberta?
R-CALF also commented on the 7 year ban on exports on countries that have discovered BSE, should the US be exporting beef and cattle to say CANADA?
In another rambling comment they also ask about the 3 1/2 month lag time from the time the cow was turned over to the vets and the announcement, but in true R-CALF style all facts were wrong.
What about the US's lag time was the USDA questioned or thanked for delaying the announcement ?
Under the R-CALF USA's proposed framework for strengthening U.S. Resistanse to BSE
c. obligates our trading partners to immediately cease all exports and to immediately begin the quarantining process upon a preliminary finding of BSE
Now we all know the Texas cow was discovered in Nov. 2004 but it took until June 2005 to get a confirmed positive back from the U.K. did R-CALF demand Texas be quarantined in Nov. when the first and second inconclusive tests and the one test that was positive, but tossed as it was just an experiment, were found? Did they ever demand a quarantine of Texas?
It goes on to say that all cattle imported from Canada were to be marked so they could be immediately identified. Is R-CALF demanding that all Texas cattle to be marked with a big T so the rest of the US states, Canada and Mexico knows they come from a State that is known to have BSE?
What I found a bit strange was this was dated May 30 2003 and already R-CALF had a framework supported by their menbership and affiliates that was ready to take to the CONGRESS to which they urged the Congress to personally contact the USDA and to "encourage them to implement the R-CALF proposed framework as soon as possible. They worked almost as fast as Cebull did in putting out his ruling. :wink: