Oldtimer said:
~SH~ I might be an old dummy, but its reassuring that their must be at least two of us when a US Federal Judge rules on the same issues I have been arguing for years- Long before R-CALF.... And then for him to take such a strong stand agiainst this unlabeled beef and the blanket use of the USDA stamp by foreign countries without even being examined by a USDA employee-- Reassuring....
I don't know how this case will end- but I'm sure it won't be the last- Not on the safety issue especially in this day of terrorist threat... I just wonder how the next Judge that has a case in front of him will rule when he finds out the same is happening south of the Rio Grande- that that non-employee of USDA that works for one of the most bribery ridden governments in the world is health inspecting our beef-- walking around the plant with "peechures of my seester for a buck" in one pocket and the USDA stamp in the other....I always wonder how strong Mexico and Canada's employee screening is, two countries that have pretty well turned their back on the ongoing war on terrorism and told us its our fault and our war....
~SH~ How many Trans-X (Canadian beef haulers) trucks have you ever ran into? We have several a week go thru here- usually travelling in pairs anymore-- but somehow its not real reassuring when you watch one go through and the driver is wearing a turban or sheet rapped around his head....
I see why Tommy Thompson and FDA were so frustrated and said that our food imports were wide open for contamination and terrorist plots..I only hope it doesn't take another 911 situation involving imported food to wake the USDA up......
What else are you going to blame on the Canadian ranchers Oldtimer. The USDA stamping is not up to
us. The COOL labeling is not up to
us. Backing you in a war, which we do, is not up to the Canadian ranchers, it's is up to our military. Do you think we should get our gopher hunting rifles out and jump on a plane would that help you out? There are things that we have no control over and you are bring them all up to justify killing our BEEF industry. As far as the turban wearing people that cross the border in trucks so we have some living in Canada.
How many live in the US? Wasn't the terrorists of 911 schooled in the US on how to fly a plane by american they didn't care where the money came from as long as it was good old green backs?
Blame the Canadian ranchers for something we have control of. Like feed bans noncompliance, oh yea you did that and the USDA and the NCBA came up and inspected to find we had a robust system and good compliance records didn't they. Maybe you could blame us for not testing enough Oh yea you did that too and we proved the Canadian ranchers turned over 3 times as many as requested
of the catagory of cattle recommended by the OIE. Maybe you can blame us for not beable to trace out the birth cohorts of an infected animal to see if any other cattle were infected by eating the same feed? No we can, you can't. Maybe you can blame us for your lost export markets, no that happened because an infected cow was in your food chain and you can't find the rest of the animals imported with her so the
OIE SAID the US couldn't consider the case in isolation to your whole system. Maybe you can blame us for the flood of cattle that will hit your market? no the NCBA was up and saw for themselves that our feedlots are current and not completely full. Maybe you could say that the science Canada used to set the rules to protect our industry is wrong and that is why we have BSE oh yea you did that but it's is just to bad that the US used the same science didn't they. Maybe you can blame us for feeding our cattle a source of feed that is known by most of the world to be source of cross comtamination IE chicken litter to our herd? No we ban that back in 1998 but guess who still does that? Maybe you can blame us for importing more UK cattle and feed, the source of BSE? ok yea that was you wasn't it.
I guess this is why you are blameing the Canadian ranchers for things we can't comtrol, like the USDA inspection of Meat, The US MCOOL labeling that could be done voluntarily if the people really wanted it, and don't forget the war effort.