Terry--I've asked this before and you've never answered it....
i don't recall you asking me this before. i dont mind answering though. ...tss
Do you believe that countries that know they have BSE should be trading live animals and beef (and BSE) back and forth--especially when the countries involved have differing rules of SRM removal and feedbans.?
NO ! (this especially includes the USA). i have stated this time and time ;
Docket No. 03-080-1 -- USDA ISSUES PROPOSED RULE TO ALLOW LIVE ANIMAL
IMPORTS FROM CANADA
snip...
> In recent correspondence, the
> Director General of the OIE acknowledged that there has been an "increase
> in unjustified restrictions in international trade, particularly as it
> relates to cattle and cattle products." The letter was in response to a
> request from Secretary Veneman, Agricultural Minister Lyle Vanclief,
> Canada, and Agriculture Secretary Javier Usabiaga, Mexico, to the OIE to
> provide more practical guidance regarding the resumption of trade with
> countries that have reported cases of BSE.
IF THE OIE CHANGES BSE/TSE GUIDELINES NOW (as weak as they are),
just because the USA, Canada and Mexico does not like them. then all the
work all
other countries have done to erradicate this horrible disease from the
planet over the last
3 decades will go for naught, and the agent will continue to spread...
Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
P.O. Box 42
Bacliff, Texas USA 77518
https://web01.aphis.usda.gov/BSEcom.nsf/0/b78ba677e2b0c12185256dd300649f9d?OpenDocument&AutoFramed
Importation of Whole Cuts of Boneless Beef from Japan [Docket No. 05-004-1]
RIN 0579-AB93 TSS SUBMISSION
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
To:
[email protected] ;
[email protected]
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 9:16 AM
Subject: Importation of Whole Cuts of Boneless Beef from Japan [Docket No.
05-004-1] RIN 0579-AB93 TSS SUBMISSION
Greetings Dr. Colgrove and Miss Johnson,
Thank you for taking this submission via email. i have had trouble
submitting via the comment page due to the length of my submission. I was
not sure that my file attachment that i submitted via the ;
EDOCKET: Go to http://www.epa.gov/feddocket
I submitted yesterday, just did not know if the file reached anyone. so to
make sure, I am sending to you to submit for me.
many thanks,
Terry
From: TSS ()
Subject: Importation of Whole Cuts of Boneless Beef from Japan [Docket No.
05-004-1] RIN 0579-AB93 TSS SUBMISSION
Date: August 24, 2005 at 2:47 pm PST
August 24, 2005
Importation of Whole Cuts of Boneless Beef from Japan [Docket No. 05-004-1]
RIN 0579-AB93 TSS SUBMISSION
Greetings APHIS ET AL,
My name is Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
I would kindly like to comment on [Docket No. 05-004-1] RIN 0579-AB93 ;
PROPOSED RULES
Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:
Whole cuts of boneless beef from-
Japan,
48494-48500 [05-16422]
[Federal Register: August 18, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 159)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 48494-48500]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr18au05-7]
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snip...
WE MUST ADHERE TO THE BSE GBR RISK ASSESSMENTS, WE MUST WORK TO ENHANCE
THOSE BSE GBR RISK ASSESSMENTS TO INCLUDE ALL ANIMAL TSEs, USDA/APHIS/GW ET
ALs BSE MRR (Minimal Risk Region) should be REPEALED/DISBANDED/TRASHED/NADA
and done away with for good. The BSE MRR policy is nothing more than a legal
tool to trade all strains of TSEs globally...
Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
P.O. Box 42
Bacliff, Texas USA 77518
Your Comment with Title "[Docket
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MY personal belief, since you ask, is that not only the Canadian border, but
the USA border, and the Mexican border should be sealed up tighter than a
drum for exporting there TSE tainted products, until a validated, 100%
sensitive test is available, and all animals for human and animal
consumption are tested. all we are doing is the exact same thing the UK did
with there mad cow poisoning when they exported it all over the globe, all
the while knowing what they were doing. this BSE MRR policy is nothing more
than a legal tool to do just exactly what the UK did, thanks to the OIE and
GW, it's legal now. and they executed Saddam for poisoning ???
go figure....
Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
P.O. Box 42
Bacliff, Texas USA 77518
Comment Submitted
Comment Receipt
Thank you. Your comment on Document ID: APHIS-2006-0041-0001 has been sent.
Comment Tracking Number: APHIS-2006-0041-DRAFT-0028...tss
Does this not just make the possibility of containment, control, and eradication that much more difficult?
YES INDEED, this is why the USDA/FDA et al have failed so terribly, not only in surveillance and eradication, but the feed ban violations were grossly ignored, the FDA's mad cow feed ban was nothing more than ink on paper, with literally millions and millions of tons of banned mad cow protein going into commerce as recently as 2007. ...tss
Since we have decided to take and trade beef and cattle with Canada (another BSE country)- should us and Canada then open our trade up to live cattle/beef from Europe-- from the UK?
your not paying attention again OT, please reference above, in short,
NO! but please read again ;
http://cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39794
I'm sure there are some folks that would love the opportunity of importing some new Continental bloodlines-- or UK cattle...