OT: "Which science are we talking about- USDA's and NCBA's "sound science" or now the current "best science available" or the science that many see as a "Big grey area science" with 100 different theories and hypothesis's- and no one in agreement?"

The science accepted by the OIE.

OT: "Even NCBA has woke up to the fact that the science isn't there -"

Explain that statement OT!

Anyone can make statements without any facts to substantiate them.

OT: "Looks to me like the "science of the corporate dollars" is pushing against US herd health and consumer safety........ "

No, it looks to me like the "FEAR MONGERING LIES" of the organization you bow your head to is pushing against facts which could jeoprodize the integrity of U.S. beef in the event that BSE is discovered here.

Basically, R-CALF is saying to the consuming world, that beef from any country that has had a domestic case of BSE in their herd is not safe DESPITE SRM REMOVAL, DESPITE INCREASED SURVEILANCE, AND DESPITE NOT ALLOWING BSE POSITIVE ANIMALS INTO THE FOOD CHAIN.

I'd love to hear your lying leaders defend that one in court.  In fact, I would pay to hear Bullard slither his way around that while NCBA and USDA were doing damage control to repair the damage from his stupid, wreckless statements that you head nodders accept unconditionally.

OT: "Japan doesn't want our Under Thirty Month cattle- they don't want Canada's Under Thirty Month cattle---- they want us to prove its under twenty month..."

Where did you get the 20 month figure OT?   New development?

OT: "Why should we take Under Thirty Month cattle from Canada, which according to the packers, they have no way to segregate and expect Japan to open their arms to us....."

Wrong again OT!  They can segregate UTM carcasses based on bone calcification ("B" Maturity) and that's exactly where the negotiations are at.

~SH~