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The meat industry
This mad cow scare comes just about a couple weeks after the greedy meat
industry jacked its prices sky high and I heard a lot of complaints while shopping in the supermarket. Why would they have bought cows from Canada where they had an outbreak of the disease? -- Barb I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. |
This mad cow scare comes just about a couple weeks after the greedy meat
industry jacked its prices sky high and I heard a lot of complaints while shopping in the supermarket. I noticed that also, Barb. The cattle market here hit an all-time high this past fall, with increases in meat at the market *and* on the hoof. I don't eat beef anyway, but I *am* concerned about the small family farm operations who depend on the cattle industry for their livelihood. It just seems peculiar that the "Mad Cow" scare comes at this particular time. Probably coincidental but it makes you wonder. Sherry |
This mad cow scare comes just about a couple weeks after the greedy meat
industry jacked its prices sky high and I heard a lot of complaints while shopping in the supermarket. I noticed that also, Barb. The cattle market here hit an all-time high this past fall, with increases in meat at the market *and* on the hoof. I don't eat beef anyway, but I *am* concerned about the small family farm operations who depend on the cattle industry for their livelihood. It just seems peculiar that the "Mad Cow" scare comes at this particular time. Probably coincidental but it makes you wonder. Sherry |
Barb wrote:
Why would they have bought cows from Canada where they had an outbreak of the disease? I wouldn't exactly call finding the disease in ONE cow an outbreak. -- "Its the bugs that keep it running." -Joe Canuck |
Barb wrote:
Why would they have bought cows from Canada where they had an outbreak of the disease? I wouldn't exactly call finding the disease in ONE cow an outbreak. -- "Its the bugs that keep it running." -Joe Canuck |
This mad cow scare comes just about a couple weeks after the greedy meat
industry jacked its prices sky high and I heard a lot of complaints while shopping in the supermarket. Oh please, Barb! You sound like one of these leftists going on and on about greedy entities. Quit being so paranoid! Haven't you been following the news? The low carb craze has driven meat prices up! It's simple supply and demand. |
This mad cow scare comes just about a couple weeks after the greedy meat
industry jacked its prices sky high and I heard a lot of complaints while shopping in the supermarket. Oh please, Barb! You sound like one of these leftists going on and on about greedy entities. Quit being so paranoid! Haven't you been following the news? The low carb craze has driven meat prices up! It's simple supply and demand. |
"Barb" wrote in message ... This mad cow scare comes just about a couple weeks after the greedy meat industry jacked its prices sky high and I heard a lot of complaints while shopping in the supermarket. Why would they have bought cows from Canada where they had an outbreak of the disease? The cow in question has been in the U.S. for a couple of years - long before the outbreak (one case) in Canada this past May. The incubation period for this disease can be years, so there would be no way of knowing if the cow was ill until symptoms were exhibited. What I'd like to know, but will probably never find out, is how this cow got into the food chain in the first place, and why only after it got there, did someone decide to raise a flag?? Judy |
"Barb" wrote in message ... This mad cow scare comes just about a couple weeks after the greedy meat industry jacked its prices sky high and I heard a lot of complaints while shopping in the supermarket. Why would they have bought cows from Canada where they had an outbreak of the disease? The cow in question has been in the U.S. for a couple of years - long before the outbreak (one case) in Canada this past May. The incubation period for this disease can be years, so there would be no way of knowing if the cow was ill until symptoms were exhibited. What I'd like to know, but will probably never find out, is how this cow got into the food chain in the first place, and why only after it got there, did someone decide to raise a flag?? Judy |
From: "Barb"
You wouldn't call one cow an outbreak? Well, I guess you don't represent the more than 2 dozen countries that are now refusing to import meat from the USA. Don't forget, every cow in the country is not tested, only a fraction. What I found interesting, and rather scary, is that instead of testing food that is fed cattle to make sure that bonemeal and other animal products are not in it, they are testing only the suppliers' documentation (their records). They really need to test the feed, not just look at records. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
From: "Barb"
Were you the person that thinks "downer" cows are only used for pet and livestock food? They are dragged to the slaughterhouse together with the healthy cattle and prepared for our own markets. Hi Barb, Scary, isn't it? BTW, can you cut and paste who you're replying to so I can tell whose post it was? Thanks :) Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
From: "Barb"
Were you the person that thinks "downer" cows are only used for pet and livestock food? They are dragged to the slaughterhouse together with the healthy cattle and prepared for our own markets. Hi Barb, Scary, isn't it? BTW, can you cut and paste who you're replying to so I can tell whose post it was? Thanks :) Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
You wouldn't call one cow an outbreak? Well, I guess you don't represent
the more than 2 dozen countries that are now refusing to import meat from the USA. Don't forget, every cow in the country is not tested, only a fraction. And if you are the person that posted that "downer " cows are only used for pet and livestock food, guess again. They are used the same as healthy cows, for human food. -- Barb I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. |
You wouldn't call one cow an outbreak? Well, I guess you don't represent
the more than 2 dozen countries that are now refusing to import meat from the USA. Don't forget, every cow in the country is not tested, only a fraction. And if you are the person that posted that "downer " cows are only used for pet and livestock food, guess again. They are used the same as healthy cows, for human food. -- Barb I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. |
LOL. I'm a Republican, not a leftist!!!
I know the story that the meat prices were jacked up because so many people went on the lo-carb diet. That's the meat industry's story. How many people do you know that are on that diet? -- Barb I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. |
LOL. I'm a Republican, not a leftist!!!
I know the story that the meat prices were jacked up because so many people went on the lo-carb diet. That's the meat industry's story. How many people do you know that are on that diet? -- Barb I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. |
Were you the person that thinks "downer" cows are only used for pet and
livestock food? They are dragged to the slaughterhouse together with the healthy cattle and prepared for our own markets. -- Barb I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. |
Were you the person that thinks "downer" cows are only used for pet and
livestock food? They are dragged to the slaughterhouse together with the healthy cattle and prepared for our own markets. -- Barb I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. |
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What I'd like to know, but will probably never find out, is how this cow got
into the food chain in the first place, and why only after it got there, did someone decide to raise a flag?? Judy The way I understood it from what I read is that this was a dairy cow and the only reason it was slaughtered is because it was ill and stumbling around. Now that's what's really scary. A sick cow such as this is referred to as a "downer" cow and only 10 percent of downer cows that are slaughtered are tested so, conceivably, this could be a much huger problem. But really, how gross, to pick a sick cow and purposely slaughter it and then have it sliced up and rendered? Yuk. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
What I'd like to know, but will probably never find out, is how this cow got
into the food chain in the first place, and why only after it got there, did someone decide to raise a flag?? Judy The way I understood it from what I read is that this was a dairy cow and the only reason it was slaughtered is because it was ill and stumbling around. Now that's what's really scary. A sick cow such as this is referred to as a "downer" cow and only 10 percent of downer cows that are slaughtered are tested so, conceivably, this could be a much huger problem. But really, how gross, to pick a sick cow and purposely slaughter it and then have it sliced up and rendered? Yuk. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
MacCandace wrote in on
29 Dec 2003: What I'd like to know, but will probably never find out, is how this cow got into the food chain in the first place, and why only after it got there, did someone decide to raise a flag?? Judy The way I understood it from what I read is that this was a dairy cow and the only reason it was slaughtered is because it was ill and stumbling around. Now that's what's really scary. A sick cow such as this is referred to as a "downer" cow and only 10 percent of downer cows that are slaughtered are tested so, conceivably, this could be a much huger problem. But really, how gross, to pick a sick cow and purposely slaughter it and then have it sliced up and rendered? Yuk. And according to the USDA and their "emotional" response to BSE they issued this FAQ What actions are taken at USDA-inspected slaughter establishments to ensure that cattle with neurological disease would not enter the human food supply? All cattle presented for slaughter in the United States are inspected before slaughter by FSIS for signs of CNS impairment. Any animals exhibiting neurologic signs during this inspection are condemned, and the meat is not permitted for use as human food. The brains from these animals are submitted to USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories for analysis. http://aphisweb.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/i...-overview.html -- Cheryl "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do." - Helen Keller |
MacCandace wrote in on
29 Dec 2003: What I'd like to know, but will probably never find out, is how this cow got into the food chain in the first place, and why only after it got there, did someone decide to raise a flag?? Judy The way I understood it from what I read is that this was a dairy cow and the only reason it was slaughtered is because it was ill and stumbling around. Now that's what's really scary. A sick cow such as this is referred to as a "downer" cow and only 10 percent of downer cows that are slaughtered are tested so, conceivably, this could be a much huger problem. But really, how gross, to pick a sick cow and purposely slaughter it and then have it sliced up and rendered? Yuk. And according to the USDA and their "emotional" response to BSE they issued this FAQ What actions are taken at USDA-inspected slaughter establishments to ensure that cattle with neurological disease would not enter the human food supply? All cattle presented for slaughter in the United States are inspected before slaughter by FSIS for signs of CNS impairment. Any animals exhibiting neurologic signs during this inspection are condemned, and the meat is not permitted for use as human food. The brains from these animals are submitted to USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories for analysis. http://aphisweb.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/i...-overview.html -- Cheryl "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do." - Helen Keller |
Meghan Noecker wrote in on 29 Dec 2003:
On 30 Dec 2003 04:15:07 GMT, Cheryl wrote: What actions are taken at USDA-inspected slaughter establishments to ensure that cattle with neurological disease would not enter the human food supply? All cattle presented for slaughter in the United States are inspected before slaughter by FSIS for signs of CNS impairment. Any animals exhibiting neurologic signs during this inspection are condemned, and the meat is not permitted for use as human food. The brains from these animals are submitted to USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories for analysis. http://aphisweb.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/i...-overview.html Then how do they explain downer cows being used in Western Washington? They can't walk. How can they be approved? Exactly. -- Cheryl "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do." - Helen Keller |
Meghan Noecker wrote in on 29 Dec 2003:
On 30 Dec 2003 04:15:07 GMT, Cheryl wrote: What actions are taken at USDA-inspected slaughter establishments to ensure that cattle with neurological disease would not enter the human food supply? All cattle presented for slaughter in the United States are inspected before slaughter by FSIS for signs of CNS impairment. Any animals exhibiting neurologic signs during this inspection are condemned, and the meat is not permitted for use as human food. The brains from these animals are submitted to USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories for analysis. http://aphisweb.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/i...-overview.html Then how do they explain downer cows being used in Western Washington? They can't walk. How can they be approved? Exactly. -- Cheryl "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do." - Helen Keller |
Then how do they explain downer cows being used in Western Washington?
They can't walk. How can they be approved? Exactly. Um, maybe somebody didn't follow the rules? Just because a piece of paper says something, doesn't mean it is always followed. North Korea Nuke Treaty advocated by Clinton? Your local speed limits? |
Then how do they explain downer cows being used in Western Washington?
They can't walk. How can they be approved? Exactly. Um, maybe somebody didn't follow the rules? Just because a piece of paper says something, doesn't mean it is always followed. North Korea Nuke Treaty advocated by Clinton? Your local speed limits? |
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Based on the facts in the case, isn't this statement an outright lie? Or am
I missing something? And according to the USDA and their "emotional" response to BSE they issued this FAQ What actions are taken at USDA-inspected slaughter establishments to ensure that cattle with neurological disease would not enter the human food supply? All cattle presented for slaughter in the United States are inspected before slaughter by FSIS for signs of CNS impairment. Any animals exhibiting neurologic signs during this inspection are condemned, and the meat is not permitted for use as human food. The brains from these animals are submitted to USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories for analysis. http://aphisweb.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/i...-overview.html -- Cheryl "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do." - Helen Keller |
Based on the facts in the case, isn't this statement an outright lie? Or am
I missing something? And according to the USDA and their "emotional" response to BSE they issued this FAQ What actions are taken at USDA-inspected slaughter establishments to ensure that cattle with neurological disease would not enter the human food supply? All cattle presented for slaughter in the United States are inspected before slaughter by FSIS for signs of CNS impairment. Any animals exhibiting neurologic signs during this inspection are condemned, and the meat is not permitted for use as human food. The brains from these animals are submitted to USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories for analysis. http://aphisweb.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/i...-overview.html -- Cheryl "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do." - Helen Keller |
Lauren?
I don't know how to cut and paste a post! Sorry. I think it was good old Gaubster that thought downer cows are not put into our food supply. -- Barb I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. |
Lauren?
I don't know how to cut and paste a post! Sorry. I think it was good old Gaubster that thought downer cows are not put into our food supply. -- Barb I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. |
"Barb" wrote in message ... snip Why would they have bought cows from Canada where they had an outbreak of the disease? -- Barb I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. Outbreak?!?!?! Ummmm.....one cow...that had already been culled from the herd (killed), was tested a few months later and was found to have BSE......how the hell does that make it an outbreak?? Carrie Nova Scotia, Canada I LOVE CANADIAN BEEF! -- Flame me if you want |
"Barb" wrote in message ... snip Why would they have bought cows from Canada where they had an outbreak of the disease? -- Barb I can only please one person a day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. Outbreak?!?!?! Ummmm.....one cow...that had already been culled from the herd (killed), was tested a few months later and was found to have BSE......how the hell does that make it an outbreak?? Carrie Nova Scotia, Canada I LOVE CANADIAN BEEF! -- Flame me if you want |
From: "Barb"
Lauren? I don't know how to cut and paste a post! Sorry. I think it was good old Gaubster that thought downer cows are not put into our food supply. That's ok, Barb. It just makes it easier to follow along. I don't know what software you're using to post, but the way I cut and paste is to highlight the portion of the post I want to respond to (including the author's name) and then click on quote (or you can highlight it, then right click on it and click on Copy). Then when you are composing your post, just right click in a blank space and click on Paste. Not sure how well I explained this, but I hope it helps :) Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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