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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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Barb wrote:
You wouldn't call one cow an outbreak? No I would not. "Outbreak" implies a sudden increase in disease. Just as a report of one person getting the flu in a city is not considered an outbreak, a report of one cow getting a disease is also not an outbreak. -- "Its the bugs that keep it running." -Joe Canuck |
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