slaughterhouse who's sole market is Japan wanted to set up a BSE testing
facility for all cattle they processed. This would have allowed them to
continue exporting to Japan as the Japanese government was concerned.
However not only was their application turned down bu the DOA (nice
anacronym btw) but they were actually forbidden to reapply. Now doesn't that
suck.
I also find it strange that the DOA says that a cattle tracking system would
take over 10 years to implement, while the equivalent department in Canada
says that it will take only one to two years. I wonder who the DOA is
responding to, the consumers or the agribusiness interests.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 11:12 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Controversial Topics ...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Landers"
> > Mad cow disease is supposedly more common than reported - (rumor of
> course) ... It makes sense though. Look at the millions of
> dollars that have been lost due to the cases that HAVE BEEN
> reported. The lengths at which those would go to cover up
> this kind of stuff would not surprise me. It means big money
> for the industry to be hush hush about it. Does anyone have
> any thoughts on this issue?
> >
>
> Our testing regulations regarding mad cow suck. Compared to
> Europe and Japan, we are totally lax. It's pretty broadly
> accepted that if we were to test every cow, we'd find more
> mad cow disease. But, we don't. (Our food safety expert said
> she only buys local, organic beef now.)
>
> I'm also concerned about all the hormones and such that are
> used in meat and dairy production. We've switched to organic
> milk. We're still buying commercial cheese cause organic is
> so expensive. But, I'm waffling on that....
>
>
>
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