-Caveat Lector- France bans animal-based feed, T-bone steaks By EMMANUEL GEORGES-PICOT, Associated Press PARIS (November 14, 2000 10:16 a.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - France announced Tuesday that it was suspending animal-based feed for all livestock and banning T-bone steaks as part of a series of measures to reduce the spread of mad-cow disease. Prime Minister Lionel Jospin said the temporary ban on the use of animal- based feeds for all livestock - including fish, chicken and pork - would take effect Wednesday. A decision on a full ban will be made once the French agency for food safety assesses risks associated with such feeds, which could take three to four months. Jospin also said that T-bone steaks, a cut that harbors potential risks because it is near the bone, were being banned immediately in France. He announced a series of other measures to protect the food chain from bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad-cow disease. The brain- wasting ailment is suspected by scientists to be linked to a similar human malady, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Two deaths from the disease are known in France, compared to more than 80 in Britain, where mad-cow disease hit in 1996. Public concern has heightened since it was revealed last month that potentially infected meat had made it to supermarket shelves before being hastily withdrawn. "The government has decided to suspend the use of animal-based livestock feed and bone meal for pigs, poultry, fish as well as pets," Jospin said in televised comments. Initially an opponent to a ban on animal-based feed, the Socialist prime minister had been under growing pressure since conservative President Jacques Chirac called last week for a total ban on such feeds. France banned the use of animal-based feed for cows in 1990 and other ruminants six years later. Today, only chicken, pork and farm-raised fish are allowed to be given animal-based feeds. The French government is seeking to eliminate the risk of cross- contamination of feeds for cows from feeds for chickens, pork and farm. Jospin also announced measures to help protect consumers, including a review of slaughterhouse practices to reduce the chance of banned animal parts creeping into meat products. The measure means that 870,000 tons of feed must be incinerated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ }}}> ANOMALOUS RADIO <{{{ - Techno, Ambient, Talk (33k+) http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=anomalous }}}> RADIO ANOMALY <{{{ - Techno, Ambient, Jazz (Cable, DSL) http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=stevew168 Anomalous Images and UFO Files http://www.anomalous-images.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
