Re: [biofuel] What to do with all that tainted tallow?
Keith, I still think they should feed it to people as I hate to see waste. The trouble is there is already enough mad people on this planet without adding physically impaired mad people to the list as well. I think the real mad ones are the ones in various govts who have not acted or not acted fast enough. Seems to me the only sane ones are the Icelanders who have had a livestock importation ban in place since 1978. Twenty three years is a long time to know about about something and suspect it could be very dangerous and not do anything about it. Aint I glad to come from NZ at times but even I was appalled when I thought we had most of the potential risk bans in place to find we only just installed them. B.r., David -Original Message- From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@egroups.com biofuel@egroups.com Date: Friday, January 12, 2001 6:14 AM Subject: [biofuel] What to do with all that tainted tallow? Turning it into biodiesel is about the only truly safe way of handling it. January 11, 2001 Many Makers of Feed Fail to Heed Rules on Mad Cow Disease By SANDRA BLAKESLEE Large numbers of companies involved in manufacturing animal feed are not complying with regulations meant to prevent the emergence and spread of mad cow disease in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday. The widespread failure of companies to follow the regulations, adopted in August 1997, does not mean that the American food supply is unsafe, Dr. Stephen Sundlof, director of the Center for Veterinary Medicine at the F.D.A., said in an interview. But much more needs to be done to ensure that mad cow disease does not arise in this country, Dr. Sundlof said. The regulations state that feed manufacturers and companies that render slaughtered animals into useful products generally may not feed mammals to cud-chewing animals, or ruminants, which can carry mad cow disease. All products that contain rendered cattle or sheep must have a label that says, Do not feed to ruminants, Dr. Sundlof said. Manufacturers must also have a system to prevent ruminant products from being commingled with other rendered material like that from chicken, fish or pork. Finally, all companies must keep records of where their products originated and where they were sold. Under the regulations, F.D.A. district offices and state veterinary offices were required to inspect all rendering plants and feed mills to make sure companies complied. But results issued yesterday demonstrate that more than three years later, different segments of the feed industry show varying levels of compliance. Among 180 large companies that render cattle and another ruminant, sheep, nearly a quarter were not properly labeling their products and did not have a system to prevent commingling, the F.D.A. said. And among 347 F.D.A.-licensed feed mills that handle ruminant materials ¯ these tend to be large operators that mix drugs into their products ¯ 20 percent were not using labels with the required caution statement, and 25 percent did not have a system to prevent commingling. Then there are some 6,000 to 8,000 feed mills so small they do not require F.D.A. licenses. They are nonetheless subject to the regulations, and of 1,593 small feed producers that handle ruminant material and have been inspected, 40 percent were not using approved labels and 25 percent had no system in place to prevent commingling. On the other hand, fewer than 10 percent of companies, big and small, were failing to comply with the record-keeping regulations. The American Feed Industry Association in Arlington, Va., did not return phone calls seeking comment http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/11/science/11COW.html Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[biofuel] What to do with all that tainted tallow?
Turning it into biodiesel is about the only truly safe way of handling it. January 11, 2001 Many Makers of Feed Fail to Heed Rules on Mad Cow Disease By SANDRA BLAKESLEE Large numbers of companies involved in manufacturing animal feed are not complying with regulations meant to prevent the emergence and spread of mad cow disease in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday. The widespread failure of companies to follow the regulations, adopted in August 1997, does not mean that the American food supply is unsafe, Dr. Stephen Sundlof, director of the Center for Veterinary Medicine at the F.D.A., said in an interview. But much more needs to be done to ensure that mad cow disease does not arise in this country, Dr. Sundlof said. The regulations state that feed manufacturers and companies that render slaughtered animals into useful products generally may not feed mammals to cud-chewing animals, or ruminants, which can carry mad cow disease. All products that contain rendered cattle or sheep must have a label that says, Do not feed to ruminants, Dr. Sundlof said. Manufacturers must also have a system to prevent ruminant products from being commingled with other rendered material like that from chicken, fish or pork. Finally, all companies must keep records of where their products originated and where they were sold. Under the regulations, F.D.A. district offices and state veterinary offices were required to inspect all rendering plants and feed mills to make sure companies complied. But results issued yesterday demonstrate that more than three years later, different segments of the feed industry show varying levels of compliance. Among 180 large companies that render cattle and another ruminant, sheep, nearly a quarter were not properly labeling their products and did not have a system to prevent commingling, the F.D.A. said. And among 347 F.D.A.-licensed feed mills that handle ruminant materials ¯ these tend to be large operators that mix drugs into their products ¯ 20 percent were not using labels with the required caution statement, and 25 percent did not have a system to prevent commingling. Then there are some 6,000 to 8,000 feed mills so small they do not require F.D.A. licenses. They are nonetheless subject to the regulations, and of 1,593 small feed producers that handle ruminant material and have been inspected, 40 percent were not using approved labels and 25 percent had no system in place to prevent commingling. On the other hand, fewer than 10 percent of companies, big and small, were failing to comply with the record-keeping regulations. The American Feed Industry Association in Arlington, Va., did not return phone calls seeking comment http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/11/science/11COW.html Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [biofuel] What to do with all that tainted tallow?
-Original Message- From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@egroups.com biofuel@egroups.com Date: Friday, 12 January 2001 1:15 Subject: [biofuel] What to do with all that tainted tallow? Turning it into biodiesel is about the only truly safe way of handling it. January 11, 2001 Many Makers of Feed Fail to Heed Rules on Mad Cow Disease In the future should give us a lower price for for our feedstock as this will also stop a portion of used cooking oil going into animal feed. Will be interesting to see how the regulators handle the paper trail on that. Australia too is starting to tighten legislation along these lines so I guess the same will eventually apply here - earlier this week we finally had the last of european beef products banned from sale. Regards John Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
