And now:Sonja Keohane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Here I go with my same old song, I think they will continue to
slaughter bison until everyone agrees that making the YNP herd "brucellosis
free" ( I still don't know exactly what that means) is a necessary thing to
do.
This is what they say: "The safety of U.S. beef is the cattle
industry's top priority"
It is obvious to me that the YNP bison are are just "in the way"
and they are expendable in this effort by the beef industry.
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/990510/dc_ncba_be_1.html>
Monday May 10, 9:30 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: National Cattlemen's Beef Association
U.S. Cattlemen Call For EU to Drop Beef Ban
Government Must Retaliate If EU Continues to Ban American Beef
WASHINGTON, May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. cattle producers at a news
conference here today called on the European Union (EU) to drop its illegal
ban on U.S. beef or face retaliation.
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Chuck Schroeder, a cattle producer and the NCBA chief executive officer,
said, ``The safety of U.S. beef is the cattle industry's top priority. We
have demonstrated this commitment over and over again.''
Schroeder outlined steps taken by U.S. cattle producers over the past 12
years to prevent BSE, or ``mad cow disease,'' in the United States, as well
as steps to prevent other animal diseases, such as brucellosis. He
highlighted the millions of dollars of investments in solutions to address
E. coli O157:H7, much of which is being used in processing plants today.
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