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-BRAH -----Original Message----- From: Marc Orion Cardoso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 5:58 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Re: USDA: Cattle Brains May Be Turned Into Biofuels I know a few politicians whose brains should be turned into biodiesel- but im not sure theyd pass astm standards... lolololol.. Marc - In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news? tmpl=story&cid=585&e=3&u=/nm/20040517/sc_nm/madcow_waste_dc > > > USDA: Cattle Brains May Be Turned Into Biofuels > > Mon May 17, 5:36 PM ET Add Science - Reuters to My Yahoo! > > > By Richard Cowan > > WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cattle brains and other remains that may carry the deadly > mad cow disease would be turned into biofuels under a plan announced on Monday > by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (news - web sites). > > Cattle brains, skull, eyes, spinal column, small intestine and other parts > suspected of harboring mad cow disease were banned from human consumption in > December as a safety precaution, shortly after the discovery of the first case > of mad cow disease in the United States. > > > Some consumer groups have called on the Bush administration to go a step further > and ban these "specified risk materials" from swine, poultry and other animal > feed made from ground-up cattle remains. All cattle parts already are banned > from cattle feed to protect against the spread of mad cow disease. > > > The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) is considering tougher > regulations on animal feed since finding the brain-wasting disease in the United > States. One month ago, an agency official said FDA was considering banning > specified risk materials from poultry and swine feed. > > > Under the new USDA program, a $50 million loan guarantee program would be set up > to help small businesses in rural areas develop ways to turn cattle brains and > other high-risk parts into a "bio-based source of energy." > > > Bill Hagy, a deputy administrator at USDA's rural development agency, said the > purpose of the pilot program was to gauge commercial interest and to solicit > ideas for alternate energy uses for the cattle parts. > > > "There are incinerating facilities out there that possibility could, with some > retooling, be able to accommodate the need," Hagy said. > > > But Hagy said he did not know whether the pilot program was aimed at finding new > uses for the risky cattle parts if they are banned from all animal feed. > > > A spokeswoman for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (news - web sites) > said her organization supports the USDA pilot program. > > > A wider ban on the high-risk cattle parts has been watched closely by the U.S. > soybean futures market. With tight soy supplies in the United States, a > significant change in animal feed rules could have a big impact on products that > could be used as a substitute in animal feeds, such as soybean meal. > > > Currently, the carcasses of cattle slaughtered at U.S. packing plants are > typically sent to a separate rendering plant to be made into food for other > animals, cosmetics or other materials. Last year, the United States slaughtered > more than 35 million cattle. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
