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This was sent to me and although I'm not in the US and I rarely use McDonalds,
it won't be long before McDonalds begin to grouse about not having enough
British beef to supply our country too.
Soooooo, I'm passing this on as it can't do any harm.
And when there is a problem and we all stick together, eventually changes will
happen for the better.
Check out: http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/mcdbeef.asp
this email is sort of true, but please inform yourself before you forward this
email.
Read about McDonalds
THIS IS A GOOD DECENT MAN WHO TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE THIS. HE SIGNED THE
STATEMENT AND INCLUDED HIS CONTACT INFO.
I'm sure those of you who aren't in the cattle business don't understand
the issues here. But to those of us whose living depends on the cattle market,
selling cattle, raising the best beef possible... This is frustrating. This
will keep us from ever stopping there again, even for a drink. The original
message is from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association American cattle producers
are very passionate about this.
McDonald's claims that there is not enough beef in the USA to support
their restaurants. Well, we know that is not so. Our opinion is they are
looking to save money at our expense. The sad thing of it is that the people of
the USA are the ones who made McDonald's successful in the first place, but we
are not good enough to provide beef.
We personally are no longer eating at McDonald's, which I am sure does not
make an impact, but if we pass this around maybe there will be an impact felt.
All Americans that sell cows at a livestock auction barn had to sign a
paper stating that we do NOT EVER feed our cows any part of another cow.. South
Americans are not required to do this as of yet.
McDonald's has announced that they are going to start importing much of
their beef from South America . The problem is that South Americans aren't
under the same regulations as American beef producers, and the regulations they
have are loosely controlled.
They can spray numerous pesticides on their pastures that have been banned
here at home because of residues found in the beef. They can also use various
hormones and growth regulators that we can't. The American public needs to be
aware of this problem and that they may be putting themselves at risk from now
on by eating at g ood old McDonald's..
American ranchers raise the highest quality beef in the world and this is
what Americans deserve to eat. Not beef from countries where quality is loosely
controlled. Therefore, I am proposing a boycott of McDonald's until they see
the light.
I'm sorry but everything is not always about the bottom line, and when it
comes to jeopardizing my family's health, that is where I draw the line.
I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to
at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ...and those 300 send it to at l east ten
more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... And so on, by the time the message reaches the
sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers!
I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you?
Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please
pass this message on..
David W. Forrest, Ph.D ., PAS, Dipl.
ACAP Department of Animal Science
Texas A&M University
Phone (979) 845-3560 (979) 845-3560
Fax (979) 862-3399
2471 TAMU College Station , TX 77843-2471
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