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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 01:16 PM Original message |
Mad-cow scrutiny is scaled way back |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Following the same predictable course it did in the UK |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R. Let's get this one on greatest! nt |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. Kick. We need one more vote, come on yall! nt |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. "Though McDonald's does everything it can to reduce the risk of mad-cow," |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. McD's has a lot of clout with its suppliers bcs it's such a huge buyer |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. So what? The suppliers are all prevented from testing their beef. (nt) |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. My point is, McD's is a major corporation & if they choose to lean on the Bush admin... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Interesting. (nt) |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Thanks, Hekate, for that info. nt |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. They only had a PRETEND mad cow screening program anyway, |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. If you don't screen for it, you don't find it. If you don't find it, |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Can't let a little matter like people's lives get in the way of the |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I see an analogy with closing down FDA labs |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I haven't touched commercially ground meats in over a decade. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 08:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. I thought ground pork or ground turkey were safe? nt |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. There's no Mad Pig or Mad Turkey disease.... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. If your only concern is BSE then, yes, they are safe. I also look |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. And the EPA libraries |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. usda stopped protect our meat supply a long time ago. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Democrats need to jump on this. |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. these muthaf*ckers need to pay dearly for this |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well, that's Another Way for |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. And they won't even allow ranchers to privately test!! |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I am in the same situation |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Yup, that does it for me. No more beef. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Check this out: |
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doodadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Johne's Disease in Cattle |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. when corporations own the government |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. KnR. Hekate's sending this to her grown beef-eating children |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. I am **NOT** eating beef until testing has been going on for at least 6 months. (nt) |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. I smell an marketing venture |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Well, if the government would ALLOW testing.... |
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porkrind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Business Plan: 1) don't look, so 2) won't find, so 3) will SELL!!! |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yikes!!....It's all about the master plan... De-populate/or create an inept |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. YUP! |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
33. The same agency wants to allow China to sell us chicken |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
34. I'm so glad that my kid and I stopped eating beef awhile ago. |
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