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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 12620"><p>> You make an excellent point that</p><p>> we are in the presumptive stage of</p><p>> this investigation.How stupid</p><p>> would we look if this cow were to</p><p>> turn out not to be infected!You</p><p>> gotta think the govt. is pretty</p><p>> sure.I noticed Wendys and</p><p>> Mcdonalds said they wouldn't allow</p><p>> downer cows in their supply chain</p><p>> but I doubt that they keep an</p><p>> inspector at the packing houses to</p><p>> watch every animal that is</p><p>> killed.I do not think downer cows</p><p>> should be put in the food chain</p><p>> period.Now if an individual wants</p><p>> to eat it himself so be it but not</p><p>> randomly mixed in the nation's</p><p>> food system.I think meat should be</p><p>> labeled by age country of origin</p><p>> breed and anything else that can</p><p>> be added to it in order to let</p><p>> people know what they are eating!</p><p></p><p>i think we better get ready for some kind of tracking identification system on cattle from the time they were born until they are slaughtered or die a natural death. i too wonder what info the feds will come up with as far as tracing the cow back to where she originated from, and if she came from Canada, welllllll?? i also agreee with what arnold said about tough regulations should be put on the feed companies and monitoring what they actually put in their feed. i think all of us, in the back of our minds, knew when the cow in Canada was diagnosed that it was only a matter of time before we had cases here in the US.we probably won't really know how bad be are going to get hit by lower cattle prices until the first or second week of january. by then the final test results will be in and our politicians can start earning their salary by doing some world wide marketing on everyone's behalf to get every one over this frenzy and back to eating beef.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 12620"] > You make an excellent point that > we are in the presumptive stage of > this investigation.How stupid > would we look if this cow were to > turn out not to be infected!You > gotta think the govt. is pretty > sure.I noticed Wendys and > Mcdonalds said they wouldn't allow > downer cows in their supply chain > but I doubt that they keep an > inspector at the packing houses to > watch every animal that is > killed.I do not think downer cows > should be put in the food chain > period.Now if an individual wants > to eat it himself so be it but not > randomly mixed in the nation's > food system.I think meat should be > labeled by age country of origin > breed and anything else that can > be added to it in order to let > people know what they are eating! i think we better get ready for some kind of tracking identification system on cattle from the time they were born until they are slaughtered or die a natural death. i too wonder what info the feds will come up with as far as tracing the cow back to where she originated from, and if she came from Canada, welllllll?? i also agreee with what arnold said about tough regulations should be put on the feed companies and monitoring what they actually put in their feed. i think all of us, in the back of our minds, knew when the cow in Canada was diagnosed that it was only a matter of time before we had cases here in the US.we probably won't really know how bad be are going to get hit by lower cattle prices until the first or second week of january. by then the final test results will be in and our politicians can start earning their salary by doing some world wide marketing on everyone's behalf to get every one over this frenzy and back to eating beef. [/QUOTE]
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