CFIA Enhances Animal Disease Reporting

[Alberta farmer]

If our problem arose from cattle imported from Europe and specifically from the UK we all should realize what happened in the 70s and 80s? Canada relaxed the importation rules way earlier than the US. If you could import an animal it was like winning the lottery because once she was in Canada she or her offspring could be exported to the USA! The US buyers were lined up with cash to buy just about anything.
Right now there is a class action lawsuit in Canada against our government for allowing MBM from the UK into Canada, even though the government clearly understood it was contaminated. The company involved (Ridley) has basically admitted they screwed up and settled for $6 million. That $6 million is being used to sue the feds for, I believe, $7 billion! Of course the federal government won't settle, they prefer to delay and pretend they didn't completely destroy the cattle industry...but sooner or later they will have to pay up!

 

[Oldtimer]

If our problem arose from cattle imported from Europe and specifically from the UK we all should realize what happened in the 70s and 80s? Canada relaxed the importation rules way earlier than the US. If you could import an animal it was like winning the lottery because once she was in Canada she or her offspring could be exported to the USA! The US buyers were lined up with cash to buy just about anything.
Right now there is a class action lawsuit in Canada against our government for allowing MBM from the UK into Canada, even though the government clearly understood it was contaminated. The company involved (Ridley) has basically admitted they screwed up and settled for $6 million. That $6 million is being used to sue the feds for, I believe, $7 billion! Of course the federal government won't settle, they prefer to delay and pretend they didn't completely destroy the cattle industry...but sooner or later they will have to pay up!

Yep- Actually went back into the 60's...I can remember in the 60's- early 70's making several trips to Lethbridge and Regina to look at bulls that we were thinking of AIing to- that had been imported from the UK/Europe that couldn't be brought into the US...And you're correct some Canadians made some big money getting the first North American sons or daughters of those animals born- and then selling them down to the States....

 

[Alberta farmer]

When the imported Salers cow tested positive for BSE in 1993 all the known UK imports were slaughtered. However how many had entered the food chain before 1993? The cattle slaughtered in 1993 were rendered....and entered the food chain! Did any of that product make it into the USA? I suspect it probably did.
By 1993 both US and Canadian officials knew there was a major problem in the UK. They knew BSE was spread by feeding MBM...so why was this product allowed into the food chain? The only answer is either greed or complete incompetence....which by the way is understandable if you know how the Canadian government works!
Now people like you and me know you don't feed sick animals to other animals or people...what kind of idiots or crooks do we have running our government food safety agencies?

 

[flounder]

maybe some of you Canadian Ranchers can answer my question here below ;



PRODUCT Bulk ground corn; distributed by Saginaw Flakes, Saginaw, TX, Recall # V-258-2009 CODE Bulk ground corn shipped between 05/13/-14/09 RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Recalling Firm: Fargam Land & Grain, Saginaw, TX, by telephone on May 21, 2009. Manufacturer: Mars Petcare US, Clinton, OK. Firm initiated recall is ongoing. REASON Bulk ground corn used as feed for ruminant animals may have been contaminated with prohibited material. VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 429,128 lbs. DISTRIBUTION TX, LA END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

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http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/Enfor ... 181251.htm


you got to be kidding me, what are they doing ???

NOT KNOWING EXACTLY what this recall is about, we must assume it is just more mad cow feed in commerce, but they refuse to tell us exactly what it is.

ruminant animals may have been contaminated with prohibited material

exactly what was it ??? this is like last weeks 208,820 pounds WHAT???

under regs just previously posted, if i understand this right, you now have 3

Subpart B—Listing of Specific Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or Feed ;

§ 589.1000 Gentian violet.

§ 589.1001 Propylene glycol in or on cat food.

§ 589.2000 Animal proteins prohibited in ruminant feed.

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/te ... 26&idno=21


BUT this is absurd. i am confused? they have these codes for a reason, but to intentionally confuse the public, is not right.

i guess i will have to file another FOIA. and all they have to do is just clarify what the hell this is.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

FOIA REQUEST FEED RECALL 2009 Product may have contained prohibited materials Bulk Whole Barley, Recall # V-256-2009

http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/08/ ... oduct.html



THIS recall is not confusing ;




10,000,000+ LBS. of PROHIBITED BANNED MAD COW FEED I.E. BLOOD LACED MBM IN COMMERCE USA 2007




Date: March 21, 2007 at 2:27 pm PST

RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINES -- CLASS II

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PRODUCT

Bulk cattle feed made with recalled Darling's 85% Blood Meal, Flash Dried, Recall # V-024-2007

CODE

Cattle feed delivered between 01/12/2007 and 01/26/2007

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER

Pfeiffer, Arno, Inc, Greenbush, WI. by conversation on February 5, 2007.

Firm initiated recall is ongoing.

REASON

Blood meal used to make cattle feed was recalled because it was cross- contaminated with prohibited bovine meat and bone meal that had been manufactured on common equipment and labeling did not bear cautionary BSE statement.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE

42,090 lbs.

DISTRIBUTION

WI

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PRODUCT

Custom dairy premix products: MNM ALL PURPOSE Pellet, HILLSIDE/CDL Prot- Buffer Meal, LEE, M.-CLOSE UP PX Pellet, HIGH DESERT/ GHC LACT Meal, TATARKA, M CUST PROT Meal, SUNRIDGE/CDL PROTEIN Blend, LOURENZO, K PVM DAIRY Meal, DOUBLE B DAIRY/GHC LAC Mineral, WEST PIONT/GHC CLOSEUP Mineral, WEST POINT/GHC LACT Meal, JENKS, J/COMPASS PROTEIN Meal, COPPINI - 8# SPECIAL DAIRY Mix, GULICK, L-LACT Meal (Bulk), TRIPLE J - PROTEIN/LACTATION, ROCK CREEK/GHC MILK Mineral, BETTENCOURT/GHC S.SIDE MK-MN, BETTENCOURT #1/GHC MILK MINR, V&C DAIRY/GHC LACT Meal, VEENSTRA, F/GHC LACT Meal, SMUTNY, A- BYPASS ML W/SMARTA, Recall # V-025-2007

CODE

The firm does not utilize a code - only shipping documentation with commodity and weights identified.

RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER

Rangen, Inc, Buhl, ID, by letters on February 13 and 14, 2007. Firm initiated recall is complete.

REASON

Products manufactured from bulk feed containing blood meal that was cross contaminated with prohibited meat and bone meal and the labeling did not bear cautionary BSE statement.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE

9,997,976 lbs.

DISTRIBUTION

ID and NV

END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR MARCH 21, 2007



http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2 ... 00996.html



NEW URL



http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/Enfor ... 120446.htm




Thursday, March 19, 2009 MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF MAD COW FEED IN COMMERCE USA WITH ONGOING 12 YEARS OF DENIAL NOW, WHY IN THE WORLD DO WE TO TALK ABOUT THIS ANYMORE $$$



http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/03/ ... f-mad.html





anybody have any suggestions as to what's going on ???


thank you,
kind regards,
terry