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<blockquote data-quote="flounder" data-source="post: 645665" data-attributes="member: 3519"><p>you know as well as i do, that in Texas, the SSS policy has been in full force for years.</p><p></p><p>they don't test suspect mad cows, they send them straight to the pet food render.</p><p></p><p>they don't get tested. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>FDA Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement May 4, 2004 Media Inquiries: 301-827-6242 Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA</p><p></p><p>Statement on Texas Cow With Central Nervous System Symptoms On Friday, April 30 th , the Food and Drug Administration learned that a cow with central nervous system symptoms had been killed and shipped to a processor for rendering into animal protein for use in animal feed.</p><p></p><p>FDA, which is responsible for the safety of animal feed, immediately began an investigation. On Friday and throughout the weekend, FDA investigators inspected the slaughterhouse, the rendering facility, the farm where the animal came from, and the processor that initially received the cow from the slaughterhouse.</p><p></p><p>FDA's investigation showed that the animal in question had already been rendered into "meat and bone meal" (a type of protein animal feed). Over the weekend FDA was able to track down all the implicated material. That material is being held by the firm, which is cooperating fully with FDA.</p><p></p><p>Cattle with central nervous system symptoms are of particular interest because cattle with bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE, also known as "mad cow disease," can exhibit such symptoms. In this case, there is no way now to test for BSE. But even if the cow had BSE, FDA's animal feed rule would prohibit the feeding of its rendered protein to other ruminant animals (e.g., cows, goats, sheep, bison).</p><p></p><p>FDA is sending a letter to the firm summarizing its findings and informing the firm that FDA will not object to use of this material in swine feed only. If it is not used in swine feed, this material will be destroyed. Pigs have been shown not to be susceptible to BSE. If the firm agrees to use the material for swine feed only, FDA will track the material all the way through the supply chain from the processor to the farm to ensure that the feed is properly monitored and used only as feed for pigs.</p><p></p><p>To protect the U.S. against BSE, FDA works to keep certain mammalian protein out of animal feed for cattle and other ruminant animals. FDA established its animal feed rule in 1997 after the BSE epidemic in the U.K. showed that the disease spreads by feeding infected ruminant protein to cattle.</p><p></p><p>Under the current regulation, the material from this Texas cow is not allowed in feed for cattle or other ruminant animals. FDA's action specifying that the material go only into swine feed means also that it will not be fed to poultry.</p><p></p><p>FDA is committed to protecting the U.S. from BSE and collaborates closely with the U.S. Department of Agriculture on all BSE issues. The animal feed rule provides crucial protection against the spread of BSE, but it is only one of several such firewalls. FDA will soon be improving the animal feed rule, to make this strong system even stronger.</p><p></p><p>####</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/new01061.html" target="_blank">http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/new01061.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>and the one they did finally document, it took an act of congress to get the damn mad cow documented, of which it was the h-BSE atypical. and if it were not for the Honorable Phyllis Fong of the OIG, that mad cow too would have never been documented. these are the facts. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Thursday, December 04, 2008 2:37 PM</p><p></p><p>"we have found that H-BSE can infect humans."</p><p></p><p>personal communication with Professor Kong. ...TSS</p><p></p><p>see full text ;</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/02/atypical-bse-north-america-update.html" target="_blank">http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... pdate.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>TSS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flounder, post: 645665, member: 3519"] you know as well as i do, that in Texas, the SSS policy has been in full force for years. they don't test suspect mad cows, they send them straight to the pet food render. they don't get tested. FDA Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement May 4, 2004 Media Inquiries: 301-827-6242 Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA Statement on Texas Cow With Central Nervous System Symptoms On Friday, April 30 th , the Food and Drug Administration learned that a cow with central nervous system symptoms had been killed and shipped to a processor for rendering into animal protein for use in animal feed. FDA, which is responsible for the safety of animal feed, immediately began an investigation. On Friday and throughout the weekend, FDA investigators inspected the slaughterhouse, the rendering facility, the farm where the animal came from, and the processor that initially received the cow from the slaughterhouse. FDA's investigation showed that the animal in question had already been rendered into "meat and bone meal" (a type of protein animal feed). Over the weekend FDA was able to track down all the implicated material. That material is being held by the firm, which is cooperating fully with FDA. Cattle with central nervous system symptoms are of particular interest because cattle with bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE, also known as "mad cow disease," can exhibit such symptoms. In this case, there is no way now to test for BSE. But even if the cow had BSE, FDA's animal feed rule would prohibit the feeding of its rendered protein to other ruminant animals (e.g., cows, goats, sheep, bison). FDA is sending a letter to the firm summarizing its findings and informing the firm that FDA will not object to use of this material in swine feed only. If it is not used in swine feed, this material will be destroyed. Pigs have been shown not to be susceptible to BSE. If the firm agrees to use the material for swine feed only, FDA will track the material all the way through the supply chain from the processor to the farm to ensure that the feed is properly monitored and used only as feed for pigs. To protect the U.S. against BSE, FDA works to keep certain mammalian protein out of animal feed for cattle and other ruminant animals. FDA established its animal feed rule in 1997 after the BSE epidemic in the U.K. showed that the disease spreads by feeding infected ruminant protein to cattle. Under the current regulation, the material from this Texas cow is not allowed in feed for cattle or other ruminant animals. FDA's action specifying that the material go only into swine feed means also that it will not be fed to poultry. FDA is committed to protecting the U.S. from BSE and collaborates closely with the U.S. Department of Agriculture on all BSE issues. The animal feed rule provides crucial protection against the spread of BSE, but it is only one of several such firewalls. FDA will soon be improving the animal feed rule, to make this strong system even stronger. #### [url=http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/new01061.html]http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/new01061.html[/url] and the one they did finally document, it took an act of congress to get the damn mad cow documented, of which it was the h-BSE atypical. and if it were not for the Honorable Phyllis Fong of the OIG, that mad cow too would have never been documented. these are the facts. Thursday, December 04, 2008 2:37 PM "we have found that H-BSE can infect humans." personal communication with Professor Kong. ...TSS see full text ; [url=http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/02/atypical-bse-north-america-update.html]http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... pdate.html[/url] TSS [/QUOTE]
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