Friday, January 18, 2008
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0026] RIN 0579-AC45 BSE MRR; Identification of
Ruminants, and Processing and Importation of Commodities
[Federal Register: January 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 13)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 3379-3385]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr18ja08-2]
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SEE FULL TEXT ;
http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2008/ ... -ac45.html
Attachment to Singletary comment
January 28, 2007
Greetings APHIS,
I would kindly like to submit the following to ;
BSE; MRR; IMPORTATION OF LIVE BOVINES AND PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM BOVINES
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0041] RIN 0579-AC01
[Federal Register: January 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 5)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1101-1129]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr09ja07-21]
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/c ... 64801f8152
BSE; MRR; IMPORTATION OF LIVE BOVINES AND PRODUCTS
DERIVED FROM BOVINES [Docket No. APHIS-2006-0041] RIN 0579-AC01
Date: January 9, 2007 at 9:08 am PST
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/c ... 64801f3412
APHIS-2006-0041-0006 TSE advisory committee for the meeting December 15,
2006
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/C ... tType=msw8
Response to Public Comments on the Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy Update, October 31, 2005
INTRODUCTION
The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) held a public meeting on July 25, 2006 in Washington, D.C. to
present findings from the Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy Update, October 31, 2005 (report and model located on the
FSIS website:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/Risk_A ... /index.asp
Comments on technical aspects of the risk assessment were then submitted to
FSIS. Comments were received from Food and Water Watch, Food Animal Concerns
Trust (FACT), Farm Sanctuary, R-CALF USA, Linda A Detwiler, and Terry S.
Singeltary. This document provides itemized replies to the public comments
received on the 2005 updated Harvard BSE risk assessment. Please bear the
following points in mind:
snip...see full text 33 pages ;
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/BSE_Risk_A ... mments.pdf
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 1:09 PM
To: FSIS RegulationsComments
Subject: [Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011] FSIS Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Page 1 of 98
8/3/2006
Greetings FSIS,
I would kindly like to comment on the following ;
FULL TEXT ;
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments ... 0011-1.pdf
An Evaluation of Central Nervous System Cross-Contamination Due to Carcass
Splitting in Commercial Beef-Packing Plants
Authors: Bowling, M.B.1; Yemm, R.S.1; Belk, K.E.1; Sofos, J.N.1; Smith,
G.C.1; Scanga, J.A.1
Source: Journal of Food Protection®, Volume 71, Number 1, January 2008 , pp.
83-92(10)
Publisher: International Association for Food Protection
Abstract:
Four experiments were conducted in commercial beef-packing facilities The
objectives of these experiments were to: (i) determine and validate a
carcass sampling technique and location to determine if central nervous
system (CNS) cross-contamination exists/occurs; (ii) determine if residual
CNS tissue contamination remains on splitting saws after sanitation
procedures; (iii) determine the prevalence of CNS cross-contamination in
commercial slaughter facilities; (iv) determine whether washing treatments
reduce or eliminate CNS tissue presence in carcass-splitting saws; (v)
determine the effectiveness of commercial spray-washing systems in removing
CNS tissue from beef carcasses; and (vi) compare residual CNS tissue levels
on the blade and in the housings of the Jarvis Buster IX and Buster IV
carcass-splitting saws. CNS tissue remained, albeit at very low levels, in
the housings and on the blades of carcass-splitting saws after carcass
splitting and operational sanitation. Additionally, after splitting
carcasses, CNS tissue remaining in the splitting saw housings and on saw
blades was found to cross-contaminate subsequent carcasses during splitting.
Most splitting saw operational sanitation procedures reduced the amount of
CNS tissue remaining in the splitting saw housings and on splitting saw
blades, but no treatment eliminated CNS tissue from either to levels below
the detection limit of the assay (6 ng/100 cm2). Washing in carcass
spray-washing cabinets at three of the five commercial beef-packing
facilities reduced, but did not eliminate, presence of CNS tissue in the
aitch bone area of carcasses. Carcass spray washing in cabinets at three of
the five facilities reduced (P < 0.05) the concentration of CNS tissue in
the fourth thoracic vertebra area. While extremely low concentrations of CNS
tissue remained in the splitting saw housings, on the splitting saw blades,
and on carcasses, it is unknown whether these levels would pose a human food
safety risk because the exact amount of bovine spongiform
encephalopathy-infected spinal cord capable of transmitting the disease to
humans is dependent on the infectivity titer, which is not readily known.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/i ... 0013#aff_1
Brilliant, 2008 and we are still pondering this in the USA, what will they
think of next......
VETERINARSKI ARHIV 75 (1), 83-100, 2005* Contact address
rof. Dr. vet. med.
Spyridon Basilios Ramantanis, Department of Food Technology, Technological
Educational Institution (T.E.I.) of Athens, Agiou Spyridonos Str., 122 10
Egaleo, Athens, Greece, Phone: +30 210 5385 506; Fax: +30 210 5314 874;
E-mail: [email protected] ISSN 0372-5480Printed in Croatia
Preventive measure against possible BSE-hazard: Irreversible electrical
cattle stunning - a review
http://www.vef.hr/vetarhiv/papers/2005-75-1-11.pdf
course tam et al figured this out a long time ago ;
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Docket #03-025IF -- Docket #03-038IF -- Docket #01-033DF --
SUBMISSIONS -- USDA ISSUES NEW REGULATIONS TO ADDRESS BSE
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 15:33:20 -0600
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Greetings FDA,
I would kindly like to make a submission to Federal Docket Docket
#03-025IF -- Docket #03-038IF and
Docket #01-033DF -- TSS SUBMISSIONS -- USDA ISSUES NEW REGULATIONS
TO ADDRESS BSE
Garland et al (1996). "Brain emboli in the lungs of cattle after stunning,"
Lancet 348(9027), p. 610.).
end...tss
see full text ;
https://web01.aphis.usda.gov/regpublic. ... enDocument
Seoul must end curbs on US beef for FTA, but why $
http://usdameatexport.blogspot.com/2008 ... r-fta.html
TSS
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0026] RIN 0579-AC45 BSE MRR; Identification of
Ruminants, and Processing and Importation of Commodities
[Federal Register: January 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 13)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 3379-3385]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr18ja08-2]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SEE FULL TEXT ;
http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2008/ ... -ac45.html
Attachment to Singletary comment
January 28, 2007
Greetings APHIS,
I would kindly like to submit the following to ;
BSE; MRR; IMPORTATION OF LIVE BOVINES AND PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM BOVINES
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0041] RIN 0579-AC01
[Federal Register: January 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 5)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1101-1129]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr09ja07-21]
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/c ... 64801f8152
BSE; MRR; IMPORTATION OF LIVE BOVINES AND PRODUCTS
DERIVED FROM BOVINES [Docket No. APHIS-2006-0041] RIN 0579-AC01
Date: January 9, 2007 at 9:08 am PST
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/c ... 64801f3412
APHIS-2006-0041-0006 TSE advisory committee for the meeting December 15,
2006
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/C ... tType=msw8
Response to Public Comments on the Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy Update, October 31, 2005
INTRODUCTION
The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) held a public meeting on July 25, 2006 in Washington, D.C. to
present findings from the Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy Update, October 31, 2005 (report and model located on the
FSIS website:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/Risk_A ... /index.asp
Comments on technical aspects of the risk assessment were then submitted to
FSIS. Comments were received from Food and Water Watch, Food Animal Concerns
Trust (FACT), Farm Sanctuary, R-CALF USA, Linda A Detwiler, and Terry S.
Singeltary. This document provides itemized replies to the public comments
received on the 2005 updated Harvard BSE risk assessment. Please bear the
following points in mind:
snip...see full text 33 pages ;
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/BSE_Risk_A ... mments.pdf
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 1:09 PM
To: FSIS RegulationsComments
Subject: [Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011] FSIS Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Page 1 of 98
8/3/2006
Greetings FSIS,
I would kindly like to comment on the following ;
FULL TEXT ;
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments ... 0011-1.pdf
An Evaluation of Central Nervous System Cross-Contamination Due to Carcass
Splitting in Commercial Beef-Packing Plants
Authors: Bowling, M.B.1; Yemm, R.S.1; Belk, K.E.1; Sofos, J.N.1; Smith,
G.C.1; Scanga, J.A.1
Source: Journal of Food Protection®, Volume 71, Number 1, January 2008 , pp.
83-92(10)
Publisher: International Association for Food Protection
Abstract:
Four experiments were conducted in commercial beef-packing facilities The
objectives of these experiments were to: (i) determine and validate a
carcass sampling technique and location to determine if central nervous
system (CNS) cross-contamination exists/occurs; (ii) determine if residual
CNS tissue contamination remains on splitting saws after sanitation
procedures; (iii) determine the prevalence of CNS cross-contamination in
commercial slaughter facilities; (iv) determine whether washing treatments
reduce or eliminate CNS tissue presence in carcass-splitting saws; (v)
determine the effectiveness of commercial spray-washing systems in removing
CNS tissue from beef carcasses; and (vi) compare residual CNS tissue levels
on the blade and in the housings of the Jarvis Buster IX and Buster IV
carcass-splitting saws. CNS tissue remained, albeit at very low levels, in
the housings and on the blades of carcass-splitting saws after carcass
splitting and operational sanitation. Additionally, after splitting
carcasses, CNS tissue remaining in the splitting saw housings and on saw
blades was found to cross-contaminate subsequent carcasses during splitting.
Most splitting saw operational sanitation procedures reduced the amount of
CNS tissue remaining in the splitting saw housings and on splitting saw
blades, but no treatment eliminated CNS tissue from either to levels below
the detection limit of the assay (6 ng/100 cm2). Washing in carcass
spray-washing cabinets at three of the five commercial beef-packing
facilities reduced, but did not eliminate, presence of CNS tissue in the
aitch bone area of carcasses. Carcass spray washing in cabinets at three of
the five facilities reduced (P < 0.05) the concentration of CNS tissue in
the fourth thoracic vertebra area. While extremely low concentrations of CNS
tissue remained in the splitting saw housings, on the splitting saw blades,
and on carcasses, it is unknown whether these levels would pose a human food
safety risk because the exact amount of bovine spongiform
encephalopathy-infected spinal cord capable of transmitting the disease to
humans is dependent on the infectivity titer, which is not readily known.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/i ... 0013#aff_1
Brilliant, 2008 and we are still pondering this in the USA, what will they
think of next......
VETERINARSKI ARHIV 75 (1), 83-100, 2005* Contact address
rof. Dr. vet. med. Spyridon Basilios Ramantanis, Department of Food Technology, Technological
Educational Institution (T.E.I.) of Athens, Agiou Spyridonos Str., 122 10
Egaleo, Athens, Greece, Phone: +30 210 5385 506; Fax: +30 210 5314 874;
E-mail: [email protected] ISSN 0372-5480Printed in Croatia
Preventive measure against possible BSE-hazard: Irreversible electrical
cattle stunning - a review
http://www.vef.hr/vetarhiv/papers/2005-75-1-11.pdf
course tam et al figured this out a long time ago ;
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Docket #03-025IF -- Docket #03-038IF -- Docket #01-033DF --
SUBMISSIONS -- USDA ISSUES NEW REGULATIONS TO ADDRESS BSE
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 15:33:20 -0600
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Greetings FDA,
I would kindly like to make a submission to Federal Docket Docket
#03-025IF -- Docket #03-038IF and
Docket #01-033DF -- TSS SUBMISSIONS -- USDA ISSUES NEW REGULATIONS
TO ADDRESS BSE
Garland et al (1996). "Brain emboli in the lungs of cattle after stunning,"
Lancet 348(9027), p. 610.).
end...tss
see full text ;
https://web01.aphis.usda.gov/regpublic. ... enDocument
Seoul must end curbs on US beef for FTA, but why $
http://usdameatexport.blogspot.com/2008 ... r-fta.html
TSS
