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[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0026] RIN 0579-AC45 BSE MRR; AMENDED
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<blockquote data-quote="flounder" data-source="post: 491152" data-attributes="member: 3519"><p>Friday, January 18, 2008 </p><p></p><p>[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0026] RIN 0579-AC45 BSE MRR; Identification of </p><p>Ruminants, and Processing and Importation of Commodities </p><p></p><p>[Federal Register: January 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 13)] </p><p>[Rules and Regulations] </p><p>[Page 3379-3385] </p><p>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] </p><p>[DOCID:fr18ja08-2] </p><p></p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------- </p><p></p><p></p><p>SEE FULL TEXT ; </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2008/01/docket-no-aphis-2006-0026-rin-0579-ac45.html" target="_blank">http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2008/ ... -ac45.html</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Attachment to Singletary comment </p><p></p><p>January 28, 2007 </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Greetings APHIS, </p><p></p><p></p><p>I would kindly like to submit the following to ; </p><p></p><p></p><p>BSE; MRR; IMPORTATION OF LIVE BOVINES AND PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM BOVINES </p><p>[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0041] RIN 0579-AC01 </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[Federal Register: January 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 5)] </p><p>[Proposed Rules] </p><p>[Page 1101-1129] </p><p>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] </p><p>[DOCID:fr09ja07-21] </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=09000064801f8152" target="_blank">http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/c ... 64801f8152</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>BSE; MRR; IMPORTATION OF LIVE BOVINES AND PRODUCTS </p><p>DERIVED FROM BOVINES [Docket No. APHIS-2006-0041] RIN 0579-AC01 </p><p>Date: January 9, 2007 at 9:08 am PST </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=09000064801f3412" target="_blank">http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/c ... 64801f3412</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>APHIS-2006-0041-0006 TSE advisory committee for the meeting December 15, </p><p>2006 </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064801f3413&disposition=attachment&contentType=msw8" target="_blank">http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/C ... tType=msw8</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Response to Public Comments on the Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine </p><p>Spongiform Encephalopathy Update, October 31, 2005 </p><p></p><p>INTRODUCTION </p><p></p><p>The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection </p><p>Service (FSIS) held a public meeting on July 25, 2006 in Washington, D.C. to </p><p>present findings from the Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform </p><p>Encephalopathy Update, October 31, 2005 (report and model located on the </p><p>FSIS website: </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/Risk_Assessments/index.asp" target="_blank">http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/Risk_A ... /index.asp</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Comments on technical aspects of the risk assessment were then submitted to </p><p>FSIS. Comments were received from Food and Water Watch, Food Animal Concerns </p><p>Trust (FACT), Farm Sanctuary, R-CALF USA, Linda A Detwiler, and Terry S. </p><p>Singeltary. This document provides itemized replies to the public comments </p><p>received on the 2005 updated Harvard BSE risk assessment. Please bear the </p><p>following points in mind: </p><p></p><p></p><p>snip...see full text 33 pages ; </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/BSE_Risk_Assess_Response_Public_Comments.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/BSE_Risk_A ... mments.pdf</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p>From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [flounder9@verizon.net] </p><p>Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 1:09 PM </p><p>To: FSIS RegulationsComments </p><p>Subject: [Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011] FSIS Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine </p><p>Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) </p><p></p><p>Page 1 of 98 </p><p></p><p>8/3/2006 </p><p></p><p>Greetings FSIS, </p><p></p><p>I would kindly like to comment on the following ; </p><p></p><p></p><p>FULL TEXT ; </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments/2006-0011/2006-0011-1.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments ... 0011-1.pdf</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p>An Evaluation of Central Nervous System Cross-Contamination Due to Carcass </p><p>Splitting in Commercial Beef-Packing Plants </p><p></p><p>Authors: Bowling, M.B.1; Yemm, R.S.1; Belk, K.E.1; Sofos, J.N.1; Smith, </p><p>G.C.1; Scanga, J.A.1 </p><p></p><p>Source: Journal of Food Protection®, Volume 71, Number 1, January 2008 , pp. </p><p>83-92(10) </p><p></p><p>Publisher: International Association for Food Protection </p><p></p><p></p><p>Abstract: </p><p></p><p>Four experiments were conducted in commercial beef-packing facilities The </p><p>objectives of these experiments were to: (i) determine and validate a </p><p>carcass sampling technique and location to determine if central nervous </p><p>system (CNS) cross-contamination exists/occurs; (ii) determine if residual </p><p>CNS tissue contamination remains on splitting saws after sanitation </p><p>procedures; (iii) determine the prevalence of CNS cross-contamination in </p><p>commercial slaughter facilities; (iv) determine whether washing treatments </p><p>reduce or eliminate CNS tissue presence in carcass-splitting saws; (v) </p><p>determine the effectiveness of commercial spray-washing systems in removing </p><p>CNS tissue from beef carcasses; and (vi) compare residual CNS tissue levels </p><p>on the blade and in the housings of the Jarvis Buster IX and Buster IV </p><p>carcass-splitting saws. CNS tissue remained, albeit at very low levels, in </p><p>the housings and on the blades of carcass-splitting saws after carcass </p><p>splitting and operational sanitation. Additionally, after splitting </p><p>carcasses, CNS tissue remaining in the splitting saw housings and on saw </p><p>blades was found to cross-contaminate subsequent carcasses during splitting. </p><p>Most splitting saw operational sanitation procedures reduced the amount of </p><p>CNS tissue remaining in the splitting saw housings and on splitting saw </p><p>blades, but no treatment eliminated CNS tissue from either to levels below </p><p>the detection limit of the assay (6 ng/100 cm2). Washing in carcass </p><p>spray-washing cabinets at three of the five commercial beef-packing </p><p>facilities reduced, but did not eliminate, presence of CNS tissue in the </p><p>aitch bone area of carcasses. Carcass spray washing in cabinets at three of </p><p>the five facilities reduced (P < 0.05) the concentration of CNS tissue in </p><p>the fourth thoracic vertebra area. While extremely low concentrations of CNS </p><p>tissue remained in the splitting saw housings, on the splitting saw blades, </p><p>and on carcasses, it is unknown whether these levels would pose a human food </p><p>safety risk because the exact amount of bovine spongiform </p><p>encephalopathy-infected spinal cord capable of transmitting the disease to </p><p>humans is dependent on the infectivity titer, which is not readily known. </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iafp/jfp/2008/00000071/00000001/art00013#aff_1" target="_blank">http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/i ... 0013#aff_1</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Brilliant, 2008 and we are still pondering this in the USA, what will they </p><p>think of next...... </p><p></p><p></p><p>VETERINARSKI ARHIV 75 (1), 83-100, 2005* Contact address<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />rof. Dr. vet. med. </p><p>Spyridon Basilios Ramantanis, Department of Food Technology, Technological </p><p>Educational Institution (T.E.I.) of Athens, Agiou Spyridonos Str., 122 10 </p><p>Egaleo, Athens, Greece, Phone: +30 210 5385 506; Fax: +30 210 5314 874; </p><p>E-mail: <a href="mailto:ramadspy@teiath.gr">ramadspy@teiath.gr</a> ISSN 0372-5480Printed in Croatia </p><p></p><p>Preventive measure against possible BSE-hazard: Irreversible electrical </p><p>cattle stunning - a review </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.vef.hr/vetarhiv/papers/2005-75-1-11.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.vef.hr/vetarhiv/papers/2005-75-1-11.pdf</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p>course tam et al figured this out a long time ago ; </p><p></p><p></p><p>-------- Original Message -------- </p><p>Subject: Docket #03-025IF -- Docket #03-038IF -- Docket #01-033DF -- </p><p>SUBMISSIONS -- USDA ISSUES NEW REGULATIONS TO ADDRESS BSE </p><p>Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 15:33:20 -0600 </p><p>From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr." </p><p>To: <a href="mailto:fdadockets@oc.fda.gov">fdadockets@oc.fda.gov</a> </p><p>CC: <a href="mailto:Freas@cber.FDA.gov">Freas@cber.FDA.gov</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Greetings FDA, </p><p></p><p>I would kindly like to make a submission to Federal Docket Docket </p><p>#03-025IF -- Docket #03-038IF and </p><p>Docket #01-033DF -- TSS SUBMISSIONS -- USDA ISSUES NEW REGULATIONS </p><p>TO ADDRESS BSE </p><p></p><p>Garland et al (1996). "Brain emboli in the lungs of cattle after stunning," </p><p>Lancet 348(9027), p. 610.). </p><p></p><p></p><p>end...tss </p><p></p><p>see full text ; </p><p></p><p><a href="https://web01.aphis.usda.gov/regpublic.nsf/0/eff9eff1f7c5cf2b87256ecf000df08d?OpenDocument" target="_blank">https://web01.aphis.usda.gov/regpublic. ... enDocument</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Seoul must end curbs on US beef for FTA, but why $ </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://usdameatexport.blogspot.com/2008/01/seoul-must-end-curbs-on-us-beef-for-fta.html" target="_blank">http://usdameatexport.blogspot.com/2008 ... r-fta.html</a> </p><p></p><p></p><p>TSS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flounder, post: 491152, member: 3519"] 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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEE FULL TEXT ; [url=http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2008/01/docket-no-aphis-2006-0026-rin-0579-ac45.html]http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2008/ ... -ac45.html[/url] 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] [url=http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=09000064801f8152]http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/c ... 64801f8152[/url] 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 [url=http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=09000064801f3412]http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/c ... 64801f3412[/url] APHIS-2006-0041-0006 TSE advisory committee for the meeting December 15, 2006 [url=http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064801f3413&disposition=attachment&contentType=msw8]http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/C ... tType=msw8[/url] 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: [url=http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/Risk_Assessments/index.asp]http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/Risk_A ... /index.asp[/url] 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 ; [url=http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/BSE_Risk_Assess_Response_Public_Comments.pdf]http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/BSE_Risk_A ... mments.pdf[/url] From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [flounder9@verizon.net] 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 ; [url=http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments/2006-0011/2006-0011-1.pdf]http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments ... 0011-1.pdf[/url] 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. [url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iafp/jfp/2008/00000071/00000001/art00013#aff_1]http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/i ... 0013#aff_1[/url] 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:Prof. 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=ramadspy@teiath.gr]ramadspy@teiath.gr[/email] ISSN 0372-5480Printed in Croatia Preventive measure against possible BSE-hazard: Irreversible electrical cattle stunning - a review [url=http://www.vef.hr/vetarhiv/papers/2005-75-1-11.pdf]http://www.vef.hr/vetarhiv/papers/2005-75-1-11.pdf[/url] 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=fdadockets@oc.fda.gov]fdadockets@oc.fda.gov[/email] CC: [email=Freas@cber.FDA.gov]Freas@cber.FDA.gov[/email] 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 ; [url=https://web01.aphis.usda.gov/regpublic.nsf/0/eff9eff1f7c5cf2b87256ecf000df08d?OpenDocument]https://web01.aphis.usda.gov/regpublic. ... enDocument[/url] Seoul must end curbs on US beef for FTA, but why $ [url=http://usdameatexport.blogspot.com/2008/01/seoul-must-end-curbs-on-us-beef-for-fta.html]http://usdameatexport.blogspot.com/2008 ... r-fta.html[/url] TSS [/QUOTE]
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