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Release No. 0057.08 Remarks by Secretary of Agriculture
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<blockquote data-quote="flounder" data-source="post: 506319" data-attributes="member: 3519"><p>Release No. 0057.08</p><p>Contact:</p><p>Office of Communications (202)720-4623</p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Remarks by Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer Delivered at the National Meat Association Board Meeting </p><p> </p><p> Monterey, CA - February 22, 2008 </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>>>>You know, it isn't just the downer cow that's out there in the pen. The interlocking safeguards prevent BSE from entering the food supply and mitigating the risks that animals may impose. The required removal of the specified risk materials and our feed ban that took place in 1997 are really two of the most important safeguards, and they're still here. And we believe the age of these animals was 5 to 7 years, and we don't see any evidence at this point that they would have been exposed to the feed ban feed materials or had any reason to believe they were sick animals. <<<</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=2008/02/0057.xml" target="_blank">http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome ... 2/0057.xml</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>FACTS </p><p></p><p></p><p>10,000,000+ LBS. of PROHIBITED BANNED MAD COW FEED I.E. MBM IN COMMERCE USA</p><p>2007</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Date: March 21, 2007 at 2:27 pm PST</p><p>RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINES -- CLASS II</p><p>___________________________________</p><p></p><p>PRODUCT</p><p></p><p>Bulk cattle feed made with recalled Darling's 85% Blood Meal, Flash Dried,</p><p>Recall # V-024-2007</p><p></p><p>CODE</p><p></p><p>Cattle feed delivered between 01/12/2007 and 01/26/2007</p><p></p><p>RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER</p><p></p><p>Pfeiffer, Arno, Inc, Greenbush, WI. by conversation on February 5, 2007.</p><p></p><p>Firm initiated recall is ongoing.</p><p></p><p>REASON</p><p></p><p>Blood meal used to make cattle feed was recalled because it was</p><p>cross-contaminated with prohibited bovine meat and bone meal that had been</p><p>manufactured on common equipment and labeling did not bear cautionary BSE</p><p>statement.</p><p></p><p>VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE</p><p></p><p>42,090 lbs.</p><p></p><p>DISTRIBUTION</p><p></p><p>WI</p><p></p><p>___________________________________</p><p></p><p>PRODUCT</p><p></p><p>Custom dairy premix products: MNM ALL PURPOSE Pellet, HILLSIDE/CDL</p><p>Prot-Buffer Meal, LEE, M.-CLOSE UP PX Pellet, HIGH DESERT/ GHC LACT Meal,</p><p>TATARKA, M CUST PROT Meal, SUNRIDGE/CDL PROTEIN Blend, LOURENZO, K PVM DAIRY</p><p>Meal, DOUBLE B DAIRY/GHC LAC Mineral, WEST PIONT/GHC CLOSEUP Mineral, WEST</p><p>POINT/GHC LACT Meal, JENKS, J/COMPASS PROTEIN Meal, COPPINI – 8# SPECIAL</p><p>DAIRY Mix, GULICK, L-LACT Meal (Bulk), TRIPLE J – PROTEIN/LACTATION, ROCK</p><p>CREEK/GHC MILK Mineral, BETTENCOURT/GHC S.SIDE MK-MN, BETTENCOURT #1/GHC</p><p>MILK MINR, V&C DAIRY/GHC LACT Meal, VEENSTRA, F/GHC LACT Meal, SMUTNY,</p><p>A-BYPASS ML W/SMARTA, Recall # V-025-2007</p><p></p><p>CODE</p><p></p><p>The firm does not utilize a code - only shipping documentation with</p><p>commodity and weights identified.</p><p></p><p>RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER</p><p></p><p>Rangen, Inc, Buhl, ID, by letters on February 13 and 14, 2007. Firm</p><p>initiated recall is complete.</p><p></p><p>REASON</p><p></p><p>Products manufactured from bulk feed containing blood meal that was cross</p><p>contaminated with prohibited meat and bone meal and the labeling did not</p><p>bear cautionary BSE statement.</p><p></p><p>VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE</p><p></p><p>9,997,976 lbs.</p><p></p><p>DISTRIBUTION</p><p></p><p>ID and NV</p><p></p><p>END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR MARCH 21, 2007</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2007/ENF00996.html" target="_blank">http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2 ... 00996.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Subject: MAD COW FEED RECALL USA SEPT 6, 2006 1961.72 TONS IN COMMERCE AL,</p><p>TN, AND WV</p><p></p><p>Date: September 6, 2006 at 7:58 am PST</p><p></p><p>PRODUCT</p><p></p><p>a) EVSRC Custom dairy feed, Recall # V-130-6;</p><p>b) Performance Chick Starter, Recall # V-131-6;</p><p>c) Performance Quail Grower, Recall # V-132-6;</p><p>d) Performance Pheasant Finisher, Recall # V-133-6.</p><p></p><p>CODE</p><p>None</p><p></p><p>RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER</p><p></p><p>Donaldson & Hasenbein/dba J&R Feed Service, Inc., Cullman, AL, by telephone</p><p>on June 23, 2006 and by letter dated July 19, 2006. Firm initiated recall is</p><p>complete.</p><p></p><p>REASON</p><p></p><p>Dairy and poultry feeds were possibly contaminated with ruminant based</p><p>protein.</p><p></p><p>VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE</p><p></p><p>477.72 tons</p><p></p><p>DISTRIBUTION</p><p></p><p>AL</p><p>______________________________</p><p></p><p>PRODUCT</p><p></p><p>a) Dairy feed, custom, Recall # V-134-6;</p><p>b) Custom Dairy Feed with Monensin, Recall # V-135-6.</p><p>CODE</p><p>None. Bulk product</p><p></p><p>RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER</p><p></p><p>Recalling Firm: Burkmann Feed, Greeneville, TN, by Telephone beginning on</p><p>June 28, 2006.</p><p></p><p>Manufacturer: H. J. Baker & Bro., Inc., Albertville, AL. Firm initiated</p><p>recall is complete.</p><p></p><p>REASON</p><p></p><p>Possible contamination of dairy feeds with ruminant derived meat and bone</p><p>meal.</p><p></p><p>VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE</p><p></p><p>1,484 tons</p><p></p><p>DISTRIBUTION</p><p></p><p>TN and WV</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00968.html" target="_blank">http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2 ... 00968.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Subject: MAD COW FEED RECALLS ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR AUGUST 9, 2006 KY, LA,</p><p>MS, AL, GA, AND TN 11,000+ TONS</p><p></p><p>Date: August 16, 2006 at 9:19 am PST</p><p></p><p>RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINE - CLASS II</p><p>______________________________</p><p></p><p>SNIP...END</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>SEE FULL LIST OF enforcement action concerning Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy</p><p>and Specified Risk Material taken in accordance with 9 CFR Part 500.4.</p><p></p><p></p><p>SRM SPECIFIED RISK MATERIALS</p><p></p><p>RUMINANT TO RUMINANT ANIMAL PROTEIN IN COMMERCE 2006-2007</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://madcowspontaneousnot.blogspot.com/2008/02/specified-risk-materials-srm.html" target="_blank">http://madcowspontaneousnot.blogspot.co ... s-srm.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>INK ON PAPER, the 8/4/97 mad cow feed ban was nothing but ink on paper. ...tss</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>FDA Statement</p><p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p><p>Statement</p><p>May 4, 2004 </p><p> Media Inquiries: 301-827-6242</p><p>Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Statement on Texas Cow With Central Nervous System Symptoms </p><p>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><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></p><p>Subject: USDA OIG SEMIANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS FY 2007 1st Half (bogus BSE</p><p>sampling FROM HEALTHY USDA CATTLE)</p><p>Date: June 21, 2007 at 2:49 pm PST</p><p></p><p>Owner and Corporation Plead Guilty</p><p>to Defrauding Bovine Spongiform</p><p>Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance Program</p><p></p><p></p><p>An Arizona meat processing company and its owner pled</p><p>guilty in February 2007 to charges of theft of Government</p><p>funds, mail fraud, and wire fraud. The owner and his</p><p>company defrauded the BSE Surveillance Program when</p><p>they falsified BSE Surveillance Data Collection Forms and</p><p>then submitted payment requests to USDA for the services.</p><p>In addition to the targeted sample population (those cattle</p><p>that were more than 30 months old or had other risk factors</p><p>for BSE), the owner submitted to USDA, or caused to be</p><p>submitted, BSE obex (brain stem) samples from healthy</p><p>USDA-inspected cattle. As a result, the owner fraudulently</p><p>received approximately $390,000. Sentencing is scheduled</p><p>for May 2007.</p><p></p><p></p><p>snip...</p><p></p><p></p><p>Topics that will be covered in ongoing or planned reviews under Goal 1</p><p>include:</p><p></p><p>soundness of BSE maintenance sampling (APHIS),</p><p></p><p></p><p>implementation of Performance-Based Inspection System</p><p>enhancements for specified risk material (SRM) violations and</p><p>improved inspection controls over SRMs (FSIS and APHIS),</p><p></p><p></p><p>snip...</p><p></p><p></p><p>The findings and recommendations from these efforts will be covered in</p><p>future semiannual reports as the relevant audits and</p><p>investigations are completed.</p><p></p><p></p><p>4 USDA OIG SEMIANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS FY 2007 1st Half</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/sarc070619.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/sarc070619.pdf</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>FSIS STATES ;</p><p></p><p></p><p>Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - "Mad Cow Disease"</p><p></p><p></p><p>In addition, on December 30, 2003, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman</p><p>announced new policies that would further strengthen an existing solid food</p><p>safety system against BSE. On that date, an immediate ban was enacted to</p><p>prevent all non-ambulatory disabled cattle from being used in the human food</p><p>supply. This group contains the HIGHEST risk population of cattle that</p><p>could possibly have BSE. However, even before this ban, FSIS inspectors at</p><p>slaughterhouses were condemning all cattle they suspected of showing central</p><p>nervous system disorders.</p><p></p><p></p><p>snip...</p><p></p><p>Are meats used in the National School Lunch Program safe?</p><p></p><p>Yes. USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), by specification, does not</p><p>allow beef that is mechanically separated from bone with automatic deboning</p><p>systems, advanced lean (meat) recovery (AMR) systems, or powered knives for</p><p>any commodity programs. USDA procurement specifications for beef</p><p>specifically prohibit the use of meat from downer animals - animals too sick</p><p>or injured to walk.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Bovine_Spongiform_Encephalopathy_Mad_Cow_Disease/index.asp" target="_blank">http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Bo ... /index.asp</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Audit Report</p><p></p><p>Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service</p><p></p><p>Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance Program - Phase II</p><p></p><p>and</p><p></p><p>Food Safety and Inspection Service</p><p></p><p>Controls Over BSE Sampling, Specified Risk Materials, and Advanced Meat</p><p>Recovery Products - Phase III</p><p></p><p>Report No. 50601-10-KC January 2006</p><p></p><p>Finding 2 Inherent Challenges in Identifying and Testing High-Risk Cattle</p><p>Still Remain</p><p></p><p>Our prior report identified a number of inherent problems in identifying and</p><p>testing high-risk cattle. We reported that the challenges in identifying the</p><p>universe of high-risk cattle, as well as the need to design procedures to</p><p>obtain an appropriate representation of samples, was critical to the success</p><p>of the BSE surveillance program. The surveillance program was designed to</p><p>target nonambulatory cattle, cattle showing signs of CNS disease (including</p><p>cattle testing negative for rabies), cattle showing signs not inconsistent</p><p>with BSE, and dead cattle. Although APHIS designed procedures to ensure FSIS</p><p>condemned cattle were sampled and made a concerted effort for outreach to</p><p>obtain targeted samples, industry practices not considered in the design of</p><p>the surveillance program reduced assurance that targeted animals were tested</p><p>for BSE.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>USDA/OIG-A/50601-10-KC Page 27</p><p></p><p>observe these animals ante mortem when possible to assure the animals from</p><p>the target population are ultimately sampled and the clinical signs</p><p>evaluated.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>snip...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/50601-10-KC.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/50601-10-KC.pdf</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>SEE VIDEO AGAIN OF HIGHLY SUSPECT MAD COW BEEF FOR THAT SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM</p><p>IN 35+ STATES,</p><p></p><p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/yul2lw" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/yul2lw</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>kinda reminds you of these mad cows ;</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/031231/nn_baz_madcow_031231.300w.jpg" target="_blank">http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Comp ... 1.300w.jpg</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/mad_cow_usda_file.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/mad_cow_usda_file.jpg</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://blog.erdener.org/archives/images/20031223-madcow.jpg" target="_blank">http://blog.erdener.org/archives/images ... madcow.jpg</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>USDA CERTIFIED H-BASE MAD COW SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://cjdmadcowbaseoct2007.blogspot.com/2008/02/usda-certified-h-base-mad-cow-school.html" target="_blank">http://cjdmadcowbaseoct2007.blogspot.co ... chool.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sunday, February 17, 2008</p><p></p><p>Release No. 0046.08 Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer</p><p>Regarding Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company Two Year Product Recall</p><p></p><p>Release No. 0046.08</p><p></p><p>Contact:</p><p></p><p>USDA Press Office (202) 720-4623</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://cjdmadcowbaseoct2007.blogspot.com/2008/02/release-no-004608-statement-by.html" target="_blank">http://cjdmadcowbaseoct2007.blogspot.co ... nt-by.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thursday, February 21, 2008</p><p></p><p>TRANSCRIPT: Technical Briefing - Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company -</p><p>(02/21/08)</p><p></p><p>Release No. 0054.08</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://downercattle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://downercattle.blogspot.com/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://downercattle.blogspot.com/2008/02/transcript-technical-briefing.html" target="_blank">http://downercattle.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... efing.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>TSS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flounder, post: 506319, member: 3519"] Release No. 0057.08 Contact: Office of Communications (202)720-4623 Remarks by Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer Delivered at the National Meat Association Board Meeting Monterey, CA - February 22, 2008 >>>You know, it isn't just the downer cow that's out there in the pen. The interlocking safeguards prevent BSE from entering the food supply and mitigating the risks that animals may impose. The required removal of the specified risk materials and our feed ban that took place in 1997 are really two of the most important safeguards, and they're still here. And we believe the age of these animals was 5 to 7 years, and we don't see any evidence at this point that they would have been exposed to the feed ban feed materials or had any reason to believe they were sick animals. <<< [url=http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=2008/02/0057.xml]http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome ... 2/0057.xml[/url] FACTS 10,000,000+ LBS. of PROHIBITED BANNED MAD COW FEED I.E. MBM IN COMMERCE USA 2007 Date: March 21, 2007 at 2:27 pm PST RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINES -- CLASS II ___________________________________ 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 ___________________________________ 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 [url=http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2007/ENF00996.html]http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2 ... 00996.html[/url] Subject: MAD COW FEED RECALL USA SEPT 6, 2006 1961.72 TONS IN COMMERCE AL, TN, AND WV Date: September 6, 2006 at 7:58 am PST PRODUCT a) EVSRC Custom dairy feed, Recall # V-130-6; b) Performance Chick Starter, Recall # V-131-6; c) Performance Quail Grower, Recall # V-132-6; d) Performance Pheasant Finisher, Recall # V-133-6. CODE None RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Donaldson & Hasenbein/dba J&R Feed Service, Inc., Cullman, AL, by telephone on June 23, 2006 and by letter dated July 19, 2006. Firm initiated recall is complete. REASON Dairy and poultry feeds were possibly contaminated with ruminant based protein. VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 477.72 tons DISTRIBUTION AL ______________________________ PRODUCT a) Dairy feed, custom, Recall # V-134-6; b) Custom Dairy Feed with Monensin, Recall # V-135-6. CODE None. Bulk product RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Recalling Firm: Burkmann Feed, Greeneville, TN, by Telephone beginning on June 28, 2006. Manufacturer: H. J. Baker & Bro., Inc., Albertville, AL. Firm initiated recall is complete. REASON Possible contamination of dairy feeds with ruminant derived meat and bone meal. VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 1,484 tons DISTRIBUTION TN and WV [url=http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00968.html]http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2 ... 00968.html[/url] Subject: MAD COW FEED RECALLS ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR AUGUST 9, 2006 KY, LA, MS, AL, GA, AND TN 11,000+ TONS Date: August 16, 2006 at 9:19 am PST RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINE - CLASS II ______________________________ SNIP...END SEE FULL LIST OF enforcement action concerning Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Specified Risk Material taken in accordance with 9 CFR Part 500.4. SRM SPECIFIED RISK MATERIALS RUMINANT TO RUMINANT ANIMAL PROTEIN IN COMMERCE 2006-2007 [url=http://madcowspontaneousnot.blogspot.com/2008/02/specified-risk-materials-srm.html]http://madcowspontaneousnot.blogspot.co ... s-srm.html[/url] INK ON PAPER, the 8/4/97 mad cow feed ban was nothing but ink on paper. ...tss 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] Subject: USDA OIG SEMIANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS FY 2007 1st Half (bogus BSE sampling FROM HEALTHY USDA CATTLE) Date: June 21, 2007 at 2:49 pm PST Owner and Corporation Plead Guilty to Defrauding Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance Program An Arizona meat processing company and its owner pled guilty in February 2007 to charges of theft of Government funds, mail fraud, and wire fraud. The owner and his company defrauded the BSE Surveillance Program when they falsified BSE Surveillance Data Collection Forms and then submitted payment requests to USDA for the services. In addition to the targeted sample population (those cattle that were more than 30 months old or had other risk factors for BSE), the owner submitted to USDA, or caused to be submitted, BSE obex (brain stem) samples from healthy USDA-inspected cattle. As a result, the owner fraudulently received approximately $390,000. Sentencing is scheduled for May 2007. snip... Topics that will be covered in ongoing or planned reviews under Goal 1 include: soundness of BSE maintenance sampling (APHIS), implementation of Performance-Based Inspection System enhancements for specified risk material (SRM) violations and improved inspection controls over SRMs (FSIS and APHIS), snip... The findings and recommendations from these efforts will be covered in future semiannual reports as the relevant audits and investigations are completed. 4 USDA OIG SEMIANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS FY 2007 1st Half [url=http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/sarc070619.pdf]http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/sarc070619.pdf[/url] FSIS STATES ; Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - "Mad Cow Disease" In addition, on December 30, 2003, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced new policies that would further strengthen an existing solid food safety system against BSE. On that date, an immediate ban was enacted to prevent all non-ambulatory disabled cattle from being used in the human food supply. This group contains the HIGHEST risk population of cattle that could possibly have BSE. However, even before this ban, FSIS inspectors at slaughterhouses were condemning all cattle they suspected of showing central nervous system disorders. snip... Are meats used in the National School Lunch Program safe? Yes. USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), by specification, does not allow beef that is mechanically separated from bone with automatic deboning systems, advanced lean (meat) recovery (AMR) systems, or powered knives for any commodity programs. USDA procurement specifications for beef specifically prohibit the use of meat from downer animals - animals too sick or injured to walk. [url=http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Bovine_Spongiform_Encephalopathy_Mad_Cow_Disease/index.asp]http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Bo ... /index.asp[/url] Audit Report Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance Program - Phase II and Food Safety and Inspection Service Controls Over BSE Sampling, Specified Risk Materials, and Advanced Meat Recovery Products - Phase III Report No. 50601-10-KC January 2006 Finding 2 Inherent Challenges in Identifying and Testing High-Risk Cattle Still Remain Our prior report identified a number of inherent problems in identifying and testing high-risk cattle. We reported that the challenges in identifying the universe of high-risk cattle, as well as the need to design procedures to obtain an appropriate representation of samples, was critical to the success of the BSE surveillance program. The surveillance program was designed to target nonambulatory cattle, cattle showing signs of CNS disease (including cattle testing negative for rabies), cattle showing signs not inconsistent with BSE, and dead cattle. Although APHIS designed procedures to ensure FSIS condemned cattle were sampled and made a concerted effort for outreach to obtain targeted samples, industry practices not considered in the design of the surveillance program reduced assurance that targeted animals were tested for BSE. USDA/OIG-A/50601-10-KC Page 27 observe these animals ante mortem when possible to assure the animals from the target population are ultimately sampled and the clinical signs evaluated. snip... [url=http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/50601-10-KC.pdf]http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/50601-10-KC.pdf[/url] SEE VIDEO AGAIN OF HIGHLY SUSPECT MAD COW BEEF FOR THAT SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM IN 35+ STATES, [url=http://tinyurl.com/yul2lw]http://tinyurl.com/yul2lw[/url] kinda reminds you of these mad cows ; [url=http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/031231/nn_baz_madcow_031231.300w.jpg]http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Comp ... 1.300w.jpg[/url] [url=http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/mad_cow_usda_file.jpg]http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/mad_cow_usda_file.jpg[/url] [url=http://blog.erdener.org/archives/images/20031223-madcow.jpg]http://blog.erdener.org/archives/images ... madcow.jpg[/url] USDA CERTIFIED H-BASE MAD COW SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM [url=http://cjdmadcowbaseoct2007.blogspot.com/2008/02/usda-certified-h-base-mad-cow-school.html]http://cjdmadcowbaseoct2007.blogspot.co ... chool.html[/url] Sunday, February 17, 2008 Release No. 0046.08 Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer Regarding Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company Two Year Product Recall Release No. 0046.08 Contact: USDA Press Office (202) 720-4623 [url=http://cjdmadcowbaseoct2007.blogspot.com/2008/02/release-no-004608-statement-by.html]http://cjdmadcowbaseoct2007.blogspot.co ... nt-by.html[/url] Thursday, February 21, 2008 TRANSCRIPT: Technical Briefing - Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company - (02/21/08) Release No. 0054.08 [url=http://downercattle.blogspot.com/]http://downercattle.blogspot.com/[/url] [url=http://downercattle.blogspot.com/2008/02/transcript-technical-briefing.html]http://downercattle.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... efing.html[/url] TSS [/QUOTE]
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