two mad cow patties, special filth, pesticides, pus, pickles, onions on an overprocessed bun...

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CommonDreams.org

 

Feeding Cows to Cows, One Year Later

by John Stauber

 

An alarming, but not surprising, investigation in today's Vancouver Sun

illustrates why the mad cow feed rules in both Canada and the US are completely

inadequate.

 

The paper reports that “secret tests on cattle feed conducted by a federal

agency earlier this year found more than half contained animal parts not listed

in the ingredients, according to internal documents obtained by the Vancouver

Sun. The test results raise questions about whether rules banning the feeding of

cattle remains to other cattle -- the primary way in which mad cow disease is

spread -- are being routinely violated. ... Controlled experiments have shown an

animal needs to consume as little as one milligram -- about the size of a grain

of sand -- of material contaminated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)

to develop the brain-wasting disease.â€

 

Sheldon Rampton and I reported in our 1997 book Mad Cow USA how Britain learned

a decade ago that nothing less than a total ban on feeding animal by-products to

livestock can stop the spread of mad cow disease. Canada and the US are still

legally feeding billions of pounds a year to cattle as fat and protein

supplement. As the Vancouver Sun article reveals, even feed marked as

" vegetable " is contaminated with animal byproducts.

 

December 23, 2004, is the first anniversary of the announcement of the US mad

cow. Since then the few steps taken by the US government have been completely

inadequate, even though the USDA's own expert panel concluded last February that

mad cow disease has been spreading and amplifying in US feed for many years.

 

The weaning of calves on cattle blood remains legal and widespread. Cattle blood

and fat are fed legally to cattle. Cattle are legally fed to pigs and chickens

which are in turn legally fed back to cattle. The USDA will sue any company

privately testing for mad cow disease. The USDA's own testing program is

inadequate and has no transparency. The recent announcement that a suspect cow

was eventually found negative has not been confirmed or verified outside of the

USDA and therefore should not be trusted.

 

One year after the US mad cow, the crisis continues while industry and

government attempt to sweep it under the rug.

 

John Stauber founded the Center for Media and Democracy . He and Sheldon Rampton

have co-authored fivebooks including Mad Cow USA which seven years ago predicted

that the fatal human and animal brain disease would occur in North America.

[Guest guest]

How long do we think it will be before a

real epidemic occurs in the west with a BSE – CJD link?

 

It would probably help the vegan ‘cause’

if a large swathe of meat eaters all died over a short period of time…

 

 

 

 

 

 

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18 December 2004 00:37

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two mad cow

patties, special filth, pesticides, pus, pickles, onions on an overprocessed

bun...

 

 

CommonDreams.org

 

Feeding Cows to Cows, One Year Later

by John Stauber

 

An alarming, but not surprising, investigation in

today's Vancouver Sun illustrates why the mad cow feed rules in both Canada and

the US are completely inadequate.

 

The paper reports that “secret tests

on cattle feed conducted by a federal agency earlier this year found more than

half contained animal parts not listed in the ingredients, according to

internal documents obtained by the Vancouver Sun. The test results raise

questions about whether rules banning the feeding of cattle remains to other

cattle -- the primary way in which mad cow disease is spread -- are being

routinely violated. ... Controlled experiments have shown an animal needs to

consume as little as one milligram -- about the size of a grain of sand -- of

material contaminated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to develop

the brain-wasting disease.â€Â

 

Sheldon Rampton and I reported in our 1997 book

Mad Cow USA how Britain learned

a decade ago that nothing less than a total ban on feeding animal by-products

to livestock can stop the spread of mad cow disease. Canada

and the US

are still legally feeding billions of pounds a year to cattle as fat and

protein supplement. As the Vancouver

Sun article reveals, even feed marked as " vegetable " is contaminated

with animal byproducts.

 

December 23, 2004, is the first anniversary of the

announcement of the US

mad cow. Since then the few steps taken by the US government have been completely

inadequate, even though the USDA's own expert panel concluded last February

that mad cow disease has been spreading and amplifying in US feed for many

years.

 

The weaning of calves on cattle blood remains

legal and widespread. Cattle blood and fat are fed legally to cattle. Cattle

are legally fed to pigs and chickens which are in turn legally fed back to

cattle. The USDA will sue any company privately testing for mad cow disease.

The USDA's own testing program is inadequate and has no transparency. The

recent announcement that a suspect cow was eventually found negative has not

been confirmed or verified outside of the USDA and therefore should not be

trusted.

 

One year after the US mad cow, the crisis continues

while industry and government attempt to sweep it under the rug.

 

John Stauber founded the Center for Media and

Democracy . He and Sheldon Rampton have co-authored fivebooks including Mad Cow

USA which seven years ago

predicted that the fatal human and animal brain disease would occur in North America.

 

 

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My sentiments too! I couldn't wish nv CJD on anyone, or their family.

 

Jo

 

i don't particularly wish disease on anyone..well..i do sorta hope a certain leader gets a large boil on his bum, but thats another story entirely... Andrew Barnes Dec 17, 2004 5:00 PM RE: two mad cow patties, special filth, pesticides, pus, pickles, onions on an overprocessed bun...

 

 

 

 

 

How long do we think it will be before a real epidemic occurs in the west with a BSE ? CJD link?

 

It would probably help the vegan ?cause? if a large swathe of meat eaters all died over a short period of time?

 

 

 

 

 

fraggle [EBbrewpunx] 18 December 2004 00:37 ; lettuceheads ; TFHB ; Homstead_Solarium ; vegan-network Cc: northern_california_punklist ; jeninemarie; waternymph72178; jdh_666; eco_vegans Subject: two mad cow patties, special filth, pesticides, pus, pickles, onions on an overprocessed bun...

 

CommonDreams.org Feeding Cows to Cows, One Year Later by John Stauber An alarming, but not surprising, investigation in today's Vancouver Sun illustrates why the mad cow feed rules in both Canada and the US are completely inadequate.The paper reports that â??secret tests on cattle feed conducted by a federal agency earlier this year found more than half contained animal parts not listed in the ingredients, according to internal documents obtained by the Vancouver Sun. The test results raise questions about whether rules banning the feeding of cattle remains to other cattle -- the primary way in which mad cow disease is spread -- are being routinely violated. ... Controlled experiments have shown an animal needs to consume as little as one milligram -- about the size of a grain of sand -- of material contaminated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to develop the brain-wasting disease.â?Sheldon Rampton and I reported in our 1997 book Mad Cow USA how Britain learned a decade ago that nothing less than a total ban on feeding animal by-products to livestock can stop the spread of mad cow disease. Canada and the US are still legally feeding billions of pounds a year to cattle as fat and protein supplement. As the Vancouver Sun article reveals, even feed marked as "vegetable" is contaminated with animal byproducts.December 23, 2004, is the first anniversary of the announcement of the US mad cow. Since then the few steps taken by the US government have been completely inadequate, even though the USDA's own expert panel concluded last February that mad cow disease has been spreading and amplifying in US feed for many years.The weaning of calves on cattle blood remains legal and widespread. Cattle blood and fat are fed legally to cattle. Cattle are legally fed to pigs and chickens which are in turn legally fed back to cattle. The USDA will sue any company privately testing for mad cow disease. The USDA's own testing program is inadequate and has no transparency. The recent announcement that a suspect cow was eventually found negative has not been confirmed or verified outside of the USDA and therefore should not be trusted.One year after the US mad cow, the crisis continues while industry and government attempt to sweep it under the rug.John Stauber founded the Center for Media and Democracy . He and Sheldon Rampton have co-authored fivebooks including Mad Cow USA which seven years ago predicted that the fatal human and animal brain disease would occur in North America.To send an email to - ______________________This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. Theservice is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactiveanti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit:http://www.star.net.uk______________________

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[Guest guest]

, " Andrew Barnes "

<andrew.barnes@f...> wrote:

> How long do we think it will be before a real epidemic occurs in

the west with a BSE †" CJD link?

>

>

>

> It would probably help the vegan ‘cause’ if a large swathe of

meat eaters all died over a short period of time…

>

>

 

It is sad to say that maybe it would have to take a major disease

epidemic to stop people from eating meat, and not their own

motivation or consciences,

however, having said that, did Aids epidemic in the 80's stop people

from being promiscouis or engagin in needle sharing?

 

-anouk

 

 

 

 

 

 

>

> _____

>

> fraggle [EBbrewpunx@e...]

> 18 December 2004 00:37

> ; lettuceheads ;

TFHB ; Homstead_Solarium ; vegan-

network

> Cc: northern_california_punklist ; jeninemarie@e...;

waternymph72178; jdh_666@c...; eco_vegans

> two mad cow patties, special filth,

pesticides, pus, pickles, onions on an overprocessed bun...

>

>

>

> CommonDreams.org

>

> Feeding Cows to Cows, One Year Later

> by John Stauber

>

> An alarming, but not surprising, investigation in today's Vancouver

Sun illustrates why the mad cow feed rules in both Canada and the US

are completely inadequate.

>

> The paper reports that  " secret tests on cattle feed conducted

by a federal agency earlier this year found more than half contained

animal parts not listed in the ingredients, according to internal

documents obtained by the Vancouver Sun. The test results raise

questions about whether rules banning the feeding of cattle remains

to other cattle -- the primary way in which mad cow disease is

spread -- are being routinely violated. ... Controlled experiments

have shown an animal needs to consume as little as one milligram --

about the size of a grain of sand -- of material contaminated with

bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to develop the brain-wasting

disease.â€Â

>

> Sheldon Rampton and I reported in our 1997 book Mad Cow USA how

Britain learned a decade ago that nothing less than a total ban on

feeding animal by-products to livestock can stop the spread of mad

cow disease. Canada and the US are still legally feeding billions of

pounds a year to cattle as fat and protein supplement. As the

Vancouver Sun article reveals, even feed marked as " vegetable " is

contaminated with animal byproducts.

>

> December 23, 2004, is the first anniversary of the announcement of

the US mad cow. Since then the few steps taken by the US government

have been completely inadequate, even though the USDA's own expert

panel concluded last February that mad cow disease has been spreading

and amplifying in US feed for many years.

>

> The weaning of calves on cattle blood remains legal and widespread.

Cattle blood and fat are fed legally to cattle. Cattle are legally

fed to pigs and chickens which are in turn legally fed back to

cattle. The USDA will sue any company privately testing for mad cow

disease. The USDA's own testing program is inadequate and has no

transparency. The recent announcement that a suspect cow was

eventually found negative has not been confirmed or verified outside

of the USDA and therefore should not be trusted.

>

> One year after the US mad cow, the crisis continues while industry

and government attempt to sweep it under the rug.

>

> John Stauber founded the Center for Media and Democracy . He and

Sheldon Rampton have co-authored fivebooks including Mad Cow USA

which seven years ago predicted that the fatal human and animal brain

disease would occur in North America.

>

>

> To send an email to -