Mad Cow

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In a message dated 6/26/2005 2:15:56 PM US Eastern Standard Time,

subprong writes:

 

 

> confident in the safety of our beef, "

 

yum yum...I'm glad I don't have to worry about eating contaminated beef!

I saw the cow with the disease and it was so pitiful...I hope they put him

out of his misery in a humane way.

kay

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I was just checking on the status of the Mad (or as they say, not " mad " but

" pissed off " ) Cow alerts here in the U.S. I found that last quote in this

article humorous. I know I'm taking it a bit out of context here, but how

many cows do you see sprinting to enter the " food supply " (or rather killed

and chopped up)? Thank goodness they blocked the cow (which wasn't capable

of walking because of the disease)! Sheesh...

 

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i-Newswire, - In what appears to be the first case of mad cow disease in a

cow born in the United States, the Agriculture Department said that the cow

had originally tested negative last year but new tests were ordered two

weeks ago and came back positive.

 

Human health is not at risk in the new case since the cow was a " downer, "

which means it was unable to walk. Animals such as this are not allowed into

the food supply in the first place.

 

" This animal was blocked from entering the food supply because of the

firewalls we have in place. Americans have every reason to continue to be

confident in the safety of our beef, "

said Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

read this to mom.....

 

sorry... we are still crackpots

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subprong

Sunday, June 26, 2005 3:15 PM

Mad Cow

 

 

I was just checking on the status of the Mad (or as they say, not " mad " but

" pissed off " ) Cow alerts here in the U.S. I found that last quote in this

article humorous. I know I'm taking it a bit out of context here, but how

many cows do you see sprinting to enter the " food supply " (or rather killed

and chopped up)? Thank goodness they blocked the cow (which wasn't capable

of walking because of the disease)! Sheesh...

 

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i-Newswire, - In what appears to be the first case of mad cow disease in a

cow born in the United States, the Agriculture Department said that the cow

had originally tested negative last year but new tests were ordered two

weeks ago and came back positive.

 

Human health is not at risk in the new case since the cow was a " downer, "

which means it was unable to walk. Animals such as this are not allowed into

the food supply in the first place.

 

" This animal was blocked from entering the food supply because of the

firewalls we have in place. Americans have every reason to continue to be

confident in the safety of our beef, "

said Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns.