BSE Estimate for US

<a href="http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2006/04/0143.xml"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> RELEASES <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> PREVALENCE ESTIMATE FOR U.S.</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>'s estimate of the prevalence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (<acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym>) in the United States.<br />n<br />n"Our enhanced <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> surveillance program has been an enormous undertaking, but well worth the effort," said Johanns. "We can now say, based on science, that the prevalence of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> in the United States is extraordinarily low. The testing and analysis reinforce our confidence in the health of the U.S. cattle herd, while our interlocking safeguards, including the removal of specified risk materials and the feed ban, protect animal and human health." </blockquote><br />n<br />nFour to seven animals is all they figure have <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> in the US. That's really good news. These statistical analysis always seem a little like witchcraft to me but i know most of the time they are valid.<br />n<br />nThe bigger question this brings up is, if the prevalence of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> is so low in the US, why do we need the national Animal Identification System (<acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym>) to track all animals? The original justification was the <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> crisis. If there is no <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> crisis, why track all the animals? I will tell you, to benefit the big corporations at the expense of the producers in this country. That's all <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> is about. Animal health is not the driving force, it is the lie being used by the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>/meat packers to drive this agenda.<br />n<br />n<b>Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived. Sissela Bok </b><br />n<br />nCrossposted to <a href="http://noanimalid.com">No Mandatory Animal ID</a>