Category: usda
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Assurance
How do we assure South Korea and Japan we take <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> seriously and want to ship out beef products to their country? At the same time we announce a <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> case in the US, we also announce that we are <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/14/news/state/31-madcow.txt">cutting back on <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> testing</a>.…
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Damn
<a href="http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/content/2006/03/bsestatement3-13-06_vs.shtml"> Statement by <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford (DVM) Regarding Positive <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> Test Results</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>
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The Problem is Not Cattlemen
Where does the problem lie with opening up the markets across the sea to US Beef? With the Cattleman not ID tagging their animals or the big meat packers who keep shipping meat overseas that doesn't meet the standards for importation into other countries?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/11/content_4290885.htm">HK suspends beef imports from U.S. processing plant</a><br />n<br…
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WOLF!! WOLF!! WOLF!!
I think somebody really needs to tell the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> the story of <a href="http://www.storyarts.org/library/aesops/stories/boy.html">The Boy Who Cried Wolf</a>.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=22601"><acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> Alert: Possible U.S. Case Of Mad Cow Being Investigated</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Agriculture Department is investigating a possible…
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Someone Is thinking About Producers
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Mismanagement? I Kind of Doubt it
<a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20060309-1507-livestockfraud.html">Government won't pursue official who stalled livestock pricing probes</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Agriculture Department has decided not to take action against a former agency official who blocked investigations into predatory pricing in the nation's $120 billion livestock trade.<br />n<br />nGross mismanagement, not criminal conduct, by JoAnn Waterfield is to blame for several years of obstruction,…
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Japan Unsure
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/06/AR2006030600142.html">Japan says unclear if U.S. beef actions would work</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japan's vice farm minister said on Monday it is unclear if actions proposed by Washington would help prevent shipments of banned U.S. beef to Japan.</blockquote><br />n<br />nMore stonewalling from Japan on the beef issue. Not surprising but it would be nice to get this…
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Voluntary
Voluntary:<br />n1 : proceeding from the will or from one's own choice or consent<br />n2 : unconstrained by interference : SELF-DETERMINING<br />n3 : done by design or intention : INTENTIONAL (voluntary manslaughter)<br />n4 : of, relating to, subject to, or regulated by the will (voluntary behavior)<br />n5 : having power of free choice<br />n6 :…
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Japan Demands More Yet Again
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=afdYlqd4GdPc&refer=japan">Japan Needs More Assurances Before Resuming U.S. Beef Imports</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japan needs more assurances over the safety of U.S. cattle before resuming beef imports, government officials said.<br />n<br />nThe government is still studying a U.S. report released last week over how banned cattle parts were shipped to Japan in January, and there are likely…
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More Laws That Won’t Be Enforced
I found this whole announcement, …interesting to say the least.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=C3E27012-A44E-4F37-B9ACCC42D23ADC2D">Harkin to introduce bill on livestock competition</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Iowa Senator Tom Harkin says livestock producers would see more competition and fairness in their industry under legislation he's introducing today (Thursday). Harkin, a democrat, says the bill is needed to offer a series of…