Appeals Court Rules
US Can Block Mad Cow Testing
http://news.slashdot.org/news/08/08/30/238223.shtml
READ ALL THE COMMENTS! for a far better understanding of what is a extremely short inflamatory article on a very complex
subject.
The article seems to be aimed at scaring/angering people, however as a person with a good agriculture background admittely mostly row cropping I must say this
has bothered me enough to very seriously consider stopping all purchases of "public" beef and reverting to buying directly from known herds and
butchering the animal myself with a known butcher. I do have a good working knowledge of cattle,swine and chicken farming, but I'm not directly involved in
those agricultural industries.
I almost didn't post this, because it's such a complex issue and the last thing the agriculture industry needs is more knee jerk reactions caused by
Oprah level agricultural ignorance. However this is a very important issue and I personally think more of the public needs to know about this ruling.
I personally think the USDA and the judges have made the mistake here and the ruling already has reduce the safety of beef significantly.
howard melton
God bless
US Can Block Mad Cow Testing
http://news.slashdot.org/news/08/08/30/238223.shtml
READ ALL THE COMMENTS! for a far better understanding of what is a extremely short inflamatory article on a very complex
subject.
The article seems to be aimed at scaring/angering people, however as a person with a good agriculture background admittely mostly row cropping I must say this
has bothered me enough to very seriously consider stopping all purchases of "public" beef and reverting to buying directly from known herds and
butchering the animal myself with a known butcher. I do have a good working knowledge of cattle,swine and chicken farming, but I'm not directly involved in
those agricultural industries.
I almost didn't post this, because it's such a complex issue and the last thing the agriculture industry needs is more knee jerk reactions caused by
Oprah level agricultural ignorance. However this is a very important issue and I personally think more of the public needs to know about this ruling.
I personally think the USDA and the judges have made the mistake here and the ruling already has reduce the safety of beef significantly.
howard melton
God bless