markets.Same happened everywhere it was found. The export market is a key
business.
It tooks years before the ban was lifted.
It sounds like the US has a long hard slog. In effect, each cow in the UK is
given a 'passport' which goes with it everywhere.
After reading 'fast food nation' you American's are going to have serious
issues with this. I mean very long term issues. You will clinically have to
prove that your beef industry has put in safety checks at each stage in the
process to vet each animal and ensure it's pedigree.
I love the fact your abetoires (sp?) have 'europe' days where you slow down
beef processing as the standards are higher in Europe for beef processing
and the beef would not be accepted.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 26 December 2003 20:34
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: List of countries ban US beef imports..
I'm not completely convinced that the UK's solution was the only or the
best
solution. It may be, but the problem was surrounding by more political
posturing and knee-jerk reactions than science (as I'm sure it will be
here
as well).
At the very least by doing that you've just created mountains and
mountains
of biohazard waste which has to be dealt with. The beef industry here is
enormously larger than the UK's - the same solution may not fit the same
problem.
Of course I don't know anything about it really. I'm strictly a Sunday
morning policy maker.
Jim Davis
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From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 3:20 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: List of countries ban US beef imports..
The solution is just what the UK had to do. Slaughter all the animals in
an infected herd if even one shows signs of the disease. Then track back
and see where any cows from that herd went and slaughter those herds
too...etc. etc.
CHeck back previous news coverage of what happened in Europe and how
they dealt with it to see what the US should be doing.
-Gel
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Of course a ban on downed animals (which I generally agree with) would
do
very little to deal with this as the generally accepted cause of the
disease
has a very unpredictable dormancy phase. Perfectly healthy seeming
animals
can be just as infectious as "downed" animals.
I'm not sure what to do to solve this, but I'm concerned that
reinstating
the ban on downed animals could be seen as a "fix" for this issue when
it's
not.
I wonder if stricter standards on the use of brain/nervous system tissue
would help at all?
Jim Davis
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