| Finding Mad Cow in Oregon puts a new wrinkle | | | | people do not consider it a directthreat. |
| in the high proteindiet, doesn't it? What's a | | | | Amazingly they don't consider those with CJD |
| person to do that wants to eat moremeat, not | | | | |
| less? | | | | (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) a variant of Mad |
| | | | Cow as being relatedwhen clearly it is. |
| Are you Eating Less Meat Due to Mad Cow | | | | |
| Disease? | | | | The Costs of Clean Meat Supply |
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| Not the people I've spoken with. Most are | | | | The meat and dairy industry will now begin a |
| saying, "Yipee, beef'son sale!" The food | | | | campaign to make thehigher cost of clean meat |
| industry has done a great job of convincing | | | | seem a ridiculous indulgence ratherthan a |
| usthey are providing a safe food supply and | | | | possibly life saving measure. It does cost |
| we've been lulled intoa false sense of | | | | more to have aclean food supply. I and my |
| security. Nothing could be further from | | | | family are worth it, are you andyours? |
| thetruth. | | | | |
| | | | For excellent reference materials read Fast |
| In July 1988, a ban was introduced in the UK | | | | Food Nation by Eric |
| which prohibited theuse of the remains of | | | | |
| sheep in cattle feed. BSE is thought tohave | | | | Schlosser, The Crazy Makers by Carol |
| spread to cattle from feed including meat and | | | | Simontacchi, and Mad Cowboy: |
| bone meal madefrom sheep suffering from a | | | | |
| similar brain disease, calledscrapie. | | | | Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher who Won't |
| | | | Eat Meat by Howard |
| Ban Not Properly Enforced | | | | |
| | | | F. Lyman. Be informed then make the choice |
| Unfortunately the ban was not enforced | | | | for you and yourfamily. |
| properly for many yearsand remained a paper | | | | |
| exercise (exactly as it has been in the | | | | Food politics aside, I'm interested in my and |
| USever since). | | | | my families healthand well being, and I'm not |
| | | | interested in supporting an industrythat |
| Francis Anthony, a Herefordshire veterinary | | | | doesn't care about the quality of their |
| surgeon, and the | | | | products or whetherthose products are |
| | | | potentially dangerous or even deadly. |
| British Veterinary Association's spokesman on | | | | |
| BSE said, "If theban had been enforced | | | | What You Can Do to Avoid Dangerous Meat |
| properly from the start, I have nohesitation | | | | |
| in saying categorically that we should be | | | | Buy all your meat from the local butcher. He |
| seeing onlya few cases today. But that | | | | gets the animalsfrom local farmers, and can |
| contaminated feed was being given toanimals | | | | tell you which Farms, if you ask. |
| until at least 1995, and possibly a year | | | | |
| later." | | | | Buy all your meat from local stores that |
| | | | certify it is grain fed. |
| The false sense of security for us in the US | | | | |
| came from it beingwidely reported that the | | | | Visit sites such as Cut back on your |
| practice had been banned. They failed tomake | | | | consumption of all meat in general, |
| it clear that this was a "voluntary ban." | | | | substitutingbeans for instance for protein. |
| Even I falselybelieved they had long ago | | | | |
| ended this practice until the recentnews | | | | Eat a "special occasion" steak at the best |
| reports that it is still being done. Despite | | | | restaurants such as |
| there being aclear connection between feeding | | | | |
| rendered animals to animalscausing Mad Cow | | | | Ruth Chris' Steak House. Now that's a steak! |
| disease, the meat and dairy industry | | | | |
| continuesthe practice to this day. Why? | | | | More Info on Mad Cow and it's Variant CJD |
| Corporate greed, plain and simple. | | | | |
| | | | MadCow.org: Everything you ever wanted to |
| It is a cheap source of "protein" and makes | | | | know about Mad Cow. |
| cows and otheranimals fatten faster. A fatter | | | | |
| animals weighs more, and they aresold by | | | | Human BSE Foundation: An organization for |
| weight. | | | | those with CJD (thehuman variant of Mad Cow) |
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| I have no doubt that people in the US aren't | | | | Mad Cow Facts |
| getting excitedabout the threat or beginning | | | | |
| to avoid beef simply because nopeople have | | | | You don't have to be a fanatic, just be |
| been reported with the disease. After all, | | | | informed and then makethe best choices you |
| this was asick cow, not a human. Hence, | | | | can for yourself and your family. |