Guest guest Posted March 20, 2004 Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 that sure is our Employees at the USDA looking out for their bosses the Americna people ain't it! karl blasted!! let's see. Japan gets 100% testing. we get 0.2 million out of 33 million tested, maybe(?), that is 0.6%. why does japan get to eat better than us? i wonder if positive cases among those tested for Japan will be announced? after all, what business is it of the American public since it is between Japan and their supplier$ TSS Jeff Nelson wrote: > ######## Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy <BSE-L > ######### > > BREAKING NEWS: USDA close to allowing 100 percent BSE testing > > by Daniel Yovich <dyovich on 3/19/04 for > Meatingplace.com > > > Sources close to ongoing and separate negotiations between some niche > processors and USDA are saying the USDA is close to finalizing a > proposal that will allow individual U.S. processors to voluntarily test > all of their product for bovine spongiform encephalopathy. > > This would allow some processors to ship their beef to Japan, which > along with 40 other countries banned the import of U.S. beef after USDA > announced on Dec, 23 it had found a single cow with BSE. > > Details of the plan are sketchy. USDA's APHIS spokesmen Jim Rogers and > Jim Redding have not returned calls by Meatingplace.comseeking comment. > > One scenario outlined by a source close to negotiations among U.S. and > Japanese government officials would allow the licensing and operation of > privately run laboratories to conduct BSE testing at individual plants > under USDA supervision and regulation. > > Another proposal that has been actively discussed, sources have told > Meatingplace.com, would require an individual processor to construct and > equip a lab at individual plants that would be staffed and operated by > USDA technicians. > > USDA would then charge the processor for the testing in much the same > way it charges companies for USDA meat inspection services. > > Meatingplace.com anticipates it will obtain on-the-record confirmation > of this development before the day's end, and will provide updates as > warranted. > karl theis jr http://groups.msn.com/exposureofthetruth madcowcoverup- theoneswithoutnames- Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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