Meat of Infected Cow Found in More States

News-Journal ^ | 12/28/2003 | AP

[tubebender]

You are right to a point...Oakland is the Murder Capitol of the world but Stockton is the Crime Capitol of California. Lots of stolen cars....

[88keys]

Aren't many inexpensive meat products made from the intestines?

Yes, the "by-products" are used...in this case (and most of the time I think) I heard they were destined for dog food, so if you love your pups, check the Alpo labels!!

(for what it's worth, I think there's no danger whatsoever to man or beast from this one "mad cow case"...but I'd really like to know who's at fault with the discrepancy in records...)

[gg188]

Creutzfeldt-Jakob takes as long as twenty years to show up in infected humans.

So theoretically, a lot of people could be infected with it now and not know it? I mean---infected from previous beef that was not identified as tainted.

Take it a step further: AQ could have already put this in our beef, months ago, and it isn't going to show up for some time, and when it does, we will die of CJ disease?

[Wayland]

Agreed. That's one of the systemic problems that has me most concerned. Another is the minimal amount of testing. I heard today that we test one of every 1200 as compared to most of Europe that tests one out of four.
Does anyone else here think it is asinine that the industry and government did not have better methods in place?

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL !

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

...Cow brains -- commonly known by their Spanish name "sesos" -- are commonly eaten as taco filling in Stockton and elsewhere...

Hey Cowboy, stay away from the taco trucks in Stockton, ya hear?

[LaraCroft]

Yeah, well gelatin is just cow hooves... I think the lipstick has brain, guts, skins, etc.

I use Arbonne skin care and makeup, which is botanical, but this subject is just flat out disgusting!

[RWG]

Our stock association sent several of its members to Vern's back in the early 90s. We knew it was a mistake right after the first product came back.

[Yaelle]

Or are sick animals routinely cut up for sale to humans?

Apparently so. I have learned through this new finding that not only are ill animals routinely fed to us, but this cow was a dairy cow and only went to the slaughterhouse and thus into our food supply BECAUSE she was so sick she could no longer stand up.

[Yaelle]

Is organic or corn-fed beef likely to be safer (although highly expensive)?

Buying from a farm where no meat products go into the food, and where killing does not involve the stun machine, which is known to push brain parts into the muscles, would be safer.

[TexasCowboy]

"Hey Cowboy, stay away from the taco trucks in Stockton, ya hear?"

I never was a fan of brains of any kind.
I've got a whole head full of them things!

Now calf fries..........that's a different story!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Oh yea, calf fries are much more palatable than brains...... lol

[peter the great]

The way that I understand this thing is that certain parts of the cow are grounded up and used as feed. The problem is it is illegal to use that feed to feed cattle. That feed is then used for chicken and pigs and maybe even turkey. I guess the best way to go would be fish maybe three times a week.

[Lady Jag]

eat beef, it's good.

[MeekOneGOP]

hehe !

[Lady Jag]

LESS BEEF

MORE BEER

[Lady Jag]

Anyway, I'm heading out the steakhouse in my Cattleac.