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Meatpacker Sues Feds Over Mad Cow Test
The Houston Chronicle ^
| March 23, 2006
| LIBBY QUAID
Posted on 03/26/2006 6:45:30 AM PST by Amelia
HoustonChronicle.com -- http://www.HoustonChronicle.com | Section: Political news
March 23, 2006, 2:36PM
Meatpacker Sues Feds Over Mad Cow Test
By LIBBY QUAID AP Food and Farm Writer
© 2006 The Associated Press
WASHINGTON A Kansas meatpacker sued the government on Thursday for refusing to let the company test for mad cow disease in every animal it slaughters.
Creekstone Farms Premium Beef says it has Japanese customers who want comprehensive testing. The Agriculture Department threatened criminal prosecution if Creekstone did the tests, according to the company's lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Washington.
[snip]
It would cost about $20 per animal to do the tests, adding about 10 cents per pound to the cost of meat, according to Stewart.
Japan tests nearly all its cattle for mad cow disease. While individual companies there may want more testing in the U.S., Japan's government is not asking the U.S. to do the same.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: beef; foodsupply; futureoffood; howardlyman; lawsuit; lyman; madcow; madcowboy; madcowboydotcom; madcowdisease; usda
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I can't understand why the government would forbid them to do the tests, let alone prosecute them for testing. Any insights, anyone?
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posted on
03/26/2006 6:45:32 AM PST
by
Amelia
To: Amelia
Scared to find the answer maybe ?
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posted on
03/26/2006 6:50:08 AM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: Amelia
maybe the mad cow problem is a lot more widespread than the government is letting on.By suppressing the truth,they save the export market.
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posted on
03/26/2006 6:50:47 AM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(Every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains.)
To: festus
Don't ask questions you don't want answers to?
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posted on
03/26/2006 6:51:18 AM PST
by
CindyDawg
To: Amelia
I don't know specifics about this but it makes the Agriculture Department sound as if they are protecting their turf rather that consumers. On the other hand I wonder about a meat packer that can get only two hundred pounds of meat from a cow.
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posted on
03/26/2006 6:51:44 AM PST
by
FreePaul
To: Amelia
The same reason the Amity Island chamber of Commerce wouldn't let Sheriff Brody shut down the beaches....
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posted on
03/26/2006 6:52:17 AM PST
by
joesnuffy
To: Amelia
Since when can you not test for whatever you want though?
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posted on
03/26/2006 6:52:21 AM PST
by
CindyDawg
To: Amelia
This could push this companies meat to become a high demand item which would force all the other companies to render the same service.
The large meat packers do not want to do this so they have pushed the USDA to forbid publishing the results of independent testing.
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posted on
03/26/2006 6:52:26 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
(What has an alimentary canal, a big appetite at one end & no sense of responsibility at the other.)
To: Amelia
That is quite interesting for sure. Although the few cases of Mad Cow that have been discovered have had significant impact on our beef, thus there must be great incentive for the Feds to discourage 100% testing. After all, the more the testing the greater the chance of finding something that would make the Japanese/etc clamp down on US beef sales. Thus it is quite 'understandable' even though it is tantamount to a don't look-don't find approach.
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posted on
03/26/2006 6:54:29 AM PST
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: festus; Farmer Dean; CindyDawg; joesnuffy
Scared to find the answer maybe ?That was the impression I got, which makes me want to stop eating beef altogether....
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posted on
03/26/2006 6:57:14 AM PST
by
Amelia
(Education exists to overcome ignorance, not validate it.)
To: FreePaul
I don't know specifics about this but it makes the Agriculture Department sound as if they are protecting their turf rather that consumers. That would be a surprise, wouldn't it? ;-)
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posted on
03/26/2006 6:58:19 AM PST
by
Amelia
(Education exists to overcome ignorance, not validate it.)
To: Amelia
For all the above, and if Mad Cow is erradicated from North America, Chuckie Schumer would have one less thing to run
over people while racing to find a live shot, would give the LDCs something to complain that its unfair for the US to
have safe food, and if the US/Canada has safe cattle, it would make other file unfair trade practices....
To: CindyDawg
Since when can you not test for whatever you want though?Well, exactly. If they are willing to do the tests, and consumers are willing to pay more for beef that has been tested and certified, what's the problem?
I read the article several times, hoping it would make sense, but it never did...so I thought someone here might have an answer (other than the "coverup" conclusion I'd come to...)
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posted on
03/26/2006 7:00:30 AM PST
by
Amelia
(Education exists to overcome ignorance, not validate it.)
To: B4Ranch
This could push this companies meat to become a high demand item which would force all the other companies to render the same service.If consumers are willing to pay more for meat they deem "safer", I don't see what the problem is.
Except more trouble for the meatpackers.
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posted on
03/26/2006 7:03:37 AM PST
by
Amelia
(Education exists to overcome ignorance, not validate it.)
To: Calvin Locke
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posted on
03/26/2006 7:04:16 AM PST
by
Amelia
(Education exists to overcome ignorance, not validate it.)
To: Amelia
The U.S. government has been covering up the truth for years. While openly disputing reports about Mad Cow, the U.S. allows ranchers and dairy farms to feed cattle tainted feed. Cattle feed is 'beefed up' with remains from slaughter houses including parts of spinal cord and brain matter. So too the chicken and turkey industry which supplements feed with millions of tons of crapola. Oh, the beef industry buys this crapola, too. The food industry does not want to change its ways. Why do so, when industry lobbyists already have passed out millions in campaign donations to members of Congress? When the truth finally comes out people will be outraged. Food store and fast food chain stock may be in for a rough ride in the future.
[very old reports - scroll down] Bird flu and now Mad Cow or visa versa. Not for me to worry, anyway. I gave up eating in fast food restaurants years ago.
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posted on
03/26/2006 7:20:08 AM PST
by
ex-Texan
(Matthew 7:1 through 6)
To: Amelia
Out of sight,out of mind,as the old saying goes.I dont trust anything the Govt.does or says.That makes me sad.Who can you trust?
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posted on
03/26/2006 7:37:29 AM PST
by
xarmydog
To: Amelia
Yet another reason for my freezer-full of venison. Since I butchered each animal personally, I also know what parts of the animal are in each package.
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posted on
03/26/2006 7:39:05 AM PST
by
Roccus
To: FreePaul
You weren't supposed to notice that. This is an AP story, I hope everyone realizes. It's intent is to make the administration look bad, whether they deserve to, or not.
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posted on
03/26/2006 7:47:12 AM PST
by
digger48
To: Amelia
This is globalism in action! The government has been lying and covering up the number of deaths in America caused by the Mad Cow Disease. They KNEW before they shipped beef to Japan that there were deaths in America, and they failed to tell Japan the truth. They opened up the market for Canadian beef coming into America and it's not tested either. They failed to tell any of us the truth! Every time we eat beef, we are in danger because of not testing it all.
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posted on
03/26/2006 7:51:06 AM PST
by
NRA2BFree
(America*s current mass immigration mess is the result of a change in the laws in 1965!)
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