When constructing a nuclear power plant, every single welding rod is accounted for from cradle to final weld. By being able to trace all the materials, you have a much better ability to diagnose potential or actual failures.
Likewise, it’s good to be able to trace how, when and from what origin prions entered our food chain. Following the rules can’t be hard and makes tremendous sense given the potential damages to our health and the economy if BSE gets out of control.
Your post and your screenname are oxymorons.
Give up freedom to get safety ?
Haven’t you wondered why every time one of these cases come up, we ALREADY know the origination of the cow ? Hint: it’s not because of NAIS. It’s because it’s the big factory farms and ranches that are primarily at risk.
The small organic farms have never had a problem and because they use organic methods they will not be at risk, yet you’d force them to comply with onerous regulations just because the major processors practice unsafe methods. Oh, and those same large processors get to track by herd, not by individual cow as the smaller farms do. It puts lots more cost on the small operations with little increase in cost on the big ones.
It’s good to know what you advocate - it might not be quite what you think.
BS!!!!!!!!
There is a hugh difference between building a nuclear power plant, and the effects it can have, and a private farmer raising a cow, and possible effects that could have.
In fact comparing building a nuke to raising a cow really makes no sense in the article.