On Tue, 13 May 2008 11:20:15 +0100, Pat Gardiner
<pat.gardiner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Pat's Note: A real note of caution from the industry makes a
>refre****ng change.
>
>They all know perfectly well that the pigs have been sick for the last
>decade and that Britain's bent government vets are looking for someone
>to blame for MRSA.
>
>Once they have sorted out who they are going to frame, they will test
>the pigs.
>
>It would be in the industry's interests to get ahead of them and
>insist that the pigs and ****k is tested.
>
>But wisdom when faced with criminals is perhaps too much to expect?
>
>The difficulty with much of the farming industry has, is that tendency
>to claim expertise and knowledge they don't have.
>
>They claimed to know it all about PMWS, CSF, FMD and I lost count of
>the number of times farmers who had never set foot in France claimed
>that French farmers were hiding up BSE.
>
>Overconfidence breeds suckers.
>
>English Law (and that includes Irish, US, Canadian and the rest of the
>English speaking world, bar perhaps Scotland) is very unforgiving for
>people who hold out to have knowledge they don't have, especially if
>they have any kind of financial interest.
>
>Whilst the vets and the farmers spar, people die.
>
>Defra has no option but to release the truth about the health
>condition of British pigs and ****k and take the consequences.
>
>I'm not interested in who they try to blame, even if others will be.
>Regards
>Pat Gardiner
>Release the results of testing British pigs for MRSA and C.Diff now!
>www.go-self-sufficient.com --
>Regards
>Pat Gardiner
>Release the results of testing British pigs for MRSA and C.Diff now!
>www.go-self-sufficient.com
>
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>http://www.meatinfo.co.uk/articles/61319/Feed-ban-relaxation-treated-with-caution.aspx?categoryid=9034
>
>Feed ban relaxation treated with caution Published: (12-05-2008)
>The ban on feeding animal remains to pigs and poultry could be set to
>be relaxed, the European Commission has revealed. The ban was imposed
>14 years ago, in response to the BSE crisis.
>
>However, EC scientists said it is now safe to feed ****cine remains to
>poultry and vice versa, because Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
>has almost disappeared. They have briefed MEPs ahead of an official
>proposal to be submitted later this year. The scientists argue that
>poultry and pigs, unlike cattle, should be allowed to eat animal
>remains because they are not vegetarian but omnivores and their diet
>would naturally include some meat.
>
>Industry reaction to the Commission’s move has been one of caution. A
>spokesman for the pig sector company BPEX said: “This is primarily a
>food safety issue, so we will be guided by the FSA (Food Standards
>Agency) and EFSA (European Food Safety Authority).”
>
>Robert Newberry, the National Farmers’ Union chief poultry adviser,
>said: “The NFU will always follow the best scientific advice and
>understanding, and so we are waiting to hear the final EFSA and FSA
>opinions on the matter. We will be following this very closely.
>Ultimately, we want a level playing field for our members to operate
>efficiently and competitively. However, the jury is still out on this
>– we definitely don’t want to turn out products consumers don’t
want.”
>
>Peter Bradnock, chief executive of the British Poultry Council pointed
>out that only a very small amount of feed, just 4-5%, would
>incor****ate animal remains. He said poultry by-products went into pet
>food, so the animal feed stream would not be of great value to his
>sector. “It may be good for the hard-pressed pig sector, which has to
>pay a considerable amount for ****cine by-products to be disposed of.”
>
>But the European Fat Processors & Renderers Association (EFPRA), which
>had been campaigning for the animal feed ban to be relaxed for a
>number of years, has changed its position. Today it is happy for
>animal remains to be included in fish feed, but believes Europe should
>be more cautious in relaxing the animal feed ban. It has come up with
>a conservative 2% threshold for ruminant-processed animal protein in
>feed, unlike consultant DNV, which, in its re****t, concluded up to 5%
>ruminant contamination of non-ruminant processed animal protein did
>not lead to any higher risk of BSE in the EU cattle herd.
>
>Defra said there are currently no specific proposals to relax the EU
>BSE feed ban in poultry and pigs, but added: “An EU project looking at
>testing methods is due for completion in 2009. We would only sup****t
>the proposal if we were fully satisfied that appropriate and effective
>testing had taken place to control the use of such proteins in pig and
>poultry feed.”
It's simply stunning they should even be considering such a lethal
option.
Are we really so desperate to eat meat that we would leave our lives
in the hands of the nutty professors who's sole interest is money.
They don't care who it kills!
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