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Mad Cow Meat? Ignore It

The government is fighting against having to test beef for mad cow. Amazing.

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15 Responses to “Mad Cow Meat? Ignore It”

  1. Nimrod Gently says:

    …The HELL?

  2. Thad says:

    Technically, they’re not even fighting against HAVING to test beef for mad cow, they’re fighting against allowing a company to do it VOLUNTARILY.

  3. If this doesn’t convince you that Bush et al care more about profits than the safety of the American people, then you must be part of the 28%ers. You are lost to ideology.

  4. SpiderJ says:

    No, wait, there must be some way to justify it! Have no fear!

    Um…testing for mad cow undermines the troops and plays into the hands of the terrorists?

    No? Well…

    Testing for mad cow will destroy the sanctity of marriage, right?

    Okay, maybe not.

    Testing for mad cow is a plot by GEORGE SOROS!!!!

    Yeah, okay, I got nothing.

  5. DrPidgro says:

    This case has been going on for some time now. I believe the company wants to ship its beef to Japan.

  6. fd10801 says:

    Of course, when you quote from another blog, there is always a slim chance that a fact or two will be left out

    “USDA has contended that such testing would give a false sense of security because BSE generally is undetectable in younger cattle.”
    from Meatingplace.com

  7. nihilistic_disintegration says:

    Hey, free market capitalism, pure and simple. If consumers stop buying meat tainted with mad cow disease, then the awesome friendly caring meat industry will stop producing meat tainted with mad cow disease.

    Don’t you people know how America works? Remove all regulations and industries will police themselves.

  8. “Of course, when you quote from another blog, there is always a slim chance that a fact or two will be left out

    “USDA has contended that such testing would give a false sense of security because BSE generally is undetectable in younger cattle.”
    from Meatingplace.com”

    So they’d rather have a real sense of insecurity by not testing.

  9. Nimrod Gently says:

    “USDA has contended that such testing would give a false sense of security because BSE generally is undetectable in younger cattle.”

    Take it from someone who gawped dumbly during the BSE crisis eleven years ago, that’s just an excuse.

    I thought our farmers were bad (their cost-cutting and coverups largely caused said crisis, and also the foot and mouth one of six years ago) but at least they have something resembling accountability to a real entity, as opposed to the invisible hand of utter bollocks.

  10. Duros62 says:

    Wasn’t it determined that the disease is spread to cattle by eating the ground-up carcasses of infected cattle?
    I’d say we should cut that shit right out.

  11. fd10801 says:

    I believe USDA’s point is that if the test returns false positives in young cattle, people will be no safer, even though the price of meat will rise tremendously.

  12. Nimrod Gently says:

    “Wasn’t it determined that the disease is spread to cattle by eating the ground-up carcasses of infected cattle?”

    Yeah, that’s the cost-cutting I mentioned earlier. We don’t do that anymore. I hope.

    If the test might give you false positives, refine the test, don’t just wander off.

  13. fd10801 says:

    Nimrod Gently: And you know they won’t try to refine the test, how?

  14. Nimrod Gently says:

    I was responding to your previous post. Do you even see yourself typing anymore?

  15. fd10801 says:

    NG Did I say that they wouldn’t explore improving the test?

    No, I did not.

    If you read my post carefully, without looking for a “gotcha” to pounce on, you have easily translated it: It’s way too expensive to run a test that isn’t really reliable,