FDA may recall pet food due to mad cow

(GAUBSTER2) wrote:

And that one apparently came from Canada.
Unfounded at his point. Rather than focus on where its from, focus on
where it ate contaminated animal feed. It could have contacted the
disease in the States.

-mhd

GAUBSTER2 wrote:

From: frlpwr

(snip)

You don't honestly think carcasses are rendered and processed one at a time, do you?

Let's deal w/ the facts, shall we? ONE cow is all that has been
diagnosed so far. ONLY ONE.

So what? Rendering plants process body parts in huge vats containing
the body parts of hundreds of animals. Prions are of sub-viral size and
extremely resilient to high temperature and other forms of deactivation.

And that one apparently came from Canada.

Relevance?

Some of you will indict the entire pet food industry

Who's blaming the pet food industry? Rendered products are bought and
used with the understanding that normal processing destroys pathogens.
In the cast of prions, it doesn't.

The villians here are legislators who removed the part of the most
recent Farm Bill Act that called for a stricter definition of downer
animals and a total ban on the transport to and acceptance of downer
animals at US slaughterhouses. Not only did this portion of the Bill
contain much needed protection for suffering farm animals, but, as we
see now, was crucial for food safety.

ONE cow when there has been ZERO
EVIDENCE that this ONE cow's brain and spinal cord were made into pet foods.

That's true. At this point, all anyone knows for sure is that the old
dairy cow's rendered body parts, those declared unfit for human
consumption, went somewhere. They could become paint additive, crayolas
or catfood.

More fear mongering and "the sky is falling" is all it is right now.

It's likely contamination is extremely limited. That won't be much
comfort to the cat that gets the boobey prize in her can of food.

GAUBSTER2 wrote:

From: frlpwr

(snip)

You don't honestly think carcasses are rendered and processed one at a time, do you?

Let's deal w/ the facts, shall we? ONE cow is all that has been
diagnosed so far. ONLY ONE.

So what? Rendering plants process body parts in huge vats containing
the body parts of hundreds of animals. Prions are of sub-viral size and
extremely resilient to high temperature and other forms of deactivation.

And that one apparently came from Canada.

Relevance?

Some of you will indict the entire pet food industry

Who's blaming the pet food industry? Rendered products are bought and
used with the understanding that normal processing destroys pathogens.
In the cast of prions, it doesn't.

The villians here are legislators who removed the part of the most
recent Farm Bill Act that called for a stricter definition of downer
animals and a total ban on the transport to and acceptance of downer
animals at US slaughterhouses. Not only did this portion of the Bill
contain much needed protection for suffering farm animals, but, as we
see now, was crucial for food safety.

ONE cow when there has been ZERO
EVIDENCE that this ONE cow's brain and spinal cord were made into pet foods.

That's true. At this point, all anyone knows for sure is that the old
dairy cow's rendered body parts, those declared unfit for human
consumption, went somewhere. They could become paint additive, crayolas
or catfood.

More fear mongering and "the sky is falling" is all it is right now.

It's likely contamination is extremely limited. That won't be much
comfort to the cat that gets the boobey prize in her can of food.

From: frlpwr

GAUBSTER2 wrote:

From: frlpwr

(snip)

You don't honestly think carcasses are rendered and processed one at a
time, do you?

Let's deal w/ the facts, shall we? ONE cow is all that has been
diagnosed so far. ONLY ONE.

So what? Rendering plants process body parts in huge vats containing
the body parts of hundreds of animals. Prions are of sub-viral size and
extremely resilient to high temperature and other forms of deactivation.

Checked this morning's paper and they are now saying meat from this ONE
infected cow has now been traced to 8 western states!!! Mind boggling, isn't
it?

From: frlpwr

GAUBSTER2 wrote:

From: frlpwr

(snip)

You don't honestly think carcasses are rendered and processed one at a
time, do you?

Let's deal w/ the facts, shall we? ONE cow is all that has been
diagnosed so far. ONLY ONE.

So what? Rendering plants process body parts in huge vats containing
the body parts of hundreds of animals. Prions are of sub-viral size and
extremely resilient to high temperature and other forms of deactivation.

Checked this morning's paper and they are now saying meat from this ONE
infected cow has now been traced to 8 western states!!! Mind boggling, isn't
it?

GAUBSTER2 wrote:

Let's deal w/ the facts, shall we? ONE cow is all that has been diagnosed so
far. ONLY ONE. And that one apparently came from Canada. Some of you will
indict the entire pet food industry over ONE cow when there has been ZERO
EVIDENCE that this ONE cow's brain and spinal cord were made into pet foods.
More fear mongering and "the sky is falling" is all it is right now.

Diagnosed is the operative word here. It can take many years for
symptoms to develop, so there are probably asymptomatic animals in
the early stages that never get diagnosed before they are
slaughtered.

--
Jean B.

GAUBSTER2 wrote:

Let's deal w/ the facts, shall we? ONE cow is all that has been diagnosed so
far. ONLY ONE. And that one apparently came from Canada. Some of you will
indict the entire pet food industry over ONE cow when there has been ZERO
EVIDENCE that this ONE cow's brain and spinal cord were made into pet foods.
More fear mongering and "the sky is falling" is all it is right now.

Diagnosed is the operative word here. It can take many years for
symptoms to develop, so there are probably asymptomatic animals in
the early stages that never get diagnosed before they are
slaughtered.

--
Jean B.

From: "Jean B."

GAUBSTER2 wrote:

Let's deal w/ the facts, shall we? ONE cow is all that has been diagnosed
so
far. ONLY ONE. And that one apparently came from Canada. Some of you
will
indict the entire pet food industry over ONE cow when there has been ZERO
EVIDENCE that this ONE cow's brain and spinal cord were made into pet
foods.
More fear mongering and "the sky is falling" is all it is right now.

Diagnosed is the operative word here. It can take many years for
symptoms to develop, so there are probably asymptomatic animals in
the early stages that never get diagnosed before they are
slaughtered.

--
Jean B.

How true, unfortunately. I read where it can take 3 to 5 years to show up. As
to this one cow, I read where meat from this particular one cow has now shown
up in 8 western states.

Lauren

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From: "Jean B."

GAUBSTER2 wrote:

Let's deal w/ the facts, shall we? ONE cow is all that has been diagnosed
so
far. ONLY ONE. And that one apparently came from Canada. Some of you
will
indict the entire pet food industry over ONE cow when there has been ZERO
EVIDENCE that this ONE cow's brain and spinal cord were made into pet
foods.
More fear mongering and "the sky is falling" is all it is right now.

Diagnosed is the operative word here. It can take many years for
symptoms to develop, so there are probably asymptomatic animals in
the early stages that never get diagnosed before they are
slaughtered.

--
Jean B.

How true, unfortunately. I read where it can take 3 to 5 years to show up. As
to this one cow, I read where meat from this particular one cow has now shown
up in 8 western states.

Lauren

________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

From: olitter (PawsForThought)

Checked this morning's paper and they are now saying meat from this ONE
infected cow has now been traced to 8 western states!!! Mind boggling, isn't
it?

No, it's not really. At least not if you are grounded in reality. Do you
honestly think that the brain and spinal cord were chopped up and sent to 8
different states? You can freak out all you want if that's your nature. Until
there is a proven problem, I'll reserve judgement.