For Immediate Release
December 2, 2014
Over 200 Groups Urge Congress to Continue Supporting COOL
Billings, Mont. - Today 207 groups representing a broad segment of the U.S.
economy, including farm, ranch, consumer and manufacturing groups, joined in a
letter
that urges U.S. Senate leaders to continue supporting the U.S. country of
origin labeling (COOL) law that is presently under attack by the governments of
Canada and Mexico at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The group's letter specifically urges Congress not to weaken, suspend or
rescind COOL in the upcoming legislation to provide funding for the federal
government in FY 2015.
The group's letter follows on the heels of a bipartisan letter
sent by 32 Senators that likewise urged Senate leaders not to weaken or
suspend COOL in the FY 2015 appropriations process.
Canada and Mexico challenged the U.S. COOL law at the WTO alleging that
livestock from their respective countries were being treated less favorably than
domestic livestock under the new requirement that muscle cuts of meat be labeled
so consumers will know where the animal from which the meat was derived was
born, where it was raised, and where it was harvested.
In October, the WTO agreed with Canada and Mexico and concluded that some
U.S. meatpackers were either opting not to purchase foreign livestock or they
were discounting foreign livestock because they would have to be segregated in
order to label their resulting meat properly.
"These packers that are vehemently opposed to COOL are achieving a
self-fulfilling prophecy by refusing to buy and by imposing discounts on foreign
livestock for the purpose of according Canada and Mexico with evidence to use at
the WTO to undermine COOL," said R-CALF USA Bill Bullard.
Bullard said the packers would not be able to do this if the U.S. cattle
market were not so concentrated because in a competitive market, another buyer
would be available to purchase livestock the big four packers were shunning.
This is not likely to occur in the U.S. market where just four meatpackers
control about 85 percent of the fed cattle market.
"It is only because our entire domestic livestock market lacks competition
that multinational meatpackers are able to impose discounts in a market in which
the supply of cattle is extremely tight and retail beef prices are continually
climbing to new highs," Bullard added.
Last week the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) appealed the
WTO ruling and a decision on the appeal is not expected until well into
2015.
"Congress should not short circuit the WTO process; nor should it
unconditionally surrender to the threats of tariff retaliation by our trading
partners. We believe the United States has strong grounds to appeal the most
recent WTO ruling," the groups wrote.
As additional support for the U.S. COOL law, the groups wrote:
"American consumers are increasingly interested in understanding more about
the origins of their food and the public overwhelmingly supports Country of
Origin Labeling. The commonsense COOL labels that are in place today provide
additional and more accurate information about where their food comes from.
Farmers are proud of the food they put on American dinner tables and support the
current COOL labels that allow consumers to make more informed food purchasing
decisions."
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R-CALF USA (Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of
America) is the largest producer-only cattle trade association in the United
States. It is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring the
continued profitability and viability of the U.S. cattle industry. For more
information, visit www.r-calfusa.com or, call 406-252-2516.
Monday, December 1, 2014
*** Germany Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy BSE CJD TSE Prion disease A
Review December 1, 2014
Friday, November 28, 2014
*** BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY BSE AKA MAD COW DISEASE PORTUGAL
CONFIRMED
Sunday, October 5, 2014
France stops BSE testing for Mad Cow Disease
Monday, May 5, 2014
Brazil BSE Mad Cow disease confirmed OIE 02/05/2014
Tuesday, November 04, 2014
*** The pathological and molecular but not clinical phenotypes are
maintained after second passage of experimental atypical bovine spongiform
encephalopathy in cattle
*** Singeltary reply ; Molecular, Biochemical and Genetic Characteristics
of BSE in Canada Singeltary reply ;
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
MAD COW USDA TSE PRION COVER UP or JUST IGNORANCE, for the record AUGUST
2014
Thursday, October 02, 2014
[Docket No. APHIS-2013-0064] Concurrence With OIE Risk Designations for
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Saturday, August 14, 2010
*** BSE Case Associated with Prion Protein Gene Mutation (g-h-BSEalabama)
and VPSPr PRIONPATHY
2009 UPDATE ON ALABAMA AND TEXAS MAD COWS 2005 and 2006
10,000,000+ LBS. of PROHIBITED BANNED MAD COW FEED I.E. BLOOD LACED MBM IN
COMMERCE USA 2007
Date: March 21, 2007 at 2:27 pm PST
RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINES -- CLASS II
PRODUCT
Bulk cattle feed made with recalled Darling's 85% Blood Meal, Flash Dried,
Recall # V-024-2007
CODE
Cattle feed delivered between 01/12/2007 and 01/26/2007
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Pfeiffer, Arno, Inc, Greenbush, WI. by conversation on February 5, 2007.
Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
Blood meal used to make cattle feed was recalled because it was cross-
contaminated with prohibited bovine meat and bone meal that had been
manufactured on common equipment and labeling did not bear cautionary BSE
statement.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
42,090 lbs.
DISTRIBUTION
WI
___________________________________
PRODUCT
Custom dairy premix products: MNM ALL PURPOSE Pellet, HILLSIDE/CDL Prot-
Buffer Meal, LEE, M.-CLOSE UP PX Pellet, HIGH DESERT/ GHC LACT Meal, TATARKA, M
CUST PROT Meal, SUNRIDGE/CDL PROTEIN Blend, LOURENZO, K PVM DAIRY Meal, DOUBLE B
DAIRY/GHC LAC Mineral, WEST PIONT/GHC CLOSEUP Mineral, WEST POINT/GHC LACT Meal,
JENKS, J/COMPASS PROTEIN Meal, COPPINI - 8# SPECIAL DAIRY Mix, GULICK, L-LACT
Meal (Bulk), TRIPLE J - PROTEIN/LACTATION, ROCK CREEK/GHC MILK Mineral,
BETTENCOURT/GHC S.SIDE MK-MN, BETTENCOURT #1/GHC MILK MINR, V&C DAIRY/GHC
LACT Meal, VEENSTRA, F/GHC LACT Meal, SMUTNY, A- BYPASS ML W/SMARTA, Recall #
V-025-2007
CODE
The firm does not utilize a code - only shipping documentation with
commodity and weights identified.
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Rangen, Inc, Buhl, ID, by letters on February 13 and 14, 2007. Firm
initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Products manufactured from bulk feed containing blood meal that was cross
contaminated with prohibited meat and bone meal and the labeling did not bear
cautionary BSE statement.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
9,997,976 lbs.
DISTRIBUTION
ID and NV
END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR MARCH 21, 2007
Sunday, December 15, 2013
*** FDA PART 589 -- SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANIMAL FOOD OR FEED
VIOLATIONS OFFICIAL ACTION INDICATED OIA UPDATE DECEMBER 2013 UPDATE ***
Singeltary Response to USDA, and USDA
RESPONSE TO SINGELTARY ON HARVARD BSE RISK ASSESSMENT
Owens, Julie
From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [flounder9@verizon.net]
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 1:09 PM
To: FSIS RegulationsComments
Subject: [Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011] FSIS Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Page 1 of 98
FSIS, USDA, REPLY TO SINGELTARY
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
*** UK EXPORTS OF MBM TO WORLD Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy BSE TSE
Prion aka Mad Cow Disease
USA, NORTH AMERICA, MBM (or any potential TSE prion disease) EXPORTS TO THE
WORLD (?) [protected by the BSE MRR policy] $$$
Tuesday, November 04, 2014
Six-year follow-up of a point-source exposure to CWD contaminated venison
in an Upstate New York community: risk behaviours and health outcomes 2005–2011
nvCJD CONFIRMED TEXAS USA 2014
‘’The completed investigation did not support the patient's having had
extended travel to European countries, including the United Kingdom, or travel
to Saudi Arabia. The specific overseas country where this patient’s infection
occurred is less clear largely because the investigation did not definitely link
him to a country where other known vCJD cases likely had been infected.’’
Confirmed Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (variant CJD) Case in
Texas
Updated: October 7, 2014
CDC and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) have completed
the investigation of the recently reported fourth vCJD case in the United
States. It confirmed that the case was in a US citizen born outside the Americas
and indicated that the patient's exposure to the BSE/vCJD agent most likely
occurred before he moved to the United States; the patient had resided in
Kuwait, Russia and Lebanon. The completed investigation did not support the
patient's having had extended travel to European countries, including the United
Kingdom, or travel to Saudi Arabia. The specific overseas country where this
patient’s infection occurred is less clear largely because the investigation did
not definitely link him to a country where other known vCJD cases likely had
been infected.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Confirmed Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (variant CJD) Case in Texas in
June 2014 confirmed as USA case NOT European
Monday, November 3, 2014
USA CJD TSE PRION UNIT, TEXAS, SURVEILLANCE UPDATE NOVEMBER 2014
National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center Cases Examined1
(October 7, 2014)
***6 Includes 11 cases in which the diagnosis is pending, and 19
inconclusive cases;
***7 Includes 12 (11 from 2014) cases with type determination pending in
which the diagnosis of vCJD has been excluded.
***The sporadic cases include 2660 cases of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease (sCJD),
***50 cases of Variably Protease-Sensitive Prionopathy (VPSPr)
***and 21 cases of sporadic Fatal Insomnia (sFI).
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Awareness Week November 10-16
Monday, November 3, 2014
The prion protein protease sensitivity, stability and seeding activity in
variably protease sensitive prionopathy brain tissue suggests molecular overlaps
with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Self-Propagative Replication of Ab Oligomers Suggests Potential
Transmissibility in Alzheimer Disease
Received July 24, 2014; Accepted September 16, 2014; Published November 3,
2014
Singeltary comment ;
Mom DOD December 14, 2014 ‘confirmed’ Heidenhain Variant of Creutzfeldt
Jakob Disease hvCJD, just made a promise, never forget, never let them forget.
...
kind regards, terry
