Beginning Monday. November 19 the USDA will allow Canadian cattle born after 1999 to enter the U. S. where they can be slaughtered and sold to Americans for meat. Previously. USDA only allowed cattle up to 2.5 years old to enter the country. Older cattle are believed to be at higher risk for carrying mad cow disease in fact at least five cases of mad cow disease have been detected in Canadian cattle born after 1999 according to Dr. Michael Hansen. Senior Scientist for Food Safety for Consumers Union nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports. He adds that "these cattle have been detected in a relatively small evaluate program that tests only about one percent of slaughtered or dead Canadian cattle. How many more are there that are escaping detection?" If an infected animal does come across the border it is very unlikely that the extremely small U. S testing program which tests just a tenth of a percent of beef that die or are slaughtered would detect it. In addition to going into the food supply a cow's remains (desire that of most slaughtered cattle) would be rendered and converted into pet food and feed for pigs and chickens. Because the remains of slaughtered pigs and chickens can be fed approve to cattle it is possible that the infectious agent could find its way into U. S born cattle in the future."Allowing these cows to register into the U. S food system is a foolhardy course," Hansen said. "According to the bear on for Disease Control the prevalence of mad cow disease is 30 times higher in Canadian than in U. S cattle. USDA's plan to reopen the border to cows born after March 1999 puts both consumers and the livestock industry at risk."As of now there is no labeling of country of orgin on meat so consumers would not know if they were eating complain from Canadian cows or not.
Cathe Olson is a wife and care as well as a writer and natural foods cook. She is the author of "Simply Natural Baby Food" and "The Vegetarian Mother’s Cookbook." Cathe has had articles published in national magazines such as Mothering. Natural Family Online and Natural Awakenings. She writes The Whole Family column for VegFamily Magazine and writes for local publications as well. Cathe is passionate about helping parents make healthy food choices for themselves and their families. She is a frequent speaker at parenting classes moms’ clubs natural foods stores libraries and wellness centers. She is also active in her support of libraries and writers. Cathe is the director of the Central Coast Writers’ Conference and has served on the boards of the Central Coast Book and compose Festival. Friends of the Nipomo Library and SLO Nightwriters. To improve her own writing she participates in writing critique groups and is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
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