Looks like a brain and spine shortage in Ottawa ..... this is absurd, who the hell are these people anyway, and what are they doing in our capital -
' UPDATE - Canada won't ban brains, spines from feed now
Friday June 27, 2:10 pm ET
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, June 27 (Reuters) - Canada said on Friday it would
closely study an international report urging a ban on the use of brain and
spines in animal feed and food for human consumption, but said it would not
immediately follow the recommendations.
The report was made in
response to a single case
of mad cow disease in
Alberta last month which
prompted a crippling
international ban on
Canadian beef exports.
Agriculture Minister Lyle
Vanclief said that if
Canada decided to follow
the recommendations, it
would take time to make
the necessary changes to
legislation and regulations.
"In general we agree with
the direction of these
recommendations... We are determined to review and if necessary revise
these policies as quickly as possible," he told reporters on a conference call.
"However we must realize that many of these changes are complex and
require coordination and in some cases even harmonization of course with
the provinces and with the industry and with our trading partners."
Vanclief said the government would act "very quickly" in some areas, but not
until he had met with his provincial counterparts in early July.
In the report, international veterinary experts told Canada to keep the brains
and spines of cattle out of the meat-processing system and from being
rendered into animal feed. BSE is thought to be spread when brains, spines
and other "specified risk materials" are fed to other cattle.
Removing specified risk materials from the food and feed chain would protect
food safety, the panel said.
"Some measures -- such as tighter controls on non-ruminant feed -- require
regulatory change," Vanclief said. '
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'It would take time' my arse, get those things out of feed today, use the War Measures Act or something, they never should have been in feed in the first place, that's been known for years |
