"Fudge" > wrote in
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> You Americans will not be picking any Alberta beef out of your
> teeth for a long time. The Shrub told us that unless Canada signs
> up for Star Wars II, there will not be any Canadian beef shipped
> to the U.S. Too bad, it is excellent beef.

Perhaps sooner than you think.

From Canadian Cattlemen's Association:

On November 19, 2004 the rule to allow the importation of live cattle
and an expanded list of beef products into the U.S. from regions at
minimal risk for BSE moved the next step in the administrative
process. (Canada is a minimal risk country. According to world
organization for animal health (OIE) guidelines, a minimal risk
country can have up to 2 cases of BSE per million head of cattle
diagnosed each year. The cattle population in Canada is currently
approximately 14 million head.)

http://www.cattle.ca/newsroom/NewsCu...%20process.pdf

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