occupant > wrote in
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> It is not about banning beef from this country or that. It is
> about each citizen caring enough about themselves and their
> children to insist that the beef they buy and that the feed that
> was used to feed that beef was safe. North America permits the
> splitting of the spine. Britian does not. North America permits
> approximately up to 30 percent of beef blood to be feed to
> chickens, pigs and even to beef - all of the beef blood is
> permitted in their feed. Great Britian does not permit this
> practice. The Canadian or American hotlines don't mention that
> and neither do the respective ministers of agriculture.

Actually, it has been mentioned in Canada, in the Standing Committee on
Agriculture. Guess you weren't paying attention :-)

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"I'm the master of low expectations."

GWB, aboard Air Force One, 04Jun2003