> [Note that the new "meals" sound almost paleo.  Also note
> the incredibly incoherent statement by a University's head
> of nutrition...]

I'm kind of curious as to how the use of 4D meat (dead, dying,
diseased or decayed) in the American beef supply is going
to affect those on the Atkins diet who don't seem to worry
about what they are eating as long as it is low-carb?

I have a brother right now who was a big ground-meat eater
and who has had an ongoing life and death struggle with
inoperable brain cancer going on over the last 10 - 12 months.

This even affects the chicken industry, too, because they
are feeding cow blood to chickens (and chicken crap is being
fed to cows) and other animals, too.  -- Jay

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http://www.upi.com/print.cfm?StoryID=20030721-102924-4786r
Clusters of vCJD have been reported in various areas of the United States --
Pennsylvania in 1993, Florida in 1994, Oregon in 1996, New York in 1999-2000
and Texas in 1996. In addition, several people in New Jersey developed CJD
in recent years, including a 56-year-old woman who died on May 31, 2003.

Although in some instances, a mad cow link was suspected, all of the cases
ultimately were classified as sporadic. Still, new research, released last
December, indicates the mad cow pathogen can cause both sporadic CJD and the
variant form.

"Now people are beginning to realize that because something looks like
sporadic CJD they can't necessarily conclude that it's not linked to (mad
cow disease)," said Laura Manuelidis, section chief of surgery in the
neuropathology department at Yale University, who conducted a 1989 study
that found 13 percent of Alzheimer's patients actually had CJD.

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Best funny quote on the subject:

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20031223-103657-3424r

   The USDA insisted the case is probably isolated
   and the US beef supply is safe. "I plan to serve beef
   for my Christmas dinner," Veneman said, "and we
   remain confident in the safety of our food supply."

   Lester Friedlander, a former USDA veterinarian who
   has been insisting mad cow is present in American
   herds for years, responded:

      "[Veneman] might as well kiss her (behind) goodbye, then."