>From: Ams Jallow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list              <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Mad Cow in Washington: First Case of Dreaded Disease Detected in              U.S. >Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 19:57:55 EST > >I guess, Oprah was right when upon learning about Rendering: A nice PR term >used in describing how road kills, sick or dead animals and animal >byproducts/waste are grounded and mixed with other ingredients and used as animal feed. >Being one of the most powerful African Women with millions of followers, Oprah >was accused and paraded to court by the meat/milk industry, especially Texan >Cattle ranchers, for DISPARAGING FOOD, an old Texan Law. This wise woman, >including folks at the White House from Reagan on to GW, consume "Free Range or >Organic" meat. >Culled from Democracynow.org >Wednesday, December 24th, 2003 >Mad Cow in Washington: First Case of Dreaded Disease Detected in U.S. > >Listen to: Segment || Show >Watch 128k stream       Watch 256k stream >Help      Printer-friendly version       Email to a friend      Purchase >Video/CD > > > > >Mad cow disease was detected in the United States for the first time ever >when a cow slaughtered in Washington state earlier this month tested positive for >BSE. We speak with John Stauber author of Mad Cow USA and Howard Lyman a >former cattle rancher-turned-vegetarian and food safety activist. > > > >A cow slaughtered in Washington state earlier this month had tested positive >for BSE, better known as mad cow disease, Agriculture Department officials >announced yesterday. The discovery marks the first time the dreaded illness has >been detected in the United States. >Meat from the infected animal traveled through three separate processing >plants before a test revealed the problem 13 days later. >Japan, the largest foreign customer for U.S. beef, announced a temporary halt >to U.S. beef imports. South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, >Hong Kong and Russia have also barred beef imports. >Mad cow disease sprang up in Britain in 1986 and spread through countries in >Europe and Asia, prompting massive destruction of herds and decimating the >European beef industry. >In Britain, at least 143 people have died after contracting a human version >of the disease known as vCJD which scientists believe comes from infected beef. >United Press International reports that for six months the United States >Department of Agriculture repeatedly refused to release its tests for mad cow >disease. >Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman insisted any diseased parts from the >slaughtered cow were removed before they could enter the food supply. She added "I >plan to serve beef for my holiday dinner." >During Britain's mad cow disease crisis in 1990, then-agriculture minister >John Gummer gathered the media to witness him sharing a hamburger with his young >daughter. >John Stauber, co-founder of PR Watch and co-author of the book, Mad Cow USA: >Could The Nightmare Happen Here? (Common Courage Press, 1997) which reveals >how mad cow disease has emerged as a result of modern, intensive farming >practices. >Howard Lyman, author of Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth From the Cattle Rancher Who >Won't Eat Meat. A former cattle rancher-turned-vegetarian and food safety >activist. In 1996, Lyman revealed, to a national television audience, how the >cattle industry potentially exposed Americans to mad cow disease by feeding cows >the remains of live animals - including other cows. As a result of his remarks, >Lyman was named a co-defendant with Oprah Winfrey in the infamous "veggie >libel" case brought by Texas ranchers in Amarillo. > > > > > >"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are >evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." >  - Albert Einstein >" >Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change >the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has." >- Margaret Mead > >"When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people fear >the government, you have tyranny." >- Thomas Jefferson > >"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" >- Edmund Burke > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~