Re: Meat Exec Admits Sick Cows Were Slaughtered

Jerry Okamura wrote:
Something for those who read Harry's posting. It was not that long ago, when the federal government did not inspect ANYTHING. Did we die in droves because of the food we ate?

"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:klogt3952k7pf86332udump3m24o2jdg1h@xxxxxxxxxx

From The Associated Press, 3/12/08:
http://www.newsnet5.com/money/15576382/detail.html

March 12, 2008

Meat Exec Admits Sick Cows Were Slaughtered

California Meat Processor President Testifies Before Congress


The president of a California slaughterhouse at the center of the
largest beef recall in U.S. history now acknowledges that cattle were
illegally slaughtered at his plant.

And he concedes that cows that were too sick to stand became part of
the food supply.

Steve Mendell, the president of Westland-Hallmark Meat Company, made
the admission to a congressional panel on Wednesday, after the panel
showed him an undercover video of abuses of cattle at his plant.

When the video ended, Mendell changed his previous stance, saying he
had not seen until Wednesday what was on the video.

The undercover video, shot by the Humane Society of the United States,
led to the record recall of 143 million pounds of beef produced by the
slaughterhouse.

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Bush's USDA was on vacation, ya see

Harry

The human strain of mad cow disease comes in several forms, including
Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD),

Some medical experts believe that the incidence of CJD in the U.S.
population is much higher than the commonly assumed 1 per million. A 1989
study at the University of Pittsburgh examined the case histories of 54
demented patients who, upon their death, were autopsied at the University of
Pittsburgh. The study discovered that 39 (72 percent) of the patients had
Alzheimer's; 15 (27.7 percent) had central nervous system disorders; and
three (5.5 percent) had CJD. The researchers concluded that the three cases
of CJD turned up in their study "had a much longer course than is usually
seen with that condition and failed [when the patient was alive] to show the
usual EEG abnormalities." In other words, the CJD cases discovered in
Pittsburgh exhibited symptoms that were more compatible with Alzheimer's
disease than classical CJD.

A 1989 Yale University study reported similar findings. Postmortem
examination of 46 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's revealed that six (13
percent) actually had CJD.

In the last three years, studies have suggested that classical CJD might be
caused by eating BSE-infected cattle

The Pittsburgh and Yale studies point to the possibility that some of the 4
million people in the United States suffering form Alzheimer's may actually
be infected with the agent that causes CJD. And that raises this question:
Has an unrecognized from of BSE infected U.S. cattle and entered the human
food chain?
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    ... Did we die in droves because of the food we ate? ... The human strain of mad cow disease comes in several forms, ... Some medical experts believe that the incidence of CJD in the U.S. ... The study discovered that 39 of the patients had ...
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  • Re: Meat Exec Admits Sick Cows Were Slaughtered
    ... Steve Mendell, the president of Westland-Hallmark Meat Company, made the admission to a congressional panel on Wednesday, after the panel showed him an undercover video of abuses of cattle at his plant. ... A 1989 study at the University of Pittsburgh examined the case histories of 54 demented patients who, upon their death, were autopsied at the University of Pittsburgh. ... The study discovered that 39 of the patients had Alzheimer's; 15 had central nervous system disorders; and three had CJD. ...
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