Pig meat in chicken feed
- From: "Pat Gardiner" <patgardiner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 09:39:08 +0100
Pat's Note: I have kept out of this, mostly because I can see both points of
view, but things have changed in the last few years.
Feeding scraps of meat left over from healthy pigs, cooked and handled
properly is one thing.
Those innocent halcyon days have long gone. Britain is a hell-hole of human
disease, much of which is obviously coming from sick livestock and which is
being covered up and talked down by a corrupt government veterinary service.
Feeding meat from pigs that have been sick with zoonotic diseases for years
is quite another matter.
PMWS is a circovirus. The vets admit they don't understand it.
Poultry also gets circoviruses.
Too dangerous to even contemplate.
Clean up the vets, cull the crooks, restore professionalism and confidence
and we can, with care, look at things again.
It will probably take decades to unravel the damage anyway.
The irony is that part of the problem comes from Britain's bent vets lying
about the source of FMD in 2001. It sure wasn't swill feeding at Waughs.
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2008/05/08/plan-to-feed-pigs-to-chickens-slammed-61634-20877247/
Plan to feed pigs to chickens slammed
May 8 2008 by Sam Wood, The Journal
A NORTH EAST scientist has said European Union plans to allow pig remains to
be used to feed poultry could create a second BSE-style crisis.
The EU is reported to be preparing the move to save farmers millions of
pounds as feed costs continue to soar.
Feeding animal remains to chickens has been banned in Europe for the past 10
years following the BSE crisis.
Last night Dr Harash Narang, the man who discovered the link between BSE and
its human form CJD, told The Journal he was concerned that the same could
happen again.
Dr Narang, a microbiologist who lives in Hexham, Northumberland, said he
feared a repeat of the BSE crisis, which was caused when remains of animals
were fed to cattle.
He said: "There are three reasons why this is a bad idea.
"Number one, it will make chickens much unhealthier as they will be eating
meat rather than corn or other crops. This could add to the obesity crisis.
"Secondly fat, which would be part of the feed, stores carcinogens which can
contribute to cancer.
"And finally it is difficult to predict what bugs could be passed on through
the food chain to humans.
"We could have a similar situation as with BSE, when a disease is passed on
to humans through eating contaminated meat."
Dr Narang has launched a petition to stop the measure.
And a North East poultry farmer has said he has grave reservations about
such a move.
David Maughan has 18,000 free-range chickens at his farm in County Durham.
He said: "I'm not happy at all about this possibility. Feed costs are high
at the moment but this is not the answer.
"It is not clear if there would be any real risk to people but I don't think
consumers would be happy to buy chicken which has been fed pig. The image of
the industry has to be right."
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said it would
back the move only if proper safety tests were introduced.
A Defra spokesman said: "We understand the European Commission will be
submitting a proposal later this year. We would only support it if we were
fully satisfied that appropriate and effective testing had taken place to
control the use of such proteins in poultry feed."
He added that an EU project looking at testing methods was due for
completion in 2009. Keith Henderson, North East chairman of the NFU Poultry
Board, said: "This is something I would only consider using if it was
something that consumers would accept.
"Until the mid 80s there was a bit of meat in chicken feed and there were no
problems then.
"Feed costs are astronomical at the moment and I think some will eventually
start using pig feed.
"Chickens could be imported into this country which have been fed animals
remains. They would be cheaper than our poultry.
"The NFU will always follow the best scientific advice and understanding,
and so are waiting to hear the final EFSA (European Food Standards
Authority) and food standards agency (FSA) opinions on the matter."
The EFSA said it could not comment on the issue.
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Regards
Pat Gardiner
Release the results of testing British pigs for MRSA and C.Diff now!
www.go-self-sufficient.com
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