MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF MAD COW FEED IN COMMERCE USA

WITH ONGOING 12 YEARS OF DENIAL NOW, WHY IN THE WORLD DO WE TO TALK ABOUT THIS ANYMORE $$$

LET's go back to the infamous TOKEN, charade, that happened on January 30, 2001, at the Texas Purina feed lot around Gonzales. NOW remember, this thing was set up from the word go, as to some big showing that the FDA was DOING SOMETHING BIG. let's look at exactly what was said then, and then i will run some figures by you, of what banned mad cow feed has gone into commerce, of which most was fed out. but, as wrong as the comments made were about what amount of infectious material will kill a cow in this statement, even if you were to go by those wrong figures of about .......... oh what was it ???

''FDA has determined that each animal could have consumed, at most and in total, five-and-one-half grams - approximately a quarter ounce -- of prohibited material. These animals weigh approximately 600 pounds.''

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2001/new00752.html

you can take that with how ever many grains of salt you wish, but i read that as saying, it was only 5 1/2 grams, and the old cow ways 600 pounds, so know way that even if the feed was tainted, there was not enough to cause disease. the fda, usda et al, knew at that exact moment when they wrote that statement, they knew then that the 5 1/2 grams was enough to kill a small herd of cows. it was old science. but again, they chose to deceive. THIS WAS 2001, and it's now 2009, and they still are choosing to deceive, and the new administration appears willing to continue the USA mad cow charade. NOW, since the charade at the purina mill in 2001, i am going to list a few figures of suspect, banned mad cow feed that went out into commerce, even in 2008, 2007, 2006, back a few years, and you can compare, what enormous amounts of banned suspect mad cow feed and other products continue to go out. when you consider, and they knew all along, that .005 grams is lethal, my God, how much of this poison was consumed?
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2008 - Beltex Corporation, doing business as Frontier Meats, a Fort Worth, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 2,850 pounds of fresh cattle heads which may contain specified risk materials (SRMs), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_020_2008_Release/index.asp

Data reported as of: 05/10/2008

Search by: State = TX, and FDA District = DAL-DO, and Firm Type = FR,HF,NL, and Last BSE Insp Date From 01/01/2007 To 05/31/2008 and BSE Program Risk = DP,HP,NP, and Last BSE District Decision = OAI, and Handles Feed for Rum. Animals = Y,N,R Sort by: Last BSE District Decision
FDA District
DAL-DO
Firm Id (FEI)
3006607060
Firm Name
Texas Legend Ranch
Street Address
2803 Highway 473
City
Kendalia
State
TX
Zip Code
78027-2016
Opr. Status
OPR
Firm Type(s)
FR, OF
Prgm Risk
NP
Last BSE Insp Date
03/25/2008
Last BSE Dist. Dcsn''
OAI
Handles Feed for Rum. Animals?
Y

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An OAI inspection classification occurs when significant objectionable conditions or practices were found and regulatory sanctions are warranted in order to address the establishment's lack of compliance with the regulation. An example of an OAI inspection classification would be findings of manufacturing procedures insufficient to ensure that ruminant feed is not contaminated with prohibited material. Inspections classified with OAI violations will be promptly re-inspected following the regulatory sanctions to determine whether adequate corrective actions have been implemented.

http://www.fda.gov/cvm/CVM_Updates/BSE0108.htm

http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2008/06/texas-firm-recalls-cattle-heads-that.html

http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2008/05/fda-bseruminant-feed-inspections-firms.html


In 2007, in one weekly enforcement report, the fda recalled 10,000,000+ pounds of BANNED MAD COW FEED, 'in commerce', and i can tell you that most of it was fed out ;


10,000,000+ LBS. of PROHIBITED BANNED MAD COW FEED I.E. MBM IN COMMERCE USA 2007


Date: March 21, 2007 at 2:27 pm PST REASON Blood meal used to make cattle feed was recalled because it was cross-contaminated with prohibited bovine meat and bone meal that had been manufactured on common equipment and labeling did not bear cautionary BSE statement.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 42,090 lbs.
DISTRIBUTION WI

REASON Products manufactured from bulk feed containing blood meal that was cross contaminated with prohibited meat and bone meal and the labeling did not bear cautionary BSE statement.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 9,997,976 lbs.
DISTRIBUTION ID and NV

END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR MARCH 21, 2007

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2007/ENF00996.html


Subject: MAD COW FEED RECALL USA SEPT 6, 2006 1961.72 TONS IN COMMERCE AL, TN, AND WV Date: September 6, 2006 at 7:58 am PST

snip...

see listings and references of enormous amounts of banned mad cow protein 'in commerce' in 2006 and 2005 ;

see full text ;

Friday, April 25, 2008
Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or Feed [Docket No. 2002N-0273] (Formerly Docket No. 02N-0273) RIN 0910-AF46

http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2008/04/substances-prohibited-from-use-in.html


SPECIFIED RISK MATERIALS

http://madcowspontaneousnot.blogspot.com/2008/02/specified-risk-materials-srm.html


SRM MAD COW RECALL 406 THOUSAND POUNDS CATTLE HEADS WITH TONSILS KANSAS


http://cjdmadcowbaseoct2007.blogspot.com/2008/04/srm-mad-cow-recall-406-thousand-pounds.html



look at the table and you'll see that as little as 1 mg (or 0.001 gm) caused 7% (1 of 14) of the cows to come down with BSE;

Risk of oral infection with bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent in primates
Corinne Ida Lasmézas, Emmanuel Comoy, Stephen Hawkins, Christian Herzog, Franck Mouthon, Timm Konold, Frédéric Auvré, Evelyne Correia, Nathalie Lescoutra-Etchegaray, Nicole Salès, Gerald Wells, Paul Brown, Jean-Philippe Deslys

Summary The uncertain extent of human exposure to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)--which can lead to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)--is compounded by incomplete knowledge about the efficiency of oral infection and the magnitude of any bovine-to-human biological barrier to transmission. We therefore investigated oral transmission of BSE to non-human primates. We gave two macaques a 5 g oral dose of brain homogenate from a BSE-infected cow. One macaque developed vCJD-like neurological disease 60 months after exposure, whereas the other remained free of disease at 76 months. On the basis of these findings and data from other studies, we made a preliminary estimate of the food exposure risk for man, which provides additional assurance that existing public health measures can prevent transmission of BSE to man.

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BSE bovine brain inoculum 100 g 10 g 5 g 1 g 100 mg 10 mg 1 mg 0·1 mg 0·01 mg Primate (oral route)* 1/2 (50%) Cattle (oral route)* 10/10 (100%) 7/9 (78%) 7/10 (70%) 3/15 (20%) 1/15 (7%) 1/15 (7%) RIII mice (ic ip route)* 17/18 (94%) 15/17 (88%) 1/14 (7%) PrPres biochemical detection The comparison is made on the basis of calibration of the bovine inoculum used in our study with primates against a bovine brain inoculum with a similar PrPres concentration that was inoculated into mice and cattle.8 *Data are number of animals positive/number of animals surviving at the time of clinical onset of disease in the first positive animal (%). The accuracy of bioassays is generally judged to be about plus or minus 1 log. ic ip=intracerebral and intraperitoneal.

Table 1: Comparison of transmission rates in primates and cattle infected orally with similar BSE brain inocula

Published online January 27, 2005

http://www.thelancet.com/journal/journal.isa



P04.27

Experimental BSE Infection of Non-human Primates: Efficacy of the Oral Route

Holznagel, E1; Yutzy, B1; Deslys, J-P2; Lasmézas, C2; Pocchiari, M3; Ingrosso, L3; Bierke, P4; Schulz-Schaeffer, W5; Motzkus, D6; Hunsmann, G6; Löwer, J1 1Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Germany; 2Commissariat à l´Energie Atomique, France; 3Instituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy; 4Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease control, Sweden; 5Georg August University, Germany; 6German Primate Center, Germany


Background:

In 2001, a study was initiated in primates to assess the risk for humans to contract BSE through contaminated food. For this purpose, BSE brain was titrated in cynomolgus monkeys.

Aims:

The primary objective is the determination of the minimal infectious dose (MID50) for oral exposure to BSE in a simian model, and, by in doing this, to assess the risk for humans. Secondly, we aimed at examining the course of the disease to identify possible biomarkers.

Methods:

Groups with six monkeys each were orally dosed with lowering amounts of BSE brain: 16g, 5g, 0.5g, 0.05g, and 0.005g. In a second titration study, animals were intracerebrally (i.c.) dosed (50, 5, 0.5, 0.05, and 0.005 mg).

Results:

In an ongoing study, a considerable number of high-dosed macaques already developed simian vCJD upon oral or intracerebral exposure or are at the onset of the clinical phase. However, there are differences in the clinical course between orally and intracerebrally infected animals that may influence the detection of biomarkers.

Conclusions:

Simian vCJD can be easily triggered in cynomolgus monkeys on the oral route using less than 5 g BSE brain homogenate. The difference in the incubation period between 5 g oral and 5 mg i.c. is only 1 year (5 years versus 4 years). However, there are rapid progressors among orally dosed monkeys that develop simian v CJD as fast as intracerebrally inoculated animals.

The work referenced was performed in partial fulfillment of the study "BSE in primates" supported by the EU (QLK1-2002-01096).

http://www.prion2007.com/pdf/Prion%20Book%20of%20Abstracts.pdf


Calves were challenged by mouth with homogenised brain from confirmed cases of BSE. Some received 300g (3 doses of 100g), some 100g, 10g or 1g. They were then left to develop BSE, but were not subjected to the normal stresses that they might have encountered in a dairy herd. Animals in all four groups developed BSE. There has been a considerable spread of incubation period in some of the groups, but it appears as if those in the 1 and 10g challenge groups most closely fit the picture of incubation periods seen in the epidemic. Experiments in progress indicate that oral infection can occur in some animals with doses as low as 0.01g and 0.001g. .........


http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/bse/science-research/pathog.html#dose


It is clear that the designing scientists must also have shared Mr Bradley's surprise at the results because all the dose levels right down to 1 gram triggered infection.


http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/ws/s145d.pdf


6. It also appears to me that Mr Bradley's answer (that it would take less than say 100 grams) was probably given with the benefit of hindsight; particularly if one considers that later in the same answer Mr Bradley expresses his surprise that it could take as little of 1 gram of brain to cause BSE by the oral route within the same species. This information did not become available until the "attack rate" experiment had been completed in 1995/96. This was a titration experiment designed to ascertain the infective dose. A range of dosages was used to ensure that the actual result was within both a lower and an upper limit within the study and the designing scientists would not have expected all the dose levels to trigger infection. The dose ranges chosen by the most informed scientists at that time ranged from 1 gram to three times one hundred grams. It is clear that the designing scientists must have also shared Mr Bradley's surprise at the results because all the dose levels right down to 1 gram triggered infection.


http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/ws/s147f.pdf


http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02183.pdf


http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05101.pdf


GAO says US barriers to mad cow disease are full of holes Robert Roos News Editor


Note: This story was updated March 1, 2002, to include additional information about recent federal actions to prevent mad cow disease.


Feb 28, 2002 (CIDRAP News) - Congress's General Accounting Office (GAO) concludes in a new report that the United States remains vulnerable to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, because of inadequate import barriers and weak enforcement of rules to contain any BSE-contaminated products that might reach US shores.


http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/other/bse/news/gaorept.html


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Subject: MAD COW FEED RECALL USA SEPT 6, 2006 1961.72 TONS IN COMMERCE AL, TN, AND WV
Date: September 6, 2006 at 7:58 am PST

PRODUCT a) EVSRC Custom dairy feed, Recall # V-130-6; Performance Chick Starter, Recall # V-131-6; c) Performance Quail Grower, Recall # V-132-6; d) Performance Pheasant Finisher, Recall # V-133-6. CODE None RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Donaldson & Hasenbein/dba J&R Feed Service, Inc., Cullman, AL, by telephone on June 23, 2006 and by letter dated July 19, 2006. Firm initiated recall is complete. REASON Dairy and poultry feeds were possibly contaminated with ruminant based protein.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 477.72 tons
DISTRIBUTION AL

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PRODUCT a) Dairy feed, custom, Recall # V-134-6; Custom Dairy Feed with Monensin, Recall # V-135-6. CODE None. Bulk product RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Recalling Firm: Burkmann Feed, Greeneville, TN, by Telephone beginning on June 28, 2006. Manufacturer: H. J. Baker & Bro., Inc., Albertville, AL. Firm initiated recall is complete. REASON Possible contamination of dairy feeds with ruminant derived meat and bone meal.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 1,484 tons

DISTRIBUTION TN and WV

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00968.html


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Subject: MAD COW FEED RECALLS ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR AUGUST 9, 2006 KY, LA, MS, AL, GA, AND TN 11,000+ TONS

Date: August 16, 2006 at 9:19 am PST
RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINE - CLASS II

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PRODUCT Bulk custom made dairy feed, Recall # V-115-6 CODE None RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Hiseville Feed & Seed Co., Hiseville, KY, by telephone and letter on or about July 14, 2006. FDA initiated recall is ongoing. REASON Custom made feeds contain ingredient called Pro-Lak which may contain ruminant derived meat and bone meal.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE Approximately 2,223 tons DISTRIBUTION KY

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PRODUCT Bulk custom made dairy feed, Recall # V-116-6 CODE None RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Rips Farm Center, Tollesboro, KY, by telephone and letter on July 14, 2006. FDA initiated recall is ongoing. REASON Custom made feeds contain ingredient called Pro-Lak which may contain ruminant derived meat and bone meal.


VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 1,220 tons DISTRIBUTION KY


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PRODUCT Bulk custom made dairy feed, Recall # V-117-6 CODE None RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Kentwood Co-op, Kentwood, LA, by telephone on June 27, 2006. FDA initiated recall is completed. REASON Possible contamination of animal feed ingredients, including ingredients that are used in feed for dairy animals, with ruminant derived meat and bone meal.


VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 40 tons


DISTRIBUTION LA and MS


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PRODUCT Bulk Dairy Feed, Recall V-118-6 CODE None RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Cal Maine Foods, Inc., Edwards, MS, by telephone on June 26, 2006. FDA initiated recall is complete. REASON Possible contamination of animal feed ingredients, including ingredients that are used in feed for dairy animals, with ruminant derived meat and bone meal.


VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 7,150 tons


DISTRIBUTION MS


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PRODUCT Bulk custom dairy pre-mixes, Recall # V-119-6 CODE None RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Walthall County Co-op, Tylertown, MS, by telephone on June 26, 2006. Firm initiated recall is complete. REASON Possible contamination of dairy animal feeds with ruminant derived meat and bone meal.


VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 87 tons


DISTRIBUTION MS


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PRODUCT Bulk custom dairy pre-mixes, Recall # V-120-6 CODE None RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Ware Milling Inc., Houston, MS, by telephone on June 23, 2006. Firm initiated recall is complete. REASON Possible contamination of dairy animal feeds with ruminant derived meat and bone meal.


VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 350 tons


DISTRIBUTION AL and MS


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PRODUCT a) Tucker Milling, LLC Tm 32% Sinking Fish Grower, #2680-Pellet, 50 lb. bags, Recall # V-121-6; Tucker Milling, LLC #31120, Game Bird Breeder Pellet, 50 lb. bags, Recall # V-122-6; c) Tucker Milling, LLC #31232 Game Bird Grower, 50 lb. bags, Recall # V-123-6; d) Tucker Milling, LLC 31227-Crumble, Game Bird Starter, BMD Medicated, 50 lb bags, Recall # V-124-6; e) Tucker Milling, LLC #31120, Game Bird Breeder, 50 lb bags, Recall # V-125-6; f) Tucker Milling, LLC #30230, 30 % Turkey Starter, 50 lb bags, Recall # V-126-6; g) Tucker Milling, LLC #30116, TM Broiler Finisher, 50 lb bags, Recall # V-127-6 CODE All products manufactured from 02/01/2005 until 06/20/2006 RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Recalling Firm: Tucker Milling LLC, Guntersville, AL, by telephone and visit on June 20, 2006, and by letter on June 23, 2006. Manufacturer: H. J. Baker and Brothers Inc., Stamford, CT. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.

REASON Poultry and fish feeds which were possibly contaminated with ruminant based protein were not labeled as "Do not feed to ruminants".


VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 7,541-50 lb bags


DISTRIBUTION AL, GA, MS, and TN


END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR AUGUST 9, 2006


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http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ENFORCE/2006/ENF00964.html


Subject: MAD COW FEED RECALL MI MAMMALIAN PROTEIN VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 27,694,240 lbs

Date: August 6, 2006 at 6:14 pm PST PRODUCT Bulk custom dairy feds manufactured from concentrates, Recall # V-113-6 CODE All dairy feeds produced between 2/1/05 and 6/16/06 and containing H. J. Baker recalled feed products. RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Vita Plus Corp., Gagetown, MI, by visit beginning on June 21, 2006. Firm initiated recall is complete. REASON The feed was manufactured from materials that may have been contaminated with mammalian protein.


VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 27,694,240 lbs


DISTRIBUTION MI


END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR AUGUST 2, 2006


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http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00963.html


Subject: MAD COW FEED RECALL AL AND FL VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 125 TONS Products manufactured from 02/01/2005 until 06/06/2006

Date: August 6, 2006 at 6:16 pm PST

PRODUCT a) CO-OP 32% Sinking Catfish, Recall # V-100-6; Performance Sheep Pell W/Decox/A/N, medicated, net wt. 50 lbs, Recall # V-101-6; c) Pro 40% Swine Conc Meal -- 50 lb, Recall # V-102-6; d) CO-OP 32% Sinking Catfish Food Medicated, Recall # V-103-6; e) "Big Jim's" BBB Deer Ration, Big Buck Blend, Recall # V-104-6; f) CO-OP 40% Hog Supplement Medicated Pelleted, Tylosin 100 grams/ton, 50 lb. bag, Recall # V-105-6; g) Pig Starter Pell II, 18% W/MCDX Medicated 282020, Carbadox -- 0.0055%, Recall # V-106-6; h) CO-OP STARTER-GROWER CRUMBLES, Complete Feed for Chickens from Hatch to 20 Weeks, Medicated, Bacitracin Methylene Disalicylate, 25 and 50 Lbs, Recall # V-107-6; i) CO-OP LAYING PELLETS, Complete Feed for Laying Chickens, Recall # 108-6; j) CO-OP LAYING CRUMBLES, Recall # V-109-6; k) CO-OP QUAIL FLIGHT CONDITIONER MEDICATED, net wt 50 Lbs, Recall # V-110-6; l) CO-OP QUAIL STARTER MEDICATED, Net Wt. 50 Lbs, Recall # V-111-6; m) CO-OP QUAIL GROWER MEDICATED, 50 Lbs, Recall # V-112-6 CODE Product manufactured from 02/01/2005 until 06/06/2006 RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc., Decatur, AL, by telephone, fax, email and visit on June 9, 2006. FDA initiated recall is complete.


REASON Animal and fish feeds which were possibly contaminated with ruminant based protein not labeled as "Do not feed to ruminants".


VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 125 tons
DISTRIBUTION AL and FL


END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR AUGUST 2, 2006


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http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00963.html



Subject: MAD COW FEED RECALL KY VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE ?????

Date: August 6, 2006 at 6:19 pm PST

PRODUCT Bulk custom made dairy feed, Recall # V-114-6 CODE None RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Burkmann Feeds LLC, Glasgow, KY, by letter on July 14, 2006. Firm initiated recall is ongoing. REASON Custom made feeds contain ingredient called Pro-Lak, which may contain ruminant derived meat and bone meal.


VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE ?????


DISTRIBUTION KY


END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR AUGUST 2, 2006


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http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00963.html


CJD WATCH MESSAGE BOARD TSS

MAD COW FEED RECALL USA EQUALS 10,878.06 TONS NATIONWIDE

Sun Jul 16, 2006 09:22 71.248.128.67


RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINE -- CLASS II

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PRODUCT a) PRO-LAK, bulk weight, Protein Concentrate for Lactating Dairy Animals, Recall # V-079-6; ProAmino II, FOR PREFRESH AND LACTATING COWS, net weight 50lb (22.6 kg), Recall # V-080-6; c) PRO-PAK, MARINE & ANIMAL PROTEIN CONCENTRATE FOR USE IN ANIMAL FEED, Recall # V-081-6; d) Feather Meal, Recall # V-082-6 CODE a) Bulk None c) Bulk d) Bulk RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER H. J. Baker & Bro., Inc., Albertville, AL, by telephone on June 15, 2006 and by press release on June 16, 2006. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.

REASON Possible contamination of animal feeds with ruminent derived meat and bone meal.


VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 10,878.06 tons


DISTRIBUTION Nationwide


END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR July 12, 2006


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http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00960.html


Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration
Minneapolis District Office Central Region 212 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55401 Telephone: (612) 758-7119 FAX: (612) 334-4142

June 9, 2005

WARNING LETTER

CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Refer to MIN 05-15

Michael J. Langenhorst President Anamax Corporation P.O. Box 10067 Green Bay, WI 54307

Dear Mr. Langenhorst:

Our inspection of your rendering plant located at 505 Hardman Avenue South, South St. Paul, Minnesota, from January 12-20, 2005, revealed significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations , Part 589 .2000 (21 CFR 589 .2000), Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. This regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Because you failed to follow the requirements of this regulation, products being manufactured and distributed by your facility are adulterated within the meaning of Section 402(a)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) [21 U.S.C. 342(a)(4)], and misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(a)(1) of the Act [21 U.S.C. 343(a)(1)].

Our investigation found that you failed to provide for measures to prevent commingling or cross-contamination and to maintain sufficient written procedures [21 CFR 589.2000(e)] in that:


1. You failed to use clean-out procedures or other means adequate to prevent carryover of protein derived from mammalian tissues into feeds that may be used for ruminants.


2. You failed to maintain written procedures specifying the clean-out procedures or other means to prevent carryover of protein derived from mammalian tissues into feeds that may be used for ruminants.


Our investigation also found that you failed to label products that may contain protein derived from mammalian tissues with the statement, "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants." For example, your Feather Meal and Stabilized Poultry By-Product Meal lack this statement, even though the absence of sufficient measures to avoid commingling or cross-contamination may result in these products containing protein derived from mammalian tissues. Because your products do not bear this caution statement, they are misbranded under Section 403(a)(1) of the Act [21 U.S .C. 343(a)(1)).


The above is not intended as an all-inclusive list of violations. As a manufacturer of materials intended for animal feed use, you are responsible for ensuring that your overall operation and the products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with the law.


You should acknowledge this letter within 15 working days of receiving and include any additional corrective actions concerning your facility. We have received your letter dated January 31, 2005, which replies to the Form FDA-483 issued on January 20, 2005, and your letter dated February 25, 2005, that states all corrections have been implemented. The corrections you have reported appear to be adequate but will be evaluated further during our follow-up inspection.


Your response should be directed to Compliance Officer Jane E . Nelson at the address on the letterhead. If you have any questions regarding this letter, you may phone Ms. Nelson at (612) 758-7119.
Sincerely,
/S/
W. Charles Becoat Director Minneapolis District
http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g5373d.pdf


2. WITH A RECENT NATION WIDE MAD COW FEED BAN RECALL in the past few months that consisted of some 10,878.06 TONS, then another Mad Cow feed ban warning letter in May, IT should seem prudent to ask why our feed bans continue to fail in 2006, and continue to fail today ? RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINE -- CLASS II

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PRODUCT a) PRO-LAK, bulk weight, Protein Concentrate for Lactating Dairy Animals, Recall # V-079-6; b) ProAmino II, FOR PREFRESH AND LACTATING COWS, net weight 50lb (22.6 kg), Recall # V-080-6; c) PRO-PAK, MARINE & ANIMAL PROTEIN CONCENTRATE FOR USE IN ANIMAL FEED, Recall # V-081-6; d) Feather Meal, Recall # V-082-6 CODE a) Bulk b) None c) Bulk d) Bulk RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER H. J. Baker & Bro., Inc., Albertville, AL, by telephone on June 15, 2006 and by press release on June 16, 2006. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.


REASON Possible contamination of animal feeds with ruminent derived meat and bone meal.

Page 2 of 98 8/3/2006

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 10,878.06 tons


DISTRIBUTION Nationwide


END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR July 12, 2006 ###


http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00960.html


see full text ;


http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments/2006-0011/2006-0011-1.pdf



######## Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy <BSE-L@UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE> #########



Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration
New Orleano District Nashville Branch Office Plus Park Blvd. Nashville, TN 37217 Tel: 615-781-6388 FAX: 615-781-6383


May 22, 2003


VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS OVERNIGHT DELIVERY


Mr. John F. Turner, Owner, Manager Millstone Agri Distributors 3721 E. Lamar Alexander Highway Maryville, TN 37804
Warning Letter No 03-NSV-16


Dear Mr. Turner:


An inspection of your animal feed manufacturing operation, located at Maryville, Tennessee conducted by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigator on February 13, 2003, found significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR.), Part 589.2000 - Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. The regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Because you failed to follow this rule, products you manufactured and distributed are adulterated within the meaning of Sections 402(a)(2)(C) and 402(a)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) since they contain an unsafe food additive and were prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions . . . whereby [they] may have been rendered injurious to health. Feed you manufactured also was misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(a)(1) of the Act because of your failure to follow this rule.

Our investigation found the following violations of 21 C.F.R. 589.2000:

1. Failure to separate the receipt, processing, and storage of products containing prohibited material from products not containing prohibited material [21 C.F.R. 589.2000(e)(1)(iv)];


2. Failure to establish written procedures, including clean-out and flushing procedures, to avoid commingling and cross-contamination of common equipment [21 C.F.R. 589.2000(e)(1)(iii)(B)];


3. Failure to maintain records sufficient to track prohibited materials throughout the receipt, processing, and distribution of your products [21 C.F.R. 589.2000(c)(1)(ii)];


4. Failure to provide for measures to avoid commingling or cross-contamination of feeds intended for ruminants and feeds intended for nonruminants that may contain prohibited materials [21 C.F.R. 589.2000(c)(1)(iii)]. Specifically, our investigation found that the ruminant product 10% Beef Conditioned was formulated primarily with screenings and fines derived from previously manufactured non-ruminant products, Premium Rooster Kicker in particular, that contain or may contain prohibited material. Such deviations cause the ruminant product 10% Beef Conditioner being manufactured at this facility to be adulterated within the meaning of Sections 402(a)(2)(C) and 402(a)(4) of the Act;


5. Failure to label your non-ruminant products with the required cautionary statement Do not Feed to Cattle or Other Ruminants [21 C.F.R. 589.2000(c)(1)(ii)]. Our investigation specifically found that dog food containing prohibited material was added as an ingredient to your product Premium Rooster Kicker. The failure of these feeds to bear the required BSE warning statement causes them to be misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(f) of the Act.


The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of deviations from the regulations. As a manufacturer of materials intended for animal feed use, you are responsible for assuring that your overall operation and the products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with the law. We have enclosed a copy of the FDAs Small Entity Compliance Guide to assist you with complying with the regulations.


You should take prompt action to correct these violations, and you should establish a system whereby such violations do not recur. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in regulatory action without further notice, such as seizure and/or injunction. You should notify this office in writing within 15 working days of receipt of this letter of the steps you have taken to bring your iirm into compliance with the law. Your response should include an explanation of each step being taken to correct the violations, and prevent their recurrence. If corrective action cannot be completed in 15 working days, state the reason for the delay and the date by which the corrections will be completed. Include copies of any available documentation demonstrating that corrections have been made.


Your reply should be directed to the attention of Joseph E. Hayes, Compliance Officer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 297 Plus Park Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37217.


Sincerely,
/s/ Carl E. Draper Director, New Orleans District Office


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g4056d.htm



-------- Original Message --------


Subject: MAD COW FEED BAN WARNING LETTERS JULY 20, 2004 USA
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:14:11 -0500
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
Reply-To: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy To: BSE-L@uni-karlsruhe.de


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USA BSE/TSE TRIPLE FIREWALLS SEEPING IN 2004...TSS



Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration
San Francisco District 1431 Harbor Bay Parkway Alameda, CA 94502-7070 Telephone: 510/337-6700
VIA HAND DELIVERY
Our Reference No. 1000123954


June 23, 2004


Ronald M. Foster, Manager Randall C. Boyce, Manager Trevor O. Foster, Manager George P. Foster, Manager Fresno Farming LLC P.O. Box 457 1000 Davis Street Livingston, California


WARNING LETTER


Dear Mssrs. Foster, Boyce, Foster, and Foster:


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an inspection of your medicated animal feed mill operation, Fresco Farming LLC, located in Traver, California from April 14, 2004 through May 6, 2004, and found significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 589.2000 (21 C.F.R. 589.2000) - Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. The regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Because you failed to follow this rule, products you manufactured and distributed are adulterated within the meaning of Section 402(a)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) because they were prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have been rendered injurious to health.


Our inspection found the following violations of 21 C.F.R. 589.2000:


1. Failure to provide for measures to avoid commingling or cross-contamination of products that contain or may contain protein derived from mammalian tissues into animal protein or feeds that may be used for ruminants to comply with 21 C.F.R. 589.2000(e)(1)(iii).


* Your firm uses a vacuum system to clean up spilled product in the tunnel area. This tunnel area houses the two receiving conveyor systems and the elevators for the two conveyor systems. When product, including ruminant meat and bone meal, is spilled onto the floor of this area, the spilled product is vacuumed up by the vacuum system and, via a discharge hose, was placed into a conveyor system that your firm had designated as free of ruminant meat and bone meal. Your firm admitted that it was unaware of the vacuum system discharging into the conveyor systems designated as free of ruminant meat and bone meal and that this had been in place since April 2003. Your firm remedied this problem during FDAs April/May 2004 inspection by removing the discharge hose connection to the conveyer system that your firm had designated as free of ruminant meat and bone meal . * Your firm uses a dust collection system that pulls dust from systems that receive both ruminant meat and bone meal and feed ingredients intended for ruminants. This dust system then discharged collected product back into the two conveyor systems via a cross connection, thereby making it likely that ruminant meat and bone meal became commingled with ruminant feed ingredients. Your firm admitted that it was unaware of the cross connection and that it had been in place since April 2003. Your firm removed the cross connection during FDAs April/May 2004 inspection.


2. Failure to maintain written procedures specifying the clean-out procedure or other means, and specifying the procedures for separating products that contain or may contain protein derived from mammalian tissue from all other protein products from the time of receipt until the time of shipment, to comply with 21 C.F.R. 589.2000(e)(1)(iv). This observation was also noted during FDAs July/August 2003 inspection of your firm.


* There are no written procedures for separating products that contain prohibited material from ingredients used in ruminant feeds from the time of receipt until the time of shipment. * The written procedure for cleaning out or flushing equipment after mixing feeds containing prohibited material was not adequate to prevent contamination of ruminant feed with prohibited material.


3. Failure to maintain records sufficient to track materials that contain protein derived from mammalian tissues throughout their receipt, processing, and distribution to comply with 21 C.F.R. 589.2000(e)(1)(i). This observation was also noted during FDAs July/August 2003 inspection of your firm.


* Specifically, your firm has failed to develop and implement complete written procedures to separate ruminant meat and bone meal from feed ingredients intended for ruminants from the time of receipt until the time of distribution. The written procedures that do exist fail to address the use of equipment common to ruminant meat and bone meal and ruminant feed ingredients.
The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of deficiencies at your facility. As a manufacturer of materials intended for use as animal feed, you are responsible for assuring that your overall operation and the products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with the law. You should take prompt action to correct these violations, and you should establish a system whereby such violations do not recur. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in regulatory action without further notice, such as seizure and/or injunction.


You should notify this office in writing within fifteen (15) working days of receiving this letter of the steps you have taken to bring your firm into compliance with the law. Your response should include an explanation of each step being taken to correct the violations and prevent their recurrence. If corrective actions cannot be completed in fifteen (15) working days, state the reason for the delay and the date by which the corrections will be completed. Include copies of any available documentation demonstrating that corrections have been made.
Please send your reply to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Attention: Ms. Harumi Kishida, Compliance Officer, 1431 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda, California 94502-7070. If you have questions regarding this letter, please contact Ms. Kishida at (510) 337-6824.


Sincerely,
/s/



CD Moss, Acting DD for Barbara J. Cassens District Director San Francisco District
cc: VIA CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED C. Michael Blasco, Feed Mill Manager Fresno Farming LLC P.O. Box 430 Traver, California 93673


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g4849d.htm



Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration


Chicago District 550 West Jackson Blvd., 15th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60661 Telephone: 312-353-5863


July 12, 2004


WARNING LETTER CHI-16-04


CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED


Mr. Donald E. Hamilton, President/Owner Illini Feeds, Inc. P.O. Box 86, 1145 State Hwy. 94 Aledo, Illinois 61231


Dear Mr. Hamilton:


On February 19 and 20, 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an inspection of your animal feed handling facility located at 1145 State Highway 94, Aledo, Illinois. The inspection found significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 589.2000 (21 CFR 589.2000) - Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. This regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). The deviations cause the swine feed manufactured by your facility to be misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(a)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).


Our investigation found that salvaged pet food containing prohibited material was added as an ingredient to the swine products manufactured at your facility. During the inspection, our investigator found that you failed to label your non-ruminant products with the required caution statement - Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants. [21 CFR 589.2000(d)(1)]


The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of violations. As a manufacturer of materials intended for use in animal feed, you are responsible for assuring that your overall operation and the products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with the law.


You should take prompt action to correct this violation, and you should establish a system whereby such violations do not recur. Failure to promptly correct this violation may result in regulatory action without further notice, such as seizure and/or injunction.


During the inspection, you told the investigator that you would put the required cautionary statement on your products that contain prohibited material, and maintain tracking documents for all incoming ingredients, including animal proteins prohibited in ruminant feed. Please notify this office in writing within 15 working days of receiving this letter of any further steps you have taken to assure that your firm is in compliance with the law. Your response should also include an explanation of each step taken to correct the violations, and prevent their recurrence. Please include copies of any available documentation such as written procedures, corrected labeling, etc., demonstrating that corrections have been made. If corrections cannot be completed within 15 working days, state the reason for the delay and the date by which the corrections will be completed.


Your reply should be directed to Paul A. Boehmer, Compliance Officer, at the above address.
Sincerely,


/s/
Scott J. MacIntire District Director


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g4840d.htm



Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration


Chicago District 550 West Jackson Blvd., 15th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60661 Telephone: 312-353-5863


June 15, 2004


WARNING LETTER


CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED


Mr. David W. Bernauer CEO and Chairman of the Board Walgreen co. 200 Wilmot Rd. Deerfield, IL 60015


Dear Mr. Bernauer:


Inspection of your firms warehouse at 5100 Lake Terrace N.E., Mt. Vernon, Illinois, by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on February 25, 26, and 27, and March 2, 2004, documented numerous insanitary conditions which caused the food and drug products stored there to become adulterated.


Our inspection showed that the food and drug products stored and held at your facility violated the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), rendering them adulterated. These adulterated fwd and drug products: a) consisted in whole or in part of filthy substances, including rodent fecal pellets, rodent hair, and insects, in violation of Section 402(a)(3) of the Act [21 U.S.C. 342(a)(3)]; and/or b) had been held under insanitary conditions whereby they have become contaminated with rodent filth, in violation of Sections 402(a)(4) and 501(a)(2)(a) of the Act [21 U.S.C. 342(a)(4), 351(a)(2)(a)].


Evidence of rodent activity documented throughout the old and new warehouse included dead mice in traps, excreta pellets, and gnawed paper material observed in, on, and near food and drugs stored in the warehouse. Rodents gnaw holes were observed into several packaged food products with rodent hairs at gnaw holes into products. Many more fecal pellets were on food and drug packages and still more were found near the stored foods, drugs, and cosmetics in the warehouse.


Other conditions observed during the inspection that could be contributing factors to rodent infestation include damaged and/or poorly fitting rail and truck dock doors, gaps around a conduit entry into the building, and the structural condition of the concrete and expansion gaps at floor/wall/support beam junctions in various areas of the warehouse allowing the entry or harborage of pests. Additionally, the investigators observed cobwebs, dead insects, dust, debris, product spillage, and papers in the warehouse, indicating a general lack of good sanitation practices.


Also, products that contain or may contain animal protein prohibited ruminant feed (BSE material) failed to bear the caution statement, Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants. Specifically, pet food products were salvaged, repackaged, and donated to [redacted] and other similar organizations in the area, without the proper labeling and agreement that they would not be used for ruminants. Please refer to Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 589.2000, concerning these requirements.


Our laboratory confirmed the findings of rodent excreta, rodent hairs on product gnaw holes, and rodent gnawed fibers (packaging material) sampled from the warehouse during the inspection.


The above listed violations are not intended to be all-inclusive. It is your responsibility to assure adherence with each requirement of the Act and its implementing regulations. The investigators reported that you destroyed food products that showed evidence of contamination and began to take some steps to correct the insanitary conditions in your facility. We request that you take prompt action to correct all violations.


Please provide this office, within 15 working days of receipt of this letter, a detailed response stating the actions you plan to take and have taken to correct and prevent the recurrence of these objectionable conditions. Provide the time within which corrections will be completed, reasons why any corrective action cannot be completed, and documentation to show that corrections have been made. Failure to take prompt action to correct all violations may result in regulatory action without further notice. Such action includes seizure and/or injunction.
Your reply should be directed to Paul A. Boehmer, Compliance Officer, at the Chicago District Office.


Sincerely,


/s/
Scott J. MacIntire District Director
cc: Stephen J. Lawrence, Distribution Center Manager Walgreen Co. 5100 Lake Terrace NE Mount Vernon, IL 62864-9665


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g4853d.htm



USA BSE GBR SHOULD BE GBR III, but someone dropped the ball...


TSS


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION


April 9, 2001 WARNING LETTER


01-PHI-12 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED


Brian J. Raymond, Owner Sandy Lake Mills 26 Mill Street P.O. Box 117 Sandy Lake, PA 16145 PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT


Tel: 215-597-4390

Dear Mr. Raymond:


Food and Drug Administration Investigator Gregory E. Beichner conducted an inspection of your animal feed manufacturing operation, located in Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania, on March 23, 2001, and determined that your firm manufactures animal feeds including feeds containing prohibited materials. The inspection found significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, code of Federal Regulations, part 589.2000 - Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. The regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) . Such deviations cause products being manufactured at this facility to be misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(f), of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).


Our investigation found failure to label your swine feed with the required cautionary statement "Do Not Feed to cattle or other Ruminants" The FDA suggests that the statement be distinguished by different type-size or color or other means of highlighting the statement so that it is easily noticed by a purchaser.


In addition, we note that you are using approximately 140 pounds of cracked corn to flush your mixer used in the manufacture of animal feeds containing prohibited material. This flushed material is fed to wild game including deer, a ruminant animal. Feed material which may potentially contain prohibited material should not be fed to ruminant animals which may become part of the food chain.


The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of deviations from the regulations. As a manufacturer of materials intended for animal feed use, you are responsible for assuring that your overall operation and the products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with the law. We have enclosed a copy of FDA's Small Entity Compliance Guide to assist you with complying with the regulation... blah, blah, blah...


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1115d.pdf



DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION


April 9, 2001 WARNING LETTER


01-PHI- 11


CERTIFIED MAIL


RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED


Eugene P. Yachere, Owner Yachere Feed, Inc. 200 Main Street Rockwood, PA 15557
Dear Mr. Yachere:


Food and Drug Administration Investigator Gregory E. Beichner conducted an inspection of your animal feed manufacturing operation, located in Rockwood, Pennsylvania, on March 14, 2001, and determined that your firm manufactures animal feeds including feeds containing prohibited materials. The inspection found significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, code of Federal Regulations, Part 589.2000 - Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. The regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy {BSE). Such deviations cause products being manufactured at this facility to be misbranded and adulterated within the meaning of Section 403(f), 402(a) (2) (C), and 402(a) (4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).


Our inspection found failure to label your poultry feed products with the required cautionary statement "Do Not Feed to Cattle or other Ruminants". The FDA suggests that the statement be distinguished by different type-size or color or other means of highlighting the statement so that it is easily noticed by a purchaser.


Our inspection also found that all animal feeds you manufacture may contain prohibited material since you failed to provide for measures to avoid commingling and cross-contamination of feeds containing prohibited materials with feeds containing no prohibited materials. Additionally, you were unable to provide any documentation including manufacturing/production records which would identify animal feeds processed on the same equipment directly after the manufacture of poultry feeds containing prohibited material.


The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of deviations from the regulations. As a manufacturer of materials intended for animal feed use, you are responsible for assuring....
Blah, Blah, Blah, same old crap...


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1114d.pdf



And now they are feeding ruminants to fish!



Subject: MAD FISH WARNING LETTERS (you 'veghead's just thought you were free of TSEs;-) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 From Terry S. Singeltary Sr. <flounder@wt.net
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (love them farm raised catfish)


WARNING LETTER

June 12, 2001


Mr. Scott Nelson, Owner Integral Fish Foods, Inc. 715 South 7th Street Grand Junction, CO 81501
Ref. #: DEN-01-35


Dear Mr. Nelson,


An inspection of your fish feed manufacturing operation located at Grand Junction, Colorado, conducted by a Colorado Department of Agriculture Inspector on March 20, 2001, found significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 589.2000 - Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. The regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Such deviations cause products being manufactured and/or distributed by your facility to be adulterated within the meaning of section 402(a)(4) and misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(f) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).


The inspection found that your procedures to prevent cross-contamination are inadequate in that:


You do not have written procedures specifying the clean-out procedures for your feed mixer.
Our investigation also found that you fail to label your products, Fat Cat Catfish Fingerling Feed and Gold Nugget Trout Fry Feed #2 Crumble, each containing meat and bone meal, with the required cautionary statement "Do Not Feed to Cattle or Other Ruminants". The FDA suggests the statement be distinguished by different type size or color or other means of highlighting the statement so that it is easily noticed by a purchaser.


The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of violations. As a manufacturer of materials intended for animal feed use, you are responsible for assuring that your overall operation and the products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with the law. We have enclosed a copy of the FDA's Small Entity Compliance Guide to assist you with complying with the regulations.


Page 2 - Integral Fish Foods, Inc. June 12, 2001


We find it quite disturbing that the above violations STILL EXIST CONSIDERING YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED ON 2 PREVIOUS OCCASIONS OF THESE REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING APRIL 7, 1999 and MARCH 6, 2000....



DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration Cincinnati District Office Central Region 6751 Steger Drive Cincinnati, OH 45237.3097 Telephone: (513) 679-2700
CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
WARNING LETTER CIN-WL-6466-01


March 5, 2001


John T. Dunbar President Champaign Landmark, Inc. 304 Bloomfield Avenue Urbana, OH 43078


Dear Mr. Dunbar:



An inspection of your feed mill was conducted by a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigator on February 13-15, 2001. This inspection found significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 589.2000 -Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. This regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Such deviations cause products being manufactured and distributed by your facility to be misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(f) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).


The investigator examined 30 Mixing and Delivery Tickets for products containing prohibited materials. 15 of those tickets lacked the required cautionary statement "Do not feed to Cattle or Other Ruminants". We suggest that you find a more reliable method than simply handwriting the statement on the back of the ticket. We also suggest the statement be distinguished by different type size, color, or other means of highlighting so it is easily noticed by the purchaser.
Other issues in addition to the deficiency noted above:


We question whether flushing with xxxxx of crushed corn is adequate to clean your mixer, especially for products containing dried molasses. If you haven't already done so, you should establish that the flush method you use cleans out the remainder of preceding batches containing prohibited materials.


During the inspection, our investigator verbally advised that your batch records should clearly document that the mixing system was cleaned or flushed in accordance with your approved procedures. It was not clear that writing "yes" on the mixing record meant the system should be flushed or that it had been done. The person conducting the clean-out or flush should document the procedure by initialing and dating the batch record immediately after the step is completed.


snip...


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/m5239n.pdf



Mr. Terry D. Viktorin Co-Owner Z$W Mill, Inc. P.O. Box 236 Torrington, Wyoming 82240


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1083d.pdf



Bryan Enterprises 29946 Route 30 West Hanoverton, Oh. 44423
cross contamination violations, no records, etc.


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/m5227n.pdf



Hartville Elevator Company, Inc. cross contamination, no records etc.


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/m5195n.pdf


DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE

April 4, 2001

WARNING LETTER
CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

Mr. Mat Geib Owner Greeley Elevator Company 700 6th Street Greeley, Colorado 80631
Ref. #: DEN-01-26

Dear Mr. Geib:

An inspection of your animal feed manufacturing operation located at Greeley, Colorado, conducted by Colorado Department of Agriculture Inspectors on February 20, 2001, found significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 589.2000 - Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. The regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Such deviations cause products being manufactured and/or distributed by your facility to be adulterated within the meaning of section 402(a)(4) and misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(F) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).


The inspection found that your procedures to prevent cross-contamination are inadequate in that:


You do not have written procedures specifying the clean-out procedures for your feed mixer.


You do not maintain records sufficient to track materials containing meat and bone meal throughout their receipt, processing, and distribution.


Our investigation also found that you fail to label your product, Greeco Lay Mash with meat and bone meal, with the required cautionary statement 'Do Not Feed to Cattle or Other Ruminants".

The FDA suggests the statement be distinguished by different type size or color or other means of highlighting the statement so that it is easily noticed by a purchaser.


The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of violations. As a manufacturer of materials intended for animal feed use, you are responsible for assuring that your overall operation and the products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with the law. We have enclosed a copy of the FDA's Small Entity Compliance Guide to assist you with complying with the regulations.


Page 2 - Greeley Elevator Company March 27, 2001


We find it quite disturbing that the above violations still exist considering you have been advised on at least 2 occasions of these requirements. In fact, during the previous inspection of April, 2000, you advised the Inspector you no longer use meat and bone meal. At the beginning of the current inspection the Inspector was again told by the firm's agronomist that no meat and bone meal was being used. On inspection of the mixing area and the basement storage area, the Inspector found both labeled and unlabeled bags of meat and bone meat and was told by an employee that it was used in the Greeco Lay Mash formula.


You should take prompt action to correct the above violations and to establish procedures whereby such violations do not recur. Failure to make immediate and lasting corrections will result in regulatory action without further notice including seizure, and/or injunction.


You should notify this office in writing within 15 working days of the steps you have taken to bring your firm into compliance with the law. Your response should include each step being taken, that has been taken, or will be taken to correct the violations and prevent their recurrence. If corrective action cannot be completed within 15 working days, state the reason for the delay and the time frame within which the corrections will be completed. Please include copies of any available documentation demonstrating that corrections have been made.
Your response should be sent to Tom Warwick, Compliance Officer, Food and Drug Administration, P.O. Box 25087, Denver, Colorado, 80225-0087. He may be reached at (303) 236-3054 if you have any questions about this matter.


Sincerely, Thomas A. Allison District Director


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1126d.pdf



April 16, 2001


Richard A. Warren Manager Perry Coal and Feed Company 4204 Main Street Perry, Ohio 44081


[a summary of violations]


* no written procedures for cleaning out and flushing equipment after mixing feeds containing prohibited material.


* NO processing records or records documenting that the system was cleaned or flushed.


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1140d.pdf


April 16, 2001 Alan R. Beckwith General Manager Jeffers
on Milling Company 168 East Jefferson Street Jefferson, Ohio 44047


[a summary of violations]


* no written procedures for cleaning out or flushing equipment after mixing feeds containing prohibited materials


* Your firm DOES NOT perform a flush out...


* NO records etc.


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1141d.pdf


April 16, 2001 Gary E. Berrier Owner Dorset Milling P.O. Box 2 2358 State Route 193 Dorset, Ohio 44032


[summary of violations]


* no written procedures for cleaning and flushing


* firm does not always perform a flush out


* NO processing records


* firm has not been labeling feeds that may contain the cross contamination


* firm does also does not maintain records of sales of feed that contain, or may contain, prohibited protein materials


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1142d.pdf



Subject: MORE AND MORE U.S.A. MAD COW FEED BAN VIOLATIONS OF THE INFAMOUS 8/4/97 FEED BAN 'THAT NEVER WAS'
Date: May 25, 2001 at 12:50 pm PST


Mr. Jerry M. Behimer, President Material Resources, LLC - Gateway Co-Packing Company 901 Kingshighway Washington, IL 62204


Dear Mr. Behimer;


snip;


Specifically, our investigator found the following violations during the inspection;


* Your firm does not provide adequate measures to avoid commingling or cross-contamination of prohibited and non-prohibited protein material.


* Your firm has no written procedures that document measures that have been adopted to prevent commingling or cross-contamination, between feeds that contain prohibited protein with feeds that contain non-prohibited materials.


* Your firm lacks adequate records to track products that contain, or may contain, prohibited material, prohibited material throughout their receipt and processing.


The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of violations...


snip...


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1247d.pdf


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Reid Kooch, President Wallowa County Grain Growers, Inc. 911 S. River Enterprise, Oregon 97828


Dear Mr. Kooch:


snip...


Our Investigation found a failure to separate the receipt, processing and storage of the product containing prohibited material from non-prohibited material; failure to establish a written system, including clean-out, and flushing procedures, to avoid commingling and cross-contamination of common equipment; failure to maintain records sufficient to track the materials throughout the receipt, processing and distribution of your products.
The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of deviation from the regulations...


snip...


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1265d.pdf



Subject: MORE SERIOUS BREACHES OF U.S.A. MAD COW 'PARTIAL' FEED BAN, that never was...
Date: May 16, 2001 at 12:07 pm PST



thought i would bring to your attention the fact that the FDA has again been issuing these same letters to feed manufacturers for years, to no avail, same as the infamous 'Dear Manufacturer' letters to the Nutritional Supplement manufacturers. Those letters have been circulating since the late 80s early 90s. AGAIN, to no avail, these manufacturers, as with the brain dead feed manufacturers, are laughing all the way to the bank, even though the risks of spreading these human/animal TSEs are very real. Apparently, the FDA has absolutely NO enforcement of regulations over them.


Terry S. Singeltary Sr., Bacliff, Texas USA



D.W. Knight President Farmers Mill & Elevator Company 265 Main Street Dexter, Georgia 31019


snip...


Of particular concern is that these same violations were pointed out during the previous inspection of this facility on October 21, 1998. That inspection was conducted by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. The two violations noted were the failure to establish flush procedures for the use of prohibited materials and feed labels not including the cautionary statement.


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1197d.pdf



Kenneth H. Sherwood, President Alaska Garden and Pet Supply, Inc. 114 N. Orca Anchorage, Alaska 99501



http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1211d.pdf



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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:13:43 -0700
Reply-To: BSE-L Sender: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy BSE-L
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
Subject: MAD COW FEED BAN WARNING LETTERS U.S.A. AUGUST 8, 2001
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Food and Drug Administration


Seattle District Pacific Region 22201 23rd Drive SE Bothell, WA 98021-4421
Telephone: 426-486-8788 FAX: 426-483-4996


August 8, 2001


VIA CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED


In reply refer to Warning Letter SEA 01-75


William W. Himmelspach, Owner 22195 S.W. 78th Tualatin, Oregon 97062


WARNING LETTER


Dear Mr. Himmelspach:


An investigation at your animal feed manufacturing operation located at 22195 S.W. 78th Tualatin, Oregon 97062, conducted by a Food and Drug Administration investigator on July 12, 2001, found significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 589.2000 - Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. The regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Such deviations cause products being manufactured at this facility to be adulterated within the meaning of Section 402(a)(2)(C), and 402(a)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (the Act).


Our investigation found a failure to separate the receipt, processing, and storage of the product containing prohibited material from non-prohibited material; failure to establish a written system, including clean-out and flushing procedures, to avoid commingling and cross-contamination of common equipment; and failure to maintain records sufficient to track the materials throughout the receipt, processing, and distribution of your products.
In addition, our investigation found a failure to label your products with the required cautionary, statement "Do Not Feed to Cattle or Other Ruminants," Your pig feeds, containing prohibited materials, were not labeled with the cautionary statement, and you reuse poly-tote bags for ruminant feed and pig feed, where the bags could become contaminated with prohibited material. The FDA suggests the statement be distinguished by different type size or color or other means of highlighting the statement so that it is easily noticed by a purchaser.
The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of deviations from the regulations. As a manufacturer of materials intended for animal feed use, you are responsible for assuring that your overall operation and the products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with
William W. Himmelspach Tualatin, Oregon Re: Warning Letter SEA 01-75 Page 2
your overall operation and the products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with the law. We have enclosed a copy of the FDA's Small Entity Compliance Guide to assist you with complying with the regulation.


You should take prompt action to correct these violations, and you should establish a system whereby such violations do not recur. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in regulatory action without further notice, such as seizure and/or injunction.
You should notify this office in writing within 15 working days of receipt of this letter, of the steps you have taken to bring your firm into compliance with the law. Your response should include an explanation of each step being taken to correct the violations, and prevent their recurrence. If corrective action cannot be completed in 15 working days, state the reason for the delay and the date by which the corrections will be completed. Include copies of any available documentation demonstrating that corrections have been made.


Your reply should be directed to the Food and Drug Administration, Attention: Bruce Williamson, Compliance Officer. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Williamson at (425) 483-4976.


Sincerely,


Charles M. Breen District Director
Enclosure; Form FDA 483 Small Entity Compliance Guide


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File Adrian Elevator, Inc. 5/03/01 Minneapolis District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Alaska Garden and Pet Supply, Inc. 4/27/01 Seattle District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Bryan Enterprises 2/20/01 Cincinnati District Office Feed Mill/Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed/Adulterated


View File Carrollton Farmers Exchange 7/12/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Centerburg Mill and General Store, Inc 3/23/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Centerburg Mill and General Store, Inc. 5/23/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Central Ohio Farmers Cooperative, Inc. 5/24/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Protein Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Champaign Landmark, Inc. 3/05/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed/Misbranded


View File Countryline Co-Op, Inc. 5/14/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Dorset Milling 4/16/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Earl B. Olson Feed Mill 4/23/01 Minneapolis District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Faler Feed Store, Inc. 3/21/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Farmers Mill & Elevator Company 3/30/01 Atlanta District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Farnam Companies, Inc. 7/20/01 Kansas City District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed/Adulterated


View File Greeley Elevator Company 4/04/01 Denver District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Hartville Elevator Company, Inc. 2/22/01 Cincinnati District Office Feed Mill/Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed/Adulterated


View File Himmelspach, William W. 8/08/01 Seattle District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Integral Fish Foods, Inc. 6/12/01 Denver District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Jefferson Milling Company 4/16/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Lime Creek Ag Services, Inc. 4/25/01 Minneapolis District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Material Resources LLC 5/04/01 Chicago District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Material Resources, LLC 5/04/01 Chicago District Office Animal Protein Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Medina Landmark, Inc. 3/23/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Minister Farmers Cooperative Exchange, Inc. 4/10/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed/Feed Mill


View File Peco Foods, Inc. 2/23/01 New Orleans District Office CGMP Requirements for Medicated Feeds/Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Perry Coal and Feed Company 4/16/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Rietdyk's Milling Company 3/05/01 Seattle District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File River Valley Co-Op 3/22/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibeted in Ruminant Feed


View File River Valley Co-Op 5/22/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Round Lake Farmers Coop. 5/30/01 Minneapolis District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Rudy, Inc. 3/22/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Rudy, Inc. 5/22/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Sandy Lake Mills 4/09/01 Philadelphia District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Shields Feed and Supply Company 3/07/01 New Orleans District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Stewart's Farm Supply 3/21/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Superior Feeds 6/06/01 Seattle District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File The Scoular Company 5/30/01 Minneapolis District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File University of Minnesota 5/10/01 Minneapolis District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Valley Feed Mill, Inc. 5/22/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Wallowa County Grain Growers, Inc. 5/17/01 Seattle District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Wallowa County Grain Growers, Inc. 5/17/01 Seattle District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Western Reserve Farm Cooperative 3/21/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Protein Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Yachere Feed, Inc. 4/09/01 Philadelphia District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


View File Z & W Mill, Inc. 3/27/01 Denver District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


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Food and Drug Administration
Cincinnati District Office Central Region 6T51 Steger Drive Cincinnati, OH 45237-3097 Telephone: (513) 679-2700


CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
WARNING LETTER CIN-WL-6934-01


March 23, 2001


Randall A. Hegenderfer President The Centerburg Mill and General Store, Inc 108 North Hartford Avenue, Box 207 Centerburg, OH 43011


Dear Mr. Hegenderfer:


An inspection of your feed mill was conducted by a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigator on March 1, 2001. This inspection found significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 589.2000 -Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. This regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Such deviations cause products being manufactured and distributed by your facility to be adulterated within the meaning of Section 402(a)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).


Our investigator was verbally told that you have separate processing equipment for products containing prohibited materials, but the equipment is not identified, there are no written procedures to address separation of the products, and there are no processing records for products which contain, or may contain, prohibited material.


Your records must allow your firm to track products that contain, or may contain, prohibited material throughout their receipt, processing, and distribution. This includes records of cash sales.


This letter is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of deficiencies at your facility. As a manufacturer of materials intended for animal feed use, you are responsible for assuring that your overall operation and the products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with the law. We have enclosed a copy of the FDA's Small Entity Compliance Guide to assist you with complying with the regulation.


You should take prompt action to correct these violations, and you should establish a system whereby such violations do not recur. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in regulatory action without further notice, such as seizure and/or injunction.


You should notify this office in writing within 15 working days of receipt of this letter, of the steps you have taken to bring your firm into compliance with the law. Your response should include an explanation of each step being taken to correct the violations, and prevent their recurrence. If corrective action cannot be completed in 15 days, state the reason for the delay and the date by which the


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corrections will be completed. Include copies of any available documentation demonstrating that corrections have been made.


Your reply should be directed to Deborah Grelle, Director of Compliance, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 6751 Steger Drive, Cincinnati, Oh 45237, telephone (513) 679-2700 extension 160.


Sincerely yours,


Henry L. Fielden District Director
Enclosure: Small Entity Compliance Guide
Cc: David Schleich, Chief Plant Industry Division Ohio Department of Agriculture 8995 East Main Street Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-3399


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
Cincinnati District Office Central Region 6751 Steger Drive Cincinnati, OH 45237-3097 Telephone: (513) 679-2700
CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
WARNING LETTER CIN-WL.-6916.-01


March 22, 2001


Michael S. McCandlish Branch Manager River Valley Co-Op 508 North Oak Street Baltimore, OH 43105


Dear Mr. McCandlish:


An inspection of your feed mill was conducted by a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigator on March 2, 2001. This inspection found significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 589.2000 -Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. This regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Such deviations cause products being manufactured and distributed by your facility to be adulterated within the meaning of Section 402(a)(4) and misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(0 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).


Our inspection found your firm fails to label feeds which contain, or may contain, prohibited materials with the required cautionary statement "Do not feed to Cattle or Other Ruminants". We suggest this statement be distinguished by different type size or color or other means of highlighting the statement so it is easily noticed by the purchaser.


Our investigation found your procedures to prevent cross contamination are inadequate in that:


· There are no written procedures for cleaning out or flushing equipment after mixing feeds containing prohibited material.


You should establish adequate procedures and verify that the flush/clean-out method you use cleans out the remainder of preceding batches containing prohibited materials. Note: If you flush with feed ingredients, or sequence with non-ruminant feed, you must label these products with the required cautionary statement "Do not feed to Cattle or Other Ruminants"
There are no processing records or records documenting that the system was cleaned or flushed in accordance with your approved procedures.


Customer records are not adequate to track products that contain, or may contain, prohibited material.


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This letter is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of deficiencies at your facility. As a manufacturer of materials intended for animal feed use, you are responsible for assuring that your overall operation and the products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with the law. We have enclosed a copy of the FDA's Small Entity Compliance Guide to assist you with complying with the regulation.


You should take prompt action to correct these violations, and you should establish a system whereby such violations do not recur. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in regulatory action without further notice, such as seizure and/or injunction.


You should notify this office in writing within 15 working days of receipt of this letter, of the steps you have taken to bring your firm into compliance with the law. Your response should include an explanation of each step being taken to correct the violations, and prevent their recurrence. If corrective action cannot be completed in 15 days, state the reason for the delay and the date by which the corrections will be completed. Include copies of any available documentation demonstrating that corrections have been made.


Note: The need for clean-out procedures and the required cautionary statement was previously discussed with you on May 5, 1999 by Dennis Frayel, an investigator with the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA). At that time you verbally told the ODA representative that these deficiencies would be corrected. Please explain why corrections were not made following the ODA inspection.


Your reply should be directed to Deborah Grelle, Director of Compliance, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 6751 Steger Drive, Cincinnati, Oh 45237, telephone (513) 679-2700 extension 160.


Sincerely yours,


Henry L. Fielden District Director
Enclosure: Small Entity Compliance Guide
Cc: David Sehleich, Chief Plant Industry Division Ohio Department of Agriculture 8995 East Main Street Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-3399
Michael D. Wood River Valley Co-Op 254 West High Street London, OH 43140

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Centerburg Mill and General Store, Inc 3/23/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1049d.pdf


Medina Landmark, Inc. 3/23/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1048d.pdf


River Valley Co-Op 3/22/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibeted in Ruminant Feed


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1045d.pdf


Rudy, Inc. 3/22/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1047d.pdf


Faler Feed Store, Inc. 3/21/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed
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Stewart's Farm Supply 3/21/01 Cincinnati District Office Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1043d.pdf


Western Reserve Farm Cooperative 3/21/01 Cincinnati District Office
Animal Protein Prohibited in Ruminant Feed


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g1038d.pdf


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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: MAD COW FEED BAN WARNING LETTER Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed/Misbranded DEC. 9, 2004
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:04:44 -0600
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
To: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
CC: cjdvoice@yahoogroups.com


Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration
New Orleans District Southeast Region 6600 Plaza Drive, Suite 400 New Orleans, Louisiana 70127 Telephone: 504-253-4519 Facsimile: 504-253-4520


December 9, 2004


WARNING LETTER NO. 2005-NOL-07
FEDERAL EXPRESS OVERNIGHT DELIVERY


Mr. Alan O. Bostick, President Sunshine Mills, Inc. 500 6th Street SW Red Bay, Alabama 35582


Dear Mr. Bostick:


On September 7 and 14, 2004, a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigator inspected your animal feed manufacturing facility, located at 2103 South Gloster Street, Tupelo, Mississippi. The inspection revealed significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 589.2000 (21 CFR 589.2000) - Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. The regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Because you failed to follow the requirements of this regulation, products you manufactured and/or distributed are misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(a)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).
The inspection indicated you manufacture products containing beef meat and bone meal. Products that contain or may contain protein derived from mammalian tissues, as defined by 21 CFR 589.2000(a), and are intended for use in animal feed, must be labeled with the cautionary statement Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants. This is required by 21 CFR 589.2000(c)(1)(i). Your firm failed to label your non-ruminant products with this required cautionary statement. Specifically, the products that contained protein derived from mammalian tissues but lacked the required statement included your Happy Fisherman and Premier catfish feeds. Under 21 CFR 589.2000(g)(2), failure of these feeds to bear the required cautionary statement causes them to be misbranded under Section 403(a)(1) of the Act.


The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of deviations from regulations. As a manufacturer of materials intended for animal feed use, you are responsible for assuring your overall operation and products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with the law. A copy of FDAs Small Entity Compliance Guide is enclosed to assist you in complying with the regulations.


You should take prompt action to correct these violations and establish a system whereby such violations do not recur. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in regulatory action, such as seizure and/or injunction, without further notice.


We are aware you sent label corrections for the last shipment of each of the mislabeled products. You also stated you plan [redacted] However, you should notify this office in writing, within 15 working days of the receipt of this letter, of the steps you have taken to bring your firm into compliance with the law. Your response should include an explanation of each step taken to correct violations and prevent their recurrence. If corrective action cannot be completed within 15 working days, state the reason for delay and date by which corrections will be completed. Include copies of any available documentation demonstrating corrections have been made.
Please send your reply to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Attention: Nicole F. Hardin, Compliance Officer, at the above address. If you have questions regarding any issue in this letter, please contact Ms. Hardin at (504) 253-4519.


Sincerely,
/s
H. Tyler Thornburg District Director New Orleans District
Enclosures: FDA Form 483 FDAs Small Entity Compliance Guide 21 CFR 589.2000
cc: [redacted] General Manager Sunshine Mills, Inc. 2103 South Gloster Street Tupelo, Mississippi 38801


http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g5105d.htm



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Subject: MAD DEER FEED BAN WARNING LETTER RECALL 6 TONS DISTRIBUTED USA Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:53:56 -0500
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr." <flounder@WT.NET>
Reply-To: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy <BSE-L@UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE>
To: BSE-L@UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE


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PRODUCT Product is custom made deer feed packaged in 100 lb. poly bags. The product has no labeling. Recall # V-003-5. CODE The product has no lot code. All custom made feed purchased between June 24, 2004 and September 8, 2004. RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Farmers Elevator Co, Houston, OH, by telephone and letter dated September 27, 2004. Firm initiated recall is ongoing. REASON Feed may contain protein derived from mammalian tissues which is prohibited in ruminant feed.

VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE

Approximately 6 tons. DISTRIBUTION OH.


END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR October 20, 2004

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: MAD COW FEED BAN WARNING LETTER USA (a real hum dinger) !
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:59:41 -0500
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
To: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
References: <3EE5D269.9040504@wt.net>


i hate to keep kicking a mad cow here, but i thought since the FDA et al still refuses to tell us about _all_ the ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban violations, i thought i would go over a few of the old ones i might have missed. BOY, did i miss one. has all this feed been confirmed to have been recalled? how much is still out there?


RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETMED -- CLASS II
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PRODUCT & CODES: Animal feed products, packaged in 5, 25, 50, and 55 pound bags, and in bulk, intended for both ruminant and non-ruminant animals. The products are as follows: Recall # V-195-1 through V-350-1.


RUMINANT FEED PRODUCTS:
RECALL NO.
PRODUCT NO.
PRODUCT NAME


V-195-1 40150 B. 30% Calf Pellet V-196-1 40250 B. 16% Calf Pellet V-197-1 40350 B. 16% Calf Ration V-198-1 40450 B. 18% Calf Starter V-199-1 40600 B. 38% Dairy Pellet V-200-1 40650 B. 38% Dairy Pellet V-201-1 40750 B. 16% Dairy Feed V-202-1 40950 B. 40% Beef Pellet V-203-1 41150 B. 18% Lamb Starter Pellet V-204-1 41250 B. 39% Lamb Conc. Pellet V-205-1 41350 B. 14% Lamb & Beef Pellet V-206-1 41450 B. 16% Goat Feed V-207-1 42150 B. 32% Expectation Pellet V-208-1 42250 B. Llama & Alpaca Pellet V-209-1 42350 B. 32% Calf Grower Pellet V-210-1 42650 B. Llama & Alpaca Crums V-211-1 42750 B. 38% Hay Booster 2 V-212-1 42850 B. 25% Pasture Booster V-213-1 43100 B. 16% Grower/Dev Pellet V-214-1 43150 B. 16% Grower/Dev Pellet V-215-1 43700 WH 32% Calf Gro Pellet V-216-1 43750 WH 32% Calf Gro Pellet V-217-1 43850 B. 38% Dairy Mix V-218-1 44250 B. 17% Doe Pellet V-219-1 44350 B. 21% Buck Pellet V-220-1 44450 Legends Ranch Pellet V-221-1 44500 Legends 17% Breeder Pellet V-222-1 1652 B. Vitamin E-20 V-223-1 1614 B. Vitamin A-30 V-224-1 44550 Legends 17% Breeder Pellet V-225-1 44650 Legends 13.5% Rut Pellet V-226-1 44750 Deer Starter (J) V-227-1 44940 Llama Premix (J) FSC V-228-1 45150 Empire 25% Calf Pellet V-229-1 45450 Berry Llama Pellet V-230-1 45950 50% Beef Conc. (Meal) V-231-1 46250 B. 12% Sweet Livestock V-232-1 46350 B. 1440 Bovatec Pellet V-233-1 46400 Liberty 38% Dairy Pellet V-234-1 46450 Liberty 38% Dairy Pellet V-235-1 47150 B. 14% Gold-n-Grower V-236-1 47250 B. 12% Gold-n-Conditioner V-237-1 47450 B. 18% Gold-n-Lamb V-238-1 47800 Homeworth Dairy Pellet V-239-1 47850 Homeworth Dairy Pellet V-240-1 47900 B. 36% Hi Fat Dairy Pellet V-241-1 47950 B. 36% Hi Fat Dairy Pellet V-242-1 48550 B. 16% Calf Pellet CA V-243-1 49200 Mastead Dairy Base V-244-1 49300 KLEJKA Dairy Base V-245-1 49650 Deer Premix (J) HFB V-246-1 49750 39% Lamb Premix (J) HFB V-247-1 49850 Lamb Starter Premix (J) HFB V-248-1 120850 Brood Cow Deluxe Mineral V-249-1 152850 B. A-D-E Mix


NON-RUMINANT FEED PRODUCTS:


V-250-1 10150 B. Miracle Starter V-251-1 10350 B. 21% Broiler Starter V-252-1 10450 B. Pullet Grower & Developer V-253-1 10550 B. 18% Layer Breeder Pellets V-254-1 10750 B. 20% Gold Std. Laying Crum V-255-1 10950 B. 17% Complete Laying Crums V-256-1 11050 B. 16% Prosperity Layer Crums V-257-1 11100 B. 40% Poultry Concentrate V-258-1 11150 B. 40% Poultry Concentrate V-259-1 11250 B. 28% Turkey Starter Crums V-260-1 11350 20% Gig "4" Pellets V-261-1 11450 B. 16% Prosperity Layer Pellets V-262-1 11550 18% Game Bird Breeder Pellets V-263-1 11650 B. 19% Ratite Grower Diet V-264-1 11750 B. 23% Ratite Breeder Diet V-265-1 12100 B. 40% Poultry Concentrate Crums V-266-1 12550 B. 32% Base Poultry Mix V-267-1 13250 B. 28% Turkey Starter V-268-1 13450 B. 20% Poultry Grower V-269-1 14325 B. Game Bird Mix - Coarse V-270-1 20150 B. 18% Pig Starter Pellets V-271-1 20250 B. 16% Pig Grower Pellets V-272-1 20450 B. 14% Porkmaker 100 Pellets V-273-1 20550 B. 40% Gro 'Em Lean V-274-1 21850 B. 27% Hi-Fat Swine Base V-275-1 23000 Mt. Hope Hevy Hog
V-276-1 30050 12% Pleasure Horse - Sweet V-277-1 30150 Alfa + Performer 10 Sweet V-278-1 30250 14% Grass + Perf Sweet V-279-1 30450 12% Wrangler - Complete V-280-1 30550 B. 12% Pleasure Horse Pellets V-281-1 30650 B. 32% Gro' N Win Pellets V-282-1 30750 12% Wrangler Cubes V-283-1 30950 18% Foal Starter V-284-1 31050 B. 14% Alfa + Dev Pellets V-285-1 31150 B. Alfa + Performer 10 Pel V-286-1 31200 Grass +Performer 14 Pel V-287-1 31250 Grass +Performer 14 Pel V-288-1 31350 12% Mustang V-289-1 31450 Endurance - 101 Extruded V-290-1 31550 B. Equine Energy - UK V-291-1 31650 B. 16% Grass + Dev Pellets V-292-1 31750 16% Grass + Dev Cubes V-293-1 31850 16% Grass + Dev Sweet V-294-1 31950 B. 11% Alfa Gro 'N Win Pel V-295-1 32050 B. Sho' Win Pellets V-296-1 32250 B. Senior Formula V-297-1 32350 Oscar Horse Mix V-298-1 32450 B. Ultimate Finish V-299-1 32550 Crossfire Horse Feed V-300-1 32650 B. Equine 16% Growth V-301-1 32750 B. Reduced Energy Formula V-302-1 32850 B. Training Formula V-303-1 32950 B. Cadence Formula V-304-1 33150 B. Track 12 Horse Feed V-305-1 33350 Spears 16% GR + Dev Cubes V-306-1 33400 B. 14% Supreme Horse Pellets V-307-1 33450 B. 14% Supreme Horse Pellets V-308-1 33650 B. Race'N Win V-309-1 33750 B. 14% Prominent Horse Feed V-310-1 33850 B. Unbeetable Horse Feed V-311-1 34750 Cargill Senior Horse V-312-1 34850 Cargill Vitality Gold V-313-1 35150 Chagrin 12% Sweet Fd V-314-1 35250 Smith Pure Pleasure V-315-1 35750 Roundup 10% Horse Pellets V-316-1 35850 12% Summerglo Horse V-317-1 36255 B. Grass +Min&VitBase - Mexico V-318-1 36850 Miller's 12% Horse Feed V-319-1 37155 B. Gro'Win Base Mix - Mexico V-320-1 38000 B. 32% Premium Mixer Pellets V-321-1 38050 B. 32% Premium Mixer Pellets V-322-1 38100 36% Maintenance Mixer Pellets V-323-1 38150 36% Maintenance Mixer Pellets V-324-1 50150 Terramycin Crumbles V-325-1 60105 16% Rabbit Pellets V-326-1 60125 16% Rabbit Pellets V-327-1 60150 B. 16% Rabbit Pellets V-328-1 60205 18% Rabbit Developer V-329-1 60250 B. 18% Rabbit Developer V-330-1 60450 B. 16% Rabbit Maintenance V-331-1 90150 B. Buckeye Scratch V-332-1 90225 Gold Standard Scratch V-333-1 90250 Gold Standard Scratch V-334-1 90350 Intermediate Scratch V-335-1 90450 B. Chick Grains V-336-1 90525 B. Shelled Corn V-337-1 90550 B. Shelled Corn V-338-1 90650 B. Cracked Corn V-339-1 90825 B. Fine Cracked Corn V-340-1 90850 B. Fine Cracked Corn V-341-1 91000 Steam Flaked Corn V-342-1 91050 Steam Flaked Corn V-343-1 91750 Oats - HP Crimped V-344-1 91850 B. HP Sweet Crimped Oats V-345-1 95550 Land O' Lakes Shelled Corn V-346-1 95650 Land O' Cracked Corn V-347-1 95850 Land O' Lakes Chick Crack V-348-1 100850 B. Alfalfa Pellets V-349-1 101850 Cooked Full Fat Soybean V-350-1 122200 Magnatone M-4-B Pels Bulk MANUFACTURER: Buckeye Feed Mills, Dalton, Ohio.


RECALLED BY: Manufacturer visited local customers on April 17, 2001. On April 18 and 19, 2001, manufacturer mailed and faxed recall notices. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.


DISTRIBUTION: Al, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, ME, MD, MA, MO, MN, MS, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, VA, WV, and WI.


QUANTITY: 2,790 tons of ruminant feed products and 14,000 tons of non-ruminant feed products.


REASON: The animal feed products may contain protein derived from mammalian tissues.



snip...



END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR June 6, 2001.


http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ENFORCE/2001/ENF00696.html


wish someone would give us that update they were speaking of a year or so ago;


Database Change


IMPORTANT: After March 11, 2002, FDA discontinued the database that was used to compile these listings. The Agency started a new database on April 15, 2002, and future updates on BSE enforcement and inspectional findings will draw from it. The format of the information presented here may change, due to design changes of the new database. The site was to be updated after a period of time to allow for transition into the new database system. Please note that the information presently available below is outdated. This site will be updated very shortly.


http://www.fda.gov/cvm/efoi/InpectionListDescriptionforHP.htm



i guess figuring the time period on the reply from the FOIA request of being about a year or so, and still no results, why should this surprise me?


USA/CANADA/MEXICO BSE GBR SHOULD BE CHANGED TO BSE GBR III ASAP!


TSS


Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 12:56:44 -0600
Reply-To: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Sender: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
Subject: Re: USA ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban warning letters ???



######## Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy #########



Greetings List Members,

as you know, i finally had to request to the FOIA for the USA madcow feed ban warning letters. so i thought some of you may be interested in an update on this matter.

so here it is;


Subject: Request to FDA via FOIA of ALL USA Ruminant-to-Ruminant Feed Ban Violations Jan. 2001 to Jan. 2003
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 08:32:43 -0600
From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
Reply-To: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
To: BSE-L


Food and Drug Administration Office of Information Resources Management Division of Freedom of Information (HFI-35) 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857
Or requests may be sent via fax to: (301) 443-1726. If there are problems sending a fax, call (301) 443-2414.


1/6/03


Request to FDA via FOIA of ALL USA Ruminant-to-Ruminant Feed Ban Violations Jan. 2001 to Jan. 2003


Greetings FDA and To Whom it may concern,


i wish to request all ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban violations from Jan. 2001 to Jan. 2003. it seems none has been posted since May 2001 on the FDA site. I also kindly request that all fees be wavered due to the fact this is public information, public health is at risk, and this will be distributed 'freely' to the public...


thank you, kind regards,


I am sincerely,


Terry S. Singeltary Sr. P.O. Box Bacliff, Texas USA 77518

CJD Watch


==========================================================



now since then, just this past Friday 1/10/03, i get this from FDA;



REPLY FROM DPH/FDA to TSS;


PLEASE note, my request was for all R-T-R feed ban violations from Jan. 2001 to Jan. 2003. BUT in the reply, they posted Jan. 2002 to Jan. 2003. i called and this is to be corrected. hopefully this FOIA request will ignite some enthusiasm from the FDA into posting to the public any R-T-R MAD COW FEED BAN violations, since GW et al new policy on secrecy took effect on this matter in May of 2002 (correcting my below 'since May 2001).


TSS



Department of Health & Human Services
Food and Drug Administration Rockville MD 20857


1/7/03


In reply refer to;


xxxxxxx


Dear Requester,


The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records regarding;


RUMINANT-TO-RUMINANT FEED - BAN VIOLATIONS 1/02 - 1/03


We will respond as soon as possible and may charge you a fee for processing your request. If you have any questions about your request, please call Edna G. Wilkerson, Information Technician, at 301-827-6564 or write to us at;


Food and Drug Administration Division of Freedom of Information 5600 Fishers Lance, HFI - 35 Rockville, MD 20857


If you call or write, use the reference number above which will help us to answer your questions more quickly...

===========================================================


now, Sunday, i read this in the Houston Chronicle 1/12/03;


SENATOR AIMS TO UPGRADE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION


TEXAS Sen. John Coprnyn says he wants to improve public access to government records in Washington, a position that appears to put him at odds with the Bush administration.
Cornyn, a moderate Republican who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he'll work on legislation in the coming weeks to improve the Freedom of Information Act.


"FOIA needs to be strenghened," he said, "We need to quicken the turnaround time and create a mechanism that allows an indepentent, third party to decide whether a record should be kept secret."


Echoing sentiments he expressed while serving as Texas attorney general, Cornyn added: "I believe in a system of governement that allows consent of the people. And people can't consent if they don't what their elected officials are doing."


Since taking office two years ago, the Bush Administration has taken steps to restrict access to governement information, an effort that was accelerated in the name of national security following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks......


Greetings again BSE-L list members,


how would _USA_ ruminant-to-ruminant feed ban warning letters have anything to do with terrorism and National Security?


WE KNOW HOW THE FOIA WORKS DON'T WE ;


Monday, September 1, 2008 RE-FOIA OF DECLARATION OF EXTRAORDINARY EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF AN ATYPICAL T.S.E. (PRION DISEASE) OF FOREIGN ORIGIN IN THE UNITED STATES [No. 00-072-1] September 1, 2008


http://foiamadsheepmadrivervalley.blogspot.com/2008/09/re-foia-of-declaration-of-extraordinary.html



WHO WOULD WANT A USDA CERTIFIED MAD COW BRAIN TO EAT ???
OF BOVINE ANIMALS, EDIBLE, FROZEN


U.S. Domestic Exports: December 2004 and 2004 Year-to-Date, not Seasonally Adjusted
(FAS Value, in Thousands of Dollars) (Units of Quantity: Kilogram) December 2004 2004, through December Quantity Value Quantity Value .

World 37,727 33 363,222 344

Mexico 37,727 33 338,475 326

Romania 0 0 24,747 19


0206290010: HEARTS OF BOVINE ANIMALS, EDIBLE, FROZEN
U.S. Domestic Exports: December 2004 and 2004 Year-to-Date, not Seasonally Adjusted
(FAS Value, in Thousands of Dollars) (Units of Quantity: Kilogram) December 2004 2004, through December Quantity Value Quantity Value .World 581,872 418 7,564,955 5,685 Angola 0 0 211,527 46 Cambodia (Kampuchea) 0 0 22,682 60 China 0 0 49,887 36 Colombia 0 0 22,657 28 Gabon 0 0 24,947 11 Hong Kong 0 0 24,494 45 Indonesia 400,639 261 4,420,683 2,747 Italy 0 0 24,494 20 Korea 0 0 124,089 71 Mexico 181,233 157 2,494,078 2,517 Poland 0 0 47,359 20 Russia 0 0 98,058 85


0206290020: KIDNEYS OF BOVINE ANIMALS, EDIBLE, FROZEN
U.S. Domestic Exports: December 2004 and 2004 Year-to-Date, not Seasonally Adjusted
(FAS Value, in Thousands of Dollars) (Units of Quantity: Kilogram)
December 2004 2004, through December Quantity Value Quantity Value .World 303,293 175 3,009,780 1,684 Angola 0 0 60,075 15 Bahamas 0 0 11,431 8 Cayman Islands 0 0 4,450 10 China 0 0 48,988 26 Gabon 48,200 15 489,329 206 Hong Kong 0 0 48,988 26 Indonesia 0 0 47,174 17 Ivory Coast 188,414 96 1,694,772 959 Jamaica 10,546 5 78,933 37 Mexico 56,133 59 203,788 204 Moldova 0 0 295,091 166 Romania 0 0 26,761 10


0206290040: SWEATBREADS OF BOVINE ANIMALS, EDIBLE, FROZEN
U.S. Domestic Exports: December 2004 and 2004 Year-to-Date, not Seasonally Adjusted
(FAS Value, in Thousands of Dollars) (Units of Quantity: Kilogram) December 2004 2004, through December Quantity Value Quantity Value .World 0 0 95,209 83 Bulgaria 0 0 25,243 22 Ghana 0 0 0 0 Mexico 0 0 69,859 58 Netherlands 0 0 107 4


0206290050: LIPS OF BOVINE ANIMALS, EDIBLE, FROZEN
U.S. Domestic Exports: December 2004 and 2004 Year-to-Date, not Seasonally Adjusted
(FAS Value, in Thousands of Dollars) (Units of Quantity: Kilogram) December 2004 2004, through December Quantity Value Quantity Value .World 1,389,825 2,709 7,355,294 13,917 Bahamas 0 0 40,000 5 Mexico 1,386,800 2,706 7,293,673 13,895 Montserrat 0 0 18,596 15 Namibia 3,025 3 3,025 3


0206290090: OFFAL OF BOVINE ANIMALS, EDIBLE, NESOI, FROZEN
U.S. Domestic Exports: December 2004 and 2004 Year-to-Date, not Seasonally Adjusted
(FAS Value, in Thousands of Dollars) (Units of Quantity: Kilogram) December 2004 2004, through December Quantity Value Quantity Value .World 2,386,597 2,913 22,701,393 25,320 Antigua Barbuda 2,141 6 3,162 11 Argentina 590 4 1,044 7 Aruba 1,000 4 1,476 10 Bahamas 0 0 117,929 184 Bulgaria 0 0 315,543 301 Canada 337,392 255 3,544,821 3,347 Cayman Islands 0 0 5,350 21 China 0 0 22,185 37 Colombia 0 0 24,127 36 Cyprus 0 0 25,052 20 Denmark 0 0 46,416 25 Dominican Republic 0 0 24,086 16 Egypt 0 0 145 3 Gabon 96,208 92 316,411 271 Germany 0 0 2,545,197 554 Greece 0 0 190,564 146 Guatemala 0 0 117,362 197 Haiti 0 0 13,125 25
Haiti 0 0 13,125 25 Honduras 23,940 34 23,940 34 Hong Kong 0 0 48,343 130 Indonesia 7,470 9 640,472 249 Italy 0 0 47,849 38 Ivory Coast 192,410 184 1,133,273 1,012 Jamaica 80,703 54 124,514 86 Japan 25,094 53 432,608 2,659 Korea 0 0 23,596 25 Malaysia 97,997 48 457,516 203 Mexico 1,376,419 1,977 9,425,957 13,261 Netherlands 20,229 20 245,555 129 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 Panama 23,399 44 161,425 117 Philippines 0 0 22,184 39 Poland 0 0 805,355 477 Romania 48,988 33 1,294,879 1,191 Senegal 0 0 52,909 103 Singapore 0 0 728 3 Spain 0 0 202 4 St Christopher-Nevis 0 0 1,020 3 St Lucia 0 0 5,313 8 Switzerland 0 0 6,506 35 Taiwan 46,920 86 97,268 127 Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 38,102 84 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,697 9 6,082 13 United Kingdom 0 0 291,303 76 Uruguay 0 0 499 4



http://ita.doc.gov/ td/ industry/ otea/ Trade-Detail/ Latest-Month/ Exports/ 02/ 020629.html



0206100000: OFFAL OF BOVINE ANIMALS, EDIBLE, FRESH OR CHILLED
U.S. Domestic Exports: December 2004 and 2004 Year-to-Date, not Seasonally Adjusted
(FAS Value, in Thousands of Dollars) (Units of Quantity: Kilogram) December 2004 2004, through December Quantity Value Quantity Value .World 149,260 308 1,312,166 2,933 Bahamas 2,174 3 6,710 6 Canada 15,265 14 115,659 129 Cayman Islands 0 0 1,312 5 China 48,988 44 48,988 44 Egypt 0 0 27,654 81 Gabon 0 0 97,462 80 Hong Kong 0 0 48,988 30 Indonesia 0 0 38,000 33 Ivory Coast 0 0 127,000 108 Kuwait 0 0 12,487 36 Mexico 82,833 247 667,881 2,070 Philippines 0 0 26,797 88 Taiwan 0 0 43,544 30 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 1,907 3 United Arab Emirates 0 0 47,777 190



http://ita.doc.gov/ td/ industry/ otea/ Trade-Detail/ Latest-Month/ Exports/ 02/ 020610.html



0206210000: TONGUES OF BOVINE ANIMALS, EDIBLE, FROZEN
U.S. Domestic Exports: December 2004 and 2004 Year-to-Date, not Seasonally Adjusted
(FAS Value, in Thousands of Dollars) (Units of Quantity: Kilogram) December 2004 2004, through December Quantity Value Quantity Value .World 432,185 755 3,479,807 6,127 Bangladesh 23,623 38 47,380 77 Honduras 15,163 28 17,105 31 Hong Kong 0 0 47,151 86 Indonesia 0 0 83,245 193 Japan 0 0 25,697 57 Kazakhstan 0 0 145,001 175 Mexico 368,562 638 3,046,441 5,384 Nicaragua 6,537 13 6,537 13 Philippines 18,300 38 61,250 111



http://ita.doc.gov/ td/ industry/ otea/ Trade-Detail/ Latest-Month/ Exports/ 02/ 020621.html



0206220000: LIVERS OF BOVINE ANIMALS, EDIBLE, FROZEN
U.S. Domestic Exports: December 2004 and 2004 Year-to-Date, not Seasonally Adjusted
(FAS Value, in Thousands of Dollars) (Units of Quantity: Kilogram) December 2004 2004, through December Quantity Value Quantity Value .World 5,712,394 4,115 55,278,021 38,020 Albania 0 0 74,863 45 Angola 24,677 22 888,634 430 Antigua Barbuda 2,682 3 5,111 5 Azerbaijan 97,471 45 633,575 324 Bahamas 1,836 3 10,561 8 Belarus 0 0 355,818 130 Belgium 488,886 295 2,998,386 1,265 Bulgaria 0 0 355,234 310 Canada 18,416 49 372,057 910 Dominican Republic 0 0 13,599 7 Ecuador 0 0 8,378 5 France 0 0 92,361 29 Georgia 0 0 243,876 170 Germany 609,187 323 2,104,312 908 Greece 0 0 149,205 87 Guatemala 0 0 19,962 11 Honduras 65,432 30 196,264 104 India 0 0 67,491 55 Indonesia 769,971 1,139 4,495,414 7,077 Iraq 0 0 48,984 21 Italy 0 0 9,002 12 Ivory Coast 0 0 24,701 8 Jamaica 170,782 137 170,782 137 Kazakhstan 0 0 868,130 762 Korea 0 0 23,593 17 Kuwait 0 0 1,560 7 Latvia 0 0 577,885 166 Liberia 0 0 24,950 16 Liechtenstein 0 0 24,369 11 Lithuania 0 0 996,660 552 Madagascar 0 0 24,494 10 Mali 0 0 49,211 40 Mexico 264,561 131 5,094,330 5,868 Moldova 249,107 125 2,743,394 1,314 Mozambique 0 0 24,093 17 Netherlands 0 0 49,520 26 Nicaragua 31,131 19 48,335 25 Philippines 24,504 14 97,948 156 Poland 1,553,201 953 23,262,526 13,113 Romania 0 0 199,072 121 Russia 0 0 544,267 225 Saudi Arabia 70,805 88 243,230 381 Senegal 0 0 285,311 302 Turkey 884,029 496 1,733,636 881 Ukraine 0 0 244,559 132 United Kingdom 362,446 235 4,709,748 1,792 Venezuela 0 0 45,360 19 Zaire 23,270 9 23,270 9



http://ita.doc.gov/ td/ industry/ otea/ Trade-Detail/ Latest-Month/ Exports/ 02/ 020622.html



0201203550: MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS, NESOI, CUTS WITH BONE IN, PROCESSED, FRESH OR CHILLED
U.S. Domestic Exports: December 2004 and 2004 Year-to-Date, not Seasonally Adjusted
(FAS Value, in Thousands of Dollars) (Units of Quantity: Kilogram) December 2004 2004, through December Quantity Value Quantity Value .World 293,718 1,252 703,296 2,552 Anguilla 0 0 11,482 35 Aruba 0 0 4,775 24 Bahamas 19,416 50 247,589 684 Barbados 0 0 14,377 33 Bermuda 0 0 1,361 3 Cayman Islands 0 0 13,502 48 Colombia 244,578 738 244,578 738 France 6,242 368 6,700 400 Germany 1,564 48 1,564 48 Guatemala 21,918 49 21,918 49 Honduras 0 0 19,051 24 Hong Kong 0 0 14,618 76 Indonesia 0 0 1,008 3 Italy 0 0 750 6 Korea 0 0 6,023 35 Marshall Islands 0 0 37,817 121 Mexico 0 0 20,347 21 Netherlands Antilles 0 0 449 8 St Lucia 0 0 436 4 Suriname 0 0 240 4 Switzerland 0 0 2,402 81 Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 6,047 18 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 26,262 90



0201206000: MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS, CUTS WITH BONE IN, EXCEPT PROCESSED, FRESH ORCHILLED
U.S. Domestic Exports: December 2004 and 2004 Year-to-Date, not Seasonally Adjusted
(FAS Value, in Thousands of Dollars) (Units of Quantity: Kilogram) December 2004 2004, through December Quantity Value Quantity Value .World 86,480 824 698,955 4,793 Antigua Barbuda 0 0 410 6 Bahamas 10,521 27 60,334 200 Bahrain 0 0 3,721 11 Canada 39,462 342 472,538 3,481 Chile 0 0 9,694 29 Dominican Republic 0 0 28,327 37 French Polynesia 0 0 1,596 10 Greece 0 0 2,825 16 Honduras 0 0 9,887 20 Japan 0 0 0 0 Mexico 0 0 9,189 28 Netherlands Antilles 478 8 4,250 44 Philippines 0 0 393 3 Saudi Arabia 1,053 15 22,470 102 St Lucia 0 0 372 3 Svalbard, Jan Mayen Island 34,064 430 57,812 715 Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 6,258 59 Turks and Caicos Islands 902 3 8,879 29



http://ita.doc.gov/ td/ industry/ otea/ Trade-Detail/ Latest-Month/ Exports/ 02/ 020120.html




Greetings,


IN 2009, it would be a miracle that every cow in the United States of America was not exposed to mad cow disease via feed, the number one firewall all the officials brag about all the time $$$



----- Original Message -----
From: "TERRY SINGELTARY" <flounder9@VERIZON.NET>
To: <BSE-L@LISTS.AEGEE.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:25 PM
Subject: [BSE-L] HERE WE GO AGAIN, FDA TO DELAY ENHANCED MAD COW FEED BAN RULE


-------------------- BSE-L@LISTS.AEGEE.ORG --------------------


Industry News - PM FDA to delay enhanced feed ban rule
By Tom Johnston on 3/18/2009


The Food and Drug Administration will extend by 60 days the April 27 effective date of the agency's enhanced ban on high-risk cattle material in feed for all animals, according to industry sources.


The decision comes as the Obama administration reviews rules not yet in effect and considers extending the implementation dates by 60 days. In such cases, agencies also are directed to allow for an additional 30 days for public comment.


FDA will soon publish a notice in the Federal Register.


Packers and renderers, among others in the food chain, have been pressing FDA to delay implementing the enhanced feed ban and allow for additional public comment in light of hardships they already have begun to incur in the run-up to the rule's implementation. To view the final rule, click here.


Primary among the challenges, they say, is disposal of banned materials such as spinal cords and brains from cattle older than 30 months of age. Some renderers, for example, already have been refusing to take such materials or older dead stock off of packers' hands, forcing them to find other methods of disposal that can be costly and problematic.
Editor's Note: More details about the impacts of this rule will be included in a feature article in the May issue of Meatingplace magazine.


http://www.meatingplace.com/MembersOnly/webNews/details.aspx?item=11718


SIGH!


does this really surprise anyone $


i said it during the clinton era, i said for 8 years during the bush blunder, and i am saying now. it seems the industry i.e. has bought it's way deeply into the white house, no matter whom is in office. the people do not own it anymore.


there was nothing more to look at except $$$


there is nothing more to talk about.


the partial, and voluntary august 4, 1997 ruminant to ruminant feed ban was nothing more than ink on paper, and that's all it is today.


sadly, that's all this has ever been about, money. science, public health, nothing else matters. just ask old stan the man, the prion man ;


Tuesday, March 17, 2009
BSE Feed Ban Enhancement: Implementation Questions and Answers Updated March 10, 2009


http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/03/bse-feed-ban-enhancement-implementation.html


DAMNING TESTIMONY FROM STANLEY PRUSINER THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER ON PRIONS SPEAKING ABOUT ANN VENEMAN


''they don't wanna know, the dont' care'' "they don't want our comments'' ''level of absolute ignorance'' ''beef export'' ''nothing else matters'' ''yes, i think prions are bad to eat, and you can die from them''


http://maddeer.org/video/embedded/prusinerclip.html


Saturday, February 21, 2009 Renderers say industry not prepared for FDA feed ban rule ??? WHAT, IT'S 2009 FOR PETE'S SAKE $$$ Two recent articles caught my eye ;
Renderers say industry not prepared for FDA feed ban rule


Food Chemical News
February 2, 2009
and
BSE, rendering relate to human safety
Emma Struve 02/17/2009
http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/02/renderers-say-industry-not-prepared-for.html


Risk of Introduction of BSE into Japan by the Historical Importation of Live Cattle from the United Kingdom (USA AND CANADA)
http://bseusa.blogspot.com/2009/03/risk-of-introduction-of-bse-into-japan.html


Wednesday, January 28, 2009
TAFS1 Position Paper on Specified Risk Materials (January, 2009)
TAFS INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR TRANSMISSIBLE ANIMAL DISEASES AND FOOD SAFETY a non-profit Swiss Foundation
(January 2009)
TAFS1 Position Paper on Specified Risk Materials


http://madcowspontaneousnot.blogspot.com/2009/01/tafs1-position-paper-on-specified-risk.html


TAFS1 Position Paper on Testing of Cattle for BSE (Revision January 2009)
http://madcowtesting.blogspot.com/2009/02/tafs1-position-paper-on-testing-of.html


Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Atypical BSE North America Update February 2009
http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/02/atypical-bse-north-america-update.html


10,000,000+ LBS. of PROHIBITED BANNED MAD COW FEED I.E. BLOOD LACED MBM IN COMMERCE USA 2007
Date: March 21, 2007 at 2:27 pm PST
RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINES -- CLASS II
___________________________________
PRODUCT
Bulk cattle feed made with recalled Darling's 85% Blood Meal, Flash Dried, Recall # V-024-2007
CODE
Cattle feed delivered between 01/12/2007 and 01/26/2007
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Pfeiffer, Arno, Inc, Greenbush, WI. by conversation on February 5, 2007.
Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
Blood meal used to make cattle feed was recalled because it was cross-contaminated with prohibited bovine meat and bone meal that had been manufactured on common equipment and labeling did not bear cautionary BSE statement.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
42,090 lbs.
DISTRIBUTION
WI
___________________________________
PRODUCT
Custom dairy premix products: MNM ALL PURPOSE Pellet, HILLSIDE/CDL Prot-Buffer Meal, LEE, M.-CLOSE UP PX Pellet, HIGH DESERT/ GHC LACT Meal, TATARKA, M CUST PROT Meal, SUNRIDGE/CDL PROTEIN Blend, LOURENZO, K PVM DAIRY Meal, DOUBLE B DAIRY/GHC LAC Mineral, WEST PIONT/GHC CLOSEUP Mineral, WEST POINT/GHC LACT Meal, JENKS, J/COMPASS PROTEIN Meal, COPPINI - 8# SPECIAL DAIRY Mix, GULICK, L-LACT Meal (Bulk), TRIPLE J - PROTEIN/LACTATION, ROCK CREEK/GHC MILK Mineral, BETTENCOURT/GHC S.SIDE MK-MN, BETTENCOURT #1/GHC MILK MINR, V&C DAIRY/GHC LACT Meal, VEENSTRA, F/GHC LACT Meal, SMUTNY, A-BYPASS ML W/SMARTA, Recall # V-025-2007
CODE
The firm does not utilize a code - only shipping documentation with commodity and weights identified.
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Rangen, Inc, Buhl, ID, by letters on February 13 and 14, 2007. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Products manufactured from bulk feed containing blood meal that was cross contaminated with prohibited meat and bone meal and the labeling did not bear cautionary BSE statement.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
9,997,976 lbs.
DISTRIBUTION
ID and NV
END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR MARCH 21, 2007


http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2007/ENF00996.html


Friday, November 21, 2008
Plasma & Serum Proteins Receive Continued FDA Approval


http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2008/11/plasma-serum-proteins-receive-continued.html


http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/


Thursday, November 27, 2008 Prion diseases are efficiently transmitted by blood transfusion in sheep


http://vcjdblood.blogspot.com/2008/11/prion-diseases-are-efficiently.html


Scientists warn of first ever case of human mad cow disease from blood plasma


http://vcjdtransfusion.blogspot.com/2009/02/scientists-warn-of-first-ever-case-of.html



November 25, 2008
Update On Feed Enforcement Activities To Limit The Spread Of BSE
http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2008/11/november-2008-update-on-feed.html
Docket APHIS-2007-0033 Docket Title Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List Docket Type Rulemaking Document APHIS-2007-0033-0001 Document Title Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; Biennial Review and Republication of the Select Agent and Toxin List Public Submission APHIS-2007-0033-0002.1 Public Submission Title Attachment to Singeltary comment
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=090000648027c28e
Manuscript Draft Manuscript Number: Title: HUMAN and ANIMAL TSE Classifications i.e. mad cow disease and the UKBSEnvCJD only theory Article Type: Personal View Corresponding Author: Mr. Terry S. Singeltary, Corresponding Author's Institution: na First Author: Terry S Singeltary, none Order of Authors: Terry S Singeltary, none; Terry S. Singeltary Abstract: TSEs have been rampant in the USA for decades in many species, and they all have been rendered and fed back to animals for human/animal consumption. I propose that the current diagnostic criteria for human TSEs only enhances and helps the spreading of human TSE from the continued belief of the UKBSEnvCJD only theory in 2007.
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=090000648027c28e&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
Docket APHIS-2006-0041 Docket Title Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions; Importation of Live Bovines and Products Derived from Bovines Commodities Docket Type Rulemaking Document APHIS-2006-0041-0001 Document Title Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions; Importation of Live Bovines and Products Derived From Bovines Public Submission APHIS-2006-0041-0028 Public Submission Title Comment from Terry S Singletary
Comment 2006-2007 USA AND OIE POISONING GLOBE WITH BSE MRR POLICY
THE USA is in a most unique situation, one of unknown circumstances with human and animal TSE. THE USA has the most documented TSE in different species to date, with substrains growing in those species (BSE/BASE in cattle and CWD in deer and elk, there is evidence here with different strains), and we know that sheep scrapie has over 20 strains of the typical scrapie with atypical scrapie documented and also BSE is very likely to have passed to sheep. all of which have been rendered and fed back to animals for human and animal consumption, a frightening scenario. WE do not know the outcome, and to play with human life around the globe with the very likely TSE tainted products from the USA, in my opinion is like playing Russian roulette, of long duration, with potential long and enduring consequences, of which once done, cannot be undone. These are the facts as I have come to know through daily and extensive research of TSE over 9 years, since 12/14/97. I do not pretend to have all the answers, but i do know to continue to believe in the ukbsenvcjd only theory of transmission to humans of only this one strain from only this one TSE from only this one part of the globe, will only lead to further failures, and needless exposure to humans from all strains of TSE, and possibly many more needless deaths from TSE via a multitude of proven routes and sources via many studies with primates and rodents and other species.
MY personal belief, since you ask, is that not only the Canadian border, but the USA border, and the Mexican border should be sealed up tighter than a drum for exporting there TSE tainted products, until a validated, 100% sensitive test is available, and all animals for human and animal consumption are tested. all we are doing is the exact same thing the UK did with there mad cow poisoning when they exported it all over the globe, all the while knowing what they were doing. this BSE MRR policy is nothing more than a legal tool to do just exactly what the UK did, thanks to the OIE and GW, it's legal now. and they executed Saddam for poisoning ???
go figure. ...
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocumentDetail&o=09000064801f8151
Docket Management Docket: 02N-0273 - Substances Prohibited From Use in
Animal Food or Feed; Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed
Comment Number: EC -10
Accepted - Volume 2
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dailys/03/Jan03/012403/8004be07.html
PART 2
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dailys/03/Jan03/012403/8004be09.html
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM FROM DOWNER CATTLE UPDATE
IS THERE A SCRAPIE-LIKE DISEASE IN CATTLE ?
In April of 1985, a mink rancher in Wisconsin reported a debilitating neurologic disease in his herd which we diagnosed as TME by histopathologic findings confirmed by experimental transmission to mink and squirrel monkeys. The rancher was a ''dead stock'' feeder using mostly (>95%) downer or dead dairy cattle and a few horses. She had never been fed.
We believe that these findings may indicate the presence of a previously unrecognized scrapie-like disease in cattle and wish to alert dairy practitioners to this possibility.
snip...
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH ANNUAL WESTERN CONFERENCE FOR FOOD ANIMAL VETERINARY MEDICINE, University of Arizona, March 17-19, 1986
http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m09a/tab01.pdf
http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m09/tab05.pdf
IS THERE A SCRAPIE-LIKE DISEASE IN CATTLE ?
YOU BET THERE IS, AND HAS BEEN, AND WE BEEN FEEDING THE MOST HIGH RISK I.E. DEAD STOCK DOWNER COWS TO OUR CHILDREN FOR DECADES, who will follow these children for human TSE from mad cow disease here in the USA in the years, decades to come, and how many will they expose from the 'pass it forward' friendly fire modes ???
http://downercattle.blogspot.com/2008/12/evaluation-of-fsis-management-controls.html
http://downercattle.blogspot.com/
TSS
Saturday, March 14, 2009 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces Final Rule for Handling of Non-Ambulatory Cattle
Release No. 0060.09 Contact: Amanda Eamich (202) 720-9113
http://downercattle.blogspot.com/2009/03/agriculture-secretary-tom-vilsack.html
Friday, November 30, 2007
CJD QUESTIONNAIRE USA CWRU AND CJD FOUNDATION
http://cjdquestionnaire.blogspot.com/
FDA FAILED US
http://fdafailedus.blogspot.com/
SCIENCE BUSHWHACKED
http://sciencebushwhacked.blogspot.com/
Sunday, July 20, 2008 Red Cross told to fix blood collection or face charges 15 years after warnings issued, few changes made to ensure safety
http://vcjdblood.blogspot.com/2008/07/red-cross-told-to-fix-blood-collection.html
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