let's bomb them with beef

[1EZduzit]

To me, testing every cow butchered (35 million of them) in the US because ONE cow with BSE was found 5 years ago is a waste of money.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: 1EZduzit
To me, testing every cow butchered (35 million of them) in the US because ONE cow with BSE was found 5 years ago is a waste of money.

1 was found, but that's only because of a low rate of testing and only because they actually chose to test 1 of many cows showing signs of possibly BSE infection. There are many examples where Cattle showed signs of BSE infection, but rather than testing them, they just killed and buried the cow, to avoid controversy. 100% testing is worth it when Public Health is at stake(no pun intended ).

 

[catnap1972]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: colonel
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=1526829

what's going in to happen? They said the beef is still bad....

If supply and demand is real like the Rich Republicans always claim then there will be more beef in the U.S. and prices should come down.

Anyone here other than the rich tired of paying $15 for a small steak?

Even the crappiest ground beef is ridiculous around here ($2.29-2.49/lb). The only way many of the supermarkets here actually sell the more expensive meat is when they mark it down close to expiration. Otherwise, much of it collects dust or gets chucked out when it spoils.

 

[1EZduzit]

Originally posted by: sandorski

Originally posted by: 1EZduzit
To me, testing every cow butchered (35 million of them) in the US because ONE cow with BSE was found 5 years ago is a waste of money.

1 was found, but that's only because of a low rate of testing and only because they actually chose to test 1 of many cows showing signs of possibly BSE infection. There are many examples where Cattle showed signs of BSE infection, but rather than testing them, they just killed and buried the cow, to avoid controversy. 100% testing is worth it when Public Health is at stake(no pun intended ).

Where are those examples? I'd like to see them. As someone who lives in cattle country I can say I don't know of a single rancher who would put down a sick cow without finding out what was wrong with it. They would literally be betting their farm on it if they did.

EDIT: And again, I'm not against 100% testing if that is what the consumers say they want. Hey, this country needs all the jobs it can get that can't be outsourced. It just has to be up to the consumer to decide that is what they want, because in the end they are the ones paying for it.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: fornax
Yep, beef and veal (they mostly eat veal) is very expensive there. But it's also of much higher quality, can't compare it with the crap they sell in Albertson's, Safeway, etc. They have some really weird beef too, like from calves fed with beer and massaged constantly so that the fat is distributed uniformly in the meat About $50 per kilogram

I don't eat beef myself much (prefer veal) but the meat I had in Japan was DELICIOUS. I've been to quite a few "beer gardens" with very good beer and plates loaded with veal and chicken morsels, and ... well, I'm starting to salivate so let me stop.

The massaging isn't to distribute the fat.