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FDA delays new rules to protect public from mad cow disease; beef industry couldn't be happier

July 13, 2004 by: Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, editor of NaturalNews
Key concepts: mad cow disease, beef industry, beef

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FDA almost never takes action to protect the public. Instead, the agency's decisions consistently and almost universally protect the financial interests of influential corporations such as pharmaceutical companies or, in this case, beef industry companies. Mad cow disease is real, and it's here in America. It's caused by insane feeding practices that allow cattle ranchers to feed their cows chicken litter (yes, chicken dung) and the blood, brains and spinal cord tissue from other cows and dead animals. This is the stuff that goes into the food you're eating, folks (if you eat red meat, that is). The sane thing would be to ban the use of these feed items for cows. That's what the FDA should have done six months ago. But now, they're delaying it even further: it could take two years to get a decision from the FDA on this. Meanwhile, cattle ranchers keep on feeding their cows practically any form of protein they can get their hands on, regardless of its safety. In this situation, both the FDA and the USDA are acting out of total disregard for the health and safety of the public. The beef industry loves all the delays, because they've never wanted to be forced to actually follow sane feeding practices in the first place (it would add cost to the beef). They'd rather just keep on feeding their cows anything they can find -- blood, brain matter, spinal cords, chicken dung, you name it -- and pretend mad cow disease doesn't exist. As a consumer, if you thought the FDA was protecting you, you're sadly mistaken. The agency acts more like a marketing branch for private industry than a government regulator.

About the author: Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, is the editor of NaturalNews. Author of over twelve books, and fifteen hundred articles on natural health, Adams is widely considered the most prolific writer on natural health today.

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