Activists demand US enforce ban on slaughterhouse waste as livestock feed

[Robbien]

AP , WASHINGTON
Sunday, Jun 19, 2005,Page 1

American cattle are eating chicken litter, cattle blood and restaurant leftovers that could help transmit mad cow disease, gaps in the US defense against the disease that the Bush administration promised almost 18 months ago to close.

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) promised to tighten feed rules shortly after the first case of mad cow disease was confirmed in the US, in a Washington state cow in December 2003. The FDA said it would ban blood, poultry litter and restaurant plate waste from cattle feed and require feed mills to use separate equipment to make cattle feed. Chicken litter is ground cover for the birds that absorbs manure, spilled feed and feathers.

However, last July, the FDA scrapped the restrictions. McClellan's replacement, Lester Crawford, said an international team of experts assembled by the Agriculture Department was recommending even stronger rules, and the FDA would produce new restrictions in line with those recommendations. Today, the FDA still has not done what it promised to do. The agency declined interviews, saying in a statement only that no timeline exists for new restrictions.

"It's just a lot of talk," said Representative Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat, a senior House Democrat on food and farm issues. "It's a lot of talk, a lot of press releases, and no action," she said.

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[mopinko]

1. why oh why

are we not turning this into oil? why?

[evolvenow]

2. WHAT will it take for people to STOP EATING ANIMALS? It is not SAFE.

It is horrible for the animals, for people and the environment.

Yes, all of that waste could be used for sustainable fuel.

But then that would put an end to all of that permanent war that his admin/war criminal club is so enthralled with.