Judge's Ruling On Canada-U.S. Border Creates Trade Policy War
Posted on Monday, April 11 at 10:19 by FootPrints
The Canadian CattleNetwork.com said the ruling in which Cebull concluded R-CALF USA had "demonstrated the numerous procedural and substantive shortcomings of the USDA's decision to allow importation of Canadian cattle and beef," was issued in "record time."
"I was very disappointed in the ruling," said Stan Eby, Canadian Cattlemen's Association president. "It wasted all the effort that went into the USDA's rulemaking process. We were very disappointed. Cattle have been moving back and forth between our countries for centuries."
Cebull's ruling did more than upset Canadian producers and affiliates, it also upset their market. Eby said the Canadian cattle prices dropped to 15 cents per pound for feeder cattle. "It's done extreme damage to the economy of our industry," he said.
Eby said he didn't understand how R-CALF USA could be so against the opening of the border after he had read a report claiming some R-CALF USA members owned cattle in Canada.
McDonnell said the report was grossly misleading and inaccurate. "It's unfortunate that the Washington-based columnist failed to check his facts and sources," he said of the March 15 article attacking R-CALF USA's member actions and Japan's trade talks. "It is unfortunate that there are those in the media who start such false rumors, but it seems like this 'BEEF Enquirer' type of reporting has become acceptable in some circles."
Soon after Cebull ruled in favor of R-CALF USA, the U.S. Senate approved a resolution disproving the USDA's rules regarding the border opening and re-establishing beef trade with Canada. The House of Representatives is expected to vote on a similar resolution this week.
The Montana Stockgrowers Association said it supports Cebull's ruling because it bought time for the organization to see that it's 11 points of trade criteria, which include reopening U.S. export markets to beef trade, not allowing Canadian beef products to be marked with USDA grade stamps, harmonization of animal health standards banning intact heifers and assuring the nation's export markets won't be jeopardized by resuming trade with Canada, are met.
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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche
Scientist willing to put claim of U.S. mad cow coverup to lie detector test<br />
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Tue Apr 12, 5:39 PM ET <br />
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DENNIS BUECKERT <br />
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OTTAWA (CP) - A scientist and former inspector for the U.S Agriculture Department says he's willing to take a lie detector test to back his claim that his government is covering up mad cow disease. <br />
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Lester Friedlander, now a consumer advocate, was fired from his job as head of inspections at a large meat-packing plant in Philadelphia in 1995 after criticizing what he called unsafe practices. <br />
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Friedlander said he knows U.S. Agriculture Department veterinarians who sent suspect cow brains to private laboratories that confirmed mad cow infection, but samples from the same animals were cleared by government labs. <br />
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"It's several veterinarians that have given me similar stories about sending cow brains in," he said in an interview Tuesday. "It might be shocking for Canadians but it wouldn't be shocking for veterinarians that have worked for the USDA. <br />
"I'm willing to back this up with a voice stress analysis test or even a lie detector test."<br />
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20050412/ca_pr_on_na/mad_cow_whistleblower_2">http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20050412/ca_pr_on_na/mad_cow_whistleblower_2</a><br />
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Canada's BSE plague may be U.S.-bred<br />
Ottawa, ON, Apr. 13 (UPI) -- An investigation by a Canadian news organization has found U.S. scientists improperly analyzed two suspected cases of mad cow disease. <br />
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The findings are important because they strongly suggest the disease, which has devastated Canada's beef industry, may actually have originated in the United States and its existence missed.<br />
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The cases involved two obviously sick animals brought to a New York slaughterhouse in 1997, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Wednesday.<br />
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Dr. Masuo Doi, the U.S. Department of Agriculture veterinarian in charge of investigating one of the 1997 cases, says he fears the right tests were not done and his own department did not properly investigate whether the cows had bovine spongiform encephalopathy, more commonly known as mad cow disease.<br />
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In one case, analysts did not test the part of the cow's brain most likely to show signs of BSE.<br />
<a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050413-104721-5759r.htm">http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050413-104721-5759r.htm</a><br />
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