Comments on: Beef Recall: Feed it to the Kids! http://monicachairez.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/beef-recall-feed-it-to-the-kids/ Health. Medicine. Science. Life. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:56:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Pat S. http://monicachairez.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/beef-recall-feed-it-to-the-kids/#comment-11 Pat S. Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:24:49 +0000 http://monicachairez.wordpress.com/?p=21#comment-11 " the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). This system identifies an animal’s origin so if meat is found contaminated, the specific farm can be sited (cited). " You understand, however, that the specific farms of origin are not to blame - the feed lot they were sold to and the processor that slaughters the cows and prepares the meat are where the trouble lies. It is the stress and mishandling at those locations that bring on the sickness and injury that turns otherwise healthy cows into 'downers'. NAIS is worse than useless - it opens up the farmer to take the blame for something over which he has no control. Handy, don't you think? ” the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). This system identifies an animal’s origin so if meat is found contaminated, the specific farm can be sited (cited). ”

You understand, however, that the specific farms of origin are not to blame – the feed lot they were sold to and the processor that slaughters the cows and prepares the meat are where the trouble lies. It is the stress and mishandling at those locations that bring on the sickness and injury that turns otherwise healthy cows into ‘downers’. NAIS is worse than useless – it opens up the farmer to take the blame for something over which he has no control. Handy, don’t you think?

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