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Originally Posted by jonjon42
but I am going to get an eye out for more on this. (and stop eating beef for awhile)
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if you are serious about this, you might consider checking my information and cutting all meats from your diet.
currently, the law allows rendered products and by-product, even contaminated cow, to be used in supplements not for human consumption. So scraps can be and are legitimately sold for poultry and pork feed. Those products can become contaminated, but worse, they can also legally be rendered and sold back for cattle feed. So, while one can't feed cattle product to cattle product, one can route it through a pig and effectively bypass the reasoning behind that law.
It's my wife's and my firm belief that our meat products are and have been contaminated for quite some time. Our view is shared by the scientist who discovered BSE. He also has been arguing for a long time that Alzheimers patients are suffering from symptoms and their brain slides are remarkably similar to cvJD patients.
On the plus side, it's not a one-shotter disease. It depends on the intake, so while many if not all of us are likely contaminated, we can reduce intake and the disease will take longer to set in. I guess that's a plus. Eat organic and/or kosher meats if you must. I think those two are the safest and they constitute the bulk of our limited meat dietary intake. We rarely eat out anymore, but sometimes I still have a burger, to be honest. Nothing like I used to eat, though, and certainly not the amount mainstream america is eating.