Status: U X-UIDL: 1051388641.27605_0.relay02.roc.frontiernet.net,S=18815 Received: (qmail 27570 invoked from network); 26 Apr 2003 20:23:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Sandy) ([170.215.188.125]) (envelope-sender ) by relay02.roc.frontiernet.net (FrontierMTA 2.3.2) with SMTP for ; 26 Apr 2003 20:23:57 -0000 Message-ID: <047101c30c31$c26f9810$5db9d7aa@Sandy> From: "Sandy Ayer" To: "Sandy Ayer" Subject: Rendering -dog food Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:21:12 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_044E_01C30C0F.DA90C7B0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=none version=2.43 X-Spam-Level: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_044E_01C30C0F.DA90C7B0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_044F_01C30C0F.DA90C7B0" ------=_NextPart_001_044F_01C30C0F.DA90C7B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable News | Campaigns | GE Food | Organics | Food Locator | Events | = Irradiation | Globalization | Cloning | rBGH Mad Cow | Toxic Food | Search | Newsletter | Donate | Volunteer | About = | Home | recommend site | email this page=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Vet concerned with meat sold as pet food=20 April 11, 2001 Associated Press A Council Bluffs [Iowa] veterinarian is concerned that a loophole in the = standards for pet food could create the same mad cow problems for the = United States that England is seeing.=20 Arthur Strohbehn said his concern is with the uses of 4-D meat as pet = food. The 4-D meat comes from livestock that are dead, dying, disabled = or diseased on the farm. Their remains must be disposed of carefully to = prevent a public health crisis. The meat is used to make feed, but = Strohbehn said FDA guidelines are not enough to stop a potential = epidemic.=20 "If we have an outbreak that goes undiagnosed out in the country, there = is no way to stop it," he said.=20 Dead, dying, disabled and diseased animals are picked up by rendering = plants that use the animals for pet food. If livestock is still living, = it is slaughtered, and the remains are boiled to render the high-energy = fat and reduce the meat and bone meal for their protein.=20 The end product is not for human consumption but is considered edible by = animals.=20 Some meat products are not boiled but are ground up raw into a feed = product that looks much like hamburger. Charcoal is added to give the = meat a sandy texture and to make sure no human would want to eat it.=20 Strohbehn said the meat should be cooked, but its label does not tell = consumers to do so.=20 Strohbehn said meat labeled "not for human consumption" can still = contain pathogens as well as drugs used to treat animals, and that is = why it should be cooked.=20 "I've inspected meat that had pathogens and penicillin in it," Strohbehn = said. "What that tells me as a vet is that meat came from an animal that = was diseased and somebody tried to cure it. So how did that meat end up = getting used for dog food?"=20 Strohbehn said if a case of mad cow disease ever did crop up in the = United States and went undiagnosed, it would be impossible to stop an = outbreak, because the disease cannot be destroyed by boiling.=20 Strohbehn's son, Jody, is also a veterinarian and said the danger for = handlers of the raw meat is real.=20 "It is an occupational risk for the trainers. A lot of the problem is in = the way that food is handled," he said. "Even good food can have = salmonella in it. How can you keep it out of the bad meat?"=20 National By-Products in Des Moines handles rendering across Iowa. Dave = Kirstein, director of technical services for National By-Products said = his company is following the guidelines established by the federal = government.=20 "The USDA comes in about once a year and inspects," he said. "The state = department of agriculture is in two to four times a year, and a facility = in Waterloo has a vet come in once a week."=20 He said that in addition to routine inspections, there is a standard = procedure that is always followed when a 4-D animal is picked up to = prevent the spread of contagion.=20 "The call taker who schedules the route to pick up the dead animal asks = the farmer what the animal has died from," he said. "If it's four or = more dead adult animals, that's the trigger point. We require written = documentation stating what they died from."=20 Kirstein said the process involves getting carcasses to the plant = quickly where they are cooked at 270-280 degrees Fahrenheit for 60 to 90 = minutes. This process is meant to kill all pathogens [But may not kill = prions--BSE coordinator] but destroys drug remnants as well. Kirstein = said the portion of raw meat sold as pet food is left to the purchaser = to properly prepare.=20 "The segment that goes to the greyhound industry sold as frozen blocks = of meat that is similar to hamburger, that's been frozen so the customer = has the choice of what to do with it at that point," he said.=20 Joe Calabro of Neola races greyhounds at Bluffs Run in Council Bluffs. = He is one of many trainers who feeds his dogs meat labeled "not for = human consumption."=20 Calabro said he doesn't cook the meat because he buys it from a = reputable dealer, but he does drain it to be on the safe side.=20 "I drain the blood off. I've always been under the impression that's = where all the bad stuff is," he said.=20 Calabro said his greyhounds are his livelihood and he would not think of = feeding them anything that would hurt them.=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- News | Campaigns | GE Food | Organics | Food Locator | Events | = Irradiation | Globalization | Cloning | rBGH Mad Cow | Toxic Food | Search | Newsletter | Donate | Volunteer | About = | Home | recommend site | email this page Please support our work, send a tax-deductible donation to OCA=20 to BioDemocracy News (published every 6 weeks) previous issues=20 =20 Organic Consumers Association 6101 Cliff Estate Rd., Little Marais, MN 55614 Activist or Media Inquiries: (218) 226-4164, Fax: (218) 226-4157=20 ------=_NextPart_001_044F_01C30C0F.DA90C7B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Vet concerned with meat sold as pet food 

April =
11, 2001 Associated Press
A Council Bluffs [Iowa] veterinarian is concerned that a loophole = in the=20 standards for pet food could create the same mad cow problems for the = United=20 States that England is seeing.=20

Arthur Strohbehn said his concern is with the uses of 4-D meat as = pet=20 food. The 4-D meat comes from livestock that are dead, dying, disabled = or=20 diseased on the farm. Their remains must be disposed of carefully to = prevent a=20 public health crisis. The meat is used to make feed, but Strohbehn said = FDA=20 guidelines are not enough to stop a potential epidemic.=20

"If we have an outbreak that goes undiagnosed out in the country, = there=20 is no way to stop it," he said.=20

Dead, dying, disabled and diseased animals are picked up by = rendering=20 plants that use the animals for pet food. If livestock is still living, = it is=20 slaughtered, and the remains are boiled to render the high-energy fat = and reduce=20 the meat and bone meal for their protein.=20

The end product is not for human consumption but is considered = edible by=20 animals.=20

Some meat products are not boiled but are ground up raw into a = feed=20 product that looks much like hamburger. Charcoal is added to give the = meat a=20 sandy texture and to make sure no human would want to eat it.=20

Strohbehn said the meat should be cooked, but its label does not = tell=20 consumers to do so.=20

Strohbehn said meat labeled "not for human consumption" can still = contain=20 pathogens as well as drugs used to treat animals, and that is why it = should be=20 cooked.=20

"I've inspected meat that had pathogens and penicillin in it," = Strohbehn=20 said. "What that tells me as a vet is that meat came from an animal that = was=20 diseased and somebody tried to cure it. So how did that meat end up = getting used=20 for dog food?"=20

Strohbehn said if a case of mad cow disease ever did crop up in = the=20 United States and went undiagnosed, it would be impossible to stop an = outbreak,=20 because the disease cannot be destroyed by boiling.=20

Strohbehn's son, Jody, is also a veterinarian and said the danger = for=20 handlers of the raw meat is real.=20

"It is an occupational risk for the trainers. A lot of the = problem is in=20 the way that food is handled," he said. "Even good food can have = salmonella in=20 it. How can you keep it out of the bad meat?"=20

National By-Products in Des Moines handles rendering across Iowa. = Dave=20 Kirstein, director of technical services for National By-Products said = his=20 company is following the guidelines established by the federal = government.=20

"The USDA comes in about once a year and inspects," he said. "The = state=20 department of agriculture is in two to four times a year, and a facility = in=20 Waterloo has a vet come in once a week."=20

He said that in addition to routine inspections, there is a = standard=20 procedure that is always followed when a 4-D animal is picked up to = prevent the=20 spread of contagion.=20

"The call taker who schedules the route to pick up the dead = animal asks=20 the farmer what the animal has died from," he said. "If it's four or = more dead=20 adult animals, that's the trigger point. We require written = documentation=20 stating what they died from."=20

Kirstein said the process involves getting carcasses to the plant = quickly=20 where they are cooked at 270-280 degrees Fahrenheit for 60 to 90 = minutes. This=20 process is meant to kill all pathogens [But may not kill prions--BSE coordinator] = but=20 destroys drug remnants as well. Kirstein said the portion of raw meat = sold as=20 pet food is left to the purchaser to properly prepare.=20

"The segment that goes to the greyhound industry sold as frozen = blocks of=20 meat that is similar to hamburger, that's been frozen so the customer = has the=20 choice of what to do with it at that point," he said.=20

Joe Calabro of Neola races greyhounds at Bluffs Run in Council = Bluffs. He=20 is one of many trainers who feeds his dogs meat labeled "not for human=20 consumption."=20

Calabro said he doesn't cook the meat because he buys it from a = reputable=20 dealer, but he does drain it to be on the safe side.=20

"I drain the blood off. I've always been under the impression = that's=20 where all the bad stuff is," he said.=20

Calabro said his greyhounds are his livelihood and he would not = think of=20 feeding them anything that would hurt them.=20

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Please support our work, send = a=20 tax-deductible donation to OCA=20

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