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Appeals Court Rules US Can Block Mad Cow Testing
fahrbot-bot tips a story of mad cow disease, a private meat packer that wants to test all of its beef for the disease, and the USDA, which controls access to the test kits and just won an appeals court ruling that the government has the authority to block testing above and beyond the 1% the agency performs. Creekstone Farms Premium Beef sought to test 100% of its beef, in order to reassure its export markets, especially Japan and South Korea, that its beef is safe. Large meat packers opposed any such private testing, because they feared they would be forced into 100% testing and would have to raise prices. The appeals court ruled, 2 to 1, that under a 1913 law, test kits that are used only after an animal is killed still constitute "diagnosis" and "treatment" — this for a disease that has no treatment and is 100% fatal — and therefore fall under the USDA's authority to regulate.
Denny Crane.
Don't worry, us people elsewhere in the world aren't buying US meat anyway. We know that BSE is out of control in American herds, and that's besides the fact that the food is pumped full of growth hormones to such extents that young girls eating it develop breasts at very young ages.
Such a public cover up of your endemic plague-ridden herds will only harden opinion against American meat, and food in general.
Note that the rest of the world is willing to pay a premium for good quality, well raised, tasty, healthy meat. So extra costs to test could still be economically good. Still, not my problem!
But the lawyers don't have to take the case. They can say "No, that's stupid" and move on. Saying lawyers aren't responsible is like saying that drug dealers aren't responsible for drugs getting into the hands of kids, its really just the kids fault.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
USDA, brought to you by the "Living" constitution.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
For every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three.
I type this as I eat pork fried rice with my beef and broccoli. Damn, I need to find a 3rd meat... Oh, the chicken fingers we had as an appetizer.
Not a Twitter sockpuppet... but I wish I was.
"under a 1913 law, test kits that are used only after an animal is killed still constitute 'diagnosis' and 'treatment'"
"Quick, man, that cow is stone dead! Treat it!"
"There is no treatment for death, sir."
(cow explodes; clip of Ladies' Auxiliary Club applauding)
it would take a severely autistic judge to rule that context
Are you aware of the past and present behavior of the US legal system?
I may agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to face the consequences of saying it.