Beef industry takes a direct hit broadside!
Meat recall hits WalMart
By my calculations that is at least 8,742 head of cattle @ a 1,000 lb each, if not a whole lot more, if you consider the 60/60% rule of slaughter.
Where would a slaughter house get that many cattle, if not from a feedlot?
And if they came from a feedlot, what were they being fed to cause them be “ diseased and unsound animals “?
Could this be an outbreak of PEM caused by feeding ethanol DDG and/or DDGS at the feedlot?
Sir Loin
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PEM can cause death! ( Polioencephalomalacia ) this board.
http://www.steerplanet.com/bb/the-big-show/pem-can-cause-death!-(-polioencephalomalacia-)/
Meat recall hits WalMart
http://guardianlv.com/2014/02/meat-recall-hits-walmart/Meat is a hot subject as the fallout from Rancho Feeding Corporation product recalls spreads across America and Canada. Over 8 million pounds of meat will be recalled, hitting big chains like Walmart, Kroger and Sam’s Club. Consumers were urged to return household favorites like beef jerky and frozen Hot Pocket sandwiches. The food distributors involved have jumped from just 100 to over a 1,000 in the past few days.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2014/recall-013-2014-releaseWASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2014 – Rancho Feeding Corporation, a Petaluma, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 8,742,700 pounds, because it processed diseased and unsound animals and carried out these activities without the benefit or full benefit of federal inspection. Thus, the products are adulterated, because they are unsound, unwholesome or otherwise are unfit for human food and must be removed from commerce, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
By my calculations that is at least 8,742 head of cattle @ a 1,000 lb each, if not a whole lot more, if you consider the 60/60% rule of slaughter.
Where would a slaughter house get that many cattle, if not from a feedlot?
And if they came from a feedlot, what were they being fed to cause them be “ diseased and unsound animals “?
Could this be an outbreak of PEM caused by feeding ethanol DDG and/or DDGS at the feedlot?
Sir Loin
See:
PEM can cause death! ( Polioencephalomalacia ) this board.
http://www.steerplanet.com/bb/the-big-show/pem-can-cause-death!-(-polioencephalomalacia-)/