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Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 21:19:32 -0800
From: Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net>
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Subject: Fetuses may be tainted by 'mad cow' protein
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Israeli fetuses may be tainted by 'mad cow' protein
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM (November 3, 1997 6:22 p.m. EST)
Some women who underwent in-vitro fertilization in Israel recently may
be carrying fetuses infected with the human variant of Mad Cow disease,
a Health Ministry official said Monday.
The Haaretz newspaper reported that hundreds of fetuses may be infected
as a result of being grown on a protein from a donor who died of
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Health Ministry spokesman Yair Amikam confirmed that hundreds of women
were treated with the infected blood, but only some of them became
pregnant. Even in those cases, Amikam said there was only a small risk
the babies born would develop the condition.
"We told the couples not to halt their pregnancies, as there is only a
very minimal chance of infection," Amikam told the AP.
He did not give exact numbers or identify the donor.
According to Amikam, eight in-vitro fertilization labs used the man's
blood. Amikam said they were informed by the company who provided the
donor's blood that he had died of Mad Cow disease.
Eating meat from cattle tainted by the disease is believed to cause the
brain-wasting Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, which has killed at
least 20 people, mostly in Britain.
The outbreak of the disease in Britain caused a crisis in the European
Union last year. Beef exports from Britain were banned, and the EU had
to pay farmers across the EU billions of dollars to prop up prices as
consumers shunned beef.
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 21:22:35 -0800
From: Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net>
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Subject: BeefAmerica plant allowed to reopen
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BeefAmerica plant allowed to reopen
The Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. (November 3, 1997 5:58 p.m. EST)
A BeefAmerica processing plant reopened Monday after being shut down
because of repeated health violations and shortcomings in related
paperwork.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors were back Monday at the
plant in Norfolk in northeastern Nebraska.
"The product we have is inspected by the USDA and approved by the USDA,"
said company spokeswoman Kim Essex.
The USDA withdrew its inspectors from the beef plant Friday --
effectively shutting down operations -- after it discovered repeated
violations of sanitation rules, including contamination of meat with
fecal matter and peeling paint coming into contact with meat.
The plant had been the subject of two meat recalls this year totaling
more than 600,000 pounds of ground beef. No illnesses were reported, but
the USDA said the company was not properly testing for contamination by
E. coli bacteria.
BeefAmerica president Bob Norton said the sanitation problems pointed
out by federal inspectors had been immediately corrected, but the
company failed to provide enough paperwork showing that corrective
action was taken.
New regulations implemented earlier this year require companies to
document all corrective and preventive actions. Norton said that during
the weekend the USDA helped the company improve its paperwork
procedures.
It was the second shutdown of a packing plant in Nebraska this year. A
Hudson Foods Inc. plant in Columbus was shut down in August after 25
million pounds of beef were recalled; that plant has been sold to IBP
Inc.
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 00:44:14 -0500 (EST)
From: LexAnima@aol.com
To: AR-News@envirolink.org
Subject: Your Reminder & Toll-Free # for Call-In on Endangered Species Protection--
The Indiana Bat, the Trumpeter Swan, the North American Wolf, and thousands
of plant and animal species need five minutes of your time TODAY!
National ESA Call-in Day! National ESA Call-in Day!
NATIONAL ESA CALL-IN DAY!
TUESDAY, November 4
Let's hold our elected officials accountable. Pick up the phone to protect the ESA. Let the halls of Congress ring on November 4. All across the country folks will be calling for a stronger ESA.
Congressional Switchboard (202) 224-3121
PLEASE NOTE TOLL FREE NUMBER FOR YOUR USE 1-888-723-5246
Call once or call often -- hey, the toll free number is on the bad-guys!!!
* Call your senators and tell them not to support Kempthorne's bill *
Senator Kempthorne's S. 1180 would jeopardize the mission of the ESA to recover species in peril. Kempthorne's S. 1180 would provide:
o Special access for special interests o Taxpayer subsidized habitat destruction o Roadblocks to recovery o Weaken protections for species on public & private lands
* Call your Representative to cosponsor HR 2351. *
A better bill has been introduced in the House. HR 2351 would reaffirm and strengthen the nation's commitment to wildlife and to protect our children's future. It is estimated we are losing approximately 100 species every day. Rather than weaken protection for fragile plants and animals, Congress should strengthen the ESA, so species do not slip through loopholes and cracks in the current ESA.
HR 2351 would:
o Conserve declining species before they near the brink of extinction. o Place a deadline on listing decisions for candidate species. o Provide economic incentives to encourage voluntary conservation.
Please distribute widely!
NATIONAL ESA CALL-IN DAY!!
TUESDAY, November 4
National ESA Call-in Day! National ESA Call-in Day!
