More Angry Cows

[ramchop]

The latest case emerged after beef consumption began to pick up after a sharp drop in beef sales due to shaken public confidence in the meat industry.

Suddenly whale meat looks a bit more appetising.

[Taro Toporific]

Suddenly whale meat looks a bit more appetising.

Actually, eating milk-fed human babies would be ecological.

HEALTH RISK:High toxin levels found in whale meat The Asahi Shimbun, Jan 17
"Along with PCBs, the health ministry says 10% of whale meat is mislabeled.
Chances are, next time you eat whale meat it is loaded with toxins..."
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[GomiGirl]

Actually, eating milk-fed human babies would be ecological.

Yes that is quite correct, however with the declining birthrate, it appears to be a diminishing resource..

[ramchop]

Yes that is quite correct, however with the declining birthrate, it appears to be a diminishing resource..

Well how about the elderly then? Might take a bit of tenderising, but they're in plentiful supply.

Only problem is that with the amount of seafood in the Japanese diet they've probably got higher levels of lingering nasties (heavy metals...) than those with flippers at the top of the ocean food chain.

[gomichild]

*is glad to be mostly vegetarian*

[bluepxl]

Actually, eating milk-fed human babies would be ecological.

Yes that is quite correct, however with the declining birthrate, it appears to be a diminishing resource..

then go to mexico.. definitely not declining there!

[American Oyaji]

well, guys, it IS gonna come down to something like that.

The worlds population is NOT decreasing. I mean, look at China. The United States will be in a similar situation soon.

In 50-100 years....................Soylent Green.

Soylent Green is peeeeeeeeeoopllllllllllllllllllle

[gomichild]

but isn't that how cows got mad in the first place - by being fed other cows?

[GomiGirl]

but isn't that how cows got mad in the first place - by being fed other cows?

Nuh, 'Twas old mushed up and dried sheep bits that had been previously infected with scabies that was mixed with the cattle feed... sounds charming doesn't it...

Meat and Bone meal is great on the roses - however, I don't think it belongs in animal feed!! Karma has had its fun with us again...

[ronin juku]

yeah, you get all kinds of strange shit going on when you mess with Mother nature........Cows eat grass( and other green stuff) not ground up mammals.

What genius thought "Hey , I know lets feed cows ground up diseased sheep!"

And lets not even get onto the subject of what we feed chickens

[ramchop]

What genius thought "Hey , I know lets feed cows ground up diseased sheep!"

Fat is pretty simple stuff. And tallow (fat from an animal and the latest suspect) is cheap fat. Thank the "saturated fat is bad for you", vegetable fat lobby groups for the low price of tallow. It can be heated to very high temperatures without degrading much and so should be quite simple to kill the nasties contained within. It's used in soap, fast food, pseudo-ice cream (the stuff lacking cream, like most of the Japaenese variety). And the cheapest of the cheap gets fed to animals.

Don't know who the genius is, but I'm sure he made a bit of money out of it.

[Taro Toporific]

Cows eat grass (and other green stuff) not ground up mammals.

Actually, burnt bone meal has been an ingredient of your commerial "brown sugar' for more than 90 years. Most human vitamin pills have used bone meal from doubious sources since their invention in the 1870s.

Blood and bone meal from rendering plants (meaning dead or sick stock) was first fed racehores more than 100 years ago. Later, well-meaning ranchers (like me) started feeding only their favorite prize cows blood and bone meal to help them get stronger. Over the years, blood and bone meal suppliments were so successfull that it filtered down to regular livestock. If you ever saw a health food store decades ago, blood and bone meal suppliments (from rendering plants) were a favorite---they were sold as the, "natural way throughbred and prize livestock are fed."

Sorry to say, everyone got blindsided of the BSE/Prion problem--there was no "evil" intended.

But hey, don't listen to me! I guess I've shared one too many Milk Bones(tm) made of rendered bone meal with my dogs over the years.



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I'm roper, writer, and wild bull rider.

[ramchop]

I like the subtlety of Japanese products... or perhaps this is actually made from milk, and not cow fat.

[Taro Toporific]

I like the subtlety of Japanese products...

Try Cow and Chicken's JAPANESE VACATION

[ronin juku]

pity I dont have a pic....but

the Cow chip cookies are really fine

[Taro Toporific]

[Taro Toporific]

And lets not even get onto the subject of what we feed chickens

Police arrest Marubeni Chikusan execs over chicken scam
TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 23 shows the building housing the office of Marubeni Chikusan Corp. in Tokyo. Police arrested four executives of the company for alleged involvement in passing off imported chicken as prime domestic poultry. (Kyodo) Jan 23, 2003 updated 15:04
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/photo/photo.jsp?news=0&word=TOP

Oh the horror -- alien chicken!

See also:

7th cow with BSE found in Hokkaido
TOKYO, Japan - Two Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry officials speak at a news conference Jan. 23 on Japan's seventh case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) involving a cow in Hokkaido. The announcement came just four days after the finding of the 6th BSE infection case, involving a cow in Wakayama Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) Jan 23, 2003 updated 15:04
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/photo/photo.jsp?news=0&word=TOP

[Taro Toporific]

[Kyoto Gaijin]

pseudo-ice cream (the stuff lacking cream, like most of the Japaenese variety).

Actually, they label it to say its not icecream, but its in katakana - always check for "rakuto aisu" on the side (lactose and ice?). Then run a mile.

If it says "aisu kuri-mu" you've got your haagen daaz equivalent.