캘리포니아 광우병에 대해 미국 소비자연맹에서 4월 25일자로 발표한 성명서입니다.
3가지 문제를 제기하고 있습니다.
1. 미국의 광우병 검사비율이 지나치게 낮아 광우병을 제대로 걸러낼 수 없으며,
2., 미국 농무부에서 개인기업이 자발적으로 광우병 검사를 실시하겠다는 것을 막는 것은 문제가 있으며,
3. 반추동물에게만 반추동물 유래의 동물성 사료를 금지한 미국의 사료규제 조치는 광우병을 막기엔 부적절한 조치다.
Consumer’s Union on Announcement Today of a Confirmed Mad Cow in California
Statement on BSE positive cow
By Michael Hansen
Consumers Union, Posted April 25, 2012
출처 : http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_25317.cfm
Dr. Michael Hansen, senior scientist at Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, and an expert in mad cow, is available for comment on the mad cow story.
914.378.2452
hansmi@consumer.org
MICHAEL HANSEN, PHD, CONSUMERS UNION – Statement on BSE positive cow
Consumers Union is seriously concerned by the announcement today of a new case of mad cow disease in a cow from Central California. This raises three important questions about the safety of US beef.
First, the USDA testing program for mad cow disease is way too small. USDA only tests some 40,000 cows a year of the millions slaughtered annually. So we really don’t know if this is an isolated unusual event or whether there are more cases in US beef. Our monitoring program is just too small.
Second, detection of BSE is needlessly hindered by the fact that USDA prohibits private companies from testing their own beef. Private testing could augment USDA testing and provide an extra measure of monitoring and assurance of safety to consumers. USDA only tests cattle that are sent to the renderer and doesn’t test at slaughterhouses. We find it hard to understand why USDA prohibits private companies from testing.
Third, the ruminant to ruminant feed ban in the US to prevent spread of mad cow disease is inadequate. Cows can’t be fed to other cows, which is a good thing. But remains of cows can be fed to pigs and chickens, and pig and chicken remains can be fed back to cows. We believe this could allow for the spread of mad cow disease.
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[미국 소비자연맹] 광우병 관련 자료
http://www.consumersunion.org/pub/f/foodmad_cow/index.html
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