IMPORTATION OF CANADIAN CATTLE, BISON, SHEEP, AND GOATS INTO THE UNITED STATES 12/1/09

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE WASHINGTON, DC

FSIS NOTICE 80-09 12/1/09

DISTRIBUTION: Electronic

NOTICE EXPIRES: 12/1/10 OPI: OPPD

NOTE: This notice reissues the content of FSIS Notice 88-08 in its entirety

IMPORTATION OF CANADIAN CATTLE, BISON, SHEEP, AND GOATS INTO THE UNITED STATES

I. PURPOSE This notice provides updated information to Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspection program personnel (IPP) about the receipt, slaughter, and inspection of cattle, bison, sheep, and goats imported from Canada.

Key Points

- Bovines born after March 1, 1999 arriving from Canada are eligible for slaughter

- Verification of animals coming from the feedlot refers to activities involving sheep and goats only in this notice and no longer involves bovines

- IPP are to conduct another awareness meeting at establishments that have chosen to, or that may choose to, receive ruminants from Canada

- FSIS will no longer hold pregnant bovines. Pregnant cattle and bison are now eligible for slaughter

- Collection of fetal bovine serum from the fetuses of Canadian animals is no longer prohibited

- This notice identifies a new place to send the VS Form 1-27, “Permit for Movement of Restricted Animals”

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II. BACKGROUND

A. In the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) final regulation entitled, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions; Importation of Live Bovines and Products Derived from Bovines (hereafter referred to as “the Rule”), animals not in compliance with the age and other provisions of the Rule are ineligible for import into the United States and, therefore, ineligible for slaughter. Under this rule, bovines born after March 1, 1999 are now eligible for entry into the United States. APHIS border personnel will make this determination at the border based on certifications by Canadian officials. Should FSIS personnel note any irregularities in this regard, FSIS will hold the affected bovines and will report their findings to the Area Veterinarian in Charge (AVIC) for disposition. For purposes of this notice, bovines will include cattle and bison.

B. The restrictions on sheep and goats in the Rule have not changed. Sheep and goats must be less than 12 months old and must not be pregnant to be eligible for slaughter. IPP will still verify that establishments ensure the eligibility of sheep and goats arriving for immediate slaughter and from feedlots.

III. DEFINITIONS

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see full text ;

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FSISNotices/80-09.pdf




Docket No. 03-080-1 -- USDA ISSUES PROPOSED RULE TO ALLOW LIVE ANIMAL IMPORTS FROM CANADA

*** SEEMS THE FEDERAL URL FOR MY SUBMISSION IS NOW MUTE...TSS


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PLEASE SEE FULL TEXT HERE ;

Docket No. 03-080-1 -- USDA ISSUES PROPOSED RULE TO ALLOW LIVE ANIMAL IMPORTS FROM CANADA


http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2008/07/docket-no-03-080-1-usda-issues-proposed.html



http://stanford.wellsphere.com/cjd-article/docket-no-03-080-1-usda-issues-proposed-rule-to-allow-live-animal-imports-from-canada/641254



Subject: Importation of Whole Cuts of Boneless Beef from Japan [Docket No. 05-004-1] RIN 0579-AB93 TSS SUBMISSION

Date: August 24, 2005 at 2:47 pm PST

August 24, 2005

Importation of Whole Cuts of Boneless Beef from Japan [Docket No. 05-004-1] RIN 0579-AB93 TSS SUBMISSION

Greetings APHIS ET AL,

My name is Terry S. Singeltary Sr.


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From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [flounder9@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 1:09 PM To: FSIS RegulationsComments Subject: [Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011] FSIS Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Page 1 of 98 8/3/2006 Greetings FSIS, I would kindly like to comment on the following ;


http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments/2006-0011/2006-0011-1.pdf



Stanley Prusiner Nobel Peace Prize winner for the PRION comments on Importing Canadian Beef to USA

Damning statements...turn it up, please listen.


http://maddeer.org/video/embedded/prusinerclip.html




Monday, November 30, 2009

USDA AND OIE COLLABORATE TO EXCLUDE ATYPICAL SCRAPIE NOR-98 ANIMAL HEALTH CODE


http://nor-98.blogspot.com/2009/11/usda-and-oie-collaborate-to-exclude.html



Monday, November 23, 2009

BSE GBR RISK ASSESSMENTS UPDATE NOVEMBER 23, 2009 COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND O.I.E.


http://docket-aphis-2006-0041.blogspot.com/2009/11/bse-gbr-risk-assessments-update.html



Wednesday, November 18, 2009

R-CALF: 40 Groups Disagree With USDA's Latest BSE Court Submission


http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/11/r-calf-40-groups-disagree-with-usdas.html




Docket APHIS-2006-0041 Docket Title Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions; Importation of Live Bovines and Products Derived from Bovines Commodities Docket Type Rulemaking Document APHIS-2006-0041-0001 Document Title Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Minimal-Risk Regions; Importation of Live Bovines and Products Derived From Bovines Public Submission APHIS-2006-0041-0006 Public Submission Title Comment from Terry S Singletary Sr Views Add Comments How To Comment

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MY personal belief, since you ask, is that not only the Canadian border, but the USA border, and the Mexican border should be sealed up tighter than a drum for exporting there TSE tainted products, until a validated, 100% sensitive test is available, and all animals for human and animal consumption are tested. all we are doing is the exact same thing the UK did with there mad cow poisoning when they exported it all over the globe, all the while knowing what they were doing. this BSE MRR policy is nothing more than a legal tool to do just exactly what the UK did, thanks to the OIE and GW, it's legal now. and they executed Saddam for poisoning ???

go figure....

Terry S. Singeltary Sr. P.O. Box 42 Bacliff, Texas USA 77518



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From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.

To: FREAS@CBER.FDA.GOV

Cc: william.freas@fda.hhs.gov ; rosanna.harvey@fda.hhs.gov

Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 2:59 PM

Subject: Re: TSE advisory committee for the meeting December 15, 2006 [TSS SUBMISSION

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ONE FINAL COMMENT PLEASE, (i know this is long Dr. Freas but please bear with me)

THE USA is in a most unique situation, one of unknown circumstances with human and animal TSE. THE USA has the most documented TSE in different species to date, with substrains growing in those species (BSE/BASE in cattle and CWD in deer and elk, there is evidence here with different strains), and we know that sheep scrapie has over 20 strains of the typical scrapie with atypical scrapie documented and also BSE is very likely to have passed to sheep. all of which have been rendered and fed back to animals for human and animal consumption, a frightening scenario. WE do not know the outcome, and to play with human life around the globe with the very likely TSE tainted blood from the USA, in my opinion is like playing Russian roulette, of long duration, with potential long and enduring consequences, of which once done, cannot be undone.

These are the facts as i have come to know through daily and extensive research of TSE over 9 years, since 12/14/97. I do not pretend to have all the answers, but i do know to continue to believe in the ukbsenvcjd only theory of transmission to humans of only this one strain from only this one TSE from only this one part of the globe, will only lead to further failures, and needless exposure to humans from all strains of TSE, and possibly many more needless deaths from TSE via a multitude of proven routes and sources via many studies with primates and rodents and other species. ...

Terry S. Singeltary Sr. P.O. Box 42 Bacliff, Texas USA 77518

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