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I recieved an email talking about Mcdonald s buying beef from elsewhere, like South America. After reading the email, i went to www.tcfa.org site to research myself. I could n't make sense of it, however I like to know epople's opinion on this if it is true?
The original message is from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.
American
> cattle producers are very passionate about this.
>
> McDonald's claims that there is not enough beef in the USA to support
their
> restaurants. Well, we know that is not so. Our opinion is they are looking
> to save money at our expense. The sad thing of it is that the people of
the
> USA are the ones who made McDonald's successful in the first place, but we
> are not good enough to provide beef.
>
> We personally are no longer eating at McDonalds, which I am sure does not
> make an impact, but if we pass this around maybe there will be an impact
> felt. Please pass it on.
>
> Just to add a note, all Americans that sell cows at a livestock auction
barn
> had to sign a paper stating that we do NOT EVER feed our cows any part of
> another cow. South Americans are not required to do this as of yet.
>
> McDonald's has announced that they are going to start importing much of
> their beef from South America. The problem is that South Americans aren't
> under the same regulations as American beef producers, and the regulations
> they have are loosely controlled.
>
> They can spray numerous pesticides on their pastures that have been banned
> here at home because of residues found in the beef. They can also use
> various hormones and growth regulators that we can't. The American public
> needs to be aware of this problem and that they may be putting themselves
at
> risk from now on by eating at good old McDonald's.
>
> American ranchers raise the highest quality beef in the world and this is
> what Americans deserve to eat. Not beef from countries where quality is
> loosely controlled. Therefore, I am proposing a boycott of McDonald's
until
> they see the light.
>
> I'm sorry but everything is not always about the bottom line, and when it
> comes to jeopardizing my family's health, that is where I draw the line.
>
> I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to
at
> least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten
> more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the
> sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION
> consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten
> friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes
> one level further, you guessed it ... THREE HUNDRED MILLION people!!
>
> Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. I'll bet
> you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you? Acting
> together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass
> this message on.
>
> David W. Forrest, Ph.D., PAS, Dipl. ACAP
> Department of Animal Science
> Texas A&M University Phone (979) 845-3560
> 2471 TA! MU Fax (979) 862-3399
> College Station, TX 77843-2471 Email d-forrest@tamu.edu
The original message is from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.
American
> cattle producers are very passionate about this.
>
> McDonald's claims that there is not enough beef in the USA to support
their
> restaurants. Well, we know that is not so. Our opinion is they are looking
> to save money at our expense. The sad thing of it is that the people of
the
> USA are the ones who made McDonald's successful in the first place, but we
> are not good enough to provide beef.
>
> We personally are no longer eating at McDonalds, which I am sure does not
> make an impact, but if we pass this around maybe there will be an impact
> felt. Please pass it on.
>
> Just to add a note, all Americans that sell cows at a livestock auction
barn
> had to sign a paper stating that we do NOT EVER feed our cows any part of
> another cow. South Americans are not required to do this as of yet.
>
> McDonald's has announced that they are going to start importing much of
> their beef from South America. The problem is that South Americans aren't
> under the same regulations as American beef producers, and the regulations
> they have are loosely controlled.
>
> They can spray numerous pesticides on their pastures that have been banned
> here at home because of residues found in the beef. They can also use
> various hormones and growth regulators that we can't. The American public
> needs to be aware of this problem and that they may be putting themselves
at
> risk from now on by eating at good old McDonald's.
>
> American ranchers raise the highest quality beef in the world and this is
> what Americans deserve to eat. Not beef from countries where quality is
> loosely controlled. Therefore, I am proposing a boycott of McDonald's
until
> they see the light.
>
> I'm sorry but everything is not always about the bottom line, and when it
> comes to jeopardizing my family's health, that is where I draw the line.
>
> I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to
at
> least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten
> more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the
> sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION
> consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten
> friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes
> one level further, you guessed it ... THREE HUNDRED MILLION people!!
>
> Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. I'll bet
> you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you? Acting
> together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass
> this message on.
>
> David W. Forrest, Ph.D., PAS, Dipl. ACAP
> Department of Animal Science
> Texas A&M University Phone (979) 845-3560
> 2471 TA! MU Fax (979) 862-3399
> College Station, TX 77843-2471 Email d-forrest@tamu.edu
