Letter to the editor
Friday, April 28, 2006 5:14 PM CDT
USDA and meatpackers in cahoots
You were right! The amount of ground and boxed beef that came into this country last year was 3.6 billion pounds. When you include the amount of live cattle that came into the United States from Canada the volume of beef imported was 5.1 billion pounds, 18 percent of our domestic beef market.
We spent the winter in Mexico, and it is common knowledge there that thousands of head of cattle are coming from Central America into Mexico and ending up in the United States. Lets be truthful -- when USDA talks about Mexican cattle they have no idea what country these cattle are coming from.
Jim Robb says all beef imported into the US meets USDA standards. It is my understanding that most ground beef imported from foreign countries comes by ship containing thousands of 1,500 pound frozen blocks. Less than 1 percent is visually inspected. If Jim Robb really believes that all ground beef sold in the United States is 100 percent beef, then this couple from Idaho has the Brooklyn Bridge for sale for $5.
The National Animal Identification System will only benefit companies who stand to sell millions of dollars worth of equipment, the USDA and the big meatpackers who are all like Siamese twins. We're sick and tired of seeing our rural towns destroyed, our family farms destroyed and our young people being forced out of rural America. It is really sad when the biggest enemy the family farm has is our US government.
Gary & Janell Willson
Reubens, Idaho
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