mad cow disease
Below is a copy of the email I just sent to CSPI (Center for Science in Public Interest):
TO CSPI:
I received a request today to take a survey from you (Center for Science in Public Interest) Your question was:
"Are you concerned with the safety of food imported to the U.S. from other countries? What commodities, countries, and issues most concern you?"
My question is: Yes, i am concerned about this issue HOWEVER WHY are we NOT MORE concerned about why South Korea took to the streets to prevent US shipping beef to them b/c the FDA or dept of agriculture does not test EVERY cow for mad cow disease?? I wondered this: why are Americans not taking to to the streets that the FDA does not test EVERY cow for mad cow disease? Why did not ONE major news outlet make THIS FACT a story..that Americans are SO COMPLACENT they let the FDA pick and choose which cow to test. Is there information that i am just not understanding that would make this a reasonable request...that the FDA would check every cow for this???Why was this not a big story? I read about SOuth Korea protesting the beef on the front page of the NY TImes..i read the whole story, the whole time wondering " what the hell?" what the hell are we doing, not caring about this???what can I do about this???? is there some facts you could provide that would convince me that the FDA knows what the hell they are doing by only randoming checking for mad cow disease???? PLEASE HELP!!!!!--long time CSPI member Jean