Farmers Hiding Bird Flu Cases in Cattle from the FedGov

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• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The USDA now requires a negative test for cattle to move across state lines, but no federal agency can mandate testing on the farms or go onto the farms without permission from the owners. Government requests to test farmers’ cows have mostly been ignored.

  “You have to understand how they approach the world. They take on so much risk every day with what they do in their operation,” Naerebout said. “They are very reluctant on this issue or any other issue to have the government involved.”

  So we have a feelings-based food supply. That’s probably fine.

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  • ThePantser@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So the USDA is now useless too? If they want approval to sell their cow stuffs the USDA should revoke their license unless they can enter their property to test.

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    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In all fairness, the USDA has been useless for a long time.

      Just one of many examples, treatments are not considered ingredients, so they don’t need to be disclosed to the consumer. McDonald’s takes mechanically separated chicken bits leftover from Tyson’s boning process, then mixes it with ammonia to kill bacteria, homogenizing it into a pink goo. That goo is pressed into one of four shapes, “breaded” and fried, and the ingredients list for McNuggets is not required to include ammonia.

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  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And they wonder why the rest of the world isn’t super eager to import their awesome foodstuffs.

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    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No joke. I was floored when I read that Mexico refused to import corn unless the FDA provided proof of full safety of the “Roundup ready” GMO corn and pesticides, and the FDA failed to respond with proof.

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  • MHSJenkins@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We live in the Attention Age and the world runs to a large degree on emotions. This is fine, everything’s fine.

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• Allonzee@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The private profit motive is at odds with societal well being.

  And it wins every time.

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• reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Remember during the pandemic when the CDC made it very clear they didn’t give a fuck about us. 5 day back to work with COVID policy, with zero science to back it etc.

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  • MHSJenkins@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The loss of public trust in the CDC in particular and public health in general are a huge problem. We’ll need a generation or two to fix it.

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    • Drusas@kbin.run ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It doesn't help that the CDC capitulates to economic interests. Everyone suddenly saw that when the pandemic hit (except for the MAGA types, who somehow were convinced the CDC was being overly strict when it was quite the opposite). Hard to get your credibility back when it's so blatant.

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  • conquer4@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Almost like a government agency is as reliable as the head of the government. And you had a shitstain then, and now you have the results of decades of laws to reduce oversight. If the CDC doesn’t have the power over disease response, they don’t have responsibility. The FDA has no oversight over cattle on farms, so no responsibility. It’s your problem, not theirs.

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  • bahbah23@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    …no?

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• sir_pronoun@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is going to turn out great!

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• capital@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You can opt out of animal agriculture.

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• downpunxx@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They aren't allowing the Government onto their property to check the cattle, and the cattle themselves will be tested if they try to move them over state lines, so, if these chuckle heads are dairy farmers, the government simply needs to check every drop of milk product that's shipped off the farm before it goes to market/processors/distributors. Easy peasy.

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  • confusedwiseman@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I thought they already test the milk from each farm. Truck comes to pick up your milk and takes a sample to check quality and butterfat levels to pay out on. If you allow bad milk into the truck, you just bought the whole truck as it can’t be used.

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    • downpunxx@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      well, then, test is harder, while snearing

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  • iAvicenna@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    oh yea they did, and found unviable traces of the virus. But with so many people drinking raw milk, good luck with our next pandemic?

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• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Better dead than lose money.

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• wafflez@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Stop breeding and killing animals

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• iAvicenna@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  pfft like the government doesn’t know already

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