HR 875 - the death of freedom in America

The problem NAIS is supposed to solve is not real; it is speculative.  The U.S. has controlled every disease ever to enter the United States.  If this were not true, why did USDA significantly cut back its BSE surveillance testing and why does the agency allow the importation of Mexican cattle known to continually reintroduce bovine tuberculosis into the United States?   Congress refuses to address the real disease problems facing U.S. livestock producers and consumers.  The massive meat recalls involving millions of pounds of meat were not caused by U.S. livestock producers; they were caused by unsanitary conditions at U.S. and foreign slaughterhouses.  The 2003 mad cow disease case in an imported cow that closed U.S. export markets was not caused by U.S. livestock producers. It was caused by USDA’s failure to restrict Canadian imports after Canada discovered its first case of mad cow disease in 1993.

Rather than prevent the introduction of foreign animal diseases by strengthening our border restrictions and addressing the actual source of meat contamination by enforcing food safety standards in U.S. and foreign slaughterhouses, Congress and USDA intend to impose the most onerous regulatory regime imaginable upon U.S. livestock producers. 

Please stop NAIS and work with R-CALF USA to develop a sensible plan that would benefit livestock producers by improving our already effective disease prevention, control, and eradication programs. 

Sincerely,

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