The following evidence is what has occurred in only the past few years and involves more than 144.5 million pounds of beef. This evidence further undercuts USDA's assumption that BSE risk pathways to humans have been effectively alleviated:
Jan. 15, 2010: New York recall of a beef carcass that may not have had the spinal column removed.
Oct. 17, 2009: Wisconsin recall of about 5,522 pounds of beef tongues that may not have had the tonsils completely removed.
Oct. 16, 2009: California recall of approximately 11,500 pounds of assorted meat and poultry products (including beef) that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection.
Oct. 15, 2009: Nebraska recall of approximately 33,000 pounds of beef tongues that may not have had the tonsils completely removed.
May 29, 2009: Idaho recall of approximately 14,560 pounds of beef primal and subprimal products that were imported from Canada and not presented for re-inspection upon entry into the United States.
Apr. 29, 2009: New York recall of approximately 16,213 pounds of seasoning products, which contained cattle by-products that were ineligible for import into the United States.
Apr. 26, 2009: Michigan recall of an undetermined amount (estimated at 30,973 pounds) of frozen meat and poultry pasta products (including beef) that were prepared without the benefit of federal inspection.
Mar. 28, 2009: South Carolina recall of approximately 2,925 pounds of beef and other meat products that were mislabeled and possibly produced without the benefit of federal inspection.
Aug. 7, 2008: Texas recall of approximately 941,271 pounds of cattle heads with tonsils not completely removed.
Jun. 26, 2008: Missouri-based recall of approximately 120 pounds of fresh cattle heads with tonsils not completely removed.
Jun. 26, 2008: Texas recall of approximately 2,850 pounds of fresh cattle heads which may have contained SRMs.
April 4, 2008: Kansas recall of approximately 406,000 pounds of frozen cattle heads with tonsils not completely removed.
Feb. 17, 2008: California recall of 143,383,823 pounds of raw and frozen beef products, which were produced without the cattle receiving complete and proper inspection, including requisite inspections of non-ambulatory cattle that were supposed to be removed from the food supply.
A feed manufacturing firm was cited this year by the FDA for manufacturing and distributing adulterated animal feed to nine states: Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, Washington, California, and Oregon; yet nowhere was specified exactly how long this manufacturer had been distributing the adulterated feed.
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