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Release No. 0265.06 STATEMENT BY AGRICULTURE SECRETARY MIKE JOHANNS REGARDING THE REOPENING OF THE JAPANESE MARKET TO U.S. BEEF "I am pleased that Japan announced today it would resume imports of U.S. beef from cattle 20 months of age and younger. This has been a long process as we've confirmed that our system is in full compliance with Japan's import requirements and provided Japan with clear, scientific data confirming that American beef is extremely safe. It is gratifying to know that these efforts paid-off, as did the patience demonstrated by Congress. "It is unfortunate that the trade resumption launched last December was cut short in January of this year. Nations need reasonable methods of addressing the inadvertent shipment of products that don't meet an importing country's specifications, without disrupting an entire trading relationship. The U.S. has such methods of addressing noncompliant shipments from Japan, as well as our other trading partners, and I am hopeful that going forward Japan will take a similar approach. "As we look forward, we must also continue to strive to move beef trade with Japan and throughout the world toward science-based international guidelines. Science provides us with clear data upon which to build trading standards. All of us must be mindful of these guidelines and work toward complying with them. "In 2003, the United States exported $1.4 billion worth of beef and beef products to Japan. I look forward to the day when we resume that level of trade. To that end, I have asked the Japanese Government to meet with us this fall to discuss the next steps toward strengthening our beef trading relationship and graduating to standards based in science." http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=2006/07/0265.xml Red Meat Export Requirements for Japan Eligible/Ineligible Product http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/Japan_Requirements/index.asp TO bad for USA consumer, and Tourists consuming beef products in the USA, that they cannot buy USDA certified beef for Japan export in grocery stores here in USA. Long ago i stated that consumers in USA were the ones getting screwed i.e. product most likely to contain the TSE agent, considering what exporting countries of USDA product were getting, just does not make sense$ BUT for the Tourist that is here for medical and surgical procedures, that think they are not going to eat beef, thus be safe from BSE/TSE here in the USA due to ongoing documented USDA BSE blunders, i would guess again about some of those surgical procedures and the safety from TSE in the USA medical and surgical arena. ... you can fool some of us, some of the time, but you cannot fool all of us, all of the time. ...TSS Subject: MADCOW USA BEEF PRODUCTS EXPORT $$$ U.S.A. Abattoirs approved for Swiss export $ SRMs Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 09:26:54 -0600 ######## Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ######### Greetings List Members, i can't believe the extremes that the USA Gov. will go to, to deceive the USA consumer$ removing SRMs and having other safety standards only for exported products, but still allowing potentially TSE tainted products for USA consumers, all for a buck$ to bad the USA consumer does not have enough backbone to demand their products coming from only the companies below. also, i cannot understand why the media does not pick up on this. i guess they are to consumed with war. kind regards, terry Export Library EUFreshM 12/30/2002 Eligible Plants List - EU Fresh Meat Format Plants are listed by ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER which is the meat number unless the plant has no meat number or one was not specified then the poultry number becomes the ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER. Search Information Searches can be done by visual scan (scrolling down the list) of the ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER in most cases. If the plant was registered by both meat number and poultry number, look for the meat number first and the poultry number should be listed with it. A computer search can be performed using "Find on This Page" from the "Edit" menu of your MSIExplorer or Netscape browsers. ID warehouses may have either an "M" or "P" number. I-House and Equine "E" numbers may also be shown. Report plant data changes to the Export Staff at the FSIS Technical Service Center on company letterhead fax to (402 221-7479) after making the official change to plant data on FSIS form 5200-2 (Grant of Inspection Application) submitted to the appropriate FSIS District Office. Est. Numbers --- Est. Name --- Address --- City --- State--- Zip --- Species --- Special Slaughter/ Cutting .....snip >> ######## Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy BSE Regulation Has Not CJD WATCH MESSAGE BOARD END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR July 12, 2006 ### http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00960.html New Orleans District Telephone: 615-781-5380 May 17, 2006 WARNING LETTER NO. 2006-NOL-06 FEDERAL EXPRESS Mr. William Shirley, Jr., Owner Dear Mr. Shirley: On February 12, 17, 21, and 22, 2006, a U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) investigator inspected your rendering plant, located at 509 Fortson Street, Shreveport, Louisiana. The inspection revealed significant deviations from the requirements set forth in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 589.2000 [21 CFR 589.2000], Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. This regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). You failed to follow the requirements of this regulation; products being manufactured and distributed by your facility are misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(a)(1) [21 USC 343(a)(1)] of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act). Our investigation found you failed to provide measures, including sufficient written procedures, to prevent commingling or cross-contamination and to maintain sufficient written procedures [21 CFR 589.2000(e)] because: You failed to use clean-out procedures or other means adequate to prevent carryover of protein derived from mammalian tissues into animal protein or feeds which may be used for ruminants. For example, your facility uses the same equipment to process mammalian and poultry tissues. However, you use only hot water to clean the cookers between processing tissues from each species. You do not clean the auger, hammer mill, grinder, and spouts after processing mammalian tissues. You failed to maintain written procedures specifying the clean-out procedures or other means to prevent carryover of protein derived from mammalian tissues into feeds which may be used for ruminants. As a result . the poultry meal you manufacture may contain protein derived from mammalian tissues prohibited in ruminant feed. Pursuant to 21 CFR 589.2000(e)(1)(i), any products containing or may contain protein derived from mammalian tissues must be labeled, "Do not feed to cattle or other ruminants." Since you failed to label a product which may contain protein derived from mammalian tissues with the required cautionary statement. the poultry meal is misbranded under Section 403(a)(1) [21 USC 343(a)(1)] of the Act. This letter is not intended as an all-inclusive list of violations at your facility. As a manufacturer of materials intended for animal feed use, you are responsible for ensuring your overall operation and the products you manufacture and distribute are in compliance with the law. You should take prompt action to correct these violations, and you should establish a system whereby violations do not recur. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in regulatory action, such as seizure and/or injunction, without further notice. You should notify this office in writing within 15 working days of receiving this letter, outlining the specific steps you have taken to bring your firm into compliance with the law. Your response should include an explanation of each step taken to correct the violations and prevent their recurrence. If corrective action cannot be completed within 15 working days, state the reason for the delay and the date by which the corrections will be completed. Include copies of any available documentation demonstrating corrections have been made. Your reply should be directed to Mark W. Rivero, Compliance Officer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 2424 Edenborn Avenue, Suite 410, Metairie, Louisiana 70001. If you have questions regarding any issue in this letter, please contact Mr. Rivero at (504) 219-8818, extension 103. Sincerely, /S Carol S. Sanchez USDA APHIS 4TH QUARTERLY ENFORCEMENT REPORT 2005 snip... Administrative Actions Pending or Taken at Small HACCP Plants [includes actions initiated in prior quarters] snip... DESERET MEAT 04852 M SPANISH FORK, UT snip... Administrative Actions Pending or Taken at Small HACCP Plants [includes actions initiated in prior quarters] snip... MONTEBELLO MEAT PROCESSING, INC 19075 M19075 P MANATI, PR snip... Table 7. Administrative Actions: Very Small HACCP Plants (7/01/05 to 9/30/05) snip... A.J. CEKAK'S MEAT MARKET 09/01/05 09/20/05 On 9/1/05, an enforcement action 21562 M concerning failure to meet regulatory ORD, NE requirements for Escherichia coli X X X Biotype 1 (E. coli) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy/Specified Risk Material was taken in accordance with 9 CFR Part 500.4. snip... Administrative Actions Pending or Taken at Very Small HACCP Plants [includes actions initiated in prior quarters] snip... BROWN'S PROCESSING 13100 M13100 P ELSBERRY, MO snip... Administrative Actions Pending or Taken at Very Small HACCP Plants [includes actions initiated in prior quarters] snip... FIVE STAR PACK INC. 08725 M08725 P GOLDEN CITY, MO 09/01/05 09/09/05 X X On 9/1/05, an enforcement action concerning failure to meet regulatory requirements for Escherichia coli Biotype 1 (E. coli) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy/Specified Risk Material was taken in accordance with 9 CFR Part 500.4. snip... Administrative Actions Pending or Taken at Very Small HACCP Plants [includes actions initiated in prior quarters] snip... H AND P MEATS 21352 M SOUTH PITTSBURG, TN 07/28/05 08/08/05 08/17/05 08/19/05 X X On 8/17/05, a suspension action concerning Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Specified Risk Material was taken in accordance with 9 CFR Part 500.3. snip... HOPKINS PACKING COMPANY 11069 M BLACKFOOT, ID snip... Administrative Actions Pending or Taken at Very Small HACCP Plants [includes actions initiated in prior quarters] snip... NORTHWEST PREMIUM MEATS LLC 11032 M11032 P NAMPA, ID 07/26/05 07/29/05 X X On 7/26/05, a suspension action concerning Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Specified Risk Material was taken in accordance with 9 CFR Part 500.3. snip... PARADISE LOCKER MEATS 31865 M31865 P TRIMBLE, MO PARAGON SPRAY DRYING, LLC 31792 M31792 P WAUKON, IA snip... Administrative Actions Pending or Taken at Very Small HACCP Plants [includes actions initiated in prior quarters] snip... RANDALL MEAT COMPANY 10669 M HOT SPRINGS, AR snip... Administrative Actions Pending or Taken at Very Small HACCP Plants [includes actions initiated in prior quarters] snip... 08/04/05 08/19/05 On 8/4/05, an enforcement action 01046 M01046 P concerning Bovine SpongiformKANSAS CITY, MO X X Encephalopathy and Specified Risk Material was taken in accordance with 9 CFR Part 500.4. Administrative Actions Pending or Taken at Very Small HACCP Plants [includes actions initiated in prior quarters] snip... THE MEAT SHOP 08/18/05 09/06/05 09/09/05 On 9/6/05, a suspension action 31561 M concerning Bovine SpongiformBENSON, VT Encephalopathy and Specified Risk Material was taken in accordance with 9 CFR Part 500.3. XX X X X THEURER'S QUALITY MEATS, 07/27/05 07/29/05 On 7/27/05, a suspension action INC concerning Bovine Spongiform31647 M31647 P Encephalopathy and Specified Risk X X LEWISTON, UT Material was taken in accordance with 9 CFR Part 500.3. TOOELE VALLEY MEATS 07/25/05 08/01/05 On 7/25/05, a suspension action 20594 M20594 Pconcerning Bovine Spongiform GRANTSVILLE, UT X X Encephalopathy and Specified Risk Material was taken in accordance with 9 CFR Part 500.3. snip... 52 pages http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/QER_Q4_FY2005.pdf Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE, or “Mad Cow Disease”): Current and Proposed Safeguards Updated October 13, 2005 Geoffrey S. Becker Specialist in Agricultural Policy Resources, Science and Industry Division Sarah A. Lister Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology Domestic Social Policy Division SNIP... http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/05oct/RL32199.pdf BSE Surveillance Program and Specified Risk Material Controls Could Be Improved http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/sarcfirsthalf06.pdf EXAMPLES OF AUDIT AND INVESTIGATIVE WORK FOR GOAL 1 OIG Continuing To Review Effectiveness of BSE Surveillance Program We are continuing our work with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), widely known as “mad cow disease.” With the discovery of a BSE-infected animal in December 2003, the nimal and Plant Health Inspection Service ( PHIS) decided to expand its Surveillance Program to test a larger number of high-risk animals—those that exhibited a disorder of the central nervous system (CNS), such as difficulty standing, walking, etc., and cattle that died on the farm from unclear causes. Our overall objective is to evaluate whether the expanded BSE Surveillance Program is accomplishing its intended objectives—to ensure detection with 99-percent confidence that the BSE prevalence rate was 1 in 10 million and a swift response to its introduction into the United States—and has been effectively implemented and administered. nother objective is to evaluate whether the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has effectively enforced the ban on Specified Risk Material (certain beef tissues and products, i.e., brain, skull, eyes, spinal cord) in meat products, and effectively implemented its testing program and controls to prevent CNS tissue in dvanced Meat Recovery systems (special equipment to remove meat from bones similar to hand trimming in that bones remain basically intact). 1 2 Route for Cattle Smuggler Leads to Conviction, Proceedings Pending for Another In September 2004, OIG and PHIS began an investigation into the smuggling of cattle into the United States from Canada. In March 2005, 2 individuals were indicted in U.S. Federal Court for smuggling 169 head of cattle across the U.S. border through an Indian Reservation, and then trucking them to U.S. auction houses. OIG, PHIS, and FSIS traced the path of the smuggled cattle to ensure that they were properly slaughtered or returned to Canada. In July 2005, one of the men pled guilty to smuggling and conspiracy charges with sentencing scheduled for November 2005. dditional judicial proceedings against the other defendant in this case are continuing. snip... FSIS Needs To Track the Shipment of Recalled Product More Closely On July 28, 2004, Quaker Maid Meats, Inc., recalled approximately 170,000 pounds of mislabeled ground beef patties made, in part, from 41,000 pounds of finely textured beef trim (meat scavenged from beef taken off the bone at high pressure) from Canada. This product was not eligible for importation after the detection of a Canadian cow with mad cow disease in May 2003. The beef patties had been shipped to 474 distribution centers and stores in 10 States; the recall recovered more than 93 percent of the ineligible product. In reviewing the recall, we concluded that FSIS had strengthened its procedures regarding the oversight of meat and poultry recalls and complied with the recent revision made to recall policy. However, FSIS compliance officers did not determine the amount of product purchased by consignees for 26 of the recall’s 58 effectiveness checks. FSIS’ recall policy did not provide specific direction on identifying and evaluating the amount of product purchased by consignees, thus reducing assurance that mislabeled product had been retrieved. FSIS agreed to revise its form, “Report of Recall Effectiveness,” to require compliance officers to explain why any amounts of product purchased by consignees are not identified. FSIS also agreed to revise its procedures to provide specific direction on identifying and evaluating the amount of product purchased by the consignees and guidance on when it is acceptable not to identify this amount. (FSIS Oversight of the 2004 Recall by Quaker Maid Meats, Inc., udit Report No. 24601-4-Hy) http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/sarcfinal060223.pdf First Half 2005 http://www.usda.gov/oig/webdocs/SarcFirstHalf05.pdf Issued June 2000 * In March 1998, an FSIS food inspector and a Federal plant in New snip... The following Civil Enforcement Actions are a representative sample of * In June 1998, an Illinois Federal plant entered into a settlement snip... http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/rtc98.htm FSIS REPORT TO CONGRESS 1996 HELL, why not sell those 'DOWNERS' for our GIs to eat, In June 1996, a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of snip... http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/rtc96.pdf February 2003 snip... MORE BRIBERY FOR PASSING DOWNERS FOR HUMAN/ANIMAL * June 2000. A USDA Judicial Officer (JO) issued a Decision snip... March 2001 snip... January 1999. The owner of an export inspection station was sentenced on snip... http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/rtc99/rtc99chap3.htm
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