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Quote: Originally posted by heath63 on 01/7/2013

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Thanks Jax and Ki,

It does seem rather strange though. Meat is deemed safe to eat once treated and does not need to be labelled.

If it is so safe, and with no evidence that it will be transferred to humans.

Why all the big song and dance. The farmers have to go through hoops to have their cattle free from TB.

Cattle which are reactors are slaughtered, but still end up in the food chain.   Farmers have to wait for further tests to make sure the herd is clear of TB, before resuming normality.

Wonder why the meat is able to go for human consumption once treated.
Doesn't make sense.

heath63

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Said on TV today that the TB usually is in the lungs and does not go into the meat or milk, so they are safe to consume. Plus, pasturisation and cooking would  kill it anyway.

I agree though it doesn't explain why they slaughter reactors to TB or the drive to eradicate it.

Jules

I don't think we'll see a better reply than the one above from Kate W. All I'd suggest to anyone who wants to be sure about the safety of the meat they buy is to buy meat farmed and slaughtered in Britain.

I was born and bred on a farm, after that I spent time on cattle trucks and have visited many farms, markets and slaughter houses over the years. When I watch farming, transport, marketing & slaughter methods all around the world on the internet & compare it to what I've seen here, believe me the Traditional British way of doing the job is head and shoulders above the rest.

IF it were possible, nothing which wasn''t produced in this country would find its way through my door. I'm confident enough in our agricultural industry to believe our Farmers and Growers wouldn't sell anything into the food chain which they wouldn't be happy to eat themselves & while it's down to te individual, that's good enough for me.

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