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Originally Posted by zovat
Nah, they'll blame the canadians - after all, they had BSE more recently than us, and they are a lot closer 
I'm just gonna wait and see how they deal with it - I think we should start by banning all US beef - after all they did the same to use when we had it....  |
We already ban U.S. beef for other reasons.
We, and a few other countries, do not import US beef because most of it is from cattle that has been given growth hormones. We do not allow growth hormones to be used on animals destined for human consumption. Apparently the jury is sort of out on that in that their scientists say it is safe but ours remain unconvinced.
I mean, just look at Texans (the largest consumers of beef). Who needs more proof than that.