JIM WELLER (1:123/140) wrote to STEVEN HORN at 12:56 on 28 Oct 2004:

 JW> I grew up in farm country and I can assure you Agriculture Canada
 JW> does not routinely inspect farms. A division of it called the
 JW> Canadian Food Inspection Agency inspects slaughter houses and food
 JW> processing plants. 

 JW> The key word there is "routinely". Of course, during the Mad Cow
 JW> crisis lots of farms and herds got inspected by the CFIA.

But is the Mad Cow crisis over?  Those ranchers who can't sell their beef
in the U.S. might argue that it is still very much with us.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}gmail.com)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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