Is this another one of those Urban Legend/snopes things????

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Subject: Subject: McDonald's beef

>>
>>The original message is from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.
>>American cattle producers are very passionate
>>about this.
>>
>>McDonald's claims that there is not enough beef in the USA to support
>>their
>>restaurants. Well, we know that is not
>>so. Our opinion is they are looking to save money at our expense. The sad
>>thing of it is that the people of the USA
>>are the ones who made McDonald's successful in the first place, but we are
>>not good enough to provide beef. We personally are no longer eating at
>>McDonald's, which I am sure does not make an impact, but if we pass this
>>around maybe there will be an impact felt. Please pass it on Just to add a
>>note, all Americans that sell cows at a livestock
>>auction barn had to sign a paper stating that we do
>>NOT EVER feed our cows any part of another cow. South Americans are not
>>required to do this as of yet. McDonald's has announced that they are
>>going to start importing much of their beef from South America. The
>>problem
>>is that South Americans aren't under the same regulations as American beef
>>producers, and the regulations they have are loosely controlled. They can
>>spray numerous pesticides on their pastures that have been banned here at
>>home because of residues found in the beef. They can also use various
>>hormones and growth regulators that we can't. The American public needs to
>>be aware of this problem and that they may be putting themselves at risk
>>from now on by eating at good old McDonald's. American ranchers raise the
>>highest quality beef in the world and this is what Americans deserve to
>>eat. Not beef from countries where quality is loosely controlled.
>>Therefore, I am proposing a boycott of McDonald's until they see the
>>light.
>>I'm sorry but everything is not always about the bottom line, and when it
>>comes to jeopardizing my family's health, that is where I draw the line.
>>I
>>am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at
>>least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those
>>300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the
>>time the message reaches the sixth
>>generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers!
>>I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you?
>>Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you,
>>please pass this message on.
>>
>>David W. Forrest, Ph.D., PAS, Dipl. ACAP Department of Animal Science
>>
>>Texas A&M University Phone
>>(979) 845-3560
>>2471 TA! MU Fax (979) 862-3399 College Station, TX 77843-2471
>>Email d-forrest@tamu.edu <mailto:d-forrest@tamu.edu>

Excelent

Its true

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/boycotts/mcdbeef.asp

Kermitologist

i think (or at least what i teach) is that the fact that its so much cheaper to grow cattle in S AM is a major contrbutor to deforrestation in the rainforrest. the more cattle mickey dees wants to raise there means less habitat for who knows how many animals and plants... Neutral

Member

I used to work with a fellow that raised cattle on the side. He refused to eat at McDonalds when they were getting meat from Australia. I liked to eat there just to tick him off. Twisted Evil

Newbie

It's time for American companies to invest in America. Yes we can help other parts of the world stabilize.
This over seas exporting/importing of jobs/food just to reap more profit is the unhealthiest way of to grow a stable economy. 5% not %20, is stable.
Building our economy in order to help others should be priority one.
McYuks no more!!

Is this another one of those Urban Legend/snopes things????

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