McDonalds Beef

[Trample the Elderly]

MUST Read about McDonalds


THIS IS A GOOD DECENT MAN WHO TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE THIS AND: HE SIGNED THE
STATEMENT AND: INCLUDED HIS CONTACT INFO:


READ ON

I'm sure those of you who aren't in the cattle business don't understand the
issues here. But to those of us
whose living depends on the cattle market, selling cattle, raising the best
beef possible... This is frustrating.
This will keep us from ever stopping there again, even for a drink.
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.

All America ns 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 contr olled.

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 l east ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... a nd 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
Fax (979) 862-3399
2471 TAMU College Station , TX 77843-2471

Vicki

[BleedBurgundy]

wasn't this on the simpsons last night, cannibal cow hamburgers turning people into zombies?

[Trample the Elderly]

Besides the Redskins, I don't watch cartoons?

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

Besides the Redskins, I don't watch cartoons?

nice, very nice indeed.

[hooskins]

I mean I would just boycott fast food beef. Oh wait, I already do.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

I hope Vinny buys Danny a Happy Meal for lunch every day.

[firstdown]

Sounds like someone is ticked because McDonalds is buying beef from someone other than them. Its not like we don't have regulations here that the beef will have to meet before it makes it to market. He also says they made McDonalds? Hmmm maybe it was McDonalds that made them all their money and now they are mad at loosing the business. I'd perfer McDonald's to use US beef but if he is right and American beef is the best in the world they should have plenty of people wanting their product.

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Sounds like someone is ticked because McDonalds is buying beef from someone other than them. Its not like we don't have regulations here that the beef will have to meet before it makes it to market. He also says they made McDonalds? Hmmm maybe it was McDonalds that made them all their money and now they are mad at loosing the business. I'd perfer McDonald's to use US beef but if he is right and American beef is the best in the world they should have plenty of people wanting their product.

Those regulations that bring in all of those top of the line products from China sure are great.

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Sounds like someone is ticked because McDonalds is buying beef from someone other than them. Its not like we don't have regulations here that the beef will have to meet before it makes it to market. He also says they made McDonalds? Hmmm maybe it was McDonalds that made them all their money and now they are mad at loosing the business. I'd perfer McDonald's to use US beef but if he is right and American beef is the best in the world they should have plenty of people wanting their product.

dont you sell insurance? what if the U.S. allowed competition from any 3rd world country, that paid their people 7.00 per/ day? you guys would be crying, and business would suck. i very rarely eat there any ways. this just gives me more reason to skip them. like i have said in other threads, just buy American

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by dmek25

dont you sell insurance? what if the U.S. allowed competition from any 3rd world country, that paid their people 7.00 per/ day? you guys would be crying, and business would suck. i very rarely eat there any ways. this just gives me more reason to skip them. like i have said in other threads, just buy American

If you have not looked lately just about everyone and their brother are now selling ins. Alot of the co's out source customer service to places like India so I do compete against that. I do loose business to companies like that but I find that they also drive business back to me after customers have to deal with their claims and customer service. It actually makes them better customers because they now appreciate our services more and they know they can pick up the phone or come buy and talk directly to their agent and not some 800 number.

[djnemo65]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Sounds like someone is ticked because McDonalds is buying beef from someone other than them. Its not like we don't have regulations here that the beef will have to meet before it makes it to market. He also says they made McDonalds? Hmmm maybe it was McDonalds that made them all their money and now they are mad at loosing the business. I'd perfer McDonald's to use US beef but if he is right and American beef is the best in the world they should have plenty of people wanting their product.

Glad you have confidence in those "regulations" because they sure are under fire these days. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/health/04meat.html

[KLHJ2]

Yeah, NO!

snopes.com: McDonald's Beef Imports

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Angry

Yeah, NO!

snopes.com: McDonald's Beef Imports

God I love Snopes! At least three times a week the soccer moms in my office send out some BS email that I quickly research on Snopes to find out it is not true.

They actually get mad at me when I point out that the email is fake.

[Trample the Elderly]

Someone e-mailed it to me. Whether or not it's true or not, I don't trust anything that comes from Latin America.

For some reason I can't eat fast food anymore anyway. Everytime I eat it my stomach get's messed up. Buger King, McDonalds, Sonics, Wendys, Taco Bell, KFC, etc. . . . . It all just screws with me. I think it is just nasty ass food.

[70Chip]

Things are tough all over, pal.