Comments on: McDonald’s Greed

by: NICK LeCOMPTE

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:54:34 +0000

i cant understand how or why mcdonalds can demand any thing, as how the usda is to handle nais.they do use a lot of beef,but i would ask you to call their corp office and ask where most of the beef they use is raised. ask them what country . put pressure on them to tell you.

by: lynn

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:07:19 +0000

I am doing all l can possibly do to stop this monster. It is a police-state creation and we all better tell everyone we know…animal owner or not…about this ghastly invasion that is coming at us!
Lynn

by: Celeste

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:29:55 +0000

The problem Doreen is that not many are aware that the definitions of our agricultural words has changed and this year will be radically altered by Congressional Agricultural Sub- Committee. Since when did Congress define our words?

The following comes from the National Agriculture Law Center Glossary:

Voluntary program
A program that allows producers to choose whether to participate without loss of market access. The cornerstone of current federal programs is that they are voluntary.

Mandatory program(s)
A program that requires all producers to participate if they wish to produce and market a designated commodity without prohibitive penalty. The U.S. tobacco program and peanut program are examples of mandatory programs.

Mandatory supply control(s)
A program that would prohibit producers from producing or selling more than specified amounts of certain commodities without penalty. All producers of any controlled commodity would be required to participate, with fines or other legal penalties used to enforce restrictions.

So when talking with our representatives or media we need to use their definitions, not ours.

by: Doreen

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:24:25 +0000

I guess the problem I have with saying ‘voluntary NAIS” is that QSA is already an existent program and it is indeed managed by the USDA and it appears that all the ‘auditing and inspecting’ they do are commensurate with ISO standards, hence, it ISN’T actually market driven, but driven by international standards the same as (Codex, OIE, etc.) NAIS….but NAIS is also coming down because of Trade Agreements, so ‘voluntary NAIS’ is actually an oxymoron.

If consumers want it, they should develop the groups to ask producers to contract with them to meet certain standards. No government involvement PERIOD.

by: DeanAFOSI (IOWA)

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:45:25 +0000

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by: george

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:19:39 +0000

Doesn’t much of McD’s beef come from other countries? Does anyone know?

by: DeanAFOSI (IOWA)

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:22:00 +0000

NAIS Reporting/Tracking is Written, to FAVOR the Corporations, and NOT EQUAL. The Independent Farmer/Premises Registered Person (You), and any other average person, IS required under NAIS to ID and track EACH INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL by “separate ID Number” and “Documentation”, however, The AGRIBIZ-Corporations , BY NAIS Regulations, ONLY require the Corporations, to REGISTER an ENTIRE HERD with just “ONE ID NUMBER”. This could be as many as 1,000 Animals REGISTERED and Tracked, as ONLY ONE(1) ID NUMBER. All the Corporations have to do is keep the herd together..(NOW WHO IS GOING TO MISS ONE OR TWO Animals, IF THE WHOLE HERD HAS ONLY ONE ID NO.) Thus the USDA has Played right into the AGRIBIZ-Corporation’s hands to PUT the LITTLE GUYS/GALS out of BUSINESS. This is a FACT PEOPLE, in the NAIS regulations, NOT MY OPINION…
And you WONDER WHY?, the USDA, U.S.Govt., and their Controlled National Media, aren’t Talking…..DAAAA!

by: rooster-lover

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:54:34 +0000

I’ve suspected McDonalds and other fast-food joints were colluding in this all along — now we know it for sure. In fact, I wonder if this whole bird flu scare isn’t an attempt to counteract the negative publicity that McD’s and Hardees have gotten lately re: the horrid treatment of the factory-farm chickens they use for McNuggets, etc. (No, I don’t eat there — I’m a vegetarian.) So now we are being told that backyard flocks and free-run birds might carry bird flu and kill us all, so it’s “safer” to eat commercial chicken that doesn’t come into contact with wild birds. What a pile of bovine by-product! If wild birds carry this flu, how come there’s no move to ban hunting them? Minnesota (where I am) is on a major flyway, duck and goose hunting are a big sport here — if the birds were infected, wouldn’t hunters be at risk form dressing thier kills? But the govt KNOWS the problem isn’t really wild birds, it’s factory farms…

by: DeanAFOSI (Iowa)

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:25:00 +0000

NAIS,is a 3 Tier Reporting System! 1st you REGISTER your PREMISES. 2nd, after everyone is Registered, if you take your Animal or Chicken off the Property even to give it exersize, NAIS will require a Satellite,RFID, GPS, “RealTime” TackingChip be inserted in your Animal, so the USDA can track your animal. Then you are requirede to submit paperwork as to when the Animnal left the property, and when the animal came back, within 24 hours of the action. 3rd,,,NAIS requires you to report EVERY HUMAN, who accesses YOUR HOME/PREMISES, within 24 hours to the USDA, by mandatorily makinga photocopy of their Driver’s License, and sending it to the USDA. Ex. If you have thankgiving for family, they must comply with photo ID copying when they come for thanksgiving..If you Don’t? iT’S A $1,000 a DAY FINE! Oh ya, I forgot, they already put up the Satellite in the SKY that will TRACK you (GPS) and also the Satellite, that will Take Real Time PHOTOS, of YOUR HOME PREMISES, to count your Animals and seeif you left the Property….So they can Fine You, when you Do Not Comply! Welcome to the Govt. Keeping You Safe, with NAIS!!!!!!! P.S. I did not exxagerate this comment…It will Occur……Registering is ONLY their 1st step.

by: DeanAFOSI (Iowa)

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:28:42 +0000

NAIS;Good or Bad? Here’s some proof of USDA’a Eventual Intentions….Why Do you think, they wabt you and your animals PREMISE’s REGISTERED?…READ! THIS!
Should USDA officially
confirm the presence of a disease, such as FMD, the affected herd and all
cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and susceptible wildlife—infected or not—
within a minimum 10-kilometer zone around the infected farm would be
killed. USDA would wait for confirmation before slaughtering animals to
avoid causing unnecessary panic among producers and severe market
fluctuations.42 If the disease were to spread beyond the initial zone,
authorities would continue to quarantine and kill animals until the disease
was “stamped out.” USDA’s “Crimson Sky” test exercise in 2002, estimated
that, under the current “stamping out” approach, FMD would spread
rapidly, necessitating the slaughter of millions of animals and cause
staggering financial losses—precisely the type of high-visibility destruction
that some experts told us terrorists seek.