paylean poison?

ferkj · Post by **ferkj** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:49 am

Well said kgb. And Rod it's just shame that talk radio in a smaller midwest market has gone the same way the New York Times and other major news sources-DON'T LET THE FACTS GET IN THE WAY OF A GOOD STORY!

rod · Post by **rod** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:02 pm

a good issue. do you think that ag media exists to be a cheerleader and promoter of any and all kinds of agribusiness? Do health reporters shill for the pharmaceutical industry? Does a business publication not publish scandalous behaviour? should they not expose mistakes made with regard to health and safety (mining)? The reason farm broadcasting is nearly dead in America is because too many have seen themselves as shills for agribusiness, and there are so few farmers now, they can't get a large enough audience. Heck, I'm the last hour long morning farm broadcast in the state of IL. All the checkoff lapdogs are gone. The consumers of pork want to know where their food comes from and how it's produced. and obviously most of you don't want them to know. I can't believe how naive some of you are about the role of the media in America. And why you think ag focused media is wrong for asking hard questions. Just think of the problems that could have been averted if more were willing to stand up and challenge conventional thought. I guess that would take too much courage. I feel sorry for those farmers who are being abused and exploited and mislead. your unwillingness to engage in independent thought is disappointing. probably too much judging team experience. (trying to conform with the official)

hoglover · Post by **hoglover** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:06 pm

Whatever!

austinill · Post by **austinill** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:30 pm

Whatever? WHATEVER?
There is a reason the Big Zero of WGN and others like him are NO longer on the air on a daily basis. They catered to the CORPORATE mentality until the corporations ran the pork producers out of business. Where there used to be 25 producers in my little county, there are now 2. And they are both owned by CArgill.

NPPC and the Illinois PPA took the sides of Wendell Murphy and Smithfield and forced thousands of pork producers out of business in Illinois. NOW, they are crying that we need more livestock to feed our grain. Sorry, boys, you done closed that barn door and then it hit them in the A$$.

Continue to follow NPPC, NCBA, NCGA and others that are so tightly tied to corporate powers and you will feel the pinch. Then and only then will you say "Why didn't I listen to those who told me to beware?"

angusguy · Post by **angusguy** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:08 am

pack it in boys.

to quote two of the most influential men of our times:

"yada, yada, yada." jerry seinfeld

"why can't we just all love each other?" rodney king

kgb · Post by **kgb** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:16 am

I think Rodney's quote was "Why can't we all just get along?" No love there.

angusguy · Post by **angusguy** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:43 pm

sorry,
you're right.
didn't intend to mis-quote him.

rod · Post by **rod** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:33 am

network news reports this morning that china will approve paylean residue in pork! well at least it's not lead paint. oh, and by the way it's residue in pork, not just the eyeballs. ha ha

bigticket1 · Post by **bigticket1** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:58 am

If you were as smart as you profess to be,you would know that the eyeball is often used for testing because residues stay longer there.

rod · Post by **rod** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:56 am

smart enough to know that you've been lied to by your assoc. and the pharmaceutical cartel. hard to admit you've been duped, eh? and the mom feeding her kids pork is smart enough to know that we should be testing product that's consumed. not something that's discarded? hey, what is in that chorizo? lymph nodes? anything else?

PiggenAround · Post by **PiggenAround** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:03 am

seriously everyone, just stop reading the posts. It you go to his radio stations website and listen to a couple of Rods broadcasts you will know it is just not worth the typing. My favorite story that was of the upmost importance was skydivers smoking marijuana before they jump. I could sure rest better know Rod was bring this to the attention of his how many listeners? 2? 3?

rod · Post by **rod** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:01 pm

tired of hard questions and truth? tell ya what, if you want rid of me, give me the pork producer communicator award. I'd shoot myself. ha ha

bigticket1 · Post by **bigticket1** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:14 pm

ROD=DO I NEED TO SPELL IT OUT ! I KNOW PEOPLE DO NOT EAT EYEBALLS.THEY ARE TESTED BECAUSE RESIDUES STILL SHOW UP IN THEM EVEN AFTER IT CANNOT BE DETECTED IN EDIBLE TISSUES.KIND OF LIKE TESTING HUMAN HAIR FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS.IF YOU STILL DO NOT GET IT,I WILL TRY AND DRAW A PICTURE!

rod · Post by **rod** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:32 pm

i'll make it easy for you....go to a website called "the livestock brief". china's residue threshold in muscle and fat tissue is in the story from their central news agency. isn't it something? more transparency of info from the chinese than your association.

Non-Sequitor · Post by **Non-Sequitor** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:04 pm

Lets make it easy for everyone. I highlighted some very important portions of the article Rod chose to ignore!

DOH planning to permit low levels of ractopamine residue in pork

Central News Agency - Taiwan, China

2007-08-15 12:06:38

Taipei, Aug. 15 (CNA) The Department of Health (DOH) unveiled Tuesday its plan to relax a ban on ractopamine in livestock to permit low residue levels of the veterinary drug in pigs and cattle.

According to a proposed revision to the DOH's standards for veterinary drug residues, the maximum allowable level of ractopamine residue in pigs and cattle would be 10 ppb in muscle and fat tissue, 40 ppb in the liver, and 90 ppb in the kidneys.

If the proposal meets no objection by Aug. 21, the new standards can be implemented at the end of the month at the earliest, DOH officials said.

[color=red:cffe924a6f]Cheng Hui-wen, director of the DOH's Bureau of Food Safety, said the DOH is planning to adopt the standards recommended by the Codex Alimenterius Commission, a body established by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization, after reviewing the ractopamine residue criteria of international organizations and 24 countries where the use of ractopamine is permitted, including the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. [/color:cffe924a6f]

Even after the ban is relaxed, the standards to be adopted by Taiwan would remain the strictest among those countries, Cheng said.

Ractopamine, marketed under the brand name Paylean, is a phenolethanolamine s-adrenoceptor agonist that is used for the improvement of weight gain, carcass leanness and feed efficiency in animals, DOH officials noted.

[color=red:cffe924a6f]Studies have shown that the drug can be processed rapidly by animals and humans and that the chances of long-term consumption of residue of the drug in meat having toxicological effects are extremely slim, they said. [/color:cffe924a6f]

The issue has received much public attention in the country since the DOH rejected last month two shipments of U.S.-exported pork which was found to contain ractopamine residue.

(By Y.F. Low)

cna.com.tw

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