KRudd Prostitutes Australian Industries To His Globalist Free Trade Pimps !

MAD COW DISEASE ALLEGATIONS OVER LIFTING OF BSE BEEF IMPORT BANS!

Free Trade can kill you. Many Australians may die over the next decade as a result of it.

A Senator claims the Federal Government was pressured by the United States and Canada to allow beef imports from countries affected by Mad Cow disease-effective from March 2010.

Senator Bill Heffernan says an in-confidence answer to the committee revealed there were 37 communications from the Canadian and US governments since November 2007, demanding Australia allow their beef into the country.

Senator Heffernan accused departments of lying about why the policy was changed. "This is the greatest ambush of Australia's farmers of all time by a Government," he said.

"The evidence given at the last meeting was dead set lies."

"And for a proposition that this change in government policy is led by industry is a dead set lie."

An important risk assessment will not be carried out before the import ban is dropped on March 1.

Labor MP Simon Crean stated the move to lift the ban was "driven" by Australia's cattle industry. That was untrue.

Grazier Gary Radford who owns a number of properties is concerned about traceability. education and the speed of change. He says the risk that something could go wrong is still to high.

"And of course with no traceability, definately no genuine traceability, Australia really has a problem".

The Cumberland Livestock Health and Pest Authority says it's not just BSE that people need to worry about, claiming chronic wasting disease, which is also found in much of North America, is also a threat.

Senior livestock veterinarian for the Cumberland LHPA, Keith Hart, says government protocols will not protect Australia from being infected.

"There is no way you could put a protocol in place that would minimise the risk until the science is known. It might be 10 years or more."

With the Australian dollar at 90 cents against the US dollar, it would be unlikely to be a commercial proposition to import beef, said Chief Executive of the Australian Meat Industry Council Kevin Cottrell.

The chief US beef lobby group says Australia must defy the critics and push on with plans to allow beef imports from mad cow affected countries.

As critics become more vocal, president of America's National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Steve Foglesong, is calling for calm.

Senator Nick Xenophon is calling for an urgent senate inquiry to get to the bottom of this very quickly.

Bob Katter claims it will cost lives and industry.

Australia relies on Nations filling out a questionaire honestly where importers have to tick the right boxes.

Veterinarian Chris Beck says he's concerned how little say Australia has in the assessment process.

Interestingly, the 2002 guidelines from the US Food and Drug Administration laws state as there is no way to detect BSE in blood of people who have lived in areas affected; from 1980 to the present, they are not allowed to donate blood in the US. Yet Australian blood bank is telling Australians there is no risk to the blood supply from donations ?

Assertions this mad cow meat is welcomed by farmers, is testament to the increasing deception of the Australian Government and vested interest cronies.

Government failed to give the beef industry a say on import standards.

We see angry farmers protesting around the country, with farmers protesting last week in Lismore outside the Lismore Workers Club, where Deputy Prime Minister Gillard attended for a fundraising dinner. Farmers stated: "maybe we should start importing politicians, as Australian elected politicians have no care for the Australian people or farmers."

Independent MP Bob Katter states that Health Minister Nicola Roxon is ultimately responsible for this fiasco as bio-security matters rest with the Trade Department. The quarantine service is also part of this department as well ( not a very reassuring situation ). Katter stated "But they're quite happy that human beings be sacrificed on the sacrificial alter of free trade."

Let's feel reassured as KRudd guarantees us the meat is 100 per cent safe. Is that the ranking of safety he gave the insulation program ? Maybe he can give Peter Garret the Mad Cow portfolio ?

Consumer Affairs Minister Craig Emerson said that allowing the imported meat will help restrain the cost of living increases. But hang on: isn't the Aussie dollar comparable to the US dollar etc ?

There appears to be no end of hardship, injustice and lies KRudd visits upon the Australian people.

With an incubation period of 2-8 years for Mad Cow disease, will KRudd be around to accept responsibility for yet another of his deadly failed-policies ?

The Australian beef export industry is worth 7 billion dollars annually and now in jeopardy-along with 300,000 Australian jobs.

The human varient CJD resultant from human exposure to BSE infected meat is a fatal disease predicated on real suffering.

Independant expert John Mathews, said there are: "increasing concerns that a second wave of BSE infections in the UK may be on the horizon. ( a comforting thought? )

In BSE infected countries the tests performed at slaughter are not sensitive enough. Therefore they are not 100% accurate-which means the risk is real that the disease will find its way into Australia.

Meat pies made in Australia with the imported meat will not have to label as such. If the pie is made here it will say on the packaging: Made in Australia. No-one will know if they have eaten mad cow meat until it is to late.

Free Trade might be "free", it just isn't fair!