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Postby Andrew MacLean » Thu 02 Mar 2006 4:55 pm

Anne

Thanks for your trouble over this. It is just as some of us thought, but better to have it from source than to be left wondering!

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Postby GarethB » Thu 02 Mar 2006 6:16 pm

If this is the case for blood, imagine organ donation would be the same.

Look forward to seeing the result of that enquiry.

Glad I did not have Organ Donour put on my medic alert bracelet.

Had several comments on it from work and people asking where they could get a nice leather wrist band!
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Postby Prue B » Thu 02 Mar 2006 11:43 pm

I am sorry guys, but your agriculture industry has a lot to answer for. My husband is actally a vet with the Victorian Ag department and the extra checks and balances we have due to BSE/Scrappy and the foot and mouth out break in England are quite amazing. Fortunatley due to other issues the practice that caused the BSE/CJD issue in the UK was banned here 50 years or so ago. But every year my husband has to call every food business in the region to audit their waste procedures. Not saying it is not worth it but unfortunately making a few dollars cost them so much and the repurcussions just keep hitting.
I have finished my rant now and my apologies.

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Postby GarethB » Fri 03 Mar 2006 8:51 am

Prue,

Think it is more the way we are dictated too regarding agriculture by the European Union.
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