Pat's Note: Interesting article this one. All is not quite what it seems. A
classic example of a Food Stardards Agency gross incompetance.

Does not look so good now MRSA and C.Diff have been linked to antibiotic use
in sick pigs, and the refusal to test the pigs for MRSA and the 1999 PMWS
epidemic are hitting the news.

When they found PMWS hit herds, they refused to slaughter the pigs in
Scotland and sent them south for killing - BBC report follows dated 5
December, 2003, 17:32 GMT

You can have a shining example if you push Scottish meat from sick pigs onto
an unsuspecting English public - secretly.

The bent vets at the FSA and SVS during this period have much to answer for.

When the general public north and south of the border find out just what
they were up to....I don't think they will be very polite or manageable.

http://www.thepigsite.com/swinenews/17808/scottish-assurance-a-shining-example

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Scottish Assurance: a Shining Example

UK - A new report has specifically picked out Scotland's Quality Assurance
scheme as a prime example of good animal welfare methods and traceability
throughout the world.

Pat's Note:

I suggest you put
ca-mrsa pigs pvl
into Google Groups

after reading

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/572589

...Originally described as a pathogen mainly in skin infections in children,
athletes, and prisoners, CA-MRSA is now reported to cause serious
hospital-acquired infections that lead to ICU admission...

Warmwell today reminded me of Muckspreader.

I have got so used to Defra's insanity, that nothing this bunch of
veterinary criminal lunatics does any more has any tendancy to shock.

Anyway, here is Muckspreader courtesy of Warmwell.

Be grateful the net is now closing on Britain's government bent vets fast.

Muckspreader - Private Eye April 22 2008
One reason why any taxpayer might take a faint interest in the epidemic of
TB which has been exploding through our cattle herds is that it is becoming
extremely expensive. Not only is it already costing us

Pat's Note: Vion (currently likely to buy Grampian) are holding something
close to their chest. I wonder what it is?

Not MRSA and/or C.Diff in British pigs surely?

It would be typical Defra to tell the Dutch before telling the British
public.

http://www.pigprogress.net/news/id1602-51511/pigmeat_prices_will_go_up_says_vion...

Pigmeat prices will go up, says Vion

// 30 Apr 2008

Prices for pigmeat will rise inevitably in due course, said Daan van Doorn,
CEO for Vion Foods in the Netherlands.

"It will not happen straightaway, as many markets do still have plenty of
stocks. But the tide is going to turn."

Van Doorn was quoted making these comments as Vion presented its financial
results for 2007, reports the Dutch newspaper Agrarisch Dagblad.

Heavy pressure
The food company noted that in 2007 results for the fresh meat division were
under heavy pressure and financial achievements were worse compared to 2006.

The US Cinema industry is worried about a possible popcorn shortage--
that's where most of the profit is for the cinema, since tickets barely
cover film rental.

Apparently, popcorn needs particular grain characteristics--the same
sorts of problem as for different grades of wheat for bread and biscuit
making--and there's a seed shortage. It's not just bioethanol crops
taking up space in fields, it's the seed producers guessing wrong.

Pat's Note: This is little to praise any politician for in respect of MRSA,
but this one, a LibDem MEP, does have something worthwhile to say.

I'll bet she does not know she has just hit perhaps the worst scandal so far
of the 21C

Any examination of Continental practice would quickly lead to pigs, PMWS and
the exposure of a decade of deceit.

http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=311513

....Ms Lynne says more should be done to combat the spread of infections,
and that the UK lags behind other EU countries in preventative measures,
with many hospitals failing to offer routine screening for their staff.

"These figures are worrying for the Government and patients alike, showing
that after the start of the 'deep clean' programme, infections rose after
steady falls in previous quarters," she said.

"This country has one of the worst records on health care-associated
infections in the European Union. I have long called for screening of health
care workers and a European code of conduct to help tackle superbugs.

"If we are serious about eradicating MRSA, which claims some 1,600 UK lives
each year, we need to learn from our European partners."

I've given a link to the pig section of the latest NADIS report on pigs. It
is well worth reading.

http://www.thepigsite.com/swinenews/17801/nadis-veterinary-report-and-forecast-april...

It is not a happy scene. I'm always disconcerted to see vets opening with a
concern for the financial affairs of farmers rather than matters veterinary.
They are not experts in business and comments about the financial health of
the industry sit badly with a concern for the health of animals. They are
peddling others' pap.

It is a very regular feature of the veterinary industry with even Defra's
veterinary reports often opening with a "State of the Industry" report.

Frankly, if they want to peddle commercial propaganda and mess with business
they should have skipped vet school and gone as a clerk to the local
factory; they might have got a background in business that could have served
them well. We might all be a lot better off today.

Their forefathers in veterinary science would have regarded that as very
inappropriate prior to the deregulation of the professions. Now everyone has
to have an opinion of every business and some convinced they have a latent
talent to be a captain of industry, despite considerable evidence to the
contrary.