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It's actually illegal to test cows for BSE in the US due to some obscure anti-competitive law. There are estimates that it is very prevalent but without testing it is hard to know how much.
I have not been in England many times and those two times have been in London. I never really had English cuisine prepared in a way that would make it just. Both time when I was there I had mostly all the immigrant and Victorian-colonial food they eat like Anglo-Indian Cuisine. I have had black pudding, Beef Wellington and Christmas pudding in Sweden. In United Kingdom I have had Yorkshire pudding, Fish & Chips (sort of Spanish and can be eaten all over the world anyway), Cumberland sausage, After-noon tea and Full English Breakfast and all kinds of preserved fruits. I can tell you that McDonalds in London tastes better than McDonalds in United States. Though, I have tasted all kind of English beer. For me London is about Pubs, Tate modern and quality (but filthy expensive) shopping. I wonder what distinctive English cuisine is other than beer, eggs, meat pie, sausages and casseroles. It seems like the entire English food history is defined by what they got from their colonies.
Well, without question, it was a scandal, resulting in the almost total eradication of beef stock in the UK. But then stuff happens, like when you pay people to give blood... unscreened 80's USA style.
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Coupla points:
1. Many people (myself included) give blood via the Red Cross, which does NOT pay for blood. I never received a penny from donating blood (I was a regular donor before the whole mad cow disease thing). 9.2 MILLION people in the US DONATE (do not SELL or receive money for) nearly 16 MILLION units of blood per year.
2. Blood donated in the USA is VERY intensely screened - and was in the 1980's as well. Of course, we have more intensive screening now, with AIDS...and mad cow disease...and that sort of thing to screen for.
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It's actually illegal to test cows for BSE in the US due to some obscure anti-competitive law. There are estimates that it is very prevalent but without testing it is hard to know how much.
Time to debunk an urban legend. It is NOT illegal to test cows in the US for BSE. From which bodily orifice is such misinformation pulled?????
The USDA (US Department of Agriculture) tests for BSE in our cattle supply regularly.
We don't have taco bell, and macdonalds uses british meat (not hormone doped) which is non mechanically rendered and non chemically treated.
Oh edit apparently we do have taco bell!, 3 outlets in the UK, never personally seen one.
You're right. I don't typically eat a LOT of beef, but when I was in the UK, I did. The beef was SO good! I had one of the best steaks I've ever had at a little pub in Glasgow (I remember it to this day, and that was a long time ago), and even the mince and potatoes my Nana made for me was outstanding!
I also noticed that British cows are smaller than North American cows. Because they're not given growth hormones, they are at their natural size.
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