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Owens, Julie
 
From:
Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [flounder9@verizon.net]
Sent:
Monday, July 24, 2006 1:09 PM
To:
FSIS RegulationsComments
Subject:
[Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011] FSIS Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
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Greetings FSIS,
 
I would kindly like to comment on the following ;
 
[Federal Register: July 12, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 133)][Notices][Page 39282-39283]From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov][DOCID:fr12jy06-35]-----------------------------------------------------------------------DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREFood Safety and Inspection Service[Docket No. FSIS-2006-0011]Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)Update; Notice of Availability and Technical MeetingAGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.ACTION: Notice of availability and announcement of technical meeting.-----------------------------------------------------------------------SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcingthe availability of an updated risk assessment model and report forBSE. The previous risk assessment, released in October 2003, wasrevised to incorporate information available through December 2003,including the discovery of a BSE-infected cow in Washington State. Therevised risk assessment model evaluates the impact of measuresimplemented after the discovery of the BSE-positive cow andrecommendations made by an international BSE panel. FSIS will also holda technical meeting to discuss the updated risk assessment model andreport.DATES: The public meeting will be held on July 25, 2006, from 1 p.m. to
 
4 p.m. Comments on the updated Harvard Risk Assessment must be receivedby August 11, 2006.snip...END
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/E6-10928.htm
 
MY comments/questions are as follows ;
 1. SINCE the first Harvard BSE Risk Assessment was so flawed and fraught with error after the PEER REVIEWassessment assessed this fact, how do you plan on stopping this from happening again, will there be another peerreview with top TSE Scientist, an impartial jury so-to-speak, to assess this new and updated Harvard BSE/TSE riskassessment and will this assessment include the Atypical TSE and SRM issues ?*** Suppressed peer review of Harvard study October 31, 2002 ***http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/topics/BSE_Peer_Review.pdf  2. WITH A RECENT NATION WIDE MAD COW FEED BAN RECALL in the past few months that consisted of some 10,878.06 TONS, then another Mad Cow feed ban warning letter in May, IT should seem prudent to ask why ourfeed bans continue to fail in 2006, and continue to fail today ?RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINE -- CLASS II______________________________PRODUCTa) PRO-LAK, bulk weight, Protein Concentrate for Lactating Dairy Animals,Recall # V-079-6;b) ProAmino II, FOR PREFRESH AND LACTATING COWS, net weight 50lb (22.6 kg),Recall # V-080-6;c) PRO-PAK, MARINE & ANIMAL PROTEIN CONCENTRATE FOR USE IN ANIMALFEED, Recall # V-081-6;d) Feather Meal, Recall # V-082-6CODEa) Bulkb) Nonec) Bulkd) BulkRECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURERH. J. Baker & Bro., Inc., Albertville, AL, by telephone on June 15, 2006 and by press release on June 16, 2006. Firminitiated recall is ongoing.REASONPossible contamination of animal feeds with ruminent derived meat and bone meal.
 
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VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE10,878.06 tonsDISTRIBUTIONNationwideEND OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR July 12, 2006###http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/enforce/2006/ENF00960.html Subject: MAD COW FEED BAN WARNING LETTER ISSUED MAY 17, 2006Date: June 27, 2006 at 7:42 am PSTPublic Health ServiceFood and Drug AdministrationNew Orleans District297 Plus Park Blvd.Nashville, TN 37217Telephone: 615-781-5380Fax: 615-781-5391May 17, 2006WARNING LETTER NO. 2006-NOL-06FEDERAL EXPRESSOVERNIGHT DELIVERYMr. William Shirley, Jr., OwnerLouisiana.DBA Riegel By-Products2621 State StreetDallas, Texas 75204Dear Mr. Shirley:On February 12, 17, 21, and 22, 2006, a U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) investigator inspected yourrendering plant, located at 509 Fortson Street, Shreveport, Louisiana. The inspection revealed significant deviationsfrom the requirements set forth in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 589.2000 [21 CFR 589.2000], AnimalProteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed. This regulation is intended to prevent the establishment and amplification of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). You failed to follow the requirements of this regulation; products beingmanufactured and distributed by your facility are misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(a)(1) [21 USC 343(a)(1)] of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).
 
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