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"Virus Hoax:
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McDonalds Beef Warning
June 2002
Whoever wrote this didn't bother to check the facts before flying off
the handle and spewing a bunch of half truths and innuendos about
McDonalds. McDonalds has replied that yes, they are using a small amount
of imported beef from Australia and New Zealand (not South America) and
that it is heavily regulated. The National Cattlemen's Beef Association
and the Nebraska Cattlemen are working with McDonalds and watching over
the usage of foreign beef. An article by the National Cattleman's Beef
Association discusses the hoax mail. In fact, McDonalds is exporting
beef to South America not importing from there.
We as cattle producers are very passionate about this. McDonald's claims
that there is not enough beef in the USA to support their restaurants.
Well, we know that is not so. My opinion is, they are looking to save
money at our expense. The sad thing of it is that the people of the USA
are the ones who made McDonalds successful in the first place, but we
are not good enough to purchase beef from.
We personally are no longer eating at McDonalds, which I am sure does
not make an impact, but if we pass this around maybe there will be an
impact felt. Please pass on your opinion.
Just to add a note; all Americans that sell cows at a livestock auction
barn had to sign a paper stating that we do NOT EVER feed our cows any
part of another cow. South Americans are not required to do this as of
yet.
McDonalds has announced that they are going to start importing much of
their beef from South America. The problem is that South Americans
aren't under the same regulations as American beef producers and the
regulations they have are loosely controlled. They can spray numerous
pesticides on their pastures that have been banned here at home because
of residues found in the beef. They can also use various hormones and
growth regulators that we can't. The American public needs to be aware
of this problem and that they may be putting themselves at risk from now
on by eating at good old McDonalds.
American ranchers raise the highest quality beef in the world and this
is what Americans deserve to eat. Not beef from countries where quality
is loosely controlled. Therefore, I am proposing a boycott of McDonalds
until they see the light. I'm sorry but everything is not always about
the bottom line, and when it comes to jeopardizing my family's health,
that is where I draw the line!
I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to
at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least
ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message
reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE
MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on
to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If
it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION
PEOPLE!!!
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. I'll
bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you? Acting
together we can make a difference.
If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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