McDonalds Importing meat

I'm sure those of you who aren't in the cattle business don't understandthe issues here. But to those of us whose living depends on the cattlemarket, selling cattle, raising the best beef possible... This isfrustrating. This will keep us from ever stopping there again, even for a drink. The original message is from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association American cattle producers are very passionate about this. McDonald's claims that there is not enough beef in the USA to supporttheir restaurants. Well, we know that is not so. Our opinion is they are looking to savemoney at our expense. The sad thing of it is that the people of the USA are the ones who madeMcDonald's successful in the first place, but we are not good enough toprovide beef. We personally are no longer eating at McDonald's, which I am sure doesnot make an impact, but if we pass this around maybe there will be an impactfelt. Please pass it on. Just to add a note: All Americans that sell cows at a livestock auctionbarn had to sign a paper stating that we do NOT EVER feed our cows any partof another cow. South Americans are not required to do this as of yet. McDonald's has announced that they are going to start importing much oftheir beef from South America. The problem is that South Americans aren'tunder the same regulations as American beef producers, and the regulationsthey have are loosely controlled. They can spray numerous pesticides on their pastures that have beenbanned here at home because of residues found in the beef. They can also usevarious hormones and growth regulators that we can't. The American public needs to be aware of this problem and that they maybe putting themselves at risk from now on by eating at good old McDonald's. American ranchers raise the highest quality beef in the world and thisis what Americans deserve to eat. Not beef from countries where quality isloosely controlled. Therefore, I am proposing a boycott of McDonald's untilthey see the light. I'm sorry but everything is not always about the bottomline, and when it comes to jeopardizing my family's health, that is where Idraw the line. I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it toat least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ...> and those 300 send it to at least tenmore (300 x 10 = 3,000) ...> and so on, by the time the message reaches thesixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLIONconsumers! 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. David W. Forrest, Ph.D ., PAS, Dipl. ACAP Department of Animal Science Texas A&M University Phone (979) 845-3560 Fax (979) 862-3399 2471 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-2471