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Re: Bone Meal---Is it harmful?

At 07:01 AM 16/03/97 -0500, you wrote:

>Thank you, Bill, for bringing this TV show and related questions concerning
>bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to the attention of the List. I am an
>editor for USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the federal
>agency charged with keeping BSE out of the United States.  I videotaped the
>show you are referring to and planned to write to the List about it.
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>I believe American gardeners are very unlikely to have exposed themselves to
>the BSE agent via bonemeal because (1) American bonemeal is processed using
>solvent extraction, and (2) American cattle are not known to harbor BSE.
>
>Nevertheless, it is now time to err on the side of caution.  I will be
>omitting bonemeal from all my gardening routines, mask or no mask.
>
>If you would like to read up on how your government is helping to prevent
>the incursion of BSE into this country, please point your Web browser to the
>USDA-APHIS homepage at
>
>http://www.aphis.usda.gov
>
>and under Hot Issues, select BSE.
>
>--Janet Wintermute
>Adelphi, MD
>
>
>
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>Janet Wintermute             jwintermute@ids2.idsonline.com
>
>Janet,

Thank you for this most interesting information.  I had never heard of the
connection between bone meal and BSE before.  Your information relates to
the US.  Do you (does anyone on the list) know where Canada stands in this?
Do we make bone meal?  Using what process?  In any case, I will likely just
avoid bone meal in the future, to be on the safe side.

Karen
Alberta, Canada
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