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Subject: [Leica] EU beef imports
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 07:42:31 +0200
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Beef, not beer....bloody stubby fingers.

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA





On Aug 1, 2010, at 7:08 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> All rich countries with the exception of NZ protect and subsidize their 
> agriculture. The EU is no worse than the US in this regard.
> 
> As for European consumers' unwillingness to eat GM food and 
> hormone-treated beer, I wonder who is naive here. it is telling that the 
> US and big food companies are unwilling to even LABEL foodstuffs as 
> containing GM crops--apparently, informing the consumer what is in the box 
> is bad for business...
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
> 
> YNWA
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 1, 2010, at 5:22 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
> 
>> That's funny. When I was living in the UK, not so long ago, eating beef on
>> the bone was prohibited because of the danger of Mad Cow disease and most
>> lamb and mutton was imported from NZ because of the presence of scrapie in
>> local flocks. There was also Frankenfood legislation pending against ANY
>> genetically modified crops. It seems that EU consumers are easily spooked
>> and governments are extremely protective of local farmers.
>> 
>> 
>> Larry Z
>> 
>> 
>> - - - - -
>> 
>> 
>> wasn't all that long ago that I read headlines about
>> 
>> the EU refusing importation of US meat
>> 
>> <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113314725>
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> George Lottermoser
>> 
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Replies: Reply from ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] EU beef imports)
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