From: McGrew, Rainy [Rainy.McGrew@ClearChannelRadioSales.com]
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 7:29 PM
To: 'FDADockets@oc.fda.gov'

To:  FDA's Dockets Management Branch. 
I urge the FDA to grant the petition to
prohibit the slaughter of downed animals for food-docket number 98P-0151/CP1.

Here are some points I would like to make in regards to the above docket: 
-Downers pose an increased risk for bacterial contamination. There is also evidence that some
downed animals may be afflicted with a form of BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or "Mad Cow
Disease"), a disease that has been linked to a fatal human illness (CJD, or Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease). 
-It is impossible to move downed animals humanely. 
-Industry experts have estimated that 90% of downed animals can be prevented with better care and
handling. 
-Removing the market for downed animals will provide an incentive to industry to prevent downed
animals in the first place. 

Please allow these sick and tortured animals the right to die humanely. 



Rainy McGrew 
Director of Group Sales, LA 
rainy.mcgrew@clearchannelradiosales.com