From: Gerald_Wall@cargill.com
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:43 PM
To: FDAdockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Docket #2004N-0264

Subject: FDA referencing Docket #2004N-0264


To Whom it may concern,

Please immediately enact regulation that requires the removal of the 
brain and spinal cord from all cattle over 30 months of age.  This will 
result in a 99.8% risk reduction of all infectivity.  Please do not 
require the removal of all SRMs, because this only improves the risk 
reduction by 0.1% but will cost more than $157,000,000 per year and 
cause a huge environmental problem.

On another subject, ruminant derived blood meal:  I understand you are 
considering removing ruminant blood meal from ruminant feed.  I 
understand there is no scientific justification for this, and even 
Europe with its huge BSE problem doesn't do this.  Further, it would 
cost the industry, cattlemen and dairymen at least $150,000,000 per 
year.

I urge you to thoroughly consider my request.

Sincerely,
Gerald Wall
Vice President and General Manager
Taylor Beef Milwaukee Division
Cargill Meat Solutions