From: Nicole_Scheideler@cargill.com
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 12:40 PM
To: FDAdockets@oc.fda.gov
Cc: Karen_A_Werner@cargill.com
Subject: Reference Docket No. 2004N?0264

My name is Nicole Scheideler and I was raised on a small farm in central
Nebraska. I currently work at Cargill AgHorizons in Holdrege, NE and
continue to have a strong connection to agriculture. I am commited to
helping agriculture and want to see a successful future for farmers and
the agriculture industry.  

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,

Nicole Scheideler
Customer Service Representative 
Cargill AgHorizons-Holdrege, NE
Phone: 308-995-8656
Fax: 308-995-2754