From: Vicki Gay [vicki.gay@wmfd.net]
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:18 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Docket No. 2004N-0264


In January, after the discovery in the U.S. of a cow infected with BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy or "mad cow" disease), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) promised to tighten rules governing what farmers can feed to cows and other ruminant animals. Feeding these natural herbivores ground-up body parts containing infectious prions (the agents associated with BSE) is a key way the brain-wasting disease is spread. 

Please stop risking human and animal health by:

1. Prohibiting the use of blood, poultry litter, plate waste, and ALL other animal products (with the exception of milk) in feed for all farm animals, not just ruminants.
2. Prohibiting the use of downed animals, animals exhibiting signs of central nervous system disorders, "dead stock" (animals that have died on the farm), and "specified risk materials" (e.g., cow brain and spinal cord tissue) in pet food. The pet food ban is necessary because cats are known to be susceptible to BSE. 


Sincerely,


Vicki Gay
Technical Specialist - WMFD Solutions
Technology Solutions Group
Washington Mutual, Inc.
Vicki.Gay@wmfd.net
Office - 916 294-2447
Cell - 916 826-5162  
 

 

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