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Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? #1378762
06/12/09 09:40 AM
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Are they worried about your health or is profit margin their bottom line ?


CANADIAN Beef, a must read !!!!

This IS A GOOD DECENT MAN WHO TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE THIS AND: HE SIGNED THE STATEMENT AND: INCLUDED HIS CONTACT INFO:


I'm sure those of you who aren't in the cattle business don't understand the issues here. But to those of us whose living depends on the cattle market, selling cattle, raising the best beef possible... This is frustrating.

This will keep us from ever stopping there again, even for a drink.

The original message is from the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association. Canadian cattle producers are very passionate about this. McDonald's claims that there is not enough beef in Canada to support their restaurants. Well, we know that is not so. Our opinion is they are looking to save money at our expense. The sad thing of it is that the people of Canada are the ones who made McDonald's successful in the first place, but we are not good enough to provide beef.

We personally are no longer eating at McDonald's, which I am sure does not make an impact, but if we pass this around maybe there will be an impact felt.

Please pass it on. Just to add a note:

All Canadians that sell cattle at a livestock auction barn have to sign a paper stating that we do NOT EVER feed our cattle any part of another animal. South Americans are not required to do this as of yet. McDonald's has announced that they are going to start importing much of their beef from South America. The problem is that South Americans aren't under the same regulations as Canadian beef producers, and the regulations they have are loosely controlled.


They can spray numerous pesticides on their pastures that have been banned here at home because of residues found in the beef. They can also use various hormones and growth regulators that we can't. The Canadian public needs to be aware of this problem and that they may be putting themselves at risk from now on by eating at good old McDonald's.

Canadian ranchers raise the highest quality beef in the world and this is what Canadians deserve to eat. Not beef from countries where quality is loosely controlled. Therefore, I am proposing a boycott of McDonald's until they see the light.

I'm sorry but everything is not always about the bottom line, and when it comes to jeopardizing my family's health, that is where I draw the line.

I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers!

I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you? Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.


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Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: Mira Trapper] #1378778
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I remember right after the last time mad cow caused a ruckus , McDonalds switched over to all domestic beef. They even put the words '100% American Beef ' on the cheeseburger wrappers.

I guess after things cooled down they went back to typical suppliers because corporate profits are more important.


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Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: Cragar] #1378783
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Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: Cragar] #1378787
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count me on board.they would probably say its still 100% american beef.who would want to buy it if they did know it came from south america.sounds like another disease waiting to happen.


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Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: Cragar] #1378790
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Japan and a couple of other Asian countries banned the import of American beef because of one case of madcow disease found in one cow that had recently been bought in Canada. Hundreds of millions of dollars were spent testing the rest of the American herds, and that one cow was the only one they found it in. And, like I said, that one cow had recently been purchased in Canada. That one cow cost American ranchers a fortune. Only recently, years later, did Japan finally start allowing the import of American beef again. I believe they did the same thing with the Canadian beef.

So be careful what you wish for as far as protecting your local markets.

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I have sworn not to and haven't eaten at MacDonalds or any fast food in 9 years. sick

Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: choctawtrapper] #1378802
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Originally Posted By: choctawtrapper
I have sworn not to and haven't eaten at MacDonalds or any fast food in 9 years. sick


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Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: aprophet] #1378825
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McD's NEVER cared about our health

when McD's started using South American beef a few yrs ago we stopped also


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Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: traprjohn] #1378852
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Argentina produces some of the best beef in the world.

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It is fast food folks. Don't eat it if you don't like it.

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Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: Top Jimmy] #1378971
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Each year, National Council of La Raza (or The Race) holds a convention in Chicago to promote their subversive activities and aid illegal aliens in flaunting U.S. immigration laws across the country.

This year, McDonalds Corporation has agreed to be the title sponsor of the event.

It is unacceptable for a U.S. corporation to conspire to aid and abet illegal aliens in continuing to break our laws.

As a result, we have launched http://www.WereHatingIt.com, as a part of FIRE Coalition's America First Boycott to promote a boycott of McDonalds. We are encouraging our members, partners, and citizens across the United States to avoid spending any money at McDonalds and to divest themselves of any stock holdings (NYSE: MCD).


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Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: bfflobo] #1378983
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You've got more problems than McDonalds sponsoring a La Raza convention. The next Supreme Court Justice is a member of La Raza. LOL

Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: traprjohn] #1379018
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Originally Posted By: traprjohn
McD's NEVER cared about our health


well, of course not! Neither does the guy that owns the tavern around the corner! Who said business owners are in it for our health and not to make money? Do you guys still believe in Santa Clause? What is with all this jumping down McDonalds throat all the time? The mom and pop grocery store sells imported beef, too, but nobodys having fits over it!!


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Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: Ole Hawkeye] #1379024
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Check out the whole story on Snopes. Here's part of it.

the references to McDonald's using South American beef in its U..S restaurants are wrong. The imported beef American ranchers are up in arms about comes not from South America but from Australia and New Zealand, where government beef standards are even more stringent than in the U.S. And grass-fed cattle, such as the sort McDonald's is purchasing from Australia and New Zealand, don't have to be given the large amounts of antibiotics that grain-fed American cattle are typically dosed with. Cows take much longer to fatten on a grass diet than a grain diet, so American cattle are primarily fed grain (mostly corn) to get them up to market weight more quickly. However, as cows are ruminants whose natural diet is grass, a grain diet severely taxes their digestive systems, so they are often given a variety of antibiotics to fight off bacterial infections. Possibly the erroneous bit about "dangerous South American beef" was included in the call to arms to bolster support for the boycott — average consumers that might not be moved by the plight of American ranchers would be motivated by hints that McDonald's use of beef from non-U.S. sources would endanger them and their loved ones.


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Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: Ole Hawkeye] #1379035
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Seems like there is always two ways of looking at things. Our news media's are our worst enemy. They tell it like they want it and like they want us to believe. I do know that the beef we raise on corn is very high in colestrol. Our range land and farm raised beef are much healthier. That said, a lot of the latter type of beef is finished with corn. Just depends I guess.

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Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: bfflobo] #1379038
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Exactly why I would rather hunt for, or grow my own food, beef included.


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Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: Bruce T] #1379058
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Thats what I do brucet. Raise a few beef myself. Mainly eat elk and deer for the red meat in our diet.


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Originally Posted By: bfflobo
Seems like there is always two ways of looking at things. Our news media's are our worst enemy. They tell it like they want it and like they want us to believe. I do know that the beef we raise on corn is very high in colestrol. Our range land and farm raised beef are much healthier. That said, a lot of the latter type of beef is finished with corn. Just depends I guess.


Beef that hasn't been finished with grain (grass fed) is tough and tasteless. Believe me, I grew up on it, I couldn't understand why city people thought steak was so good, until I had a steak that had been finished before it was butchered.

I know some of you won't agree with me, but there is a reason feed lots go to the expense of finishing a beef, and it isn't for the few extra pounds.


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Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: Ole Hawkeye] #1379094
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I don't eat at McDonalds.


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Pat, as usual, you are right....

Re: Is MacDonalds worried about your Health ? [Re: bfflobo] #1379097
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Originally Posted By: bfflobo
Thats what I do brucet. Raise a few beef myself. Mainly eat elk and deer for the red meat in our diet.


I eat moose instead of your elk along with my deer meat,and guess what?No steriods.


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