small dead animals: Mad Cow. Still Killing Us.

March 19, 2004

Mad Cow. Still Killing Us.

Thought mad cow was yesterday's news?

Yesterday, Hunking tried to buy a frame for the $1.57 cheque he received from the Ontario Stockyards for the two cows that weighed about 400 kilograms each when they were sold Feb. 20 at auction for an average price of about 10 cents per kilogram.

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Levinoff Meat Products Ltd. of Montreal paid $83.05 for Hunking's two cows, but by the time the $45 trucking cost, $29 commission fee, $2.20 insurance, $5.18 GST and other incidentals were deducted, Hunking's net from the sale was $1.57.

Certainly, these were cull cows, not fat steers from which steaks and choice cuts are made. But the food products they were turned into will sell for about the same price as they did before BSE. Someone is making some money.

Posted by Kate at March 19, 2004 4:16 PM

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of all the media reports i've seen so far on the matter none was articulate enough to spot "the missing link" - I wonder why it's so hard to spot all of a sudden - is meat first sent to some factory in asia for packaging, brought back through latin america & then sold to the grocer?? this is absurd.

Posted by: akim at March 19, 2004 6:32 PM