could be headed our way before long
ok I don't know what color horse meat is and they do intend to export the stuff to France and elsewhere. so I guess its good to open up some new business opportunities especially if it doesn't require more federal employees (not sure that will hold up). we have loads of dogs and cats too in case other counties are looking to import. my niece would not approve but she really has no plan on how to solve this problem just a really big heart.
ok I don't know what color horse meat is and they do intend to export the stuff to France and elsewhere. so I guess its good to open up some new business opportunities especially if it doesn't require more federal employees (not sure that will hold up). we have loads of dogs and cats too in case other counties are looking to import. my niece would not approve but she really has no plan on how to solve this problem just a really big heart.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress quietly lifted a 5-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections, and activists say slaughterhouses could be up and running in as little as a month.
Slaughter opponents pushed a measure cutting off funding for horse meat inspections through Congress in 2006 after other efforts to pass outright bans on horse slaughter failed in previous years. Congress lifted the ban in a spending bill President Barack Obama signed into law Nov. 18 to keep the government afloat until mid-December.
It did not, however, allocate any new money to pay for horse meat inspections, which opponents claim could cost taxpayers $3 million to $5 million a year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture would have to find the money in its existing budget, which is expected to see more cuts this year as Congress and the White House aim to trim federal spending.
The USDA issued a statement Tuesday saying there are no
slaughterhouses in the U.S. that butcher horses for human consumption now, but if one were to open, it would conduct inspections to make sure federal laws were being followed. USDA spokesman Neil Gaffney declined to answer questions beyond what was in the statement.
The last U.S. slaughterhouse that butchered horses closed in 2007 in Illinois, and animal welfare activists warned of massive public outcry in any town where a slaughterhouse may open.