A calf at a ranch in Texas tested positive on Wednesday for the flesh-eating parasite, the first case confirmed in Texas since 1966.
Canada to limit livestock imports from Texas over flesh-eating screwworm
https://globalnews.ca/news/11892743/cattle-beef-screwworm-texas-canada-restrictions/
18 Comments
aramis87@fedia.io · 24 pts · 81d
Thank you, Trump and Musk, for defunding government programs that keep people, animals, and the environment safe. Like everything you ruin, fixing it is going to be extremely difficult and incredibly expensive - at least for the things that can be fixed at all.
MrSulu@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 81d
Great news for Canadians. Safer AND helps local producers
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 81d
Good news for Canadian beef farmers. Bad news for Canadian beef consumers.
bountygiver@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 81d
Consider how polluting beef is compared to other meats, switch to any alternatives would be a good thing anyways.
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 81d
I think in a global sense maybe but increasing Canadian beef production increases Canadian pollution. As much as higher prices will discourage consumption they will also encourage production.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 81d
Except we don’t have to eat shitty US beef. I call that a win.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 81d
You guys are still able to afford beef?
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 81d
Rib eye steaks every week.
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 81d
I don't know how it is in Canada now but I'm in the US. we stopped importing cattle from Mexico and that raised the price quite a bit. Import ban coupled with fertilizer increases and fuel cost increases has caused beef to go way up in price.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 81d
We now get a lot of Australian imports.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 80d
I've been cutting down on beef and increasing my vegetarian meals anyway
MrSulu@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 81d
Could be imported from somewhere safer than Texas, but surely people prefer life / safety than they want a specific meal?
WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 81d
Most people don't care where their meat comes from. No one is out there ordering Texas specific steaks. Consumers notice when the price goes up. I don't know the stats for Canada. They may not import much from Texas anyway. I know Canada is already very protective in dairy but I don't know about beef.
CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 81d
Limiting? Why not ban outright?
NoTagBacks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 81d
Thanks trump/DOGE/Congress. God, doge cutting funding for border cattle inspections right as Mexico was dealing with a surge was beyond stupid. And they're trying to cut more staff at the USDA? Jesusfuck, this is so fucking stupid. With Canada restricting imports from Texas, they're doing more to contain this literal plague than the US government, and, unfortunately, Texas is dependent of the federal government to respond appropriately.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 81d
The MAGA regime has shut down so many oversight and regulatory bodies by now that you have to consider that this is a food safety hazard from there that we know about.
Kcap@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 81d
Flesh-eating Screwworm is my new metal band name, I called it first.
ruuster13@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 81d
Love it. Is this headline referencing Abbot or Paxton?