Not like I know anything about beef, but the reports are that as an integrated beef industry, this isn't a whole lot better for us than if it happened here.

I think the industry and regulators have let consumers down terribly. This is a predictible outcome of the feeding policies on both sides of the border. Basicaly we have been lied to about the standards in the NA industry. We carried on the exact same policies the UK discovered were disasterous in the 80s. Meanwhile, who knew that the US policy was even worse than the Canadian, all the while they were baning our beef. Not to mention that the "canadian" farmer who had BSE in Alberta, was an american. I'm all for kicking the industry in the acorns if that's what it takes to put consumers first, Grade "A" my a$$. This is an industry that eats it's own waste, then feeds it to us.

Meanwhile these same geniuses are telling us that GM foods are totaly safe.