Pat's Note: Somebody in Kansas is on the ball. 

That's what I like about real capitalism, the ability to anticpate the
market and get ahead of demand.

They don't wait for their government to wake up and tell them what to
do. They get on and do it. They certainly don''t alow themselves to be
intimidated by a bunch of wet government vets.

Mind you, they have got fellows like Burkie watching like hawks and
telling them to test their pigs. He was hovering about the UK pig
industry long before I knew anything much about PMWS

The US government didn't test the pigs but the universities and some
sections of the trade took real notice of Burkie.

They started repositioning themselves, ready for the onslaught when
the connection between MRSA and pigs sick with circovirus becomes so
obvious that nobody can deny it.

Ole Burkie is going to come out of this smelling of roses. 

http://www.pigprogress.net/news/id1602-64507/cargills_new_antibiotic-free_pork.html

Cargill’s new antibiotic-free pork// 27 Aug 2008


Cargill Meat Solutions recently announced the introduction of Good
Nature pork.

 Cargill, the Wichita, Kansas-based processor’s new all-natural,
antibiotic-free pork brand is available to both retail and foodservice
operators.
 
Family farms, antibiotic-free 
The new brand, Good Nature pork comes from hogs raised on family farms
in the Midwest. According to Cargill, the animals selected for the
programme are never administered antibiotics, growth stimulants or
hormones.
 
Strict natural standards
The company also upholds strict natural standards, which state that:
Good Nature pork is minimally processed and has no artificial
ingredients. One of the company’s processing innovations for the Good
Nature pork brand is the use of air chilling.
 
The air chilling helps with ensuring the product’s colour, tenderness
and moisture levels, the firm says.

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Regards
Pat Gardiner
Release the results of testing British pigs for MRSA and C.Diff now!
www.go-self-sufficient.com  and http://animal-epidemics.blogspot.com/