Resolution Number SFL08.02

Beef Recall

WHEREAS, children are our nation’s most precious and valuable resource, and

WHEREAS, “downer” cows are a high potential source for Mad Cow Disease, which is an incurable disease with a prolonged incubation period that can go undetected in human beings for many years or even decades, and

WHEREAS, meat products from “downer” cows from the Hallmark/Westland Slaughterhouse in Chino found their way into school lunch and other food subsidy programs for low income children and adults, without being completely tested for food-borne illnesses, including Mad Cow Disease, and because of the many shortcomings of the USDA testing program,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the California Democratic Party and the Children’s Caucus of the California Democratic Party call upon the California Congressional Delegation Leaders and other appropriate state and federal authorities to ensure that all recalled meat not yet destroyed be tested for Mad Cow Disease; and

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that said tests and their results be shared with the public immediately.

Submitted by the Children’s Caucus 6-13-08

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Adopted by the Executive Board
Of the California Democratic Party
At Its Executive Board Meeting
Westin Hotel, Millbrae
June 15, 2008