[722] in Vegetarian_Support_Group
RE: McDonalds protest (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charlie Behrens)
Wed Nov 22 11:58:32 1995
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 15:54:58 +0000
From: Charlie Behrens <CHARLIE@aimtech.com>
To: Laurel A Schaider <lschaide@MIT.EDU>, vsg <vsg@MIT.EDU>
>From: Susan Schlieve schlsk28 <SCHLSK28@GBVAXA.UWGB.EDU>
>RCVD Via: Laurel A Schaider
>I took a class here at UW-Green Bay where one of my professors who works
with
>and for the UN got this information.
>Unknown to many Americans,
>the USDA and the fast food franchise corporations formed an alliance in the
>early 1960-70's. An American named Ludwig purchased several acres of the
>rainforest and leased the land for 99 years to many fast food restaurants.
>After the cattle is raised on these lands, it is frozen and imported into
the
>US. But after the carcasses are imported and inspected by the USDA, they
are
>stamped as US Domestic Beef, rather than foreign beef!!!!!
Thanks for this info Laurel. Does anyone know if we can find another
source. I would really like to pin them down on this kind of
sleight-of-hand that they use to hide what is really going on. Maybe some
of the Web sites have something that would detail how this "Ludwig/USDA"
deal works?
- Charlie Behrens
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