HAKKISBUKU Livestock
producers stand to lose both
marketing power and dollars
because ot drug residues m calves
being marketed into the food
chain, according to State
Agriculture Secretary Penrose
HaUoweil.
"We recently became aware ot
an increasing problem with drug
residues m calves,” HaUoweil
said. "In the last three months
alone, one Pennsylvania meat
plant has condemned 260 calf
carcasses due to drug residues
found at slaughter.
"The federal meat inspector on
the kill floor especiaUy recognizes
drug residues. A discoloration ot
the stomach is very apparent due
to dyes used in the production ot
oral sulfa boluses which are ad
ministered to calves by livestock
owners.”
Livestock owners using
sultamethaane or sultatluazole
or m combination with
neomycin tor disease control in
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Drug residues cause increased carcass condemnation
newborn calves must observe the
recommended drug withdrawal
tunes before marketing calves.
"Livestock producers are warned
ot their liability when these
anunals are moved into the food
chain without proper
precautions,” HaUoweil em
phasized.
"It is lUegal to market animals
containing drug residues above the
established Pood and Drug Ad
ministration tolerances. Meat
cannot be sold tor human con
sumption it it contains residues
above these tolerances,” he said.
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specific disease conditions at the
tune of slaughter contain Ulegal
levels ot antibiotic residues. Two
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violations and to educate livestock
producers in the proper use ot
drugs as well as harmful effects it
withdrawal tunes are abused.
When cuU cows and calves are
sent to market with drug residues,
producers run a high risk of being
detected. Packers will quickly
learn which producers or dealers
are marketing these anunals, and
may refuse to buy anunals from
those who have a history ot
violations, to muumize their
chances ot having carcasses
condemned.
"1 urge livestock producers
across the Commonwealth to
immediately review their use ot
drugs tor disease prevention and
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"Kirst, consult your veterinarian
to consider whether antibiotics
should be used at all. It you decide
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followed by all persons unoived
with treating your anunals. Buy
drugs from reputable suppliers
and sell your animals only to
reputable dealers.
"Complete and accurate
records, proper use ot drugs,
marking and isolating treated
animals, checking labels tor
correct withdrawal tune tor each
drug you buy, whether you use it
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The
presidents of Livestock Marketing
Association smce the 1976 merger
with the National Livestock
Dealers Association will be
honored at LMA’s 1982 annual
meetings.
The special awards ceremony
will be held Friday, Jan. 15, at the
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administration, and avoiding oral
and injection 'double dosing’ will
all help prevent drug residues in
meat,” he said.
"Kemember, sate meat—like
sate milk—is your legal respon
sibility. Livestock producers must
protect their investments or stand
to lose markets tor their slaughter
animals.”
Riviena Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev.,
site of the meetings.
Those honored will be 1976
President Frank E. ‘Ed’ Durbin,
Moline, Kas.; 1977-78 President
Loran Casey, Sidney, Mont.; 1979
President Richard L. Nock,
Templeton, Cal.; 1980 President
Gail Sohler, Yankton, S.D.; and
current President Lemmy Wilson,
Newport, Tenn.
In 1976, Competitive Livestock
Marketing Association and the
Dealers Association merged into
what is now LMA. “This merger
marked a major unification of the
livestock marketing sector, and it
is only fitting that the contributions
that these men have made to the
Trade Group’s growth and success
be publicly recognized,” LMA
General Manager C.T. ‘Tad’
Sanders said.
Today LMA provides industry
representation and commercial
services to some 1,700 marketing
businesses of all types in the U.S.,
Canada and Mexico.
The ceremony will take place
following the installation of LMA’s
1982 officers and directors.
Following the ceremony, the five
honorees will each lead a
“President’s Roundtable”
discussion with meeting
registrants on “Marketing
Business Risks and Management.”
Topics will include managing a
marketing business in today’s
economic climate; opportunities
facing the marketing sector and
how best to pursue them, and the
status of legislation affecting
marketing.
The meetings schedule, which
runs from Jan. 14-16, includes
meetings of several of LMA’s
subsidiary and allied
organizations, including the
Livestock Laws Reform Com
mission, Livestock Merchandising
Institute and the Livestock
Marketing Council.
An economic outlook for 1982 will
also be featured.
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