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Post by Aussienot on Sept 1, 2004 3:30:45 GMT -5
I received this in Tom Lonsdale's newsletter. Really couldn't decide if this was health, news, or temper temper.
By Nigel Rosser, Evening Standard 26 May 2004
Butchers are being threatened with fines if they give bones away to dog owners. They are being sent letters telling them that a new European directive bans the traditional practice.
In future, Britain's 10,000 butchers will have to pay for the bones to be incinerated rather than hand them free to customers for their pets. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs today confirmed the Brussels ban. It said the bones are now considered "waste" which must be properly disposed of.
A spokesman said: "Customers can take bones away with them when they buy the deboned meat if it is for human consumption. "But if the bone is waste or for pet food then it's a byproduct - and cannot be passed to the public."
Aberystwyth butcher Aled Morgan, 35, one of the first to receive a warning letter, said: "I just don't see where the EU is coming from. It's just going to cost butchers at least £2,000 a year."
Local dog owner Martin Swanson, 32, said: "It seems to me to be another barmy EU directive."
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Post by Brooke on Sept 2, 2004 0:13:18 GMT -5
You know what's thoroughly insane about this? People went out of their way, invested (more like wasted) time, resources, and dollars to get this law passed. WHY!?!?!?! What is the point? You know what's funny. They had people on one of the big news channels today... protestors... The media interviewed 10 of the protestors to ask what their objective was and not ONE of them could answer the question. They just stood there looking stupid staring at the interviewer thinking of a reason. Just one simple question and they could offer not even so much as two words as an answer. They were just there to protest. Maybe it just gives people a purpous in life because they have nothing else...who knows?
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Post by Willow on Sept 2, 2004 10:03:21 GMT -5
Yes, the whole thing is totally insane!
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Post by Richard on Sept 2, 2004 18:59:54 GMT -5
Definitely barmy.....no bones about it......just government meddling in places they don't need to again....
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