Mad Cows Block Food Aid

According to the UK paper The Mirror, tons of food aid donated by the British for Katrina evacuees has been impounded by the FDA and ruled unfit for human consumption. The reason, apparently the meat in 400,000 NATO ration packs comes from the UK. Officials may be afraid of BSE or Mad Cow disease. But we have had BSE in America and we allow the evacuees to eat American MREs. Apparently food from Spain and Italy has been held up also.

We allow US Troops in NATO to consume these ration packs. We also allow Halliburton to serve rotten food to our troops in Iraq. But it is better to destroy millions of dollars in food aid from a trusted ally rather than cut through the red tape and distribute food to evacuees who need it now.

I think the Mad Cows are in Washington DC.