On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:56:35 -0700, Mike
wrote:

On 17 Sep, 05:45, wrote:
- IOW, basically, EU cows are
eating more fish than the fish...


R



MC

Fishmeal is banned in the EU for agricultural feed sonny boy.

No, it isn't. It is banned from usage as feed to mature ruminants whose
products are destined for human consumption and as such, my offhand use
of "cows" was improper. But my preceding comment, which you snipped,
was correct - more fish meal consumption in the EU is by agriculture
protein rather than aqua - so, OK: EU hogs, chickens, non-ruminants are
eating more fish meal than then the fish.

And the reason the fish meal was banned had nothing to do with the fish
- it was animal protein that was banned, and IIRC, fish meal was banned
in various "steps" rather than the immediate, absolute ban of other
animal protein. And many seem to think the ban on fish meal was a
pretty poor overreaction as the "mad cow" the ban was intended to stop
wasn't transmitted by the fish meal. I've even heard there is some talk
about repealing the fish meal ban altogether, at least as far as
non-imported sources is concerned.

HTH,
R