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美牛開放/各方串連拒美牛 馬總統累積談判籌碼

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<table class="left" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr><td><label> </label></td></tr> </tbody></table>台北市長郝龍斌美國牛肉開了第一槍,今天立刻有200多家業者加入拒吃內臟絞肉聯盟,台灣五大進口肉商也主動宣示不進口,連隸屬中央的教育部,都決定發文不鼓勵學校使用爭議肉品,這把火簡直一發不可收拾,馬總統卻一直沒有明確表態,外界認為政府可能是想累積談判籌碼,但AIT處長司徒文跳出來極力為美國牛肉辯護,他說狂牛症的死亡率比台灣機車事故還要低。


台北市長郝龍斌:「拒吃美國牛絞肉,拒吃美國牛骨髓。」


郝龍斌號召組拒吃美國牛內臟聯盟,短短一天,台北市就有200多家業者加入,全國五大進口肉商,也跨區域串聯公開宣示。五大進口肉商:「做好自主管理,為食品安全把關。」


連教育部都打算發公文給各學校,表明營養午餐不鼓勵使用美國牛肉和內臟,向來保守的國防部,難得勇於表態。國防部發言人虞思祖:「到99年底,牛肉得標供應商,國外牛肉來源都是紐澳地區,履約期限都不會使用美國牛肉。」


台中市長胡志強:「我們也不能怠忽自己責任,在民意期許之下,該做的都要做。」


抵制美國牛肉的火,從國民黨掌權的地方政府燒到中央部會,大家突然像賽跑比誰衝得快,總統卻一點也不尷尬。記者(98.10.26):「吃美國帶骨牛肉嗎?」馬總統:「謝謝。」


是不是兩面手法?對美國說開放,對內容許唱反調?美國牛肉來台灣,幾乎只剩一個人孤軍奮戰。AIT處長司徒文:「去年台灣1034人死於機車事故,拿狂牛症風險和機車事故相比,或許民眾應該停止騎機車,因為風險看起來更高。」


吃不吃美國牛肉,司徒文扯上台灣騎機車死亡率,AIT恐怕要更正視這把在台灣點燃的反對聲浪,而這似乎也可以成為馬總統的談判籌碼。
 

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重啟談判公投連署/拒美牛 百萬人民站出來

<label> </label> 更新日期:<q>2009/11/01 04:09</q>


〔記者林嘉琪/台北報導〕如果怒火擋不住美國牛肉進口,就讓人民用公投行動向政府施壓!


消基會、主婦聯盟和董氏基金會等民間團體今天聯合發起「台美重啟談判」公投連署,預計第一階段發動十萬民眾參與提案連署,符合公投提案的最低門檻,再遍地開花,動員全台百萬民眾連署,讓公投成案,訴諸全民表決,明確要求政府重新與美國談判「美國牛肉輸台議定書」。


不滿政府吃夠夠 民團明赴立院抗議


政 府不顧沸騰民意,執意要開放美國帶骨牛肉及內臟、絞肉進口,引發朝野立委譁然,更逼使民眾自發採取抗爭行動(左圖,資料照,記者方賓照攝),週一將有產、 學、環保及民間團體「挺」進立院抗議。民間監督健保聯盟召集人孫友聯表示:「馬總統曾表示美國牛議題是經濟談判,非關政治,但是開放美牛進口影響的正是人 民健康,他一定要負政治責任。」孫友聯指出,總統有任期,但狂牛症潛伏期比總統任期長,總統的承諾並不能保證人民食的安全,美國牛一旦侵台將留下難以預料的禍害因子,永遠威脅台灣。


「美國強要把有安全之虞的牛肉推給台灣,台灣人被欺負到這種程度,怎麼可能還不說話?」消基會秘書長吳家誠說,大家一直在等政府有所作為,政府卻明顯要「拖延」過關,民眾再不採取行動,就被政府吃定了。


消基會董事長謝天仁表示,公投門檻高,不易成案,但是訴諸公投的行動,卻可以凝聚台灣人的意志,以行動捍衛自身安全。當初南韓政府也要全面開放美國牛肉進口,引發民憤,大批南韓民眾走上街頭抗爭,不但導致內閣改組、總統道歉,還得緊急派員赴美重啟談判,爭取到進口範圍再限縮到禁止三十個月以上牛隻牛肉,但是台灣政府不理國會監督,還一再以謊言誤導民眾,「難道個性善良的台灣人就比較好欺負嗎?」


台 美政府代表日前簽署「美國牛肉輸台議定書」,台灣同意進口有變異性普恩蛋白之虞的美國帶骨牛肉及內臟、絞肉,吳家誠指出,馬政府簽署了這項協議,就已經無 視消費者健康權,亦完全喪失專業把關的責任,因此消基會等民間社團今天除了發動「台美重啟談判」公投連署外,同時還要與國際消費聯盟採取聯合抗爭行動,下 一步更要動員國人走上街頭以行動表達憤怒。


董氏基金會終身義工陳淑麗表示,開放美國牛的政策太突然,整個過程既不透明開放,官員說詞又前後矛盾,完全看不到政府為國人健康把關的積極作為。


「政府怎麼能夠要民眾自己小心就好,美國牛一旦進到台灣,處處都是危機。」陳淑麗說,政府要聆聽人民心聲,懂得將民間社團集結的力量轉化成為對美談判的能量,不要官逼民反,更不希望最後演變成激烈的暴力抗爭。
 

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美牛開放/9萬連署拒美牛! 民間高呼重啟談判

<label> </label> 更新日期:<q>2009/11/01 12:38</q> 張靖玲
<table class="left" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr><td><label> </label></td></tr> </tbody></table>開放美國帶骨牛肉,連日來反彈聲浪居高不下,趕在星期一衛生署公告開放前一天,包括消基會、董氏基金會等民間團體連署呼籲公投,要求重啟談判。民間團體認為,美國牛談判,根本是黑箱作業,人民完全沒法參與,只能被牽著走,所以號召9萬人參與施壓,反對馬英「九」政府的美牛政策。只不過行政院長吳敦義也很斬釘截鐵,重啟談判「不可能」。


準備好了,不是要打選戰,而是要開放美國牛。網路旁白:「要吃很多才會得病,三聚氰胺我們都沒在怕,台灣發狂的時候,新竹人一定不會缺席。」


縣市長被重新配音搞KUSO,網友試圖反應人民怒吼:因為只能配合政策,完全沒有參與的基本精神。董氏基金會終身義工陳淑麗:「完全就黑箱作業嘛,那怎麼會這樣嘛!」


包括董氏基金會、消基會、主婦聯盟等民間團體站出來,要人民不再沉默當自己頭家,公投連署要求重啟談判。


必須以最近一次總統、副總統選舉人數的千分之5,相當快9萬人連署提案,經過審議委員會通過後,需要將近87萬人連署,再經過800多萬人投票,其中1/2同意才能通過。


門檻非常高,消基會說不是沒想到走上街頭,但希望藉由體制內抗爭,呼籲民眾索取表格,在2個禮拜簽名寄到相關單位,傳真跟E-mail都不算。


消基會秘書長吳家誠:「他執政的責任期,實際上沒有辦法長達狂牛症的潛伏期,我們很有可能變成一個,被傾倒垃圾的國家。」


人民心聲,政府似乎聽不見。行政院長吳敦義:「國人比較有疑慮的牛絞肉跟內臟,不是已經從源頭把它堵住了嗎?」


衛生署最快星期一公告,就會開放美國帶骨牛肉進口,決定走自己的路。
 

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2 deaths in US e-coli BEEF RECALL

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Two U.S. deaths possible in beef recall

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An outbreak of food-borne illness, linked to dangerous bacteria in ground beef, sickened 28 people and caused at least one death, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.

The CDC said a New York adult with underlying medical conditions had died and another possibly related death in New Hampshire was under investigation. State officials attribute the New Hampshire death to the O157:H7 E. coli bacteria.

All but three of the 28 cases listed by the CDC were in the U.S. Northeast and 18 were in the New England states. Sixteen hospitalizations were reported, said a CDC spokeswoman. The bacteria involved were from a common strain, so tests were under way to see if all of the reported cases were related.

Over the weekend, Fairbank Farms of Ashville, New York, recalled 545,699 lbs (248,450 kg) of ground beef products.

The Agriculture Department, which oversees meat safety, said an investigation led it to conclude "there is an association between the fresh ground beef products and illnesses in Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts." USDA worked with state and federal officials in examining a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses.

A potentially deadly bacteria, E. coli can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration and, in severe cases, kidney failure. The very young, the elderly and people with weak immune systems are the most susceptible to foodborne illness.

A string of food-borne safety scares led the U.S. House of Representatives to pass legislation this summer to require more inspections and oversight of food manufacturers and would give the government new authority to order recalls.

Fairbank Farms announced the recall on Saturday. The beef was produced in mid-September and probably was labeled for sale before the end of the month, said USDA.

It went to retailers including Trader Joe's, Price Chopper, Lancaster and Wild Harvest, Shaw's, a unit of Supervalu, BJ's, Ford Brothers and Giant, a unit of Ahold, in eight states -- Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

A complete list of products is available at:

http://link.reuters.com/vyx27f

The beef was produced September 14 to 16, and the company urged consumers to check their freezers for products listed in the recall. Labels of the recalled packages will say EST 492 inside the USDA seal.

(Reporting by Charles Abbott; Editing by Walter Bagley)
 
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