VOXPOP 'If the cows actually died from the copper poisoning, how can they be safe for human consumption?'

NFC: Copper poisoning in cattle not unusual

Yahoo: Copper toxicity in cattle is usually chronic in development (occurring as the result of a build-up over a long period of time), but is usually seen as an acute disease.

Using palm kernel extract (PKE) as a feed supplement and cattle consuming contaminated water having high copper content are some of the sources of copper poisoning.

This toxicity may not be unusual, but a high alert must be sounded when the first cow dies from this disease. Remedies must be applied immediately.

Therefore, six cows dying of copper poisoning is uncalled for.

Fairgo: In a herd of 300, six cows are found dead in the farm. Post-mortem shows death due to copper poisoning.

Thus, they were fed on feed or water contaminated with high copper content. Is it the grass, the feed or the water?

What about the other 295 cows that didn't die? They were fed the same food and water.

How high is the copper in their meat? Higher than allowed for human consumption but didn't die?

What do you do with these 295 cows whose meat must be unfit for human consumption since they were fed the same food? Where is source of contamination?

Wira: Cattle dying from copper toxicity is usual in the industry, so therefore please don't raise the alarm?

What kind of logic is this? To die from copper poisoning, those cows must have been consuming food laced with high copper toxicity/element content.

It is just like saying drunk driving should be tolerated because it is usual everywhere.

Gen2: It is also not unusual for people to fall sick after eating ‘nasi lemak'. That does not mean this is acceptable.

Anonymous #90733629: Corruption isn't unusual. It happens but it's not supposed to. Same concept.

Anonymous Cat: The company's veterinarian Dr Md Dali Baba is a real joker. Does he know that those cattle died because of excessive copper toxicity?

This does not mean that the surviving cattle did not suffer from copper toxicity. And is the level of copper toxicity within permitted limits?

Some healthy cattle may have high level of copper. But where does the copper toxicity come from? Is it from the food or the surroundings?

YF: This company veterinarian should be sacked. Instead of giving an explanation how this incident could have happened and the remedial steps taken, he goes on the defensive and attacks the whistleblower.

If he had mad cow disease, his whole stock would have been destroyed. It's that serious.

Tainted livestock should never be used as food for public consumption. Obviously this guy has no intent to safeguard the rakyat's safety but the pockets of his tainted bosses.

Blind Freddo: Any death in a closely managed environment like a feedlot is unacceptable. Six deaths from copper poisoning can only be described as neglect and incompetence.

Why do those words keep recurring in this country?

Annon77: Does anyone know how to identify NFC (National Feedlot Corporation) meat in supermarkets? I want to avoid them. If I buy a condo, I know where to get advice from though.

BN media blitz continues on 'Najib's achievements'

Lim Chong Leong: Are these all PM Najib Razak's achievements? Giving out money I also can do.

Where is the substantive achievements that he can really shout about, like fighting corruption and crime and limiting inflation and providing for long-term welfare instead of giving out cash.

Is anything being done on healthcare and education? What about peace and harmony among our people of different backgrounds? Please lah , all this ‘syiok sendiri', people can see through.

Karma: What promise kept? Kept giving money to people is a promise kept? People want good education, healthcare and zero corruption.

Lin Wenquan: Isn't it narcissistic of Najib to advertise his dubious success when in actual fact the opposite is true. By dishing cash left and right he thinks that Umno's innate culture of money will do the trick in solving problems?

The amount spent so far runs into billions, which begs the question - how much was channeled into the wrong pockets?

What the people received is a miniscule compared to what Umno-BN has siphoned off. And the cheek of it all, the payout is from the people's own hard-earned money.

Rampant corruption has driven up the cost of doing business. It's the cause of uncontrollable spiraling cost of living and a weakened ringgit which we are now confronted with.

Because of misappropriation and mismanagement we even have to subsidise gas and oil when we are a nett producer. Handing BN a further mandate is to grant them an open season to continue to misrule and loot the cookie jar with impunity.

Onyourtoes: PM, you still don't get it. You can't keep talking about handouts and promises when what the people want is for you to solve the unfairness and exploitative system they live in.

You can't keep talking about projects when what the people want is for you to explain the scandals. You can't keep boasting about subsidies when what the people want is for you to dismantle distortions, cronyism and abuses in the system.

The people are fed up with the talk of transformation, they want the substance. They want you to solve the root causes, not the symptoms.

You and your bunch of nincompoops probably will never get it; if the system is relatively fair, you probably do not need BR1M. The people do not need lots of projects if each of them is riddled with scandals.

And why give subsidies when you have allowed the cronies, the monopolies and the rentier class to suck the people dry in the first place. You are like stealing RM500 from them and then giving them back RM50.

Anonymous_05: To me, PM Najib had sincerely done the best he could, bearing in mind the tight constraints he faced. To borrow the words of Dr Mahathir Mohamad, he is "collateral damage" of his two immediate predecessors.

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