Hopefully not too slow !!! :-( In US it is STILL legal and current practice to feed blood, excrement and feathers from chickens to cattle. And legal to feed chickens by products from cattle. So that .... http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/10/politics/10cow.html?th=&pagewanted=print&position= Hopefully this will change very shortly. But, even if they stopped feeding cattle by-products to chickens, how does that make you feel about your beef ? :-) This page may or may not need a free registration to view. If you are terminally averse to registering and REALLY want to see the page contact me OFFLIST and I will send it to you. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.