Animals
In a news conference, FDA officials said that the apparently melamine-contaminated wheat gluten also was shipped to a company that manufactures dry pet food, but they would not name the company.
The FDA is attempting to determine if that company used any of the wheat gluten, imported from China, to make dry pet food, Sundlof said.
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Shouldn't the welfare of our pets be the FDA's first priority? We should be told which dry food could possibly be contaminated, so no other pets die needlessly.
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Animals
Dry pet food may not be safe FDA says
In a news conference, FDA officials said that the apparently melamine-contaminated wheat gluten also was shipped to a company that manufactures dry pet food, but they would not name the company.
The FDA is attempting to determine if that company used any of the wheat gluten, imported from China, to make dry pet food, Sundlof said.
Click here to read the rest of the article in CNN.
Shouldn't the welfare of our pets be the FDA's first priority? We should be told which dry food could possibly be contaminated, so no other pets die needlessly.
- Another Worry ~ Pet Food Recall
It may be up to owners to police pet food because, according to the lab manager, no one from the FDA has investigated their positive findings. In fact, to date not a single government inspector has asked to look at one of the tainted pet food samples...
- Updates On The Pet Food Recall
Pet food recall warning, tainted food still in stores - Poisoned pet food for both cats and dogs are still in stores and on shelves the FDA says. Pet owners must be cautious as U.S. health officials have issued the warning that contaminated pet food is...
- We Are Suppose To Trust These People To Feed Our Pets?
Menu Foods said Wednesday that a "clerical error" caused the company to overlook that it shipped potentially contaminated wheat gluten from one of its U.S. plants to one in Canada. That apparently delayed the recall of some Canadian-made cat foods. Read...
- Menu Foods May Have Intentionally Added Plastic To The Wheat Gluten To Increase Profits
The FDA is investigating that the plastic might have been added to the wheat gluten intentionally, as a cheap way to up the protein content. Here’s the transcript . CNN's Joe Johns is "Keeping Them Honest" tonight. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JOE JOHNS, CNN...
- I Have A Headache ~how Do We Know What Dry Cat Food Is Safe?
The news that dry food, made by an undisclosed pet food manufacturer, may also be contaminated with the substance causing kidney failure in pets, as well as troubling implications for the human food supply, overshadowed some of the medical news that came...