Animals
Has the wheat gluten gotten into the HUMAN food supply? Check out the post at PetConnection, links are provided to the USA Today article.
More on the story from jhritz at DailyKos
and Goldy at HorsesAss weighs in with this
The FDA can't even tell us if our food is safe or not. Exactly what is it they get paid to do?
Ironically Whiskers may have given his life to protect his humans in the FDA's experiment; allowing foreign companies to supply us with our food with apparently NO TESTING by the FDA to insure it was safe. And what's up with them refusing to name the supplier? We have the right to know who is responsible for the death of our pets! and we certainly have to right to protect our own health from this greedy cooperation. We have all seen how well trusting the FDA to keep the pet and human food supply safe has worked.
- Pet Food Recall ~americans Need A Safe Food Supply
As the tainted pet-food recall mushroomed into an international scandal, two of the largest U.S. food manufacturers put out a blanket order to their U.S. suppliers: no more ingredients from China. The directive from Mission Foods and Tyson Foods, made...
- The Usda Will Compensate Hog Farmers Affected By The Tainted Pet Food.
The tainted pet food scraps were sent to pig farmers as salvage by companies that have recalled pet foods. Elder said pigs that ate this contaminated feed will not be allowed to enter the human food supply. He emphasized, however, that "based on information...
- Thursday Thirteen #15
Thirteen Things about The Pet Food Recall Whiskers died March 9, 2007 of Kidney Failure after eating Special Kitty Pouch cat food.Menu foods knew there was something wrong with the food as early as February 20th, 2007 (maybe sooner).The contaminated...
- 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...
- 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...
Animals
Has the wheat gluten gotten into the HUMAN food supply?
Has the wheat gluten gotten into the HUMAN food supply? Check out the post at PetConnection, links are provided to the USA Today article.
Wheat gluten in wet pet foods is largely used as a binding agent. In dry foods, it's used as a cheap source of protein. Wheat gluten is also used in some human foods and is an important component of flour, allowing bread to rise. The contaminated batch of wheat gluten is not believed to have been used in any foods for humans.
More on the story from jhritz at DailyKos
I don't think we've seen the end of this for our pets or our people. Bottom
line, review the ingredients of everything you and your pets eat, avoid wheat gluten like the plague (that it very well may be). There has also been more insight into the Melamine poisoning aspect, in that it seems cats are more sensitive to the element than dogs, which may explain why so many more cats are impacted:
and Goldy at HorsesAss weighs in with this
Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine said the FDA is not aware of any contaminated gluten that went into human food but said he could not confirm this "with 100 percent certainty." Wheat gluten is a common food additive used as a thickener, dough conditioner, and meat substitute. It is widely used as an additive in commercial bakery items and special purpose flours.
The FDA can't even tell us if our food is safe or not. Exactly what is it they get paid to do?
Public statements have indicated that the contaminated gluten was distributed by a single U.S. company, but since the FDA refuses to name the supplier, it is not yet known if this company also supplies human food manufacturers. It is also not yet known if Xuzhou Anying sells direct to food manufacturers in the U.S. or abroad. While cats seem particularly susceptible to the effects of melamine poisoning, there is little research on the substance's human toxicity. Unless and until the FDA determines otherwise, one cannot help but wonder if our sick and dying
cats are merely the canary in the coal mine alerting us to a broader contamination of the human food supply.
Ironically Whiskers may have given his life to protect his humans in the FDA's experiment; allowing foreign companies to supply us with our food with apparently NO TESTING by the FDA to insure it was safe. And what's up with them refusing to name the supplier? We have the right to know who is responsible for the death of our pets! and we certainly have to right to protect our own health from this greedy cooperation. We have all seen how well trusting the FDA to keep the pet and human food supply safe has worked.
- Pet Food Recall ~americans Need A Safe Food Supply
As the tainted pet-food recall mushroomed into an international scandal, two of the largest U.S. food manufacturers put out a blanket order to their U.S. suppliers: no more ingredients from China. The directive from Mission Foods and Tyson Foods, made...
- The Usda Will Compensate Hog Farmers Affected By The Tainted Pet Food.
The tainted pet food scraps were sent to pig farmers as salvage by companies that have recalled pet foods. Elder said pigs that ate this contaminated feed will not be allowed to enter the human food supply. He emphasized, however, that "based on information...
- Thursday Thirteen #15
Thirteen Things about The Pet Food Recall Whiskers died March 9, 2007 of Kidney Failure after eating Special Kitty Pouch cat food.Menu foods knew there was something wrong with the food as early as February 20th, 2007 (maybe sooner).The contaminated...
- 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...
- 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...