Animals
The birds were withheld from the food supply after it was discovered that their feed had included pet food scraps tainted with melamine, which had contaminated food additives purchased from China.
- From The New York Times
Contamination with melamine is especially embarrassing. Pet food that included ingredients made in China laced with melamine sickened thousands of pets and killed an unknown number last year in the United States, and the Chinese government promised at...
- Not Enough
Chinese regulators said today that they had revoked the licenses of three companies that had exported mislabeled drug ingredients and tainted pet food ingredients to the United States and other parts of the world. Well it's about time. The tainted...
- 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...
- Durbin On The Pet Food Recall
“I’m concerned that months after the first recall of tainted pet food, we’re still finding melamine and other adulterants in animal feed or food products,” Durbin said. “We learned during the pet food recall that the FDA rarely inspects food...
- 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...
Animals
Pet Food Recall ~ Melamine contaminated poultry safe for human consumptions, says FDA
-- Approximately 80,000 chickens exposed to feed tainted with the industrial chemical melamine have been declared safe for human consumption, federal health officials said Friday.
After inspections and tests of the animals on several Indiana farms, the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the poultry could be released and has been approved for processing.
After inspections and tests of the animals on several Indiana farms, the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the poultry could be released and has been approved for processing.
The birds were withheld from the food supply after it was discovered that their feed had included pet food scraps tainted with melamine, which had contaminated food additives purchased from China.
I don't know about you, but I don't want to consume poultry that was feed melamine. I don't think it's safe and I don't want to play Russian Roulette with my family's health.
Thousands of pet owners have claimed their pets died after consuming the tainted products.
Well at least they didn't claim only 16 or 17 of our pets were MURDERED, by the tainted food.
Read the whole article at CNN.com.
- From The New York Times
Contamination with melamine is especially embarrassing. Pet food that included ingredients made in China laced with melamine sickened thousands of pets and killed an unknown number last year in the United States, and the Chinese government promised at...
- Not Enough
Chinese regulators said today that they had revoked the licenses of three companies that had exported mislabeled drug ingredients and tainted pet food ingredients to the United States and other parts of the world. Well it's about time. The tainted...
- 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...
- Durbin On The Pet Food Recall
“I’m concerned that months after the first recall of tainted pet food, we’re still finding melamine and other adulterants in animal feed or food products,” Durbin said. “We learned during the pet food recall that the FDA rarely inspects food...
- 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...