Animals
This strategy sounds counter intuitive, since the dead don't do much buying, but some people think it accounts for periodic outbreaks of food-borne illness. They say you can't trust the private sector to keep pathogens out of our food, making it incumbent on the federal government to protect us. The recent episode of lethal pet food is Exhibit A in this case. Adulterated wheat flour made its way from China to factories in the United States and Canada that produce food for dogs and cats. The contamination killed or sickened thousands of animals and led to the recall of more than 100 brands of pet food.
Many liberals insist the only remedy is more regulation. "If we expect to have our spinach uncontaminated, our pet food safe, Congress has to give the FDA more resources," says Donald Kennedy, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
Read the rest of Steve Chapman's article in The Chicago Tribune
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Animals
Pet Food Recall ~ Safety before profit
There are lots of theories on how to succeed in business. But here's one that never occurred to me: Poison your customers.
This strategy sounds counter intuitive, since the dead don't do much buying, but some people think it accounts for periodic outbreaks of food-borne illness. They say you can't trust the private sector to keep pathogens out of our food, making it incumbent on the federal government to protect us. The recent episode of lethal pet food is Exhibit A in this case. Adulterated wheat flour made its way from China to factories in the United States and Canada that produce food for dogs and cats. The contamination killed or sickened thousands of animals and led to the recall of more than 100 brands of pet food.
Many liberals insist the only remedy is more regulation. "If we expect to have our spinach uncontaminated, our pet food safe, Congress has to give the FDA more resources," says Donald Kennedy, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
Read the rest of Steve Chapman's article in The Chicago Tribune
- Pet Food Recall ~ Does The Fda Have Something To Hide?
A grieving cat owner has filed action in federal court to force the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to “perform its duty” and investigate other toxins -- besides melamine -- as the culprit in this year’s massive pet food recall. Don Earl of...
- Pet Food Recall ~ No More Ingredients From China.
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 American suppliers: no more ingredients from China. The directive from Mission Foods Corp. and Tyson...
- Ag Journal Online Is Full Of Bs
"I have it on good authority that FDA has received more calls from consumers over the recent and ongoing pet food contamination situation than it's received on any issue in the history of the agency," Kopperud said. "There's something out of...
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With the pet food recall list expanding every day I am terrified to feed my surviving cat any commercial cat food, so I have been trying the various cat food recipes on the web. He doesn't like chicken or beef so that automatically eliminates quit...
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I would give anything if Whiskers was still alive, no matter how high the medical bill. The pet food recall is still a hot topic in the news. Owners Furious Over Deadly Pet Food RecallAnd they still don't know why our pets died needlessly.The Food...