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The directive from Mission Foods and Tyson Foods, made quietly last month, underscored consumers' and manufacturers' fears about the safety of imported food ingredients after contaminated wheat products from China killed and sickened cats and dogs in the United States.
The problem is, what Mission and Tyson want is next to impossible.
- 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...
- 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...
- Pet Food Recall ~ Ban Ingredients Of Chinese Origin
After dogs began falling ill and dying as a result of eating the food, Royal Canin SA recalled a number of its products, and stated it would no longer use any ingredients of Chinese origin in their foods. The government of South Africa also stopped imports...
- 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...
- 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 ~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 quietly last month, underscored consumers' and manufacturers' fears about the safety of imported food ingredients after contaminated wheat products from China killed and sickened cats and dogs in the United States.
The problem is, what Mission and Tyson want is next to impossible.
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America needs a safe food supply. A food supply that isn't a risk of being spiked with melamine to increase profits, a food supply that is subject to all the American regulations and standards that are supposedly in place to protect us and our pets.
- 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...
- 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...
- Pet Food Recall ~ Ban Ingredients Of Chinese Origin
After dogs began falling ill and dying as a result of eating the food, Royal Canin SA recalled a number of its products, and stated it would no longer use any ingredients of Chinese origin in their foods. The government of South Africa also stopped imports...
- 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...
- 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...