FDA authorizes siezure without having to prove or inspect imported wheat gluten.
Sounds like dramatic action.
Why is some of the wheat gluten being trans shipped from Holland?
Whoa...
This is a bit startling, no?
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I knew it all along. The Company at fault is named Kat Poi Son. I think it is in the Dog Chow province.
The page formatting didn't come through properly. The name of the company and the address:
Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Company Ltd.
Wangdian Industrial Zone,
Peixian, CN-32, China 221623
My kids make fun of me because I won't buy anything from China that touches food (no pans, flatware, plates, small Chinese cooks, etc). The Chinese simply don't have to follow the same standards of safety which we have to follow.
Don't trust 'em. Guess I was right. Guess I need to to go tell my kids, "I told you so!"
"The full name of the company is: Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Company Ltd. This company also exports wheat flour, cornstarch, sweet potato starch, protein powder, zinc oxide, carrots, garlic, ginger, and other agricultural products."
Why the hell would the United States or Canada need to import any grain product from China?
I'm wondering if some kind of transportation contamination occurred.
A Netherlands based company named DMS is the largest supplier of melamine in the world. China uses melamine as a fertilizer. There is another potential player here in the U.S.--an unnamed supplier/distributer of the imported wheat gluten.
"Vital Wheat Gluten
Brief Introdction:
wheat gluten meal is also named vital wheat gluten. The flour is used as its raw material, and from which extracts a light brown natural grain powder through intensively processing. It is a good solubles protein, containing fifteen amino acid essential for human body. After all, it can yet be regarded as a plant protein food looking good, smelling good and tasting good. It is the basic raw material of high-grade aquatic food.
Specification:
Protein≥75%
Moisture≤8%
Ash (lime)≤1%
The rate of absorbing water≥160%
The degree of thickness: 99% through 200 um tough silk sieve
Taste, smell: normal, with grain delicious
Outward ap: light yellow powder"
Emphasis added. Note that it looks like this is also used as a human food additive/supplement.
"The heat is on"
I also think the heat should be on MENU products. That company has been totally unsympathetic towards the pet owners who have had animals that died. People should be writing to the companies that used them as a manufacturer and told that they will boycott until a new(hopefully, American company) takes over.
Thanks M_guy.
Some people will do anyting for money. Putting plastic as filler in the wheat gluten so it weighs more.that is low down dirty rotten nasty lying cheating stealing and beyond the pale. May they rot in hail.
Imported foods need to go through the same rigor as US companies' foods.
I wonder if anyone was paid off to benefit our good trading partner friends and debt holders, the red Chinese? Now that's something the Dims should investigate, if they're in the investigating mood-- rather than the non-crimes.
Great Catch...
"Xuzhou" is possibly selling wheat under a "grade 1" classification according to this web site...
http://www.ec21.com/manufacturers/wheat_grade_1.html
A possible ?? Netherland connection could be a holding company advertising on the same page, as "Condor Holding B.V. "...
Transhipped from China through Holland? Transhipped?
That's seems suspicious.
Why do we import food from China?
This is just plain idiotic. All these dog food and cat food companies need to be sued for their short-term financial greed that led to the death of these animals. Bet buying from China looked good on their financial reports. Idiots.
FOR THE LOVE OF PETS, BUMP!