U.S.: Pet Food Ingredient Mislabeled-(oh well everyone makes mistakes)

physorg ^ | May 05, 2007 | y CHRISTOPHER BODEEN , Associated Press Writer

[Flavius]

The mildly toxic chemical melamine is commonly added to animal feed in China,...

[Flavius]

well, midly toxic so is arsenic, just take it in small doses and watch that stock portfolio blossom,

14,000 DOW here we come baby, maybe we can sell saw dust for flour, just think of the profits baby

[mewzilla]

Melamine (Fire-retardant, nephrotoxic, stain erasing fertilizer)

Yum.

[James W. Fannin]

Free trade with criminals isn’t free trade.

[Flavius]

oh its my favorite

i love a cup of chinese c/ap in the morning

[mewzilla]

Mislabeled my gluteus maximus...

Melamine in pet food may not be accidental

[Flavius]

to me its funny we bombed Saddam and he hid all his weapons of mass destruction

we are paying for the ones from chicom disneyland and ingesting them

now thats cool

[mewzilla]

With surging imports come safety concerns Pet food made headlines, but food for humans is tainted, too, and very little gets inspected

This melamine mess's just the tip of the iceberg.

[mewzilla]

So many pols got their shorts in a knot over the UAE. But not a peep about the PRC. And where was Congressional oversight of the FDA?

Congressional oversight. Snort. Now there's an oxymoron...

[Flavius]

you know that i know that

but dont you know that Paris Hilton is going to jail?

I mean common

lets focus here man focus on important things

[James W. Fannin]

We definitely have a lopsided view of security under this administration. Open borders that remain open and poisoned animal food are evidence of that.

[mewzilla]

LOL. Pity we can't export her to the PRC...

[Flavius]

well we are not cruel people

[backhoe]

In rough chronological order, here are some of my more salient links about “Poisoned Pet Food”—

First mention: 03/16/2007
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1802083/posts
—Menu Foods did not immediately provide a full list of brand names and lot numbers covered by the recall, saying they would be posted on its Web site — http://www.menufoods.com/recall — early Saturday. Consumers with questions can call (866) 463-6738.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1802307/posts
Recall of Pet Foods

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816256/posts
Some Recalled Pet Food Still On Shelves

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816523/posts
China’s food safety woes expand overseas
April 12, 2007

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816819/posts
Pet Food Crisis Highlights Chinese Food Safety Woes
April 13, 2007

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816723/posts
How Close Was Tainted Wheat To Human Food?

Re: How Close Was Tainted Wheat To Human Food? 04/14/2007
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816723/posts?page=163#163

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816723/posts?page=169#169

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816723/posts?page=177#177

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816723/posts?page=182#182

Latest from, http://www.petconnection.com/blog/category/2007-food-recall/

Here are lots of recalls most of the public hasn’t even heard about yet:

http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1819788/posts
Chemical Found in Second Pet Food Ingredient, Recall Expanded
April 18, 2007

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820340/posts
Pet food probe turns to possibility of fraud
April 19, 2007

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1820602/posts
Starting A Pet Food Recall Ping List
04/20/2007

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821072/posts
Humans at risk from tainted pet food? - Found In Pigs Now!
April 20, 2007
Database:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=petfood

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821403/posts
Criminal Probe Opened in Pet Food Scare (FDA Says Charges Possible; Tainted Pork Confirmed in Calif)
April 21, 2007

For all sorts of animal health news and information visit the main page of the AVMA
http://www.avma.org/
as well as their list of useful links:
http://www.avma.org/aa/petfoodrecall/default.asp

Pet Connection, a pet information clearinghouse that hosts a popular blog, has been tracking the pet food recall from the start:
http://www.petconnection.com/

FDA’s Update on Tainted Pet Food
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01615.html

After the melamine story broke, this story broke about the problems with improted food in general.

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660211904,00.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1823668/posts
U.S. hogs ate contaminated pet food from China.
4/25/07

U.S. hogs ate contaminated pet food from China.
iht ^ | 4/25/07
Pet-Food Recall: Timing and Triggers (Iams Blew the Whistle!)
April 26, 2007...a poultry farm also may have received tainted food.—
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070424/hl_nm/petfood_testing_dc

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1825419/posts
Will food ever be safe? (pet food recall expanded)
April 28, 2007

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1826949/posts
Joint Update: FDA/USDA Trace Adulterated Animal Feed to Poultry—So now it includes products made from soybeans and mung beans (whatever those are). Holy crap. The hits just keep on coming, don’t they?
Our little pets were the canaries...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKfSsEI9BMc

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827025/posts
Chinese pet food contamination only the beginning of concerns-(3.3% of USA food comes from CHINA)
May 02, 2007

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827486/posts
Feds: Millions have eaten chickens fed tainted pet food
May 2, 2007

Lots of good recall info at:
http://www.itchmo.com/

http://petfoodtracker.blogspot.com/

[Squeako]

Bookmark. Thanks.

[magslinger]

LOL. Pity we can't export her to the PRC...

You want to commit an act of war against the PRC? And get half a billion Screaming Chinese mad at us?

[backhoe]

[snowsislander]

Yes, I find the Itchmo link particularly valuable.

From there, they have a link to Wysong, which has the following on one of its web pages:

This unthinkable and irresponsible act has most certainly destroyed our confidence in China. Our feeling is that any food product now coming from China should be held in suspicion unless proven otherwise. We have reviewed all Wysong formulations and believe all of our ingredients are safe. We are using no ingredients from China. We are also hesitant to use any imported ingredient unless we can have absolute assurance of quality. If there arises any reason for us to suspect any ingredient, regardless of its source, it will be tested to assure purity.

...

Manufacturers seeking to avoid any ingredients from China are finding it very difficult to do so. Many ingredient manufacturers in the U.S. have been driven out of business by Chinese competition. Shopping for “made in the U.S.” in the ingredient market has become as difficult as finding non-Chinese products at Wal-Mart. China will be crippled from these events and U.S. manufacturers are learning that “least-cost formulation” is not the smartest way to healthy nutrition.

It also has a link that leads to an interesting webpage at the University of Guelph, with a lot of information, including photographs showing the contaminated product alongside uncontaminated:

Contaminated wheat gluten



Uncontaminated wheat gluten

[backhoe]

Thanks- I'll save those links, with a

to you.

[WorkingClassFilth]

It’s a common third world practice to adultrate foods. Watering down milk, corn syrup in honey, etc., etc., etc. One of the big reasons we are different is through a century of inspections and safe food legislation, not to mention certain non-PC cultural standards holding integrity and honesty in high regard.

[PGalt]

Outstanding thread! Thanks to all linkers, contributors. BTTT!