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

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

[mom4kittys]

[cripplecreek]

Gone are the days when our nation’s integrity was more important than protecting stock holders from the risks inherent in any other form of gambling.

[Salamander]

Well gosh, that sure would’ve been easy to miss noticing.

/dripping sarcasm

[Faith65]

Bookmark....great info....thanks!

[backhoe]

Thanks for looking.

[DumpsterDiver]

This looks like a good spot for me to post some links from ConsumerAffairs.com

Pet Food Recall - April 2007

• Pet Food Fall-Out Continues, with Recalls, Raids, Lawsuits
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall38.html

• Melamine Found in North Carolina Hogs
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall37.html

• Thousands of Hogs May Have Eaten Contaminated Feed
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall36.html

• U.S. Food Supply at High Risk of Terrorist or Profit-Driven Tampering
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/house_food_safety.html

• Senators Demand FDA Release Names of All Suspect Pet Food Companies
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall35.html

• South Africa Bans Gluten Products from China as Pet Poisonings Spread
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall34.html

• Pet Food Contamination Scandal Spreads to Pork, FDA Opens Criminal Investigation
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall33.html

• Intentional Spiking Suspected in Chinese Ingredients; Blue Buffalo Recalls Spa Select Kitten Dry Food
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall32.html

• Congress Pressing for Better Food Safety
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/food_sfaety_delauro.html

• China Blocks U.S. Inspectors Seeking Answers to Pet Poisonings
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall30.html

• Importer Recalls Rice Protein Used in Pet Food
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall31.html

• Pet Food Fall-Out Continues, with Recalls, FDA Raids, Lawsuits Government - Compensates Hog Farmers, but Not Pet Owners
  www.consumeraffairs.com/printme.php?url=/news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall38.html

• Melamine Blamed for More Pet Food Recalls
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall29.html

• Natural Balance Recalls Pet Food
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall28.html

• Pet Food Importer Blames Its Chinese Supplier
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall27.html

• Pet Owners Organize to Put Congress on a Short Leash
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall26.html

• Consumers Want Action to Prevent Future Pet Poisonings
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall25.html

• Senate Hears from Pet Food Lobbyists, FDA Officials, Promises Action
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall24.html

• FDA Warns That Recalled Pet Food May Still Be On Shelves
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall23.html

• Menu Foods Recalls More Cat Food Made With ChemNutra Wheat Gluten
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall22.html

• Menu Foods Executive Sold Shares Weeks Before Pet Food Recall
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall21.html

• Cornell Scientists Find A Second Contaminant in Pet Food
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall20.html

• Veterinary Chain Puts Pet Food Injuries At 39,000
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall19.html

• Senate Hearing Will Probe Pet Food Safety
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall18.html

• China Opens Investigation into Pet Food Contaminant
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall17.html

• Pet Chews Contaminated with Salmonella
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/dog_chew_recall.html

• Pet Food Recall Expanded to Sunshine Mills Dog Biscuits
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall16.html

• American Importer Recalls All Wheat Gluten
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall15.html

• PETA Suggests Vitamin D to Blame for Animal Deaths
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall14.html

• Pet Food Recall Timeline Shows "Failures At Every Level," PETA Charges
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall_timeline.html

• List of Recalled Menu Foods Products
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/03/pet_food_recall_list.html

• FDA Blocks Imports from Chinese Supplier Suspected of Producing Tainted Wheat Gluten
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall13.html

• Del Monte the Latest to Recall Pet Food
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall12.html

• Alpo Adds Some Dog Food to Massive Recall List
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/04/pet_food_recall11.html

• FDA Finds Plastic in Tainted Pet Food
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/03/pet_food_recall09.html

• Reports of Dog, Cat Deaths Rise; Scientists Question Whether Rat Poison is the Cause
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/03/pet_food_recall07.html

• Menu Foods Wants All of its Wet Pet Food Removed from Shelves
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/03/pet_food_recall06.html

• What's the Safest Food for Your Dog or Cat?
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/03/pet_food_recall_alternatives.html

• Pet Food Recall Hits Home in Emporia
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/03/pet_food_emporia.html

• Menu Food CEO "Doesn't Know" How Rat Poison Got into Pet Food
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/03/pet_food_recall05.html

• Pet Food Contamination May Be Rat Poison
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/03/pet_food_recall04.html

• Reports of Dead Animals Increase as Word of Recall Spreads
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/03/pet_food_recall03.html

• Latest Information For Pet Owners
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/03/pet_food_recall03a.html

• One in Six Animals Died in Pet Food Tests
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/03/pet_food_recall02.html

• Pet Food Recalled After Reports Of Kidney Failure
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2007/03/pet_food_recall.html

• Tainted Dog Food Killed 23 Animals in 2005
  www.consumeraffairs.com//news04/2005/dog_food.html

• Consumer Complaints about Menu Pet Food Recall
  www.consumeraffairs.com//pets/menu_pet_food.html

• More about Pets
  www.consumeraffairs.com/pets/

[stopem]

"Free trade with criminals isn’t free trade.

EXACTLY!!But a country cannot be selective when they agree to free trade.

[stopem]

Thanks excellent links.

One must be careful when voting for a candidate see where he stands on free trade.

[3D-JOY]

This thread has become one for future and present constant reference.

Thanks for both of your lists...

Thanks for the pings...mom

[LSAggie]

Thank you so much for all the work you’ve put into this. It is so irratating and frustating to see what’s happening and none of our elected congress or our unelected bureaucrats are doing anything to resolve the problem.

I feed my dog Solid Gold products and so far so good, but I’m keeping a close eye on her.

[little jeremiah]

BTTT for info that more people should read.

[2nd amendment mama]

Thanks for those great links. I’ve switched to grain free food for my boy!

[backhoe]

Great links- thanks!

[backhoe]

[sweetiepiezer]

From error to error one discovers the entire truth.

Sigmund Freud
(1856-1939) Austrian Physician, Founder of Psychoanalysis

[Chode]

first time is an accident, second time it's coincidence... third time it's WAR!!!

[mom4kittys]

Post of the day!

[mom4kittys]

Not to mention that even reading labels, don’t aleays tell you if an ingredient came from China. Also, letters and emails to companies asking about their products are usually not very forthcoming. Even if we as a consumer wanted to make a statement against chinese products it is difficult because of the lack of information.

[sweetiepiezer]

Thanks for the ping.

Pinging others.

We should ping all of FR and do a mass postcard mail to Washington, with pictures of our dead and sick pets.

Also pictures of our families, asking if we are next?

Read where the EPA is on this now, along with the FDA and the, can all these A agencies get their a$$’s together

[girlangler]

GREAT information. Thanks for posting this.