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1 posted on 05/17/2007 3:49:16 AM PDT by Flavius
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To: mom4kittys; Arizona Carolyn

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2 posted on 05/17/2007 3:50:48 AM PDT by Flavius ("Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum")
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To: Flavius

China is a giant criminal enterprise.


3 posted on 05/17/2007 3:58:38 AM PDT by 43north (7 of 11 living things are insects. This explains liberals and islamofascists.)
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To: Flavius

Can’t really expect the Chinese to be seriously concerned.

There the death of a dog or a cat is an occasion for a barbecue.


4 posted on 05/17/2007 4:03:13 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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The government body responsible for overseeing food safety said it accompanied US Food and Drug Administration inspectors on visits to two companies blamed for the chemical contamination.

Well, there wasn't much to see on those visits, since the factories were closed down, and the machinery dismantled.

US inspectors said wheat gluten exported by the firms and used to make pet food was tainted with a mildly toxic melamine and caused the deaths of an unknown number of dogs and cats.

It was more likely crude cyanuric acid (which is 30% melamine), but hey, melamine sounds a whole lot better -- after all, they make eating utensils with it, don't they?

And how inconsiderate of those animals to die from something so "mildly toxic." Have they no consideration for the global economy?

5 posted on 05/17/2007 4:16:16 AM PDT by browardchad
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Chinese authorities have detained an undisclosed number of managers from the two companies.


"There's only one punishment for such cruelty...

...RELEASE THE HOUNDS!!!
6 posted on 05/17/2007 4:21:01 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
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To: Flavius

China might get away with sell that line to their own people, but that doesn’t fly here.


7 posted on 05/17/2007 4:24:45 AM PDT by BuffaloJack
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To: Flavius
Ditto on the Nuts.

Two of my cats have been sick since their food (Science Diet MD dry) was recalled in late March.

8 posted on 05/17/2007 4:26:42 AM PDT by rintense (Rudy is nothing more than a Dem with an R behind his name. I'm 4 Thompson!)
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Several of my customers own Chinese resturants...............business is DOWN!


9 posted on 05/17/2007 4:43:59 AM PDT by wolfcreek (DON'T MESS WITH A NATION IN NEED OF MEDICATION !)
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To: Flavius

I suspect a ban on Chinese gluten imports might get them to change their minds about inspection.


13 posted on 05/17/2007 6:25:34 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
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To: Flavius

What’s the clinton play book?

Deny. Distract. Destroy.


14 posted on 05/17/2007 6:38:08 AM PDT by null and void (The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.)
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....and urged US authorities to refrain from further action against Chinese producers.

Snort.

Note to the PRC: Boneheads, our regulators are the least of your problems.

16 posted on 05/17/2007 6:58:07 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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“China says ingredients in pet food untainted”

And I am the Queen of Romania.


17 posted on 05/17/2007 7:05:14 AM PDT by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender!)
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Probably technically correct. There were no contaminants in the cyanuric acid or melamine, so you can say that those ingredients were pure.
18 posted on 05/17/2007 8:42:24 AM PDT by PAR35
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“It’s the same food we distribute to our citizens,” added the government spokesman. /sarcasm


20 posted on 05/17/2007 9:49:57 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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