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To: Salamander

Global market, global problems. As with anything else, the mfr wants to lessen his production costs. A Chinese import is less than his domestic, so he makes the logical choice, all other things being equal. But in this case, they were not equal, i.e. contaminated product from China. Has anybody found out how this “rat poison” got into the wheat gluten in the first place?.......


36 posted on 04/20/2007 7:29:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (If it's consensus, it's not science. If it's science, there's no need for consensus......)
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To: Red Badger

The new theory is that it was intentionally added to artificially boost weight/protein content.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.petfood19apr19,0,4141728.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

Heinous, IMO.


39 posted on 04/20/2007 7:33:39 AM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent.......)
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