Posted on 03/29/2007 8:53:15 PM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy
Long story short,
Iams was specifically told in 2004, by the FDA, it could not use Chromium Tripicolinate in pet food. Iams went ahead and used it anyway. On 01-08-07 the FDA issued the warning letter posted above, after the FDA found Iams listing this ingredient on the Iams web site.
In a sweet effort at CYA during the course of the current national pet food scandal, the FDA finally got around to posting, with little fanfare, their warning letter to Iams, only today!
Chromium Tripicolinate is a known genotoxin (DNA disrupter).
IMHO, the pet food scandal will broaden to include other pet food safety issues.
I should certainly hope so. I'd really like someone to tell me just what the hell a DNA disruptor is doing in food anyfood, at all.
Ping - Another pet food toxin!
B4L8r
"In a sweet effort at CYA during the course of the current national pet food scandal, the FDA finally got around to posting, with little fanfare, their warning letter to Iams, only today!
Chromium Tripicolinate is a known genotoxin (DNA disrupter).
IMHO, the pet food scandal will broaden to include other pet food safety issues."
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This sounds, seems and feels like a hit piece by a competitor, or an energetic employee of one.
I know, categorically, that IAMS would not continue to use an ingredient which the FDA has identified as a problem, certainly not for 3 years.
National Toxicology Program - Executive Summary: Chromium Picolinate
http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=6F5E980E-F1F6-975E-7CA23E823F2CB959
Never, ever buy food products from China. They treat people like dogs over there and we are just dogs to them.
More from CNN/Reuters
Genotoxic compounds can cause genetic mutations or tumors, according to the FDA Web site.
Chromium tripicolinate is known to boost metabolism in both humans and animals, Iverson said.
"The FDA wanted additional studies to prove certain things but those would require us to go beyond our animal welfare policy, so we've chosen to take that ingredient out," he said.
However, Iverson did not have a date by which time the compound - which continues to be listed as an ingredient on the Iams Web site - would be removed.
http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/29/news/iam_pet_food.reut/?postversion=2007032916
This is getting huge and unreal.
Very sad for those of us who have lost pets and others who's pets are sick.
You might be interested in this.
Thank goodness my 5 dogs eat no commercial food at all. They are on the Biologically Appropriate Raw Foods diet or as it is widely known the BARF diet.
If I was unable to prepare their food I would feed them Dick Van Patten's Natural Choice foods. Anyone interested in this food can get info from it at www.1800.jeffers.com
I feel very sad for those who's pets have died or been sickened by the food contamination. I hope pet owners realize there are alternatives to mass produced commercial foods.
Our male cat got nailed by the Aldi's canned food. The vet has me giving him a subcutaneous Ringer's Lactate solution for the last week and a half.
He seems to be responding well. I am worried about his next blood test though. I hope there is no permanent damage.
The female cat stopped eating the Aldi's sliced cuts in gravy style food three weeks ago. She is fussy but had eaten it for two years before, twice a day! The male cat stopped eating it and got sick about a week and a half before the recall. For him to lose his appetite is remarkable.
I'm worried that the male cat gets good "clean" food while he (hopefully) recovers. I am going to get a bag of the dry food you recommend and see how they like it.
The chemical came in wheat gluten from China, if I received the correct information. Is our US Government moving to assure that in the future, our pet foods come directly from China?
I have no idea why we pay billions in subsidies to US farmers and then allow tainted wheat product from China to be imported.
Makes no sense at all......
OBJECTIVE: To report a case of acute tubular necrosis associated with the use of a chromium picolinatecontaining dietary supplement.
CASE SUMMARY: A 24-year-old white male who had been ingesting a dietary supplement (Arsenal X) for 2 weeks during his workout sessions developed acute renal failure. Radiologic investigation showed the presence of a solitary right kidney, and an open renal biopsy confirmed features of acute tubular necrosis. He developed significant renal impairment that required hemodialysis. He was also treated with plasmapheresis and steroids, as a diagnosis of pulmonaryrenal syndrome was entertained early in the disease course, which was subsequently ruled out. The patient ultimately recovered and, on outpatient visits, was noted to have normal renal function
Link, http://www.theannals.com/cgi/content/abstract/40/3/563
A couple of weeks of antibiotics from our terrific vet appeared to alleviate the problem.
She's been fed Eukanuba dry for her entire 18-month-old life. We switched two weeks ago to Innova...I hope she hasn't suffered any lasting effects from a previously unreported problem.
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