FDA finds another poison in the recalled Pet Food -Presser @ 10:00 am EDT

Pet Connection.com and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Friday March 30, 2007 | Milwaukee_Guy

[Milwaukee_Guy]

"Testing by the FDA and at least one lab independent of the agency found melamine, a chemical used in plastics and household textiles, in samples of the recalled pet food and in one of its ingredients -- wheat gluten -- said an FDA official and another source close to the investigation. Neither wanted to be identified prior to the FDA's formal announcement this morning."

"The FDA has not determined how melamine got into the pet food. Melamine is used as a fertilizer in Asia and has several commercial and industrial uses."

[Milwaukee_Guy]

Third poison has been found during the ongoing nationwide pet food recall. The FDA is -not- ruling out the Aminopterin found by the New York State Agriculture Dept.

Here are the earlier discoveries.

Aminopterin Confirmed in Recalled Pet Food and Implicated Tissue Samples. http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/AD/release.asp?ReleaseID=1598

FDA Issues Warning Letter to Iams Pet Food - Chromium Tripicolinate http://www.freerepublic.com/^http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/b6285d.htm

[snarkytart]

Those poor pets were poisoned to death. What a horrible way to die.
Thanks for the new information.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Golly gee, we'll never know where this "cheap" wheat came from. "Why, it was just there one morning and we used it," said a company spokesman. Government and MSM spokesmen agreed saying, "We know nothing."

[Milwaukee_Guy]

This is a big story with billions of dollars at stake.

Not to mention some long needed scrutiny of the garbage food products being imported into this country.

[ikka]

Was it a test run? Did they mix poison into the wheat gluten and it was only by accident that it ended up in pet food instead of human food?

[Milwaukee_Guy]

Nation’s pets may not be the only ones in danger,

"Either way presents disturbing scenarios. If the poisoning was accidental, it could indicate poor foreign controls over an ingredient – wheat gluten – that is used not only in pet food but also in many food products for humans. That this happened in China is no comfort when so many American food products and ingredients are imported. Thirteen percent of the wheat gluten used in the United States comes from China."

http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/6437657p-5736267c.html

[kittymyrib]

It was reported that Menu Foods had switched their supplier of wheat gluten recently. Would anyone like to bet it was from China? As though they weren't making enough profit from the sky-high prices on their high-end pet foods. Now they will be sued for millions and the company might not survive, a classic confirmation of the old saying, "Penny wise, pound foolish."

[Eroteme]

Excellent point.

[cripplecreek]

If you google search "Menu foods + Chinese wheat" you'll find your answers. (lots of answers)

[Conspiracy Guy]

Country of origin for any food products should be a matter of concern for all of us. Whether it's China or California.

[Milwaukee_Guy]

"I vote we send China some radioactive baby food."

No need to! Aminopterin is used as a rat poison in China and is sprayed over their wheat crops.

Aminopterin was once used in the U.S. to INDUCE ABORTIONS in humans. It was discontinued when surviving babies exhibited gross genetic defects.

China appears to have a very efficient birth control program already!

[JoeSixPack1]

All this crap has been in pet food since the discovery that adding ash to bloat the product was too profitable to ignore.

This latest round of dead pets, being on a larger scale then usual, has finally brought publicity to it.

[Neoliberalnot]

Was the level of melamine toxic?? Carbon monoxide is in the air we all breath, but the level is not at the toxic threshold.

[Lil'freeper]

Not to mention some long needed scrutiny of the garbage food products being imported into this country.... Nation’s pets may not be the only ones in danger

good points. My first thought in response to your posts was our meat herds. Cattle, especially, are fed grains (and grain fractions, and various byproducts from food processing) for finishing. I'm curious about how much of that, if any, is imported.

[dandelion]

We asked the same question three weeks ago - if there are poisons in the imported gluten in the pet food, chances are there are poisons in the imported gluten in "people" food as well.

Testing the dog food is just a band-aid. If the real problem is imported wheat, then they need to TEST THE IMPORTED WHEAT...

[Dick Bachert]

Hey, call me paranoid, but I wonder if this isn't a dry run/psyops by the radical islamofascists to let us know that they can probably get to the HUMAN food supply?

Guess we'll know when PEOPLE start punching out...

[NC28203]

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2007-03-18-food-safety-usat_N.htm?csp=34 U.S. food imports outrun FDA resources "The FDA inspects about 1% of the imported foods it regulates, down from 8% in 1992 when imports were far less common. In contrast, the United States Department of Agriculture, which is responsible for meat and poultry, inspected almost 16% of those imported foods in fiscal 2006. The FDA covers most other foods, about 80% of the nation's food supply." "The decline in FDA inspection resources has been pronounced in the past five years. While food imports have soared about 50%, the number of FDA food-import inspectors has dropped about 20%, the agency says."

[NC28203]

Sorry for the poor formatting.

U.S. food imports outrun FDA resources

"The FDA inspects about 1% of the imported foods it regulates, down from 8% in 1992 when imports were far less common. In contrast, the United States Department of Agriculture, which is responsible for meat and poultry, inspected almost 16% of those imported foods in fiscal 2006. The FDA covers most other foods, about 80% of the nation's food supply." "The decline in FDA inspection resources has been pronounced in the past five years. While food imports have soared about 50%, the number of FDA food-import inspectors has dropped about 20%, the agency says."

[thulldud]

Guess we'll know when PEOPLE start punching out...

If we know THAT people are punching out. Don't count on the MSM to tell ya. "All the news that fits", etc.