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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
Posted on 03/30/2007 6:23:02 AM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy
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To: Cannonette
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posted on
03/30/2007 7:29:27 AM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Civilian Irregular Information Defense Group -- Distributed IO and counter-PsyOps)
To: thulldud
If Anna Nicole Smith had eaten the bad pet food you would finally get some coverage! :-)
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posted on
03/30/2007 7:29:44 AM PDT
by
Milwaukee_Guy
(Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
To: cripplecreek
Paul Henderson, chief executive of Menu Foods, confirmed Friday that the wheat gluten was purchased from China.
...just poisoning the consumers that Americans won't.
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posted on
03/30/2007 7:29:53 AM PDT
by
Old_Mil
(Duncan Hunter in 2008! A Veteran, A Patriot, A Reagan Republican... http://www.gohunter08.com/)
To: WilliamofCarmichael
Government and MSM spokesmen agreed saying, "We know nothing."You know, they could say that about most any issue, and for the first time ever they'd be totally correct!
But realistically, we won't see any such thing in our lifetimes.
Damn...
CA....
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posted on
03/30/2007 7:32:45 AM PDT
by
Chances Are
(Whew! It seems I've once again found that silly grin!)
To: Old_Mil
Source?
This would be the first "hard" confirmation of the China Connection.
ABC News quoted only a "source" last Friday. Apparently they were correct.
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posted on
03/30/2007 7:33:37 AM PDT
by
Milwaukee_Guy
(Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
To: Milwaukee_Guy
At one point, I was sure that ANS had been eating rather too much of whatever she was getting. As for coverage, in her case there was never enough of the right kind, and entirely too much of the other.
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posted on
03/30/2007 7:37:20 AM PDT
by
thulldud
("Para ingl?s, oprima el dos.")
To: All
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posted on
03/30/2007 7:38:26 AM PDT
by
Milwaukee_Guy
(Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
To: Milwaukee_Guy
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posted on
03/30/2007 7:46:18 AM PDT
by
Old_Mil
(Duncan Hunter in 2008! A Veteran, A Patriot, A Reagan Republican... http://www.gohunter08.com/)
To: Old_Mil
Thanks!
Early stages of the Blame Game now begin.......
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posted on
03/30/2007 7:48:00 AM PDT
by
Milwaukee_Guy
(Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
To: Milwaukee_Guy
Melamine has loads of nitrogen (six N, 3 C, and 6H) and is used as a fertilizer in places that don't wish their people to have access to ammonium nitrate (the USA prefers AN and produces a billion or so pounds per year).
It's easy to see how it could get into food since it probably is stored with food or transported in the same trains.
We in the USA think of melamine as a plastic monomer (melamine and formaldehyde polymer makes nice plates, bowls, and countertops).
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posted on
03/30/2007 7:48:47 AM PDT
by
DBrow
To: dandelion
Testing the dog food is just a band-aid. If the real problem is imported wheat, then they need to TEST THE IMPORTED WHEAT..."
Ironic, isn't it? The per food plant in question is in the middle of Kansas- great WHEAT producing state, and the company was inporting WHEAT from China.
To: ridesthemiles
And we pay Kansas farmers -not- to grow wheat!
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posted on
03/30/2007 7:55:19 AM PDT
by
Milwaukee_Guy
(Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
To: Milwaukee_Guy
By the way, it gets better...this from October 2006:
Earlier this year, a 4-year-old Minneapolis boy died of lead poisoning after swallowing a metal charm that came as a gift with a pair of Reebok sneakers. The charm, which was made in China, was 99% lead....source.
Many times, I've heard the sentiment expressed here as to how companies are moving to China and Mexico because there are too many government regulations in the United States. While this may be true, the flip side of the coin is that there are virtually none in places like China and companies are free to behave in such a way that maximizes the bottom line regardless of its effect on the health and safety of the consumers of its product.
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posted on
03/30/2007 7:57:08 AM PDT
by
Old_Mil
(Duncan Hunter in 2008! A Veteran, A Patriot, A Reagan Republican... http://www.gohunter08.com/)
To: NC28203
While food imports have soared about 50%, the number of FDA food-import inspectors has dropped about 20%, the agency says. Is your position that more government is the answer?
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posted on
03/30/2007 7:58:34 AM PDT
by
palmer
To: ridesthemiles
Ironic, isn't it? The per food plant in question is in the middle of Kansas- great WHEAT producing state, and the company was inporting WHEAT from China. No, it is typical. We have an enormous trade deficit for many reasons, many of them our own (each of us) fault.
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posted on
03/30/2007 8:00:17 AM PDT
by
palmer
To: Old_Mil
Agreed, how does one sue a Communist Dictatorship?
If China gets caught, the local plant manager is taken out and shot, his organs donated to a Taiwanese businessman and a new lackey takes over the wheat gluten plant.
Try to sue this bunch and they'll laugh in your face.
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posted on
03/30/2007 8:00:59 AM PDT
by
Milwaukee_Guy
(Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
To: Milwaukee_Guy
You are so right, it's called CYA.
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posted on
03/30/2007 8:04:54 AM PDT
by
sweetiepiezer
(A life time member of the VRWC!!!!!)
To: Old_Mil
Paul Henderson, chief executive of Menu Foods, confirmed Friday that the wheat gluten was purchased from China. Suppose they'll be held responsible? nah!
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posted on
03/30/2007 8:06:27 AM PDT
by
Netizen
(More Americans killed by illegal aliens than Iraq war 2,158 ea year - Center for Immigration Studies)
To: sweetiepiezer
Here comes some -serious- Federal CYA!
Pet food recall: FDA press conference report
In an FDA press conference this morning, a reporter asked the FDAs Dr. Stephen Sundlof if people could be feeding unsafe food to their pets right now, because the FDA wont reveal the name of a company that received wheat gluten from the same source from which Menu did?
The response? It is possible, but I think weve been following every lead that we can. My sense is that we have gotten most of it under control.
As soon as we have any information, he assured reporters at a press conference this morning, well notify the public. Except for the name of the company, it seems.
How about the numbers? asked another attendee. Youre still saying only 15 confirmed deaths, but some reports are in the thousands. How do you explain the discrepancy?
Dr. Sundlof said FDA cant confirm any cases beyond those first few in Menus test labs, even though they have received over 8800 additional reports, because We have not had the luxury of confirming these reports. Theyll work on that, he said, after they make sure all the product is off the shelves.
He pointed out that in human medicine, the job of defining what constitutes a confirmed case would fall to the Centers for Disease Control, not the FDA
and there is no CDC for animals.
More to come.
http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/30/pet-food-recall-fda-press-conference-report/
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posted on
03/30/2007 8:06:41 AM PDT
by
Milwaukee_Guy
(Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
To: Milwaukee_Guy
I think I am going to make my own cat food. Going to check the internet for recipes to make in bulk.
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