Posted on 04/24/2007 2:22:37 PM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy
Hogs at a western North Carolina farm have tested positive for melamine, the industrial chemical blamed for killing and sickening dogs and cats that ate it in their food.
North Carolina Department of Agriculture officials said that none of the hogs that ate the tainted food have entered the food chain for human consumption. The department has quarantined the farm, which has about 1,400 hogs, until it the U.S. Food and Drug Administration can advise what to do next.
(Excerpt) Read more at charlotte.com ...
A Caififornia hog farm has already been quarantined and others are likely to follow.
Ping.
Melamine Ping!
This is just a big cheating scam by China to cheat the customers by puting other substances on feed that appear to be protien but, in fact, are not.
Slaughter the hogs, and sell the meat back to the Chinese.
And where the heck is the media?
Why the hell are we importing food from China?
Or is the FDA more interested in self-power, control, etc.
rather than public safety.
THERE SHOULD BE BLAST-TEXT OF THIS INFORMATION TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01615.html
FDA’s Update on Tainted Pet Food
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating an imported shipment of rice protein concentrate which has been found to contain melamine. The rice protein concentrate may have been used as an ingredient in some pet foods. FDA’s investigation of the rice protein is being carried out by specialists in FDA headquarters and in eight FDA district offices. Thus far, the following has been established:
The suspect shipment of rice protein concentrate was imported and offloaded during the week of April 2, 2007 by Wilbur-Ellis, an importer and distributor of agricultural products, including rice protein concentrate, with headquarters in San Francisco, CA. The source of the product is identified as Binzhou Futian Biological Technology in China.
The shipment consisted primarily of rice protein concentrate in white bags, but also included one pink bag that was labeled, in part, with the word “melamine.”
On April 15, Wilbur-Ellis notified FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine about the suspect shipment. On April 16, FDA launched a nationwide investigation tracing eight import entries identified as being shipped from the Chinese firm since July 2006. FDA testing revealed melamine in both the white and pink bags.
Wilbur-Ellis has initiated a recall of all suspect rice protein concentrate it had imported and distributed; see http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/wilburellis04_07.html.
As a result of notification by Wilbur-Ellis, Royal Canin USA and C.J. Foods voluntarily recalled certain products; see http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/royalcanin04_07.html and http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/bluebuffalo04_07.html.
Then we need to amend our participation in the WTO. We do not need to import food from China. In fact, we need to not import food from China.
The MSM won't dis the PRC. The UAE, yes indeedy. Not the PRC.
Melamine (Fire-retardant, nephrotoxic, stain erasing fertilizer)
Hershey’s is moving to India, China and Mexico....
advertising $$$ cannot kill the cash cow... even our vitamins are made in China now.
I may be sporting my tinfoil chapeau at the moment, but the easiest way to throw a country into chaos is to mess with the food supply.
This is just a test, folks.
The Chinese are not our friends.
“The shipment consisted primarily of rice protein concentrate in white bags, but also included one pink bag that was labeled, in part, with the word “melamine.”
Notice how a bag marked “melamine” was included with the rice protein shipment?
Clearly a smoking gun that the Chinese are adding it in their food processing facilities. No way this chemical should be in the “food” plant.
Clearly a -criminal- matter at his point. Stop all Chinese food imports until full inspections can be made, both here and in China.
That should take the FDA ten years or so! ;-D
I’d rather not be on your ping list, thanks.
Taken care of!
It sounds as though there are two different Chinese suppliers involved, Binzhou Futian Biological Technology and the one (I forget its name) that provided the tainted wheat gluten. Anyone know if there’s any relationship between the two, owned by the same parent company for instance? Because if there isn’t, this becomes an even nastier can of worms.
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