Posted on 05/01/2007 9:52:09 AM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy
PROBLEM: Poisonous or Deleterious Substance Unfit For Food Unsafe Food Additive
COUNTRY: China (CN)
REASON FOR ALERT: In recent weeks, there has been an outbreak of cat and dog deaths and illness associated with pet food manufactured with vegetable proteins contaminated with melamine and melamine related compounds. In response to this outbreak, FDA has been conducting an aggressive and intensive investigation. Pet food manufacturers and others have recalled dog and cat food and other suspect products and ingredients. This has been one of the largest pet food recalls in history, a recall that continues to expand.
Thus far, 18 firms have recalled product, 17 Class I and 1 class II, covering over 5,300 product lines. As of April 26, 2007, FDA had received over 17,000 consumer complaints relating to this outbreak, and those complaints included reports of approximately 1950 deaths of cats and 2200 deaths of dogs. The Agency is working with federal, state, and local governments, academia, and industry to assess the extent of the outbreak, better understand how melamine and melamine related compounds contributed to the pet deaths and illnesses, and to determine the underlying cause of the contamination.
(Excerpt) Read more at fda.gov ...
It reminds me of the “Made in USA of foreign made material” tag you see on a lot of clothing. Ridiculous. Whatever happened to the United States being able to sustain itself with its own products?
This isn't spin. It's how I read the announcement. I provided the announcement in my reply to you. If you see it differently, fine. I don't.
I’ve had that crap, too - and I do use the word “crap” advisedly. Good saltwater white fish has been incresingly expensive and hard to find, however. The world’s factory fishing fleets are quickly vacuuming up whatever’s in the oceans, and the size and catches of fish like halibut, haddock and cod are not even close to what they once were. It’s a shame, but as big as the oceans are they can’t provide fish for everyone who would like to have some.
Or we realize and accept that life has risk, and we live our lives.
Unions, taxes and regulations...
IA #99-29, 4/27/07, IMPORT ALERT #99-29, "DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF ALL VEGETABLE PROTEIN PRODUCTS FROM CHINA FOR ANIMAL OR HUMAN FOOD USE DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF MELAMINE AND/OR MELAMINE ANALOGS"
-Massive- Federal intervention of all Chinese food imports.
FDA finally recognizes widespread pet deaths and threat to human food supply. Massive misrepresentation of Chinese vegetable imprts to US authorities.
FDA confirmation of 1950 deaths of cats and 2200 deaths of dogs.
Thanks for the tip, I’ve always wondered if it was any good or not. :)
Under Globalization, we "advanced" to being a Service Economy.
I think that means, "I'll flip your Argentine beef burgers on my Japanese grill, in return for you using Mexican shingles, a Thai hammer, and Chinese nails to fix my roof, while the government "services" us April 15th."
Please stay. I’m looking for the truth, no agenda.
P&G Pet Care Statement
April 20, 2007
UPDATE ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PET FOOD RECALL
* Iams and Eukanuba pet foods are not affected by the recent pet food product recalls by Natural Balance, Blue Buffalo, or Royal Canin.
* Iams and Eukanuba pet foods currently being sold in retail stores are not formulated with any processed vegetable proteins including wheat gluten, corn gluten, or rice protein concentrate. You can be assured that these products do not contain any processed vegetable proteins from China that are the focus of this recall investigation.
* Iams and Eukanuba pet foods contain predominantly animal-based proteins from chicken, lamb, fish, and eggs. Historically, this has always been one of the key nutritional pillars that made Iams and Eukanuba high-quality, premium pet food brands. Vegetable based proteins are not a primary source of protein in our pet foods.
* Iams and Eukanuba dry pet foods do not contain melamine and are made in P&G Pet Care plants (not Menu Foods). You should feel safe and confident in feeding all Iams and Eukanuba dry foods, which are not manufactured by Menu Foods and are not part of this recall.
* You should feel secure feeding Iams and Eukanuba products. Only a small portion of our wet food products were affected by the Menu Foods recall, and these products have already been removed from retail store shelves in the U.S. and Canada.
This has been happening for MONTHS!! Someone is asleep at the wheel.
I’m calling the companies and asking them if they import any ingredients. Then I ask for them to email their spec sheets to me...
The other thing I’m doing is Googling the name of the company, in quotes, and the words “china” and “imports” separately.
You’d be amazed what shows up. It’s frustrating work, but it pays off!
Menu Foods Recall Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) April 27, 2007
On the subject of Autism, I do find it interesting that one of the treatments is to do a gluten free diet. And people have said it helps.
Does anyone know if Gerber uses any of these in their products? Or how to even find that out. going to look at the box now.
PRODUCTS: Wheat Gluten
Rice Gluten
Rice Protein
Rice Protein Concentrate
Corn Gluten
Corn Gluten Meal
Corn By-Products
Soy Protein
Soy Gluten
Proteins (includes amino acids and protein hydrosylates)
Mung Bean Protein
Okay, who’s engaging in Clintonesque parsing here, when you’re listing as separate products what are two serving sizes of the same product, and listing a number of products twice? If you’re going to ding someone for it you should avoid doing it yourself. Here’s the list revised:
Science Diet Feline Cuts Kitten Ocean Fish Dinner in Sauce 3oz
Science Diet Feline Cuts Kitten Ocean Fish Dinner in Sauce 5.5oz
Science Diet Feline Cuts Adult Ocean Fish Dinner in Sauce 5.5oz
Science Diet Feline Cuts Adult Beef Dinner in Gravy 5.5oz
Science Diet Feline Cuts Adult Chicken Dinner in Gravy 5.5oz
Science Diet Feline Cuts Mature Adult 7+ Chicken Dinner in Gravy 5.5oz
Science Diet Feline Savory Cuts Can Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz
Science Diet Feline Savory Cuts Can Sliced Oceanfish/Sauce 3oz
Science Diet Feline Savory Cuts Can Sliced Chicken/Grvy 3oz
Science Diet Feline Savory Cuts Can Sliced Senior Chicken/Gravy 3oz
I think folks here are.
The bodies will be buried
next to the bodies
from all the people
who died of SARS, right next door
to the vast wasteland
where folks used to live
before the Y2K bug
crushed the modern world . . .
I can only give you the information Science Diet has provided me.
On March 21st, Science Diet announced their voluntary participation in Menu Food's nationwide recall. This was for product named Science Diet Savory Cuts (can), which included 12 various items manufactured for Science Diet by Menu Foods. These were the ONLY products produced by Menu foods for Hills Pet Nutrition. The copy of the recall statement I have does not address whether the product did in fact contain contaminated wheat gluten. It voluntarily recalled the product since the product was manufactured by Menu Foods.
On March 30th, Hills also announced the voluntary recall of Prescription Diet m/d Feline (dry). This recall staes: This is the only product Hill's currently sells in the United States and Canada that contains wheat gluten from any supplier". And: "Hill's is taking this recautionary action because during a two-month period in early 2007, wheat gluten for this product was provided by a company that also supplied wheat gluten to Menu foods".
All other products marketed by Hill's Science Diet, either at the time or at present, are free of wheat gluten.
Regarding the issue of rice protein concentrate: On April 17, the FDA announced a further recall for product containing rice protein concentrate associated with melamine contaminate. While Hill's uses rice protein concentrate in 4 products, none of the concentrate is from this supplier, and all products have tested free of contamination.
On April 19, Royal Canin issued a press release announcing a recall of product due to corn gluten contaminated with melamine, that was sourced to China. Science Diet came out with an announcement that all corn gluten used in Science Diet products comes from American corn suppliers. Science Diet has not been involved in any further recalls. One may visit Search for Pet Food Recalls for current recall information, including the information I have posted above. It's the source I most often use.
With the exception of the above date of March 21st (I'd put it as March 27th, as that was the date of the notification to me), all this was posted on a previous thread by me, last week. I also noted at the time that I am a retired individual who acts as a Science Diet demo rep on weekends. I am not a veterinarian, nor a chemist, nor one educated in animal husbandry. I did take a battery of exams in order to perform my duties, but am a low-level individual when it comes to the issue. I do believe in the product, however, having fed it to my pets for many years.
This is the future the globalists have chosen for us in the quest for maximum profit otherwise known as cheap labor.
I think you may really be onto something with the possible autism connection. Melamine can cause elevated ammonia levels in the body. Elevated ammonia levels are common in autistic children. Gluten or casein-free diets are often used in treating autism. Melamine is used as a gluten additive. A recent study found that autism is not linked to celiac disease, which is a gluten allergy — which means that if autism is indeed linked to gluten products and is sometimes helped by a gluten-free diet, then it might be linked to an additive in the gluten instead — like melamine.
Freepers — please check this out further! I’m no doctor, but if you’re a doctor, then tell me what you think. If you know a doctor, then ask one — we need to push this and find out!
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