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Detention Without Physical Examination of -All- Vegetable Protein Products From China...
US Food and Drug Administration ^ | Tuesday May 1, 2007 | Milwaukee_Guy

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 ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: adulteration; china; contamination; fdapetfoodrecall; food; foodsafety; melamine
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To: Milwaukee_Guy

I just purchased Talapia frozen from China at Ingles Supermarket in North Carolina. It says it’s frozen by a carbon dioxide process (rather than a nitrogen process) which USA normally uses. I don’t know what that means to us, the consumers.

I read here that they have been feeding pigs with a melanmine (sp) ingrediant in North Carolina, a big pig raising state. When I asked the 18 year old worker, he knew nothing about it, although he said 2 other shoppers had asked him about it that day. According to articles here, they don’t know if it’s damaging to humans although they estimate that 4000 pets have lost their lives because of this additive. (It substitutes for protein, which they can advertise and boost their protein content.) We lived in Michigan during the 70’s-80’s when fire retardent was added to cow meal. When the cows wouldn’t eat it, molasses was added to make it attractive to cows. For years, the supermarkets had to advertise that their beef cows came from Texas or some other state and it caused some deaths and physical harm to farm families raising cattle who didn’t realize they were buying retardent-enhanced and then Molasses enhanced feed for their cattle.

Cordio


21 posted on 05/01/2007 10:09:46 AM PDT by Cordio
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To: mvpel
Science Diet has had canned and dry food recalled due to melemine contamination.

All manner of “premium” pet food has been affected by this recall.

How does it feel to pay top dollar for shoddy Chinese ingredients?

22 posted on 05/01/2007 10:11:22 AM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: Milwaukee_Guy

Why isn’t all Chinese food banned? Hello!?!?!?


23 posted on 05/01/2007 10:12:07 AM PDT by Tolsti
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To: Cordio

Great post!


24 posted on 05/01/2007 10:12:53 AM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: Milwaukee_Guy

Baby steps against companies expensing the American People for Profit!! Bad part is this is a ‘staple’ ingredient and pretty hard to avoid. I make all my own bread—guess I will have to grind my own flour. Globalization is so good for the American people.


25 posted on 05/01/2007 10:13:04 AM PDT by Snoopers-868th
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To: Milwaukee_Guy

Thanks for posting this.


26 posted on 05/01/2007 10:13:24 AM PDT by Darnright
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To: All

Top News:

The smoking gun of melamine spiking found.

Biggest news out of the FDA since “16 dead.” This time FDA reports 4,150 pets reported dead. Will the mainstream media pick up on this?

Also, FDA begins blocking all untested Chinese vegetable protein. A move rare in its breadth, according to USA Today.

Melamine spiking widespread and going on for at least 15 years in China.

It also happened in the US.

38 chicken farms fed tainted pet food back in February.

http://www.itchmo.com/


27 posted on 05/01/2007 10:14:42 AM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: Milwaukee_Guy
>FDA confirmation [?] of 1950 deaths of cats and 2200 deaths of dogs
"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"

Why do you say stuff
like that without a hot link?
Do you think Freepers

won't know the difference
between them getting "reports"
and "confirmations?"

Geez, Louise! Calm down!
Words have meanings! Include links
to support your claims.

28 posted on 05/01/2007 10:14:51 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: Cordio

why would they deliberately feed fire retardant to cattle?

did they have a problem with spontaneous cattle combustion?


29 posted on 05/01/2007 10:15:03 AM PDT by rahbert
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To: Milwaukee_Guy
Wow, how responsive. /s
30 posted on 05/01/2007 10:15:44 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (Rudy: fashionable fascism, one charade at a time.)
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To: All

The contamination is widespread and the FDA has no clue as to where it will lead,


As of April 26, 2007, FDA had collected approximately 750 samples of wheat gluten and products made with wheat gluten and, of those tested thus far, 330 were positive for melamine and/or melamine related compounds. FDA had also collected approximately 85 samples of rice protein concentrate and products made with rice protein concentrate and, of those tested thus far, 27 were
positive for melamine and/or melamine related compounds. FDA’s investigation has traced all of the positive samples as having been imported from China.


31 posted on 05/01/2007 10:18:35 AM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy (Don't hit them between the eyes. Hit them right -in- the eyes!)
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To: rahbert

Nah, they heard something about Al Gore banning cow farts.


32 posted on 05/01/2007 10:18:57 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (Got Towel?)
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To: Milwaukee_Guy

“Detention Without Physical Examination of all Vegetable Protein Products from China”...that makes it sound like they’re shipping a couple hundred tons of won ton noodles down to Gitmo to be held as enemy combatants.

}:-)4


33 posted on 05/01/2007 10:19:17 AM PDT by Moose4 ("(Rudy's) the exact same animal as Hillary only he wears a dress." --Jim Robinson)
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To: Cordio
"I just purchased Talapia frozen from China at Ingles Supermarket in North Carolina."

On 4-26-2007 the state of Alabama banned the import and sale of Talapia and catfish from China. It contains an antibiotic that has been banned which causes some disease in humans. I'll see if I can locate the article I posted about it.

34 posted on 05/01/2007 10:19:45 AM PDT by blam
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To: Uncle George

You really do get what you pay for.


35 posted on 05/01/2007 10:22:34 AM PDT by X-FID ( Taking out the trash one bag at a time (and I mean BAG))
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To: Cordio
Agriculture Commissioner Bans China Catfish Imports In Alabama (Contaminated)
36 posted on 05/01/2007 10:23:45 AM PDT by blam
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To: Milwaukee_Guy
From what they're saying, they've only recalled Prescription Diet m/d dry cat food and Savory Cuts canned cat food which was the only product that contained slightly contaminated wheat gluten, and represented less than 1% of their sales, and they're conducting their own testing.
37 posted on 05/01/2007 10:24:11 AM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: blam
“Too little, too late. What if it had been babies dying?”
How do we know that babies aren’t dying?

I wonder where the protein additives for baby formula come from? Why is there a rise in autism? Just a thought.

38 posted on 05/01/2007 10:26:30 AM PDT by poobear
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To: Cordio

Did you know the fish was from China when you bought it? Frozen fish is nasty, no matter where it comes from. If you have ever eaten truly fresh fish you can never eat any thing less.


39 posted on 05/01/2007 10:27:43 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: CholeraJoe

this is a test?


40 posted on 05/01/2007 10:29:12 AM PDT by huldah1776 (Worthy is the Lamb.)
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