Posted on 05/08/2007 10:08:30 AM PDT by mom4kittys
SHANGHAI: A second industrial chemical that regulators have found in contaminated pet food in the United States may also have been intentionally added to animal feed by producers seeking larger profits, according to interviews with chemical industry officials here. Three Chinese chemical makers said that animal feed producers often purchase, or seek to purchase, the chemical, cyanuric acid, from their factories to blend into animal feed. The chemical producers said it was common knowledge that for years cyanuric acid had been used in animal and fish feed. In the United States, cyanuric acid is often used as a disinfectant for swimming pools. Two of the chemical makers said feed producers used it because it was high in nitrogen, enabling feed producers to lift the protein reading of the feed artificially. "Cyanuric acid scrap can be added to animal feed," says Yu Luwei, general manager of Juancheng Ouya Chemical Company in Shandong Province. "I sell it to fish meal manufacturers and fish farmers. It can also be added to feed for other animals." The disclosure is noteworthy not just because it is another indication that Chinese animal feed producers were intentionally doctoring the ingredients they sold, but because the practice of using cyanuric acid may provide clues as to why the pet food in the United States became so poisonous.
(Excerpt) Read more at iht.com ...
Oh swell! LOL. They’re on their own!
Lizards are delicious. My Herbie simply adored bringing them home. THEN eating them on the carpet. He lived to be 19. My Maisey, a much smaller and more delicate cat, spent her younger years hunting at the entrance to a snake den. When they ventured out, she’d sling them high into the air like lassos. Apparently the snakes enjoyed the game too, as they kept coming back for more.
Maybe we’ll all end up eating snakes and lizards if the gubmint can’t get the food supply under control.
Wonder where the FR "free traitors" are? They always seem to be missing whenever China and food contamination are discussed...
Yum! The Economy is God! Worship now!
Having posted something I've heard and believed all my life, I tried to find it on google.
I can't find any reference to poisonous lizards killing cats. What I do find is that cats are frequently poisoned by plants, and occasionally by rodents that have eaten rat poison.
Is that ever the truth! I bought fresh fish and shrimp today and made darn sure NEITHER came from China.
LSAggie (posting on hubby's account)
bump
Indeed. I’ve been on precisely the same frequency. No barn here either, of course. Shall I ask Evelyn to ship us some food items from her ranch in Montana?
Carolyn
Carolyn
From Purina site - ALPO® brand Prime Cuts wet dog food and Mighty Dog® brand pouch-packaged dog food
Revelation 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
What's the mark, "Made in China"? :-/
I'm afraid that's incorrect. On April 20, Royal Canin recalled eight of their dry formulas due to "the presence of melamine-derivative in the rice protein concentrate used in making these dry diets."
In fact, it was Royal Canin who had the Vet College at the University of Guelph test the food. Cyanuric acid was found, which in turn led to the discovery that the crystals found in the urine of the poisoned pets were 70% cyanuric acid, 30% melamine.
Royal Canin deserves credit for being proactive in having their food independently tested, rather than wait for Menu Foods sluggish piecemeal recalls, or for the FDA labs to come up with the solution, but their US home page is a bit disingenuous in referring to the contaminated ingredient as "an issue." To find out what the "issue" was, you need to click on "Frequently Asked Questions," and then Why are these eight Royal Canin USA dry pet food products being voluntarily recalled?
Carolyn
I don't know where you shop, but most pool stores aren't going to stay in business by ripping off customers. The products sold by pool retailers are stronger mixes than what you can get in a 'big box store.' For example, pool shock. If you buy it at Wally-World it is under a 50% mixture...pool stores sell at 68 and 78% calcium hypochloride. You pay more for the stronger product and the fact that it has to be hazmat placarded to ship to the pool store. Wal-Mart can ship the weaker blends on the same truck as your Rice Krispies...just fyi.
M4K...good morning! And thank you (again!!!) for your time and energy into posting these excellent articles. Not much time for me to post these days, but I do read my ‘pings’ to keep up...I appreciate them...THANKS!
I don’t have the link but I read that most vitamins that are added to our foods come from China.
The heads of two companies involved in the foodstuff doctoring have been arrested. Since they are in China they will receive quick trial and possibly harsh and immediate punishment.
Even the deadheads can't defend the indefinsible.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.