[mom4kittys]

[nuconvert]

If I were Purina, I’d stop all importing of Chinese pet food products/ingredietns and start an ad campaign touting that.
Their profits would soar.

[Snoopers-868th]

Thanks for the post.

[theFIRMbss]

[nuconvert]

It really makes you wonder about any food product - pet or human - produced in China, including vitamins. Who knows what they’re using??

[blam]

"Often, the animal feed producers say, they do not buy pure melamine, which is used to make plastics and fertilizer, but purchase impure melamine scrap from chemical factories. It is much cheaper than pure melamine."

"The buyers say they believe it to be legal and non-toxic, though they admit they are cheating buyers."

Someone should be punished.

[Realism]

producers seeking larger profits

Bet they're watching their bottom line now. Hopefully it will cost them dearly.

[Flavius]

we bombarded Iraq for less they never atacked us with WMD

here the most favorite nation gets to cash their great imperial checks

[MarineBrat]

...cyanuric acid is often used as a disinfectant for swimming pools.

No, it's used as a "binding agent" for chlorine. Most pool store people (who are out to rip you off BTW) call it "conditioner."

[I'm ALL Right!]

Thanks, m4k. I am grateful, at this point, that my dogs are so particular. I tried at least 8 kinds of food. They wouldn’t eat ANYTHING other than Beneful.

[I'm ALL Right!]

Thanks, m4k. I am grateful, at this point, that my dogs are so particular. I tried at least 8 kinds of food. They wouldn’t eat ANYTHING other than Beneful.

[I'm ALL Right!]

Thanks, m4k. I am grateful, at this point, that my dogs are so particular. I tried at least 8 kinds of food. They wouldn’t eat ANYTHING other than Beneful.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"a disinfectant for swimming pools"

Not quite. It's a stabilizer used in many chlorine formulations (dichlor, trichlor). It reduces chlorine's ability to disinfect but helps prevent the chlorine from being broken-down by sunlight. It builds up over time, necessitating a partial drain and refill of the pool.

[The Raven]

Don’t they have the super duper very left wing commie pinkos worker’s paradise over there?

[azhenfud]

"....cyanuric acid is often used as a disinfectant for swimming pools."

Actually, that's not quite right. CA is a stabilizer for chlorine in that it blends into the water to reduce the chlorine's evaporative effect and makes the sanitizer last longer.

Too little CA and as water temps rise, the amount of chlorine sanitizer required increases. Too much CA and one can "lock out" the sanitizer from performing its disinfecting properties.

[mewzilla]

From Forbes, discusses the cyanuric acid as well as importers, including S.F. based Wilbur-Ellis....

Tainted Pet Food Found in Hogs in Several States

[JACKRUSSELL]

I won’t be at all surprised when we find out that melamine and cyanuric acid aren’t the only “additives” the Chinese are putting into food.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

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!

[RightWhale]

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.