- Substances like Melamine and Aminopterin used overseas
in countries, like China, are a good reason to NOT buy food product from
these countries. IF a company in the US buys food product it should be
very very clear on what is in the food and what was used in the production
of that food. Clearly, it appears like the Melamine had been used as fertilizer
and caused toxicity in the wheat product.
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- Unfortunately, the consumer is not told where foods used
in the product come from and we have no idea until something like this
toxic event takes place. The FDA better make sure that companies
divulge any ingredient from overseas.
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- I am so very angry and disgusted with this entire situation.
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- FDA Links Plastics Chemical To Deadly, Recalled
Pet Food
- By Jennifer Mann
- The Kansas City Star
- 4-2-7
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- The Food and Drug Administration has found a chemical
used to make plastic in samples of wheat gluten imported from China in
pet food made by Menu Foods.
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- The substance found by the FDA, Melamine, is used in
some countries as a fertilizer, but is not approved for that use in the
U.S. The regulatory agency today said that the substance is unsafe at any
level in pet food.
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- The latest find is in addition to one last week of Aminopterin,
used as a rodent poison outside of the U.S. Both the FDA and Cornell University,
which is one of the labs trying to identify what's caused renal failure
in an undetermined number of cats and dogs, said it's premature to assume
either substance is what's causing the illnesses and death.
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- The FDA said the wheat gluten in question was shipped
to a second pet food manufacturer that makes dry dog food, but as of this
morning it had not been determined whether that wheat gluten had been used
to make pet food. The FDA declined to identify the manufacturer.
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- Canadian-based Menu Foods Income Fund issued a recall
of 60 million cans and pouches of wet style cat and dog food on March 16
after nine of 25 cats it used in taste tests died. All of the tainted product
was made at the company's plant in Emporia, Kan., which was set to resume
production today after being shut down for more than a week.
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- http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/17001181.htm
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- Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD
- Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics
- Univ of West Indies
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- Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message
board at:
- http://www.emergingdisease.org/phpbb/index.php
- Also my new website:
- <http://drpdoyle.tripod.com>http://drpdoyle.tripod.com/
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