CA POPPY
Santa Clarita, CA, USA
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I keep thinking of when our oldest daughter was a toddler. We would catch her munching a handful of the dog's kibble. It was funny back then but it sure wouldn't be today. You know we're just seeing the tip of the iceberg...
Judy & Bud (Judy usually the one talking here)
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Br-
Ohio
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Sorry, bad link.
Bruce & Sue
2007 pleasure-way excel-ts
Previously owned:'02 Trail-lite B+
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Br-
Ohio
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Finally, but a little too late for owners of ill or lost pets.
fda alert
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sue.t
Ibex Valley, YUKON
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Contaminated pet food linked to chicken feed
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 1, 2007 | 8:19 AM ET
The Associated Press
Chicken feed in some farms in Indiana contained byproducts from pet food manufactured with contaminated wheat gluten imported from China, two federal agencies said Monday.
The U.S. Agriculture Department and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a joint statement that officials learned of the link between the chicken feed and tainted pet food as part of the investigation into imported rice protein concentrate and wheat gluten that have been found to contain the industrial chemical melamine and related compounds.
An estimated 30 broiler poultry farms and eight breeder poultry farms in Indiana received contaminated feed in early February and fed it to poultry within days of receiving it, the agencies said. Other farms will probably be identified as having received contaminated feed, they added.
All the broilers believed to have been fed contaminated products have been processed, while the breeders are under voluntary hold by flock owners, the agencies said.
No recall of poultry products being issued
The FDA and USDA said the likelihood of human illness from eating chicken fed the contaminated product is very low. With no evidence of harm to humans, no recall of poultry products processed from these animals was being issued, the agencies said.
On Saturday, the FDA and USDA cited similar reasons for not issuing a recall after determining that hogs in some states may have been fed the tainted pet food.
More than 100 brands of pet food have been recalled since March 16 because they were contaminated with melamine. An unknown number of dogs and cats have been sickened or died after eating chemical-laced pet food.
sue t.
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Deb and Ed M
SW MI & Space Coast, FL USA
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No recall of poultry products being issued
The FDA and USDA said the likelihood of human illness from eating chicken fed the contaminated product is very low. With no evidence of harm to humans, no recall of poultry products processed from these animals was being issued, the agencies said.
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I saw this on CNN yesterday - and my first thought was "how do they KNOW melamine won't harm humans, or unborn fetuses, etc???"
A lot of other things first thought to be "harmless" have turned out to be anything but: mercury and asbestos immediately come to mind....
Deb
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JTMO
Novato, CA
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Or Thalidamide.
Cedar Creek 27LRLS 7359 dry with extensive options/7700+ loaded.
2003 Expedition 5.4 FX4 with factory Tow 3.73 Bilstein shocks. GCVWR 14500, Tow rating with no cargo 8650
Equalizer Hitch, Prodigy, Barker Electric jack. Coachnet ERS
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sue.t
Ibex Valley, YUKON
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... tobacco ...
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dturm
Lake County, IN
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One advantage we have is weight. There is a difference between my 200# and an 8# dog or cat. Like you, I'm still not reassured by the FDA/USDA statements.
Doug
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BCSnob
Middletown, MD
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Additional difference is our food will have been filtered (by chickens, pigs, etc) and diluted (via excretion of melamine by chickens, pigs, etc) prior to consuming the melamine. However, with unknown effects, 0 consumption is the best approach.
Mark
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Br-
Ohio
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Thanks to Senator Durbin.
new regulations
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