Just noticed it’s been almost a week since I posted something… I’ve been somewhat busy with work related items – which will get rolled into a future post, of course – but one thing that caught my eye has been the ongoing scare caused by tainted dog food. People that don’t “get” what having a pet means, just rolled their eyes. Fine. Be that way. But the truth is that pet food is supposed to be held to the same standards as regular food, according to the FDA, so no matter what your feelings on animals, there should be some concern here.
Long and short of it either this plant has screwed the pooch with the quality control or someone has purposely tainted a whole lotta pet food.
While this blog rarely advocates lawsuits – in fact, I often point out the ridiculous nature of most newsworthy cases – this time, I’m all for it. In fact, effected pet owners should have a whole cache of lawyers out for blood.
It’s the least the offernders can do.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2975912&page=1 EXCLUSIVE: Rat Poison Believed to Be Source of Some Pet Food Contamination Sources Tell ABC News Rat Poison Has Been Found in Some of the Contaminated Pet Food That Has Killed Scores of Animals By DAVID KERLEY March 23, 2007 � ABC News has learned that investigators have determined that a rodent-killing chemical is the toxin in the tainted pet food that has killed several animals. A source close to the investigation tells ABC News that the rodenticide, which the source says is illegal to use in the United States, was on wheat that was imported from China and used by Menu Foods in nearly 100 brands of dog and cat food. Watch “World News” for full details on the extent of the poisoning. A news conference is scheduled for this afternoon by experts in Albany, N.Y., where scientists at the state’s food laboratory made the discovery a week after a massive recall of 60 million cans and pouches was issued. The chemical is aminopterin. What investigators can’t say so far is whether this is the only contaminant in all of the recalled food. There is some good news according to the source. Knowing the chemical should aid veterinarians who are treating animals that have been sickened by the pet food. The chemical is used in the United States in, of all things, a cancer drug, according to the source.
There are also reports that many stores still have the recalled foods on their shelves. *shrug*
I don’t mean to offend, but why are people feeding their pets that stinky, overpriced nutritionally defunct glop anyway?
heh – it didn’t stay exclusive for long: Seattle Times ran it yesterday, which is what made me think about it.
Rather than answering the question about what people are feeding their pets, I’ll ask another question: have you seen what most people are feeding their human offspring? If so, the first question is moot :)
There are always exceptions to the rules. Check this out: http://www.rawfeddogs.net/Recipes
Gross, but true. It’s the best for dogs. But where’s the sense in this? Maybe the same applies for children?
Maybe. But my point was about caring enough to not feed yer dependents crap – or doing the research so that they get the best for them – was more the point… if they feed kids crap, what are the odds they’d care about a “mere” animal?
Funny how this recall includes everything from the most expensive “gourmet” food to the cheapest crap out there.
Well, of course it’s manufactured in the same place. That’s how human food is too. The only differences are the additives and dies (what they use to shape the food) really…ESPECIALLY for the wet food, because there’s little variation in that.
There’s other stuff too like, Menu Foods and China- but who wants to get into that?
Since China is a major wheat IMPORTED, funny how this stuff was exported. Some one knew they stuff was bad.