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Suddenly, without warning, Phil P. exclaimed (17-May-07 5:29 PM):
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...petfood10.html Interesting. Reports are that the other company accused of adding melamine to it's products is also closed and out of business. Convenient, eh. Hopefully that's now the end of it. Doubt it will be though. jmc |
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"jmc" wrote in message ... Suddenly, without warning, Phil P. exclaimed (17-May-07 5:29 PM): http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...petfood10.html Interesting. Reports are that the other company accused of adding melamine to it's products is also closed and out of business. Convenient, eh. Hopefully that's now the end of it. Doubt it will be though. jmc It won't be- as long as the US does business with China. When you do business with Chinese, you have to be on the lookout for getting scammed all the way down to the sub-atomic level-- down to fractions of a cent- far below most people's radar. I know what I'm talking about. If I knew certain pet food manufacturers were using *any* ingredients from China, I never would have fed those brands to my cats. |
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Here's another interesting article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18698701/ SHANGHAI, China - China says checks on food exporters have turned up no sign of a chemical blamed for the deaths of cats and dogs in North America, and urged U.S. authorities to refrain from further action against Chinese producers. The government body responsible for overseeing food safety said it accompanied U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors on visits to two companies blamed for the chemical contamination. The incidents involving Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co. Ltd. and Binzhou Futian Biology Technology Co. Ltd. were "special individual cases," the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement viewed on its Web site Wednesday. U.S. inspectors said wheat gluten exported by the firms and used to make pet food was tainted with a mildly toxic melamine and caused the deaths of an unknown number of dogs and cats. That led to a recall of 154 brands of pet food contaminated with the chemical. Chinese authorities have detained an undisclosed number of managers from the two companies. The statement said FDA inspectors also expressed satisfaction with the quality controls and tracing measures in place at another exporter of vegetable protein, Sinoglory, saying those met U.S. production standards for similar products. "China emphasizes that its determination to crackdown on law breaking enterprises is firm and its policies are effective," said the statement. "We hope the American side will accurately and objectively deal with problems among individual companies and not take stringent measures against other Chinese companies producing the same type of products," it said." |
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Suddenly, without warning, PawsForThought exclaimed (18-May-07 4:11 AM):
Here's another interesting article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18698701/ SHANGHAI, China - China says checks on food exporters have turned up no sign of a chemical blamed for the deaths of cats and dogs in North America, and urged U.S. authorities to refrain from further action against Chinese producers. You really gotta hope the FDA isn't that gullible. BOTH of the companies implicated were completely closed and unable to be inspected. In fact, one was razed to the ground. Baseless supposition, but I'm entirely convinced the Chinese gov't knew and supported these two companies and probably engineered the visa delays so these two would be finished clearing out before the US would be let in. Oh, and so the one they did manage to inspect would be squeaky-clean. Bah. I really wish I could get Meep to eat 'real' food. Only human food I can get her to eat is Parmesan cheese, smoked salmon, and an occasional shrimp. Not exactly the basis for a healthy diet. :( jmc |
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