Rat Poison in food recalled according to local news

According to the local news there was rat poison found in some of the
recalled pet foods. They did not have the specifics yet but said they would
have more on the evening news.



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On Mar 23, 12:14 pm, (krazy) wrote:
According to the local news there was rat poison found in some of the
recalled pet foods. They did not have the specifics yet but said they would
have more on the evening news.

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I think some of those pet food execs are going to be eating pet food
themselves. Sue on, sue on, pet lovers!

On Mar 23, 12:11 pm, "Lisa" wrote:
On Mar 23, 12:14 pm, (krazy) wrote:



According to the local news there was rat poison found in some of the
recalled pet foods. They did not have the specifics yet but said they would
have more on the evening news.

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I think some of those pet food execs are going to be eating pet food
themselves. Sue on, sue on, pet lovers!

Bravo.

krazy wrote:
According to the local news there was rat poison found in some of the
recalled pet foods. They did not have the specifics yet but said they would
have more on the evening news.


Rat poison found in now-recalled pet food ALBANY, N.Y. - Rat poison
has been found in pet food blamed for the deaths of at least 16 cats
and dogs, a spokeswoman for the State Department of Agriculture and
Markets said Friday.

Spokeswoman Jessica Chittenden would not identify the chemical or its
source beyond saying it was a rodent poison.
ABC News reported it was aminopterin that may have been on imported
wheat used in the pet food. Aminopterin is used to kill rats in some
countries but is not registered for that use in the United States,
according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The chemical, also a
cancer drug, is highly toxic in high doses.

Officials from the agriculture department and Cornell University's
Animal Health Diagnostic Center would not immediately confirm the ABC
report but scheduled a news conference Friday afternoon to release
laboratory findings from tests on the pet food.
The Food and Drug Administration has said the investigation was
focusing on wheat gluten in the food. Wheat gluten itself would not
cause kidney failure, but the common ingredient could have been
contaminated by heavy metals or mold toxins, the FDA said.

State and FBI officials said they knew of no criminal investigations
in the case.
The pet deaths led to a recall of 60 million cans and pouches of pet
food produced by Menu Foods and sold throughout North America under 95
brand names. There have been several reports of kidney failure in pets
that ate the recalled brands, and the company has confirmed the deaths
of 15 cats and one dog.

Menu Foods last week recalled "cuts and gravy" style dog and cat food.
The recall sparked concern among pet owners across North America. It
includes food sold under store brands carried by Wal-Mart, Kroger,
Safeway and other large retailers, as well as private labels such as
Iams, Nutro and Eukanuba.
Menu Foods is majority owned by Menu Foods Income Fund of
Streetsville. The company also makes foods for zoo cats, but those
products are unaffected by the recall.

The company's chief executive and president said Menu Foods delayed
announcing the recall until it could confirm that the animals had
eaten its product before dying. Two earlier complaints from consumers
whose cats had died involved animals that lived outside or had access
to a garage, which left open the possibility they had been poisoned by
something other than contaminated food, he said.
Menu Foods planned a media teleconference for later Friday, a
spokesman said.

A spokesman for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said he was not
aware of any criminal investigation involving the tainted food. FBI
spokesman Paul Holstein in Albany said Friday he was not aware of any
FBI involvement in the case.
"I don't know where we'll go from here," he said.

A complete list of the recalled products along with product codes,
descriptions and production dates was posted online by Menu Foods. The
company also designated two phone numbers that pet owners could call
for information: (866) 463-6738 and (866) 895-2708.
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On Mar 23, 1:22 pm, "-L." wrote:
krazy wrote:
According to the local news there was rat poison found in some of the
recalled pet foods. They did not have the specifics yet but said they would
have more on the evening news.

Rat poison found in now-recalled pet food ALBANY, N.Y. - Rat poison
has been found in pet food blamed for the deaths of at least 16 cats
and dogs, a spokeswoman for the State Department of Agriculture and
Markets said Friday.

Spokeswoman Jessica Chittenden would not identify the chemical or its
source beyond saying it was a rodent poison.
ABC News reported it was aminopterin that may have been on imported
wheat used in the pet food. Aminopterin is used to kill rats in some
countries but is not registered for that use in the United States,
according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The chemical, also a
cancer drug, is highly toxic in high doses.

The US is importing an increasing amount of food from abroad,
especially from places with much lower safety standards, like Chile
and Mexico. I think people ought to rethink this dangerous policy.

Your life and your loved ones lives are at stake.

Lisa

"Lisa" wrote in message

The US is importing an increasing amount of food from abroad,
especially from places with much lower safety standards, like Chile
and Mexico. I think people ought to rethink this dangerous policy.

Your life and your loved ones lives are at stake.

What is the alternative? Manufacturing sufficient food on the North American
continent for the North American public is probably impossible within a
realistic time frame and if it was possible, it would probably more than
triple the cost of what we pay now for food. Do you really think the general
public would sit still for that? The truth is that we're too greedy and
selfish of a society deny ourselves the luxuries with have.

"Socialist Piece of **** Upscale" wrote
in message the following Communist propaganda:

What is the alternative? Manufacturing sufficient food on the North
American
continent for the North American public is probably impossible within a
realistic time frame and if it was possible, it would probably more than
triple the cost of what we pay now for food. Do you really think the
general
public would sit still for that? The truth is that we're too greedy and
selfish of a society deny ourselves the luxuries with have.


If you hate your country that much, the simple truth is you
should pack up your Commie-loving ass and move it to
some third world country where you can sleep on a dirt
floor and **** in a hole in the ground.

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

"Upscale" wrote in message
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"Lisa" wrote in message

The US is importing an increasing amount of food from abroad,
especially from places with much lower safety standards, like Chile
and Mexico. I think people ought to rethink this dangerous policy.

Your life and your loved ones lives are at stake.

What is the alternative? Manufacturing sufficient food on the North
American
continent for the North American public is probably impossible within a
realistic time frame and if it was possible, it would probably more than
triple the cost of what we pay now for food. Do you really think the
general
public would sit still for that? The truth is that we're too greedy and
selfish of a society deny ourselves the luxuries with have.

You may be speaking about the luxury to kill ourselves......I like foreign
food as much as the next person....I eat cheese from France and Denmark,
olive oil from Italy, caviar imported from Iran, and a host of other foreign
stuff. But I also pay my government a hell of a lot in taxes to police all
that stuff and make sure it doesn't contain rat poison. Obviously, my
government carries out this duty like they do everything else.....NOT!!

"William Graham" wrote in message
. ..
..I eat cheese from France and Denmark,
olive oil from Italy,

.........might be from CA olives shipped to Italy. Haven't checked this out,
but it seems more and more raw materials are sent out and come back
finished.

buglady
take out the dog before replying

krazy wrote:



According to the local news there was rat poison found in some of the
recalled pet foods. They did not have the specifics yet but said they
would have more on the evening news.


On the CBC evening news here in Canada, (and I don't want to start a
knee-jerk reaction here), they said the wheat gluten was sourced in China.
Now depending on your political orientation you will blame the Chinese or
suspect that someone contaminated the food to discredit the Chinese. We
may never know, but it's interesting how the layers are coming off the
onion as more and more info comes to light. Did they not mention the China
connection in the States? It was on the 9:00 o'clock news, Eastern time,
here in "Catnada."

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