California officials quarantined 1,500 animals at the American Hog Farm and are tracking who purchased nearly 100 hogs from the farm this month, when the animals' feed included pet food that had been tainted with melamine.Not much is known about melamine, but it's thought that humans who ate the hogs are at very little risk.In addition, 26 hogs were sold and slaughtered at an unnamed processing plant in northern California . Federal authorities quarantined those unprocessed carcasses at that plant, but state officials expect to identify more California processing plants that purchased the hogs.
"The pet food recall is turning into a real crisis," DeLauro said . "FDA initially assured us that the concerns about the pet food supply was a separate issue and that the human food supply would not be threatened. However, recent reports noting that the melamine has been found in hog urine which, if verified, has the potential of contaminating human food." The pet food entered the food supply through a deal between Natural Balance's manufacturer and a nearby hog farm.
"The arrangement was for the farm to pick up 25,000 pounds of salvage food from the pet food manufacturer every 10 days or so. The farm mixed that with other salvage resources" to make the pig feed, said Steve Lyle , a California Department of Food and Agriculture spokesman.If anyone needs us we'll be under our bed rereading White Noise.—MEGHANN MARCO
Tainted pet food reaches human fare [Boston Globe]
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Baby-cakes, what's your beef w/ "tainted" meat?
]]>Thank god I finally quit my pig-urine drinking addiction.
I vote this for quote of the week!
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I'm just waiting for the next e coli contaminant.
Question. What happens when hog by-products get shuttled back into the pet food supply chain?
]]>here's the thing, this doens't constitute contamination.
Anyways you probably eat food that is much closer to some kind of contamination everyday
]]>I've lost count of the number of times I've heard "Yet another recall of tainted pet food, is it the brand you're feeding your pet? When will it end and what's being done about it? Tune it to the news at 6 and 11 for more details!"
]]>are you serious?
This is very much so about fear. the media knows that fear sells. We've all heard ( I don't know why you think it has been underreported ) ad nauseum about the pet food contamination, it was only a matter of time until we hear about "THIS IS COMING TO YOUR DINNER TABLE". Which is exactly what this is. The media (in this case the boston globe) just wants you to read because you could be next
Often, a small amount of something here and there don't hurt. Yet for all we know, if we regularly consume those small amounts, it can build up in our bodies and then possibly cause or contribute to some major harm or cancer. Especially to those most at risk, children, elderly, etc.
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And live in a hermetically sealed plastic suit.
]]>Thanks to Consumerist for covering this story. The fact that thousands of pets are dying has been terribly unerreported (stories in newspapers today are still quoting numbers under 20). I'm afraid that the bad ingredients making into the human food supply is the only way the media will wake up and notice that this is a story. Meanwhile your grandma, who doesn't see news except between 6 and 7 pm, is lovingly feeding her little poodle toxic chow because the mainstream media didn't bother to mention that her Fido's favorite brand of kibbles was the most recent to be recalled.
]]>thank you, this story is media sensationalism at its best
FEAR EVERYTHING .... EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!
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