Tainted Pet Food Went To Hog Farms

[Ivan Seeking]

Farmed fish given meal tainted with melamine
WASHINGTON - Farmed fish have been fed meal spiked with the same chemical that has been linked to the pet food recall, but the contamination was probably too low to harm anyone who ate the fish, federal officials said Tuesday.

...“What we discovered is these are not wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate but in fact are wheat flour contaminated by melamine,” Acheson said.[continued]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18556690/

 

[Ivan Seeking]

...Toxic syrup has figured in at least eight mass poisonings around the world in the past two decades. Researchers estimate that thousands have died. In many cases, the precise origin of the poison has never been determined. But records and interviews show that in three of the last four cases it was made in China, a major source of counterfeit drugs. [continued]

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/06/news/toxic.php

Also a recent story"

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued recalls due to high lead for over 1 million toys in March and February 2006 alone. That’s one million children innocently playing with hazardous substances. And one child died from lead poisoning after swallowing one of these now recalled toys. It makes me wonder how much undetected lead is out there there is in children’s jewelry and other toys...

...All six of the recently recalled toys were made in China, and there are 20 times more recalls of toys made in China for choking hazards due to small parts. About 75% of U.S. toys are now made in China. [continued]

http://www.silentscourge.com/EnvironmentalBlog/Environmental%20Blog/Environmental%20Blog%20/551C256A-C110-11DA-ACA3-000A95E68474.html

And another recent story

...Testing commissioned by the center revealed that one of the Baby Connection brand vinyl bibs, which were sold exclusively at Wal-Mart stores, had a lead level of 9,700 parts per million, more than 16 times greater than the legal limit for lead in paint.

...Above all, she said, one should buy American and be suspicious of imports, especially from China. [continued]

http://www.dailyherald.com/news/cookstory.asp?id=309369&cc=c&tc=&t=

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[turbo]

It's interesting that cheap wheat flour adulterated with cheap melamine can be marketed as expensive gluten and rice protein and they can slide right through the inspection processes "protecting" our food supply. Is a lack of oversight to blame for the holes, or can we expect that money has changed hands to prevent inspections? The former is inexcusable, and the latter is abjectly criminal.