Comments on: Pet Food Poisoning Mystery May Be Solved

Finding Comes As Menu Foods Expands Its Recall And Senate OKs Regulation Of Pet Food Labels

[edmacdaddy]

If anyone here still thinks that the Chinese wouldn't hurt animals, check out this video on Youtube, it disgust me to watch it, actually I had to stop the video, it was to harsh for even me.

Thanks to everyone for your kind words about my Missy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGWwoa_Q4MA

[akrk33nnn]

Attention citizens of the free world. This is a code "Grant" alert. Farmers of the free world: plant wheat, corn, rice and soy beans. Don't let the government pay you subsidies not to plant, then fail to protect you from illegally dumped imported poisons. This is a trade war -- plant NOW and harvest good food this fall! Don't let the government pay you to keep your fields fallow this year -- we will all need the food this fall. TORA, TORA, TORA! Pass this alert along. Code "Grant".

[akrk33nnn]

harbourlight - read below, Purina dry almost killed my cat 3 days ago. Try Innova, Solid Gold, or Wellness, or fresh raw/cooked food instead. Of course, stay away from chicken (20 million in quarantine) and pork, too. I'm editing human foods with gluten (e.g. pasta, gravy) out of my own diet for the time being too.

[harbourlight]

Interesting how a few days ago the news was that the product was always used in China, now it is an illegal practice warranting an arrest.

Partially off topic though, be wary of Purina products. They are holding back until the FDA notifies them of many complaints before recalling.
And from personal experience getting help and/or reimbursement is like pulling teeth.
(I'm still waiting)

[sclaires]

I am worry about my dog eating commercial dog food even though it is not on the list of recalled food so I have started making her food. And she loves it. Chicken & rice with V-8 juice added on top and then some raw carrots. She licks the bowl clean which she never did with commercial dog food. It might cost a little bit more, but at least I know what is in it. Anymore you never can tell what is contaminated and what isn't. I know I don't like to see MEAT as one of the ingredients and not know what type of MEAT it is. They should tell us what it is.

[cdnunn]

My sympathies for the loss of Missy. I know the pain of losing a special furry friend, though I can't imagine the horror of discovering that food you trusted to be nutritious turned out to be fatal. As soon as I learned of the recall, I checked all of the food I feed my four cats and tossed out everything with wheat gluten on the label. Fortunately, none of my chids like the cuts and gravy style of wet food. They love Happy Tails Seafood Platter and that brand is still okay (I hope!).

[akrk33nnn]

Seeing as the crystals in kidneys seem to be produced by mixing cyanuric acid with melamine, shouldn't they be testing all this stuff for cyanuric acid also? (Which is already banned in the US food supply.)

I seem to remember that food in the past was coming up tainted with cyanuric acid (?) And something about producers adding urea to feed during World War II, which was a scandal at the time. If these slimebags would add melamine to food, what would prevent them from merely switching to one of the other "protein fakes"?

[akrk33nnn]

***, I ate a bunch of pasta last night, and now my kidneys are KILLING me! I've been "going" like a RACEHORSE for the last few weeks, but this is getting out of control.

[akrk33nnn]

from USA Today:

"Binzhou Futian is a classic example of a single Chinese entrepreneur pursuing his dream in a once-centrally planned economy that only recently opened its doors to private enterprise."

Entrepreneur??? This guy is a common criminal! I can't believe anybody would sully the term "entrepreneur" like that!

http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/2007-04-29-china-food-usat_N.htm

[akrk33nnn]

The FDA and major media outlets seem to be brushing this story under the rug, at this point. As edmacdaddy reports, a lot of DRY food, such as Purina and Nutro, seem to be killing animals too. Yet the FDA has already assured us that their "list" is excessively cautious, and other foods pose no threat to humans and pets.

edmacdaddy, my heart goes out to you. I'm not a veteranarian, but it sounds like Missy had the same symptoms my cat had 3 days ago. Please make sure to tell your story to everybody you meet. We'll all be praying that our pets' lives trump advertisers, the stock market and lobbyists this time around.

These guys use a lot of the same lobbyists as the tobacco industry, so get ready for a BIG fight.

[dmorg4]

just wait til this happens to humans
that some idiot mixes somthing up

[edmacdaddy]

My dog Missy ate Nutro Natural(dry) small bites, On 4-20-07 my dog was never sick until this new bag, she couldn't
walk, and drank tons of water just to throw it back up.
Took her to the vet for a pain etc... She was very very sick.
She died wthin 4 days after eating out of this new bag.
I called the co. They said that food is not on the recall list (for now)....But Missy "7 years old" died April 25th.

[incog-nito]

If you don't want to feed your pets raw meat you can always boil it first.

[confusedcat-2009]

Contrary to what one person said, many vets are just fine with feeding your pets raw foods. Mine is.
I don't do it, but I'm very close to trying it because I love my pets too much to see them poisoned.

[incog-nito]

It looks like globalization is going well. Who needs a self-sufficient manufacturing base anyway? It's good to see that the Chinese are looking out for our well-being.

[akrk33nnn]

BTW - mswolfestock continually posts advertisements about Pedigree to this board, regardless of what anyone else says. My guess is he/she works for Mars, the parent company.

[akrk33nnn]

Check to see if Pedigree uses any of the following ingredients:

Wheat Gluten, Rice Gluten, Rice Protein, Rice Protein Concentrate, Corn Gluten, Corn Gluten Meal, Corn By-Products, Soy Protein, Soy Gluten, Proteins (includes amino acids and protein hydrosylates), Mung Bean Protein.

If it does, you are STILL AT RISK. Some pet owners, such as myself, have noticed their animals still getting ill eating foods which are NOT on the list, such as Purina.

[mswolfestock]

Hey everybody, you should try Pedigree brand dog food - this is the only brand that was never mentioned in any of the pet food recalls. Pedigree is part of the Mars Company, the candy bar people. I've been thanking my lucky stars every day that I've been using Pedigree for years. Before you start to cook for your pets, check with your vet - there are lots of nutrients that your pets need which are not found in the best of human foods. And NO, DON'T FEED YOUR PETS RAW MEAT - I DON'T CARE WHAT THAT OTHER COMMENTER SAID - DO NOT FEED YOUR PETS RAW MEAT - THEY ARE NOT USED TO IT AND THEY WILL NOT GET THE PROPER NUTRIENTS THAT ARE FOUND IN MOST COMMERCIAL PET FOODS. IT MIGHT ALSO MAKE THEM SICK SINCE THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT USED TO IT.

[akrk33nnn]

I want to give CBS News kudos for scooping this story. CNN, NBC and FOX have been esentially ignoring the story for the last week, and ABC is still reporting on events from 2 days ago. The NY Times (as usual) seems to be sitting on the fence. Only CBS News, by running the above story, is driving events in a forward-looking direction.

[mercyme884]

Everyone seems surprised that the Chinese would harm a pet. But it was only a few years ago when the world discovered China was disposing of female babies, remember the outrage when that got out.A married couple could only have one child and all the men wanted sons so baby girls were drowned or tossed on the scrap heap for the dogs to eat, some caring couples sent them to orphanages to starve.And you all think they wouldn't deliberately poison animals to make money.