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.