FDA Says No Pain Killer In Pet Food
The FDA says their own tests did not turn up any acetaminophen in pet food. However, the FDA did not test the same samples as ExperTox.
“My bottom line is I’m pretty confident in the FDA’s findings,” said Dr. Steven Hansen, lead veterinary toxicologist with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ animal poison control center. “Acetaminophen is not hard to find.”
The FDA found no trace of the medication in five samples of one type of cat and two dog foods it tested in the past week, said spokesman Mike Herndon.
“At this point, FDA sees no compelling need to analyze any more samples for acetaminophen,” he said.
ExperTox Inc., in Deer Park, Texas, found varying levels of acetaminophen — which is toxic to pets, especially cats — in up to a dozen samples, lab operations manager Donna Coneley said Monday. She did not return calls yesterday seeking comment on the FDA’s findings.
It is not clear, however, whether the agency tested the type of food in which ExperTox said it found the highest level of acetaminophen. That sample had been submitted by the manufacturer, according to Coneley. FDA officials did not contact ExperTox until yesterday.
Agency and lab officials are reviewing scientific data, said Julie Zawisza, assistant commissioner of public affairs for the FDA.
“We cannot validate their findings,” she said. “… If they give us something new, we’ll look into it.”
A third lab hired by a pet food company and a university lab hired by a consumer could not verify ExperTox’s findings, Zawisza said.
June 13th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
yeah…like the FDA has any credibility left…..
there’s a new grassroots Pet Food Safety Group that just held their first
protest rally this past weekend….check it out.
http://www.defendourpets.org/
http://network.bestfriends.org.....15990.html
June 13th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
The FDA also DID NOT “FIND” AMINOPTERIN. DID THEY EVEN LOOK? Or did they find it and decide to keep it quiet?
Below, dated March 30, is from a safety website, which you may want to look at for recalls in general:
“Jessica A Chittenden, a spokeswoman for the New York State Department
of Agriculture and Markets, said “We don’t think this is the final
conclusion. Melamine is not a known toxin. There’s not enough data to
show that it is toxic to cats.”
She added: “We are confident we found Aminopterin, and it makes sense
with the pathology.” She also said another laboratory, Animal Health
Laboratory at the University of Guelph in Canada, had confirmed the
presence of Aminopterin in the samples.
But the FDA said they had been unable to find Aminopterin in the pet
food samples it had tested. Researchers at Cornell said they were
also unable to find any evidence of the rat poison.
“We believe the laboratories involved in this investigation should
continue to maintain an open forum to definitively identify the one
or more agents that are causing the deaths and illnesses of cats and
dogs so that they do not enter the animal or human food chain in the
future,” said Patrick Hooker, the agricultural commissioner for the
state of New York.
Though Dr. Sundlof said he was not certain melamine was the chemical
causing illness in dogs and cats, “at this point in the
investigation, we are not focusing on Aminopterin.”
FDA officials announced they had received more than 8000 complaints
from pet owners with sick pets, but they have not yet had “the luxury
of time” to confirm all of those complaints are linked to tainted pet
food.
Officials did acknowledge, however, that many of the complaints were
from owners who only fed their pets dry food.”
http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa.....&P=723
…………………..
And even though these contaminants/poisons are in there, we are NOT focusing on them…
And, I don’t think the FDA CAN go back to the manufacturing plants to test foods for yet-to-be-identified poisons (by design so they can call the pet food contamination “solved” or “contained”???) because the plant representatives and the FDA officials went to local landfills together to dispose of the tainted pet food. They slit the bags, signed certificates of destruction, and videotaped the acts. I got this info straight from a person in QC from a pet food manufacturing plant.
June 13th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
My first line should have read “acetaminophen,” instead of aminopterin. My example from March 30 is to show the FDA also did NOT “find” aminopterin, so — using just about the same words — they will not focus on it.
I guess all the labs are wrong if the results don’t agree with what the FDA deems appropriate to release about what poisons are in the foods - no aminopterin - as found by the VERY lab U.S. Homeland Security designated to monitor our food and animal feed supply for contamination by terrorists after the 9-11 attacks. Does anyone think this lab was wrong?
I guess the other accredited labs are also wrong with their findings of acetaminophen as well.
How long does the FDA think it can go on “discrediting” labs by discounting their findings? Does the FDA really think the public believes what they say?
Unless the finding is a contaminant the FDA thinks is less frightening for the public to hear, the result will be discounted. There’s much more to the story than melamine and cyanuric acid combined with urine that killed the pets! Let’s hear it!
You can bet all of these poisons are in the human food as well, not just in the animal feeds for chickens, pigs, and fish, which we in turn consume. Don’t think that food companies have not used portions of these shipments directly into food processing, and it’s being kept quiet to protect big business and U.S. trade. Who could connect a death here and a death there? Wasn’t there a shipment stored in a Pennsylvania warehouse that was supposed to go to DEL MONTE FOODS?
Anyone been to the doctor lately for blood and urine tests? Anyone have an ultrasound to check the size of your kidneys?
June 13th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
South Africa: 40% of Rainbow Trout Fry Die: Due to Melamine?
Asking for subscriber comments.
“Mortalities began in one tank 11 days after the fish were moved to
the nursery. The other tanks were affected within 3 days of the 1st.
The fish were moved to ongrowing tanks approximately a month later,
where they are on 100 percent stream water. Mortalities continued
throughout, worsening whenever the fish were stressed or when feeding
was increased. Water temperatures were around 15 degrees C or 59
degrees F.
Mortalities tended to be fairly constant and low level, generally
under 1 percent per day. Cumulative mortalities eventually reached 40
percent. On the 4th day after mortalities 1st began, the fish were
treated with Chloramine T. This was repeated 2 days after they were
moved to ongrowing tanks. The treatment appeared to exacerbate the
mortalities. No other treatments were given.
The fish show few clinical signs before dying. They are very pale and
their heads, from about the level of the eyes forwards, appear
transparent. The abdomens tend to be slightly swollen and digestion
seems retarded, as fish retain feed in the gut for up to 2 days of
starvation.
Postmortem examination showed overall pallor, especially of the
liver. Wet preparations of gills, skin, cartilage and gut were
negative for parasites. Bacterial culture of kidney yielded no growth
and there was in any case nothing to suggest bacterial infection. In
February [2007], viral isolation was also attempted and nothing
found. Histological examination was unremarkable. A mild nephrosis
with some eosinophilic material in the renal tubules was seen. This
material was in the form of fragments or strands, not homogenous.
Mild enteritis was seen. The liver was very fatty. Bloodsmears showed
a fair number of red blood cells with nuclei that appeared to be
dividing.”
http://www.promedmail.org/pls/.....1000,37936
June 13th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
FDA Likely Wrong About Wheat Gluten As Sole Source Of Pet Food Poisoning
http://www.medicalnewstoday.co.....wsid=67034
FDA wrong on Sargento cheese test
The Business Journal of Milwaukee - August 30, 2001
http://www.bizjournals.com/mil.....ily27.html
Remember how the FDA said there was “no evidence” that Chinese toothpaste tainted with diethylene glycol had made it to the U.S.? That was wrong.
http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/fda/
NAS Methylmercury Report Shows FDA Failed to Protect Consumers from Unsafe Seafood
Statement of Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director Center for Science in the Public Interest
http://www.cspinet.org/new/unsafe_seafood.html
Published on Tuesday, January 7, 2003 by the Washington Post
FDA Policies for Gene-Altered Foods Faulted in Report
by Justin Gillis
http://www.commondreams.org/he.....107-05.htm
http://www.ewg.org/reports/fruit/Chapter2.html
June 13th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Note to FDA:
So what happened to the 11 million bottles of acetaminophen that was recalled last November?
Yes, I know the FDA doesn’t control what happens to recalled products, and the affected companies are free to do what ever improves their bottom line.
But I was just wondering.
Any chance all that acetaminophen was ground up and recycled into pet food?
http://www.insurancejournal.co...../74206.htm
June 13th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
At this point, what would SHOCK me is if the FDA was RIGHT about something.
June 13th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
I think the report said the FDA tested food SUPPLIED by manufacturers.
At this point I think manufacturers have cans of all varieties that they know are going to clear testing and when needed they just stick the label on it. Printing is easy!
Some think that the manufacturers are dishonest; others say they are incompetent. They are both. There are a few good ones, but they will be the standouts still with brand intergety after this is over.
I WANT THE FDA TO TEST PET FOOD FROM OFF THE GROCERY SHELVES FROM LOCATIONS NOT DISCLOSED TO MANUFACTURER TILL AFTER THE TESTING HAS BEEN COMPLETED!
This is the only tryly honest way to get a fully unquestionable result.
June 13th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
This is getting more crazy by the day. what in the Hell is going on? Who can We trust, who is going to let us know what other food is contaminated? No one is telling the truth and why not? this is after 9/11. We are supposed to be prepard for anything [RIGHT] We are not prepared for anything. It really is scarey when you can trust no one, not the Gov., not the FDA, not the PFI. We are definately on our own. And We better watch our backs, i guess.
June 13th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Some folks (like Itchmo) need to call Hill’s CS about acetaminophen & cyanuric acid and get the PR spill and the mention about some guy and what he posted…(keep in mind that they *all* got out of a meeting at 12:30 cst)
June 13th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Typical FDA - Save the PFI at all costs, they have lost so much $$ already and we must think of their stockholders first, yada, yada..
Kinda like the cow that tested positive, then retested negative at the Main gov’t lab to over rule, then a truly concerned agent sent it for the proper test and it was positive.. well, what do ya know and how about that? No comment from FDA, except oops, we goofed…
Creditability scale =zero
Give me private testing, where no conflict of interest occurs and no one takes the “big bad buck” over truth and safety…
June 13th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Good story
http://tinyurl.com/yozure
Please leave positive feedback for the editor, bottom of the story , so we can help this person keep writing the news!
June 13th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Great news everyone!
Menu Foods stock is trading at $2.39 (Can). That’s down from yesterday’s close of $3.05 (Can). Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe Menu’s remaining customers have FINALLY gotten the message that “Menu is OFF the menu”.
June 13th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
E,
that was a good article and I did write:
Dear Sirs,
I am responding to
B.J. Darnell: Some days you’re the dog, some days you’re the hydrant
Animal notes: Published June 13, 2007
This was an excellent article; one that is being frequently ignored in the press and tv and radio media. I especially appreciated the way she calls for our illustrious commander-in-cheif to pay attention to what is going on at home.
All to often, if the pet food debacle is mentioned at all, most still hang on to the 16 dead cats and dogs, which “at this time” is just ludicrous.
I’d like to thank both Linda Darnell for writing the article and your paper for publishing it. My guess is that most people that haven’t been following the blogs are unaware of what is really going on with not only their pets foods but their own.
Very truly yours,
A grateful reader,
Debbie
June 13th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Debbie4747 Says:
June 13th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Thank you ! Thank you.
We gotta be good to our friends and NO MERCY for the enemy.
I cannot believe I just typed that! Just a few months ago I was a semi-sweet old lady growing orchids and african violets and picking out wallpaper, my only enemy was spider mites!
Well, I have no mercy for the mites either so I guess it will all work out, do you think if we spray neem oil on the PFI they will go away?
June 13th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
The FDA and the Bush administration are liars. If they said the sky was blue I would go outside to see if it was green.
June 13th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Like the American public is going to get the Truth from these losers?
Right, sure we are.
June 13th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
I think basically it’s a lost cause trying to deal with this in any way other than home cooked pet foods - each turn is like running 90 miles into a brick wall.
They’ve got the bucks to get any answer they want from any lab or government agency, pet food company and apparently the ASPCA.
I’ll get receipes from my vet friday
June 13th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
The AVMA has a list of products that were removed from the recall list. Does anyone know why this happened? (AVMA says contact the manufacturer.)
http://www.avma.org/aa/petfood.....emoved.asp
June 13th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Menu Foods Samples Test Positive for Painkiller
ConsumerAffairs.Com
June 13, 2007
http://www.consumeraffairs.com.....all57.html
“ConsumerAffairs.com contacted the manufacturer of the confirmed pet food that tested positive for acetaminophen — Menu Foods of Canada. That company makes Pet Pride food.
“A spokeswoman for Menu Food said the company had no comment on ExperTox’s findings. But spokeswoman Sarah Tuite told us: “The Pet Food Institute (PFI) has provided comment.â€
“That organization represents the makers of 98 percent of all dog and cat food produced in the United States, and calls itself “the voice of U.S. pet food manufacturers.â€
““I can assure you that this industry takes the issue of the safety of pet food products with the utmost seriousness,†PFI’s spokesman Kurt Gallagher said Tuesday.
“Gallagher said his industry and the FDA are investigating ExperTox’s findings. But he cast doubts about the laboratory — and its test results.
““Through our contacts in Texas, which is where the lab is located that conducted the analysis, we have learned there is genuine concern among key toxicological and analytical experts about the lab and the actual test results,†Gallagher said.
“Expertox’s Donna Coneley also said she doesn’t have any idea what Texas experts Gallagher and PFI are talking about.
““They never name the experts they’re working with,†Coneley said. “When someone says ‘people I know say this,’ it sounds to me like they’re trying to say there are experts who have looked into this and don’t agree with the findings. But I don’t believe there are.
““To me, it sounds like they’re talking about imaginary experts,†Coneley said.
“Coneley said the only experts her lab has worked with about the findings are those with the FDA. In fact, she told us she had the FDA on another line during our interview today.
““The pet food manufacturing companies have had ten-minute discussions with us about how we did our tests,†she said. “But they’re not experts.
““The (scientists at the) FDA are the only people we’ve been talking to about our findings.â€
Nothing more despicable than liars hiding behind other liars. Duane-o has apparently chosen to be cowardly and get out of the kitchen because the heat’s on; he couldn’t put his SmithBucklin PFI hat on today because his head is in its usual position–stuck up his rear. And now you know why he and PFI can’t see one D@@N thing.
Hope SmithBucklin, Duane-o and all the PZI zombies are taking up a collection or using payroll deductions to buy those MF stocks. You’ll need it to corporately survive and they’re the only ones who might be idiotic enough to do it.
FYI–the net is still full of material yet to be posted re: these folks…..
June 13th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Some of these “experts” couldn’t find acetaminophen in a bottle of Tylenol.
June 13th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
So now they’re going to malign the labs by spreading rumors. That absolutely nauseates me. This lab is acceptable for court cases including criminal court, but they’re wrong about pet food. I loathe this organization. They and MF can rot in hell. Tell me who those experts are. I want to see the proof.
June 13th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
All right people, Do you WANT the pet food tested? DO YOU?
We CAN, no begging involved.
I am setting up a cafepress site and we will sell all the t-shirts we can. And whatever other stuff they sell.
EVERY dime goes to Ben here at itchmo for testing the foods. EVERY PENNY GOES TO TESTING, unless Ben does a runner with the money, which I consider as unlikely as..well.. the FDA telling the truth.
YOUR part is to help come up with the slogans and then, of course, pay for some t-shirts.
You *KNOW* you want a pair of panties with PFI on the butt!
(they do NOT own the alphabet)
It is a win-win because the food gets tested and you get shirts that will make people talk to you about this tragedy! Who you show the panties to? Entirely your business.
Here is what I got, Sandi K I stole an idea from your post above.
I TRUSTED THE PFI AND ALL I GOT WAS A
DEAD CAT!
Menu Foods made me an hysterical Ex-Pet parent
Ask me about my dead pets!
THE LIE MUST DIE!
Thousands died to save YOUR pet.
I LOVED my Canary!
50% Lethal ON SALE NOW
AT A MARKET NEAR YOU
LethalDose50 Pet Food
Made my pets 100% dead!
Melachicken, it’s crispy
and FDA approved!
You get the drift, if you can do any design work, get to it and get it to me. Forums, itchmo , Alice Army thread.
BRING ON THE SNARK- I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!
June 13th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
I’m reposting this. It’s from the PFI’s very own web site.
“PFI is dedicated to:
Promoting the overall care and well-being of pets.
Supporting initiatives to advance the quality of dog and cat food.
Supporting research in pet nutrition and the important role of pets in our society.
Informing and educating the public on pet proper feeding and pet care.
Representing the pet food industry before Federal and State governments.”
June 13th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
““I can assure you that this industry takes the issue of the safety of pet food products with the utmost seriousness,†PFI’s spokesman Kurt Gallagher said Tuesday. ”
SCREECH!
oh, yes, right.
June 13th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
We’re goin’ down. Down down down down down.
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/224911
June 13th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Susan,
I agree. And, I find it worriesome that the lab in Texas is facing the rumor mill and inuendo of not being a good tox lab. Seems to be the same thing that happens to any one lately who bucks the system or questions our gov’ts decisions.
I would like the FDA to report the list of foods and lot#’s they had tested and the method used. I would like to see five independent labs test the samples. Than, I would like to see many back samples tested by the same labs - all of which were presented to the FDA in blank bags - only identified as A,B,C so there could be no skewing of results or pressure by companies or the FDA.
Having worked in hospital medical labs, and involved in quality assurance programs; I can not believe how our FDA conducts itself - in the “real world” they would get an F-, be closed down until they could prove capability and only than on probationary status.
Katie
June 13th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Let’s start here with the Texas Connection:
http://www.petfoodreport.com/commission.htm
Pet Food Institute Establishes
National Pet Food Commission
“Dr. E. Murl Bailey, Jr., D.V.M., Ph.D, Texas A&M University”
And let’s read part of an interview he gave KTRK-TV, Houston, ABC-13 on March 27, 2007:
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/st.....id=5156966
“A toxicology expert at Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine isn’t convinced researchers have come up with the last of the pet food poison puzzle. There’ve been other cases of pet food contamination in recent years, including a fungus found in dry dog food some three years ago. That was quickly identified. This, though, is taking longer because in several ways, it may be an imported problem.
“”There’s no magic bullet that’s going to save the animal,” said Dr. Murl Bailey, veterinary toxicologist with Texas A&M. “No antidote, no antidote we know of.”
“That is the one thing of which Dr. Bailey is sure. So much else about the tainted pet food recall is conjecture. At this point, the poison believed to be aminopterin, he says, is not an absolute.
“”It hasn’t been proved and even the veterinarians at Cornell, where they first identified this, are not completely sure,” said Dr. Bailey.
“”I think we’re looking at the tip of the iceberg, in terms of number cases,” said Dr. Bailey.
“At the very least, it should make animal owners question what they’re feeding to their pets and if labels accurately reflect ingredients and where they’re from. More than that, Dr. Bailey says…
“I think there should be a level of concern on the part of regulators,” he said. “Human and animals.” ”
Not exactly the PFI line, is it?
June 13th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
steve-
did you note how that article in the star refers to
“several’ cats and dogs dying.
several? isn’t that when there’s ,oh 2 or 3? most people do not even use ’several’ when refering to a quantity of 16…
June 13th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Katie — You are so right. I also used to work in medical labs before I switched to vet labs. I was under the impression that this was a CAP lab and from my own experience, that is an extremely difficult certification to get. Cornell University uses the New York State lab that originally gave the Aminopterin results. The FDA closed those results right down, too. And even though they work for the American taxpayer, they hide the science from us as if they’re the CIA.
June 13th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
I’m singing along with Steve…
My beloved mother always said “what goes around, comes around” I’m glad she’s not here to see what has happened to my little kitties that she loved so much. They often were the only company she had day after day as she was home alone. Looks like MF is “crashing” much like the pets did!
June 13th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Yeah I saw it. Next thing they’ll be saying. . . “No pets died. Those bloggers made all that stuff up.”
So Duane. You do realize that ever pet owner in the United States of America is now aware of all the shenanigans don’t you?
Or hasn’t that quite sunk in yet?
Think about it. Think hard now.
June 13th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Steve…he’s going to be thinking about it all the way to the bank…
June 13th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Or should I say while he’s crying all the way from the bank
June 13th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Why, by gum, Steve, safety is so important, PFI has a website for consumers:
http://www.petfoodreport.com/commission.htm
Their Key Facts link says that 99% of PF is unaffected by the recall, their Homemade Pet Food link says there are HUNDREDS of pet foods not affected by the recalls and are safe choices. The What We Know page’s last update was May 14, 2007.
And none of these D**N links work at all on the site:
http://www.petfoodreport.com/w.....ngredients
http://www.petfoodreport.com/ingredients
Ingredients
Not Found
The requested URL was not found on this server.
Apache Server at petfoodreport.com
http://www.petfoodreport.com/whatweknow.htm#labels
http://www.petfoodreport.com/labels
Product Names & Labels
Not Found
The requested URL was not found on this server.
Apache Server at petfoodreport.com
http://www.petfoodreport.com/w.....regulation
Regulation
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The requested URL was not found on this server.
Apache Server at petfoodreport.com
http://www.petfoodreport.com/w.....rnutrition
http://www.petfoodreport.com/nutrition
Proper Nutrition
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The requested URL was not found on this server.
Apache Server at petfoodreport.com
http://www.petfoodreport.com/w.....guidelines
http://www.petfoodreport.com/guidelines
Feeding Guidelines
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Apache Server at petfoodreport.com
But, however, PFI remains:
““I can assure you that this industry takes the issue of the safety of pet food products with the utmost seriousness,†PFI’s spokesman Kurt Gallagher said Tuesday.
“Gallagher said his industry and the FDA are investigating ExperTox’s findings. But he cast doubts about the laboratory — and its test results.”
So serious none of the important information links work on the consumer website, Pet Food Report.
June 13th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Chuckles dad, spoken about here quite a bit (forgive me for forgetting the fur dads name here) is in a great article on consumer affairs today. Keep up the good work for Chuckles and for all of us who have lost a furkid, or still struggling to save them and all those staying aware and fighting the tainted food makers. Thank you!
Here is the article!
Menu Foods Samples Test Positive for Painkiller
Texas Lab Finds Acetaminophen in Canadian Manufacturer’s Products
http://tinyurl.com/37647n
June 13th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
well even if they go bankrupt and loose millions of dollars i will feel justified in thinking of it as a loss of
…
” several dollars”.
June 13th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Here’s Menu Foods monthly chart.
Don’t you love that really steep slope? It would be difficult to find a better NOSE DIVE.
MENU FOODS stock closed down (again) at $2.33 (Can), a LOSS of 21.61%.
Too bad Menu. You lied - pets died. Now it’s YOUR turn.
http://tsedb.globeinvestor.com.....g=MEW.UN-T
June 13th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
We are gonna have to test a lot of food and sell a lot of t-shirts to kill that lie of a few dead pets.
Come on, get your snark going.
I have seen some I like
5CatMom Says:
June 13th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Menu Foods Lied And
The PETS DIED!
Can we use that for our t-shirt campaign, 5CatMom ?
June 13th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Hi E.,
Yes, use it. I’ll see what else I can come up with.
June 13th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
How about a comic book FDA character holding a magnifying glass over a can of pet food.
Caption: I can’t find any acetaminophen!
June 13th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Great idea about cafepress!
Here are some slogan or theme ideas
FDA: We make FEMA look good! (Not mine, but its good)
(not sure about a copyright, but how about a Mr Magoo type character inspecting the food)
A cartoon of a little child standing over a fresh grave with his parents beside him/her: Mom says ‘We’ll miss our best friend’, Dad says “He had a good life, but died too soon”, the child says ‘But mommy, all we did was FEED Fuffy..’ With a bold caption “2007, the year feeding your pets was deadly”
This is so depressing.
June 13th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
How about an FDA rep eating a can of pet food in a coffin.
June 13th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Splitscreen
scene one - FDA suits sitting at a desk looking at the recall reports, reading the numbers - 16 confirmed dead
scene two - FDA inspectors standing at the entrance arches of “Pet Recall Cemetary” and through the gates all you can see is row upon row of little crosses. FDA inspector #1 looks at inspector #2 and says “Gee, 16 sure looks different from here”
June 13th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
I like them all. Floridian, i love that. something to do with the massacre of 2007 would be good. Just make sure all people get it that the animals are all dead because of the pet food.
June 13th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
I like the magnifying glass idea
Acetaminophen 10ppm, Howie is that the dry basis or wet?
June 13th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
” menu foods killed my pet with adulterated chinese food products and all i got was this stupid t shirt (also made in china).”
June 13th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
purringfur, that’s a truly scary report on those fish in S Africa, thanks for posting the link.
June 13th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Ingredients: Chicken, Beef, Fish, Pork, Melamine.
June 13th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
E., here are a few ideas:
You are what you eat. (with a picture of a melachicken, melapig, melafish, etc.)
Got Melamine? (simple white lettering on a black shirt)
Melamine – it’s what’s for dinner.
Cyanuric Acid – it’s what’s for dinner.
Melamine – the other, other white meat.
Melamine – it’s not just for plastics anymore.
Cyanuric Acid – it’s not just for swimming pools anymore.
The truth is out there (but the FDA doesn’t want you to know)
FDA Math: 2527 + 2365 = “17 or 18†dead pets
These slogans could be on the front, with another on the back…something like “Pet Food Recall 2007″ or whatever.
Have you set up the cafepress store yet? What’s the address?