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]]> By: Eric http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15847 Eric Tue, 08 May 2007 15:39:40 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15847 LovingMyPets, It all stems back to this quote: "We literally found that the dilution is so minute, in fact in some cases you can't even test and find melamine any more in that product," Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said during comments to the Organic Trade Association. It's from this article: http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/local/17191567.htm While we don't know that organic chickens have been affected, it seems odd that reports about melamine chickens were be told to the Organic Trade Association. As with so much of this, make of it what you will. LovingMyPets,
It all stems back to this quote:

“We literally found that the dilution is so minute, in fact in some cases you can’t even test and find melamine any more in that product,” Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said during comments to the Organic Trade Association.

It’s from this article: http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/n.....191567.htm

While we don’t know that organic chickens have been affected, it seems odd that reports about melamine chickens were be told to the Organic Trade Association. As with so much of this, make of it what you will.

]]> By: LovingMyPets http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15776 LovingMyPets Tue, 08 May 2007 04:40:19 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15776 OK Eric, I've read the report at the top of this thread, and there's no mention of ORGANIC. Where did you come up with this? You wrote: “Re-read some of the articles. “Organic” chickens are in part of the 20 million. In other words, nothing is safe.” OK Eric,

I’ve read the report at the top of this thread, and there’s no mention of ORGANIC.

Where did you come up with this?

You wrote: “Re-read some of the articles. “Organic” chickens are in part of the 20 million. In other words, nothing is safe.”

]]> By: LovingMyPets http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15763 LovingMyPets Tue, 08 May 2007 03:05:42 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15763 Eric Says: May 7th, 2007 at 4:43 pm Cynthia, "Re-read some of the articles. “Organic” chickens are in part of the 20 million. In other words, nothing is safe." WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? Organic chickens are in part of the 20 million??? I just went and bought organic chicken at Whole Foods for double the cost, and now you're telling me that they're included in the 20 million????? Whole Foods ASSURED me that, NO WAY were they selling chickens that were fed the tainted pet food. Please tell me WHERE you got that information. Thanks. Geeze, another night of NO SLEEP. Eric Says:

May 7th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Cynthia,
“Re-read some of the articles. “Organic” chickens are in part of the 20 million. In other words, nothing is safe.”

WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?
Organic chickens are in part of the 20 million??? I just went and bought organic chicken at Whole Foods for double the cost, and now you’re telling me that they’re included in the 20 million?????

Whole Foods ASSURED me that, NO WAY were they selling chickens that were fed the tainted pet food. Please tell me WHERE you got that information. Thanks.

Geeze, another night of NO SLEEP.

]]> By: Mary http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15759 Mary Tue, 08 May 2007 02:42:12 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15759 Whoa whoa... don't use Purina One Sensitive Systems? How come? I just talked to them a couple of days ago and they said they were "safe." Whoa whoa… don’t use Purina One Sensitive Systems? How come? I just talked to them a couple of days ago and they said they were “safe.”

]]> By: Leslie k http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15740 Leslie k Tue, 08 May 2007 00:52:11 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15740 If anyone needs a pet food tested, I would highly recommend Accutrace.[advertising on main Itchmo page]. They were extremely helpful & offering 2 discounts. The owner has 10 pets & is testing all her pet food. I got nowhere after calling all local vets,labs, the fda,health dept & state food safety dept. The only ones w/ an answer to anything were accutrace. If anyone else needs a lab try them ! Also don't use pur 1 dog sensitive systems ! If anyone needs a pet food tested, I would highly recommend Accutrace.[advertising on main Itchmo page]. They were extremely helpful & offering 2 discounts. The owner has 10 pets & is testing all her pet food. I got nowhere after calling all local vets,labs, the fda,health dept & state food safety dept. The only ones w/ an answer to anything were accutrace. If anyone else needs a lab try them ! Also don’t use pur 1 dog sensitive systems !

]]> By: Debbie4747 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15704 Debbie4747 Mon, 07 May 2007 22:55:31 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15704 I agree about what is in our foods may be causing us ailments such as cancer, allergies, autism, etc. The one health problem that the news does harp on is obesity and how it is so epidemic in America these days. Since I was a kid we've always had junk food, fast foods, etc. Now all of a sudden obesity is epidemic. Could it be from all that melamine (plastic) in our foods. We can burn off calories, but how do you burn off plastic? And who knows what else is in our foods that we don't even know about? And here I thought I was so much healthier when I quit smoking. I agree about what is in our foods may be causing us ailments such as cancer, allergies, autism, etc. The one health problem that the news does harp on is obesity and how it is so epidemic in America these days. Since I was a kid we’ve always had junk food, fast foods, etc. Now all of a sudden obesity is epidemic. Could it be from all that melamine (plastic) in our foods. We can burn off calories, but how do you burn off plastic? And who knows what else is in our foods that we don’t even know about?
And here I thought I was so much healthier when I quit smoking.

]]> By: Beth http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15674 Beth Mon, 07 May 2007 21:52:02 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15674 .....and one wonders why there is such an increase in cancer, both in animals & humans. Why there is such an increase in alzheimer illnesses. It is NOT ALL due to an increasingly aging population. I think it is due to all the junk that is in our foods Even foods that are healthy for you are contaminated. After years of consuming these products, disease is bound to show up & it never gets backtracked to the food supply. …..and one wonders why there is such an increase in cancer, both in animals & humans. Why there is such an increase in alzheimer illnesses. It is NOT ALL due to an increasingly aging population. I think it is due to all the junk that is in our foods Even foods that are healthy for you are contaminated. After years of consuming these products, disease is bound to show up & it never gets backtracked to the food supply.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15671 Anonymous Mon, 07 May 2007 21:43:28 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15671 Is there a chicken brand that is safe? Does Purina raise chickens? I'm sure they will be kept out of the loop. Is there a chicken brand that is safe?

Does Purina raise chickens? I’m sure they will be kept out of the loop.

]]> By: Eric http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15635 Eric Mon, 07 May 2007 20:43:29 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15635 Cynthia, Re-read some of the articles. "Organic" chickens are in part of the 20 million. In other words, nothing is safe. Cynthia,
Re-read some of the articles. “Organic” chickens are in part of the 20 million. In other words, nothing is safe.

]]> By: menusux http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15634 menusux Mon, 07 May 2007 20:43:25 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15634 http://www.kansascity.com/194/story/96830.html These are tough times for U.S. gluten makers Industry worn down by less-expensive imports can’t meet domestic demand anymore. By ROXANA HEGEMAN The Associated Press WICHITA | One might think that growing concern over contaminated imported wheat gluten in recalled pet food might be good news for U.S. gluten producers. But U.S. production has been so eroded by low-cost imports that it can no longer supply domestic demand, domestic gluten makers say. Only four domestic gluten manufacturers, including two in Kansas, have survived the flood of foreign wheat gluten bought here in the last decade at prices cheaper than U.S. producers can make it. When the United States removed quotas on gluten imports in 2000, prices plummeted by about half, said John Neufeld, chief operating officer for Dallas-based White Energy. The nation’s largest gluten maker, MGP Ingredients Inc., is based in Atchison. The company has the capacity to produce 120 million pounds of gluten in a year, but the plants are running at only 20 percent of that capacity, said Steve Pickman, MGP vice president for corporate relations. “We have been unable to compete effectively on a price basis with imported gluten,” he said. According to figures from the National Association of Wheat Growers, the U.S. imports roughly 80 percent of its wheat gluten from Australia, the European Union and China, where the contaminated wheat gluten behind the recent pet food recall is thought to have originated. The gluten is used primarily as an ingredient in the baking industry, in cereal and in pet food. More than 100 brands of pet food have been recalled since March 16 because they were contaminated with melamine. An unknown number of dogs and cats have been sickened or died after eating chemical-laced pet food. On April 26, the government said several hundred of the 6,000 hogs that may have eaten contaminated pet food are thought to have entered the food supply for humans. The potential risk to human health was said to be very low. Neufeld’s company estimated that the U.S. consumes about 530 million pounds of wheat gluten annually. Government figures show that about 386 million pounds of that were imported, he said. http://www.kansascity.com/194/story/96830.html

These are tough times for U.S. gluten makers
Industry worn down by less-expensive imports can’t meet domestic demand anymore.
By ROXANA HEGEMAN
The Associated Press
WICHITA | One might think that growing concern over contaminated imported wheat gluten in recalled pet food might be good news for U.S. gluten producers.

But U.S. production has been so eroded by low-cost imports that it can no longer supply domestic demand, domestic gluten makers say.

Only four domestic gluten manufacturers, including two in Kansas, have survived the flood of foreign wheat gluten bought here in the last decade at prices cheaper than U.S. producers can make it.

When the United States removed quotas on gluten imports in 2000, prices plummeted by about half, said John Neufeld, chief operating officer for Dallas-based White Energy.

The nation’s largest gluten maker, MGP Ingredients Inc., is based in Atchison. The company has the capacity to produce 120 million pounds of gluten in a year, but the plants are running at only 20 percent of that capacity, said Steve Pickman, MGP vice president for corporate relations.

“We have been unable to compete effectively on a price basis with imported gluten,” he said.

According to figures from the National Association of Wheat Growers, the U.S. imports roughly 80 percent of its wheat gluten from Australia, the European Union and China, where the contaminated wheat gluten behind the recent pet food recall is thought to have originated. The gluten is used primarily as an ingredient in the baking industry, in cereal and in pet food.

More than 100 brands of pet food have been recalled since March 16 because they were contaminated with melamine. An unknown number of dogs and cats have been sickened or died after eating chemical-laced pet food.

On April 26, the government said several hundred of the 6,000 hogs that may have eaten contaminated pet food are thought to have entered the food supply for humans. The potential risk to human health was said to be very low.

Neufeld’s company estimated that the U.S. consumes about 530 million pounds of wheat gluten annually. Government figures show that about 386 million pounds of that were imported, he said.

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15629 Cynthia Mon, 07 May 2007 20:32:30 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15629 Melamine-spiking “widespread” in China; human food broadly contaminated http://www.horsesass.org/?p=2861 "Despite FDA and USDA efforts to allay concerns about consuming melamine-tainted meat, the health effects are unstudied... NO WAY FDA! I just bought a case of Organic Chiken. Melamine-spiking “widespread” in China; human food broadly contaminated
http://www.horsesass.org/?p=2861

“Despite FDA and USDA efforts to allay concerns about consuming melamine-tainted meat, the health effects are unstudied…

NO WAY FDA! I just bought a case of Organic Chiken.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15628 Anonymous Mon, 07 May 2007 20:31:19 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15628 Melamine-spiking “widespread” in China; human food broadly contaminated http://www.horsesass.org/?p=2861 "Despite FDA and USDA efforts to allay concerns about consuming melamine-tainted meat, the health effects are unstudied... I just bought a case of Organic Chiken. Melamine-spiking “widespread” in China; human food broadly contaminated
http://www.horsesass.org/?p=2861

“Despite FDA and USDA efforts to allay concerns about consuming melamine-tainted meat, the health effects are unstudied…

I just bought a case of Organic Chiken.

]]> By: johnypaycut http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15626 johnypaycut Mon, 07 May 2007 20:20:30 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15626 Xuzdinghow anyway fluffy foods&belly lint fund tecnologic company ltd. offers fine line of products>> >anti-biotic fish, fluro-catfish, mela-cakes, mela-corn,favorite standards mela chicken, fluorscent orange rice protein concentrate, pure gylcol cough syrup, amiopterin wheat and glutens, sianara susprise (cyanuric sprinkles for additive/flavor enhancer) Xuzdinghow anyway fluffy foods&belly lint fund tecnologic company ltd.

offers fine line of products>> >anti-biotic fish, fluro-catfish,
mela-cakes, mela-corn,favorite standards mela chicken, fluorscent orange rice protein concentrate, pure gylcol cough syrup, amiopterin wheat and glutens, sianara susprise (cyanuric sprinkles for additive/flavor enhancer)

]]> By: 4lgdfriend http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15622 4lgdfriend Mon, 07 May 2007 20:06:59 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-still-evaluating-safety-of-contaminated-chickens-647#comment-15622 Been waiting for this to show up: "The UK reported that unauthorised genetically modified rice intended for animal feed had entered the market from China via the Netherlands. " "Businesses in Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain were also named as receiving consignments of the rice protein concentrate. " AND THEN THEY SHIPPED IT TO WHICH US PETFOOD COS??? Been waiting for this to show up: “The UK reported that unauthorised genetically modified rice intended for animal feed had entered the market from China via the Netherlands. ”

“Businesses in Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain were also named as receiving consignments of the rice protein concentrate. ”

AND THEN THEY SHIPPED IT TO WHICH US PETFOOD COS???

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