Comments on: FDA Warns Tembec About Violations At Animal Feed Plant http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061 Essential news for cats, dogs and pet owners. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:12:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Concha Castaneda http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62649 Concha Castaneda Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:28:36 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62649 Hopefully they arn't making the Hamburger that has just been recalled. Hopefully they arn’t making the Hamburger that has just been recalled.

]]> By: Tembec Withdraws From Animal Feed Business | Itchmo: News For Dogs & Cats http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62612 Tembec Withdraws From Animal Feed Business | Itchmo: News For Dogs & Cats Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:01:43 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62612 [...] FDA then warned the company earlier this month about using additives not approved as safe, including melamine, at their Toledo, Ohio [...] […] FDA then warned the company earlier this month about using additives not approved as safe, including melamine, at their Toledo, Ohio […]

]]> By: Katie http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62562 Katie Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:09:33 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62562 I agree with all of you too. They should have been shut down, long ago. You gotta love Tembec's answer - we just won't make products the FDA regulates!!! Katie I agree with all of you too. They should have been shut down, long ago. You gotta love Tembec’s answer - we just won’t make products the FDA regulates!!!

Katie

]]> By: Jenny Bark http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62496 Jenny Bark Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:43:59 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62496 I agree with all of you, they should have already been shut down, but of cource their not. Just keep selling the poisen untill all your stuff is gone. Our American gov is so great at protecting us-NOT. I agree with all of you, they should have already been shut down, but of cource their not. Just keep selling the poisen untill all your stuff is gone. Our American gov is so great at protecting us-NOT.

]]> By: Trudy Jackson http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62487 Trudy Jackson Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:08:12 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62487 I guess that was a dumb question. Menu foods, of course. I "think" they make the Friskies I was feeding. I guess that was a dumb question. Menu foods, of course. I “think” they make the Friskies I was feeding.

]]> By: Trudy Jackson http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62470 Trudy Jackson Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:52:37 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62470 What food have they put out? Does anyone know? This is terrible. What food have they put out? Does anyone know?
This is terrible.

]]> By: purringfur http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62469 purringfur Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:46:54 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62469 SHUT DOWN TEMBEC IMMEDIATELY! IT WAS NEVER LICENSED TO MAKE ANIMAL FEEDS IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! Would anyone trust this company for ANYTHING if it was involved in ILLEGAL PRODUCTION OF PRODUCTS? I hope they don't make bathroom tissue (TP) from their wood! TEMBEC - "A Canadian Integrated Forests Products Company" Tembec: Stick with your forest products, and GET WAY AWAY FROM ANIMAL FEEDS! In their intro., a pair of cupped hands holds a beautiful forest. What garbage! TEMBEC Contact Info: Head Office Tembec Inc. 800, boul. René-Lévesque Ouest - Bureau 1050 Montréal, QC H3B 1X9 Canada Tel: (514) 871-0137 Fax: (514) 397-0896 Corporate Office Tembec Inc. 10, chemin Gatineau, C.P. 5000 Témiscaming, QC J0Z 3R0 Canada Tél: (819) 627-4387 Fax: (819) 627-1178 From the FDA Warning Letter: "Neither melamine, urea formaldehyde condensation polymer, nor hexamethylenetetramine are approved food additives, and we are not aware of any basis to conclude that they are GRAS for use in animal feed. The presence of these unsafe food additives in your products causes your products to be adulterated under section 402(a)(2)(C)(i) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 342(a)(2)(C)(i)]." [GRAS means Generally Regarded as Safe.] And this has been going on for 3 YEARS? TEMBEC shuts down some sawmills: http://www.tembec.com/public/Salle-de-presse/2007-09-18.html?isRecent=true&search=all "The curtailments are in addition to existing shutdowns in Eastern Canada at the Company’s facilities in Timmins and Kirkland Lake, Ontario and La Sarre and Béarn, Quebec." http://www.tembec.com/public/Salle-de-presse/2007-09-25.html?isRecent=true&search=all It would be wonderful for Tembec to go belly up for producing animal feed, for which it never had a license. Does anyone know if these unsafe substances listed are wastes of sawmills to produce various wood products? This illegal production has been going on for years, and we're the ones (and the animals for human consumption) paying the price through slow poisoning. Just think of all the other horrendous things we DON'T KNOW ABOUT YET! SHUT DOWN TEMBEC IMMEDIATELY! IT WAS NEVER LICENSED TO MAKE ANIMAL FEEDS IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!

Would anyone trust this company for ANYTHING if it was involved in ILLEGAL PRODUCTION OF PRODUCTS?

I hope they don’t make bathroom tissue (TP) from their wood!

TEMBEC - “A Canadian Integrated Forests Products Company”

Tembec: Stick with your forest products, and GET WAY AWAY FROM ANIMAL FEEDS!

In their intro., a pair of cupped hands holds a beautiful forest. What garbage!

TEMBEC Contact Info:

Head Office

Tembec Inc.
800, boul. René-Lévesque Ouest - Bureau 1050
Montréal, QC H3B 1X9
Canada
Tel: (514) 871-0137
Fax: (514) 397-0896

Corporate Office

Tembec Inc.
10, chemin Gatineau,
C.P. 5000
Témiscaming, QC J0Z 3R0
Canada
Tél: (819) 627-4387
Fax: (819) 627-1178

From the FDA Warning Letter:

“Neither melamine, urea formaldehyde condensation polymer, nor hexamethylenetetramine are approved food additives, and we are not aware of any basis to conclude that they are GRAS for use in animal feed. The presence of these unsafe food additives in your products causes your products to be adulterated under section 402(a)(2)(C)(i) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 342(a)(2)(C)(i)].”
[GRAS means Generally Regarded as Safe.]

And this has been going on for 3 YEARS?

TEMBEC shuts down some sawmills:

http://www.tembec.com/public/S.....search=all

“The curtailments are in addition to existing shutdowns in Eastern Canada at the Company’s facilities in Timmins and Kirkland Lake, Ontario and La Sarre and Béarn, Quebec.”

http://www.tembec.com/public/S.....search=all

It would be wonderful for Tembec to go belly up for producing animal feed, for which it never had a license.

Does anyone know if these unsafe substances listed are wastes of sawmills to produce various wood products?

This illegal production has been going on for years, and we’re the ones (and the animals for human consumption) paying the price through slow poisoning.

Just think of all the other horrendous things we DON’T KNOW ABOUT YET!

]]> By: Sharon http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62445 Sharon Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:00:26 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62445 This company needs to be shut down permanently. Apparently there are no legal consequences for poisoning people in 13 countries for 4 years. This company needs to be shut down permanently. Apparently there are no legal consequences for poisoning people in 13 countries for 4 years.

]]> By: thomas http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62435 thomas Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:46:26 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/fda-warns-tembec-about-violations-at-animal-feed-plant-3061#comment-62435 Why not make them post whom they sold these products to . Three years and maybe more of selling unapproved crap to be used in feeds. Why not just lock the doors on this company? Why not make them post whom they sold these products to . Three years and maybe more of selling unapproved crap to be used in feeds. Why not just lock the doors on this company?

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