[NA]More Pet Foods recalled; Hills[NA]

[Let'sgoflying!]

from the mfg's website a few moments ago, I trust their reports more than the newsmedia, which seems to be all over right now.


March 30, 2007 --- Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Single Product, Prescription Diet™ m/d™ Feline Dry Food, Only Product Containing Wheat Gluten

http://www.hillspet.com/zSkin_2/index.jsp?FOLDER<>folder_id=1408474395182112&bmUID=1175297902011

 

[ScottM]

As American food safety regulators head to China to investigate how a chemical made from coal found its way into pet food that killed dogs and cats in the United States, workers in this heavily polluted northern city openly acknowledge that the substance is routinely added to animal feed as a fake protein.

That is very disturbing!!

Not surprising if you have ever had to travel in China where you see that quality is a distant second to getting profit. But I wonder how much of the human food supply has also been affected with this product??

http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_5797365

BTW Melamine is

Melamine is an organic compound that is often combined with formaldehyde to produce melamine resin, a synthetic polymer which is fire resistant and heat tolerant. Melamine resin is a very versatile material with a highly stable structure. Uses for melamine include whiteboards, floor tiles, kitchenware, fire retardant fabrics, and commercial filters. Melamine can be easily molded while warm, but will set into a fixed form. This property makes it ideally suited to certain industrial applications.
Melamine resin is manufactured by mixing urea with formaldehyde under heat and pressure.

Eeewww!!

 

[woodstock]

Scott - lowest cost is best. Remember that. Outsource to whomever can provide the lowest cost.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Eeewww!!

And this, from the guy who's eaten deer penis and century eggs.

Mmmm, floor tile.