Rodent Poison Found in Tainted Pet Food

[Mauser 98K]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Rodent poison has been found in pet food blamed for the deaths of at least 16 cats and dogs, a spokeswoman for the State Department of Agriculture and Markets said Friday.

Spokeswoman Jessica Chittenden would not identify the chemical or its source beyond saying it was a rodent poison.

State agriculture officials scheduled a news conference Friday afternoon to release laboratory findings from tests on the pet food conducted this week.

The deaths led to a recall of 60 million cans and pouches of pet food produced by Menu Foods and sold throughout North America under 95 brand names. There have been reports of kidney failure, some fatal, in pets that ate the recalled brands. The company has confirmed the deaths of 15 cats and one dog.

Menu Foods last week recalled "cuts and gravy" style dog and cat food. The recall sparked concern among pet owners across North America. It includes food sold under store brands carried by Wal-Mart, Kroger, Safeway and other large retailers, as well as private labels such as Iams, Nutro and Eukanuba.



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[Hellfighter]

you should read this:
Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17728426/site/newsweek/

basic pet food take a back seat do to they (FDA) can't cover all area's they are limited on founds.
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Technically, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responsible for ensuring that pet foods, like human foods, are safe to eat, truthfully labeled and produced under sanitary conditions. But on Tuesday, FDA officials admitted that the regulation of pet food takes a back seat to its regulatory obligations of other food and drug sectors, and that inspections of pet-food processing plants are done only on a for-cause basis.

and they real reason why it happen

There are limited resources," said David Elder, director of the Office of Surveillance and Compliance in the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine in Rockville, Md. Elder added that inspections of companion animals' food products are "based on risk." Which means that the processing plant in Emporia, Kans., where the tainted food was manufactured, had never been inspected by government officials until after consumers started complaining about pets dying of kidney failure. The Emporia plant remains open and continues to produce new food, according to a Menu Foods spokesperson, who adds that safety tests are being done around the clock.

basic the people on the hill cut their founding so they are limited on what they can keep track of things. unless people cry about it they will not jump on them Pet food MFG to keep them on track, crap they can put in human remain to the pet food and no one who know of it. before its too late. thats only one sample its not being watch over.

something to think about there are homeless people out there who can't buy real human food and some times go eat dogfood it only like .30c to 80c a can.

[Hellfighter]

update:


better late then never

[Mauser 98K]

thing they will not say is that they think that some of this wheat went to companys making products for human consumption, but they arnt shure, all we can do ia wait and well find out.

and the thing is ya dont get a whole shipment of that quanity filled with rat poision on accident, it has to be introduced intentionaly.

[Hellfighter]

the thing is the farmer over in China use it to kill all the things eating their wheat in their fields. basic they did not pass the word to the people they sold it to only thinking they pocket the money long run it hurt them in future sell's of wheat to the world