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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2007UPDATE on pet food contamination
March 23, 2007 - ABC News has learned that investigators have determined that a rodent-killing chemical is the toxin in the tainted pet food that has killed several animals. A source close to the investigation tells ABC News that the rodenticide, which the source says is illegal to use in the United States, was on wheat that was imported from China and used by Menu Foods in nearly 100 brands of dog and cat food. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2975912 > March 23, 2007 - ABC News has learned that investigators have determined > that a rodent-killing chemical is the toxin in the tainted pet food that [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2975912 I thought I was keeping up with the news better than that. When did we start importing wheat from China? Jo >> March 23, 2007 - ABC News has learned that investigators have determined >> that a rodent-killing chemical is the toxin in the tainted pet food that [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Jo Are we still paying US farmers NOT to grow wheat?  SignatureJoey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh >>> March 23, 2007 - ABC News has learned that investigators have determined >>> that a rodent-killing chemical is the toxin in the tainted pet food that [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Are we still paying US farmers NOT to grow wheat? I thought the wheat gluten came from Australia(?) How can China POSSIBLY be exporting FOOD. To North America? This doesn't pass the smell test..... >>>> March 23, 2007 - ABC News has learned that investigators have determined >>>> that a rodent-killing chemical is the toxin in the tainted pet food that [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > This doesn't pass the smell test..... The evening news was pretty clear: it came from China. SignatureJoey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh >>>>> March 23, 2007 - ABC News has learned that investigators have >>>>> determined that a rodent-killing chemical is the toxin in the [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > The evening news was pretty clear: it came from China. make sure you get the whole link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_gluten_(food) >>>> March 23, 2007 - ABC News has learned that investigators have >>>> determined that a rodent-killing chemical is the toxin in the [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > This doesn't pass the smell test..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_gluten_(food) >>>> the rodenticide, which the source says is illegal to use in the >>>> United States, was on wheat that was imported from China and >>>> used by Menu Foods in nearly 100 brands of dog and cat food. >>> When did we start importing wheat from China? Unless "you" own shares in a transnational food corporation, "we" didn't. The capitalist megafoodbiz did, as soon as there was money to be made at it. The answer seems to be "by 2003": http://english.people.com.cn/200302/22/eng20030222_112077.shtml > How can China POSSIBLY be exporting FOOD. To North America? Ireland was a net food exporter during the Great Famine. So was Bengal during the genocidal famine of the 1940s. The fact that a food would be better used at home doesn't stop capitalism from shipping it to the opposite side of the planet. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 >>>>> the rodenticide, which the source says is illegal to use in the >>>>> United States, was on wheat that was imported from China and [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > a food would be better used at home doesn't stop capitalism from > shipping it to the opposite side of the planet. I understand that, but with the price of fuel and the cost of shipping, not to mention that if we run short of wheat there is always Canada makes me wonder how it makes dollars and cents. Jo > I understand that, but with the price of fuel and the cost of shipping, not > to mention that if we run short of wheat there is always Canada makes me > wonder how it makes dollars and cents. My guess is that like a lot of China's exports, it will be sold to the US at an incredibly low price. I can't remember the proper phrase for this but it's been a bone of contention regarding Chinese-made shoe exports to the EU recently. Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield >> I understand that, but with the price of fuel and the cost of >> shipping, not to mention that if we run short of wheat there is >> always Canada makes me wonder how it makes dollars and cents. If you've got hundreds of tons of wheat on your hands that's been condemned as unfit for use as rat poison, you're not going to be too fussy about the price you get for it, are you? Match up with a pet food manufacturer like Nestle (the owner of Purina) which has shown exactly zero remorse about killing millions of babies and you've got a deal. > My guess is that like a lot of China's exports, it will be sold to the > US at an incredibly low price. I can't remember the proper phrase for > this but it's been a bone of contention regarding Chinese-made shoe > exports to the EU recently. "Dumping". What the US does with rice all over the planet. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 >>>>>>the rodenticide, which the source says is illegal to use in the >>>>>>United States, was on wheat that was imported from China and [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > to mention that if we run short of wheat there is always Canada makes me > wonder how it makes dollars and cents. Three words: "labor costs" and "subsidies" >I understand that, but with the price of fuel and the cost of shipping, not >to mention that if we run short of wheat there is always Canada makes me >wonder how it makes dollars and cents. Always remember that in China, political prisoners are forced to do work wherever needed. That changes the calculation for any product of China. Regards Aleks > Always remember that in China, political prisoners are forced to do > work wherever needed. That changes the calculation for any product > of China. Not just political prisoners, *any* prisoners. Just like the USA. I doubt there's much difference in the relative sizes of the prison economy between the two countries. It's not really relevant to criminally disposing of duff merchandise, anyway. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 >>>>March 23, 2007 - ABC News has learned that investigators have determined >>>>that a rodent-killing chemical is the toxin in the tainted pet food that [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > This doesn't pass the smell test..... Why? They can get more money selling it abroad - why worry if a few more hundreds of thousands of their own people starve? (Communist China is adopting Capitalist values, hadn't you noticed?) >> March 23, 2007 - ABC News has learned that investigators have determined >> that a rodent-killing chemical is the toxin in the tainted pet food that [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Jo Wheat gluten. ***************************************************** E-mail address altered to foil spam. Reply to news groups for all to see please. _ / ) (\__/) ( ( ) ( ) ) ={ }= / / ) `-------/ / ( / \ | ,'\ , ,' `-'\ ,---\ | \ _) ) `. \ / (__/ ) ) (_/ (\__/) )oo( ={ >}= ***************************************************** >>March 23, 2007 - ABC News has learned that investigators have determined >>that a rodent-killing chemical is the toxin in the tainted pet food that [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > I thought I was keeping up with the news better than that. When did we > start importing wheat from China? When it became cheaper than buying it from American farmers? (And of course, food producers have another competitor for purchases of grain - it's a raw material for ethanol.) |
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