blackdragon Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 I heard on the news tonight. They found Rat poison in the cans that they tested!!!! Some people need a good whoopin!!!! Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2ipsc Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Found THIS LINK with info on what's been recalled... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 I wish they would specify canned food, Im sure this is driving people crazy!!!! Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 If I read the news right today, what they are saying is that the wheat used to make the food was contaminated with a non-FDA-approved poison (its also used an an anti-cancer drug, go figure). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 ...a rodenticide used in Chinese wheat fields. Might do to avoid things containing gluten flour, folks...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 @#$%$#'s Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAL Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 There are 95 different types of food in this recall so far. http://tinyurl.com/2pn6mm http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html Be careful what you buy. This really sucks You think you are buying quality from like Iams or eukanuba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam B Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 This food basically killed my weimaraner, bastards! She already had an allergy to corn and wheat and once she ate some of my friend's dog's food, which was on the list, in a matter of 2 days she got so bad that her ears swelled up to almost an inch thick and pus was coming out of them as well as constant itching to the point she broke open her skin that we had no choice other than to put her down. I knew something was up when all 3 of the vets we took her to had no idea on what was wrong with her and none of the medication they gave us did a thing for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
et45 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 That sucks, Sorry to hear that.My Boxer eats only dry dog food and whatever human food he can mooch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 It's worth noting that Diamond was totally unaffected. Diamond makes all their own food, doesn't have a huge marketing budget, and sells food that is both fairly-priced and wholesome. And boynty77, I am so sorry about your dog. If some corporate a-hole killed my dog, I'd be highly inclined to...well...we just won't go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam B Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 thanks guys, she was a great dog. The only good thing so far to come out of it is that we are adopting two rescue Weims. I don't believe that is it that much cheaper to buy wheat from China, especially when you have to transport it overseas? I come from a long line of farmers, I am not one, but 3 generations prior were/are. All grain prices are up for this reason and that but I am hard pressed to believe that it is dramatically cheaper than buying it from your local farmer. My guess is that some purchasing agent at the dog food companies got a "great deal" on some slightly tainted, non FDA approved wheat and they figured oh well it is just for pet food, who gives a shit. I hope something pans out with this but I am sure it will be forgotten in a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 The latest word is that 20 pets nationwide have perished from the tainted food... and 4 of them were here in Oregon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 This just in from the FDA, All food products from China are to be held. FDA Bars all China Food products FDA confirms 1950 cats and 2200 dogs have died so far Do not eat any food products from China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p99shooter Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 It came out on the newswire a few days ago that adding melamine to feed products in China is a common practice. One article mentioned how feed companies will go to building demolition sites to harvest melamine from the wreckage. Melamine artificially increases the amount of nitrogen in the feed, allowing them to make a product that seems high in protein for a lower cost. And they say it's safe. Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 My 12 year old bassett hound died from this crap. I had given her to a good friend 3 years ago ( she was chasing cows out here) Her name was speedy and she was a great dog. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 So Sorry about your loss. Also there is the tainted Rice Protein. For a complete list of recalls go to http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/petfoodrecall/ I use http://www.canidae.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinab Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Saw a broadcast today where the FDA is now concerned about chickens that ate the tainted feed now coming into the food supply as meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-shot Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 The FDA has also stated that broiler chickens from 38 separate farms fed with tainted wheat gluten and melanine have already gone to market and been consumed by the public. Right now there are over 6,000 hogs suspected of eating the same melanine and wheat gluten tainted food, they have been quarantined and the meat will be withheld from the food supply. The chinese are doing this because it also appears to inflate the levels of protein found in the food, and china has no law in regards to what goes into animal feeds. Literally, some food for thought...the bad gluten and melanine is organic poison. I'm sorry for everyone that has lost a pet over this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear23 Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 We as a country export food as we have a surplus...Why the hell do we have to import chickens??? Sorry for everyone that's lost a pet. I couldn't imagine losing my two Doxies to such idiocy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 It's all this Global Trade , one world type crap that's at the root of all this. We as a nation should only import the stuff that we cannot make ourselves. Other countries simply do not have the same regulatory protections that we have here. This is why they are cheap, this is why they are dangerous, this is why this is bad for our country. Just had to rant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 (edited) I heard on the news tonight. They found Rat poison in the cans that they tested!!!! Some people need a good whoopin!!!! Ivan Sorry you lost your friend and all the others too. Edited May 1, 2007 by JThompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 It's all this Global Trade , one world type crap that's at the root of all this. We as a nation should only import the stuff that we cannot make ourselves. Other countries simply do not have the same regulatory protections that we have here. This is why they are cheap, this is why they are dangerous, this is why this is bad for our country.Just had to rant... +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 and china has no law in regards to what goes into animal feeds. Literally, some food for thought...the bad gluten and melanine is organic poison. I'm sorry for everyone that has lost a pet over this. Wasn't Mad Cow disease spread by unregulated animal feed - specifically, meat by products fed to cows? Also, how is melanine harvested from demolition sites? (and on this topic - why are our gasoline & lead prices so high again?) I think some strategic independence is in order here in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 The latest figures I gleaned from the Wall Street Journal (May 25, 2007. p. A7) [in an article about the China trade defict and the value of the yuan]: 1,950 dead cats 2,200 dead dogs I assume these figures apply to the United States as they came from the Federal Food and Drug Administration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianH Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Dead dogs and cats? Are we actually thinking China is going to give a crap about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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