Comments on: Pet-food recall: The numbers, the meaning, the hearing http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JR http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/comment-page-3/#comment-28283 JR Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:19:02 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/#comment-28283 Yep is it not nice how the American public has no problems with American jobs being given to Non Americans who get in our country legally or not and allowing the feds to sell our country out and even now with the pet food issue not one person is saying how come a Non American company could buy up other pet food compaines in the USA and control 90% of that market ? Then to make it worse is flooding the pet shelves with food injected with food from china where neither companines are inspected or watched by the FDA Its clear since there is no rush to solve this problem that all will be covered up and they will continue to pull crap like this and I think this tainted food has been going on much longer then they are saying. Also even on this website I cannot find one bit of info as how to know if your pet has been effected, yet all they say is go see a vet when it smells like hey here is a way for all vets to make a ton of money in everyone taking there pet in to even find out if they have been effected. Then there is Saveway where I have been buyig their dog food for 4 years, I find out 2 weeks ago about this issue so I ask what hard info they had to be told " we only know what we see in the news " Go to the pet section and there is not even anything posted there to inform people not only of the problem but what foods are good or not. There should be laws that no Non American company can own or control any product that is sold nation wide or allow as in this case that no matter if you bought costly brands or cheap brands they really are ALL the same in makeup only a different label stuck on. Demand that this Menu foods out of canada be forced to sell out and no vendor supplying to over 100 vendor/brands Yep is it not nice how the American public has no problems with American jobs being given to Non Americans who get in our country legally or not and allowing the feds to sell our country out and even now with the pet food issue not one person is saying how come a Non American company could buy up other pet food compaines in the USA and control 90% of that market ?
Then to make it worse is flooding the pet shelves with food injected with food from china where neither companines are inspected or watched by the FDA
Its clear since there is no rush to solve this problem that all will be covered up and they will continue to pull crap like this and I think this tainted food has been going on much longer then they are saying.

Also even on this website I cannot find one bit of info as how to know if your pet has been effected, yet all they say is go see a vet when it smells like hey here is a way for all vets to make a ton of money in everyone taking there pet in to even find out if they have been effected.

Then there is Saveway where I have been buyig their dog food for 4 years, I find out 2 weeks ago about this issue so I ask what hard info they had to be told ” we only know what we see in the news “
Go to the pet section and there is not even anything posted there to inform people not only of the problem but what foods are good or not.

There should be laws that no Non American company can own or control any product that is sold nation wide or allow as in this case that no matter if you bought costly brands or cheap brands they really are ALL the same in makeup only a different label stuck on.

Demand that this Menu foods out of canada be forced to sell out and no vendor supplying to over 100 vendor/brands

]]> By: Linda http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/comment-page-3/#comment-28124 Linda Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:55:20 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/#comment-28124 Mal, good article - maybe now this problem will get the needed media attention. Mal,

good article - maybe now this problem will get the needed media attention.

]]> By: mal http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/comment-page-3/#comment-28113 mal Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:33:24 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/#comment-28113 Pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical may have sickened or killed 39,000 cats and dogs nationwide, based on an extrapolation from data released Monday by one of the nation's largest chains of veterinary hospitals This story is being carried by many AP news sources now. http://news.google.ca/news?hl=en&um=1&ct=title&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=pet+food+news word is getting out Pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical may have sickened or killed 39,000 cats and dogs nationwide, based on an extrapolation from data released Monday by one of the nation’s largest chains of veterinary hospitals

This story is being carried by many AP news sources now.

http://news.google.ca/news?hl=.....+food+news

word is getting out

]]> By: CathyA http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/comment-page-3/#comment-28063 CathyA Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:52:22 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/#comment-28063 Just as it's not pets vs. soldiers, it's not pets vs. the planet either. We need to act where we can, when the situation arises. Just as it’s not pets vs. soldiers, it’s not pets vs. the planet either. We need to act where we can, when the situation arises.

]]> By: Bernard J. (Bernie) Starzewski http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/comment-page-3/#comment-28053 Bernard J. (Bernie) Starzewski Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:43:05 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/#comment-28053 GREENPEACE: My vet STILL does not count Brandy in that total even though all her symptoms and all the circumstantial evidence points to it because... 1. Menu Foods has not specifically identified her lot # as one of the contaminated lots. 2. The FDA has yet to collect and test the food per their representations to me. I can accept (as we all should) that it is not scientifically proven that any of these reports will turn out to be the result of pets eating their products. But, (and this is a big BUT) the real problem is why have they not been investigated? Hey, Mr. FDA? The cans are here waiting for you! Maybe we should all be grateful that this was not bird flu? GREENPEACE:
My vet STILL does not count Brandy in that total even though all her symptoms and all the circumstantial evidence points to it because…

1. Menu Foods has not specifically identified her lot # as one of the contaminated lots.

2. The FDA has yet to collect and test the food per their representations to me.

I can accept (as we all should) that it is not scientifically proven that any of these reports will turn out to be the result of pets eating their products. But, (and this is a big BUT) the real problem is why have they not been investigated?

Hey, Mr. FDA? The cans are here waiting for you!

Maybe we should all be grateful that this was not bird flu?

]]> By: mal http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/comment-page-3/#comment-28024 mal Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:36:19 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/#comment-28024 ARE YOU PUTTING RENDERED PROTEINS ON YOUR FACE??? "Aside from reducing the amount of waste produced by the meat processing industry, these rendered fats and proteins have many uses. ....... The protein is used in the production of gelatin and COSMETICS (capital lettering was done by me)and is sold to feed manufacturers as a high quality protein source, primarily for swine, poultry and pet feeds." http://tinyurl.com/2j2one SO let me try to get this straight. The products left over from food processing which are not safe for human consumption are rendered and besides being used for animal feed and pet food, they are also used in COSMETICS. Excuse me while I go and scrub my face with some disinfectant. This is all too much!!! ARE YOU PUTTING RENDERED PROTEINS ON YOUR FACE???

“Aside from reducing the amount of waste produced by the meat processing industry, these rendered fats and proteins have many uses.
…….
The protein is used in the production of gelatin and COSMETICS (capital lettering was done by me)and is sold to feed manufacturers as a high quality protein source, primarily for swine, poultry and pet feeds.”

http://tinyurl.com/2j2one

SO let me try to get this straight. The products left over from food processing which are not safe for human consumption are rendered and besides being used for animal feed and pet food, they are also used in COSMETICS. Excuse me while I go and scrub my face with some disinfectant. This is all too much!!!

]]> By: Greenpeace http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/comment-page-3/#comment-28011 Greenpeace Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:51:59 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/#comment-28011 Thank you :-)..and iam sorry for your loss by the way :-( Thank you :-)..and iam sorry for your loss by the way :-(

]]> By: Sandi K http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/comment-page-3/#comment-27999 Sandi K Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:21:56 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/#comment-27999 Comment by Greenpeace — April 9, 2007 @ 12:50 pm Mrs Greenpeace, I stand corrected. And I do understand more than you know and I commend you for your actions. I do see the global warming, I live in Alaska & our weather has been out of the ordinary for quite some time now. I do respect your passion and I hope you can understand mine in wanting to find answers on why my pet had to die...I had a meltdown of my own yesterday with trying to cope with my grief so I have been apologizing to folks I insulted and I owe you an apology also. I am ashamed at my behavior. Thank you and best wishes Comment by Greenpeace — April 9, 2007 @ 12:50 pm

Mrs Greenpeace, I stand corrected. And I do understand more than you know and I commend you for your actions. I do see the global warming, I live in Alaska & our weather has been out of the ordinary for quite some time now. I do respect your passion and I hope you can understand mine in wanting to find answers on why my pet had to die…I had a meltdown of my own yesterday with trying to cope with my grief so I have been apologizing to folks I insulted and I owe you an apology also. I am ashamed at my behavior. Thank you and best wishes

]]> By: Barb http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/comment-page-3/#comment-27986 Barb Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:31:07 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/#comment-27986 Is there any way that Pet Connection can email 3,598 people who have sent in reports of pet deaths, asking each of them to individually email CNN telling them that their pet died due to contaminated food. Maybe then the media will start reporting accurate numbers! Or better yet, get Vets to start emailing in numbers, which the media may be more inclined to believe. Is there any way that Pet Connection can email 3,598 people who have sent in reports of pet deaths, asking each of them to individually email CNN telling them that their pet died due to contaminated food. Maybe then the media will start reporting accurate numbers! Or better yet, get Vets to start emailing in numbers, which the media may be more inclined to believe.

]]> By: Greenpeace http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/comment-page-3/#comment-27962 Greenpeace Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:50:24 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/04/08/pet-food-recall-the-numbers-the-meaning-the-hearings/#comment-27962 Comment by Sandi K — April 8, 2007 And to Mr Greenpeace above, I think that you arent understanding the true scope of this pet food recall. Perhaps if you go back and read all of the info out here you will see that there are toxins involved and by this group trying to find answers and stop this from happening again, you will see that we are in turn trying to help the environment. So you might want to educate yourself on this pet food recall and what is truly behind it all before you also make implications that there is a disconnect as Mr Pizzey did….Also just a note, we might be helping you to continue your Greenpeace cause by stopping these toxins from ending up in the very food you are eating. So instead of coming here and implying that we dont care, I think you should be handing over a big thank you to us! First of all thats Mrs greenpeace thank you, and i don't think you understand the whole picture. Yes this sad to be happening to pets but i hardly think that the actions here will do much for the ozone being depleted, and the ice caps melting and i dont think that toxins in food (pets or humans)and of course nobody wants to be eating tainted food, has any bearing on the fact. If the crops die from climate changes and animals die for the lack of no water due to global warmimg then there will be no cause for you to fight for as there will be no food. Anyways i've said my peace and thats my opinion i never have been one to just ramble on and i do appreciate pet connection and what everyone here is trying to do. Comment by Sandi K — April 8, 2007

And to Mr Greenpeace above, I think that you arent understanding the true scope of this pet food recall. Perhaps if you go back and read all of the info out here you will see that there are toxins involved and by this group trying to find answers and stop this from happening again, you will see that we are in turn trying to help the environment. So you might want to educate yourself on this pet food recall and what is truly behind it all before you also make implications that there is a disconnect as Mr Pizzey did….Also just a note, we might be helping you to continue your Greenpeace cause by stopping these toxins from ending up in the very food you are eating. So instead of coming here and implying that we dont care, I think you should be handing over a big thank you to us!

First of all thats Mrs greenpeace thank you,
and i don’t think you understand the whole picture. Yes this sad to be happening to pets but i hardly think that the actions here will do much for the ozone being depleted, and the ice caps melting and i dont think that toxins in food (pets or humans)and of course nobody wants to be eating tainted food, has any bearing on the fact.

If the crops die from climate changes and animals die for the lack of no water due to global warmimg then there will be no cause for you to fight for as there will be no food.

Anyways i’ve said my peace and thats my opinion i never have been one to just ramble on and i do appreciate pet connection and what everyone here is trying to do.

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