The only thing we need now is a link to that timeline so that it can be called up easily. I tried looking for the timeline myself on itchmo’s page, but couldn’t find it. A timeline link on all the sites investigating the recall would be incredibly useful. I emailed itchmo and asked him to put a link in his recall section.

Breaking news!

Linda MS

“Even though reporters were able to quickly travel to China and determine that at least one supplier there openly shopped for melamine to artificially boost the protein content of its wheat gluten, FDA investigators still lack visas needed to inspect Chinese plants.”

what is a real outrage though is that the FDA knows that there are 5 companies which received shipments of contamanated rice protien supplement only two have recalled product, so there are 3 that haven’t announced recalls and the FDA won’t release their names.

more from the Globe article,

“After a single bag of rice-protein concentrate imported by Wilbur-Ellis Co. tested positive for melamine, the San Francisco company said it quarantined the entire shipment. Since July, Wilbur-Ellis purchased 740,753 pounds of the rice protein concentrate from Binzhou Futian Biology Technology Co. It shipped 341,716 pounds to five pet food manufacturers in Kansas, Missouri, New York, and Utah.

This week, Natural Balance of California recalled venison-based pet products containing rice protein laced with melamine.

The FDA declined to name other firms until, in the midst of its briefing with reporters, the Blue Buffalo Co. of Connecticut said it was recalling a production run of Spa Select Kitten dry food made with contaminated rice-protein concentrate.”

What an outrage!!!!

Link:
http://commonsense.ourfuture.org/thebigcon/

Exerpts:
I just got off with phone from a conference call arranged by the FDA press office to respond to the latest developments in the pet food scandal—
I asked a question. Belatedly, they had begun testing samples of wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate at the borders. Now that we know that corn gluten had been poisoned, too, from South African authorities, were they testing samples of that at the ports?

An FDA official stammered. He wasn’t reading from a paper now. He promised, “We’re taking a number of proactive steps.” He said, “We’re increasing the number of products we’re sampling”—but he refused say which.

Which was an extraordinary thing. If they’re increasing the number of products they’re sampling, but won’t confirm that they’re sampling the one other ingredients we know has been poisoned—well, isn’t that an admission that they they suspect more ingredients have been poisoned, but that they won’t tell the public what those ingredients are? Making it impossible for conscientious consumers to search out those ingredients on product labels?

Not to fear. Just feed your dog meat. Avoid, however, the pork. “We will be working closely with USDA to determining the final outcome as to the disposition of those pigs who might have gotten contaminated feed might be.”