MENU FOODS EXECUTIVES SHOULD BE ARRESTED FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY AND FRAUD.

FDA NEEDS A SERIOUS OVERHAUL AND NOT BY THE PEOPLE MANAGING THE FDA NOW.

Local Veterinarian Says ‘Pet Food Scare Is Over’ - News - MSNBC.comA national pet food recall sent shock waves to dog and cat lovers alike. But according to a South Florida veterinarian, pet owners can now relax.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17963760/

- 47k - May 2, 2007

Further we have some other food related questions not answered related to food safety for humans and pets.

So I am giving Senator Durbin now not a full thumbs up but a lateral thumb.

Keep going Senator Durbin. Please take on Monsanto (you know why) and keep up the food safety battle if you can. You may not be able to take on the global monopoly food giants. But at least what you have done for our pets a good first step. Now our pets need same human food to eat because we can’t trust any pet company’s food.

I’m sorry about Maizie. It more than likely was the food.

Nabiya -

I believe everyone here (and other weblogs as well) are incensed enough to not give up. For the time, I am home cooking for our cat and she is loving it. We had to put our dog down in September from renal failure. It was horrible.

I have always fed my crew a variety of foods and flavors, just in case there’s a bad batch in that they aren’t entirely dependent on it. I have had cats eat, throw up, get diarhrea, elevated respiratory rate, etc and as soon as the food passes through they are back to normal after a few hours. I have routinely said over the years, well there’s another bad can/bag of cat food. I would immediately throw away any of the same type of food to avoid the same problem.

Of course our cat food isn’t safe, there’s not enough regulation by the government or the FDA. Up until now, because it was impossible to, I didn’t realize our dependancy on ingredients and foodstuffs from China/Asia. Why our pet food manufacturers are going to other countries for products is only for increased profits and not for the well being of our pets. They know they can slide stuff in on us and not have it exposed through regulations. I don’t think our cat food was safe, is safe or will be safe. Period. I am trying to find as many “work arounds” as I possibly can with that thought in mind.

Everyone needs to stay angry and not forget what has happened here; keep putting the pressure on the manufacturers (through reducing our purchases of their foods) to embark on their own safety programs and compliance and not rely on the government.

Nadine, yes, I completely believe that pets have been sickened and killed by this problem over a much larger time frame than originally indicated by the talking heads. My kitty Maizie had to be put down on December 2nd due to renal failure. At the time we all just thought it was old age (she had just turned 17). But now I don’t think so. She never ate any of the recalled brands, but she loved the “gravy” style wet foods, and ate a ton of Friskie’s sliced in gravy varieties. The timing is just too suspicious. She went downhill very rapidly over the course of about a month. Also one of my co-workers had a cat die of sudden acute renal failure just prior to my cat’s death. Doesn’t prove anything, but it doesn’t look too good either.