Comments on: Pet food recall: Mainstream media reports on the numbers http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/ 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: JanC http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/comment-page-3/#comment-52138 JanC Fri, 04 May 2007 20:46:56 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/#comment-52138 Tammy.....have a little melagravy with your melaturkey & melasmashed taters.... Tammy…..have a little melagravy with your melaturkey & melasmashed taters….

]]> By: Tammy http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/comment-page-3/#comment-51927 Tammy Fri, 04 May 2007 16:19:46 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/#comment-51927 What about the Turkeys! They feed turkeys don't they? Turkey feed probably comes from the same place as the chicken and hog feed. I eat a BUTT LOAD of turkey! What about the Turkeys! They feed turkeys don’t they? Turkey feed probably comes from the same place as the chicken and hog feed. I eat a BUTT LOAD of turkey!

]]> By: Terry http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/comment-page-3/#comment-51913 Terry Fri, 04 May 2007 16:02:41 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/#comment-51913 I've lost all faith that our government can keep our food safe or can protect us from terrorists. This is a rude awakening and the nightmare continues. The morning network shows reported more deaths but what they left out could fill a tanker truck. What about the ASPCA warning against supplements from China in our pet food and the issue of cross contamination and how even dry food from these companies isn't safe. What about the Nutro buyout and why did Nutro sell and what are they hiding? So many people trust that the companies are doing their best and keep buying the pet food. This entire situation is pathetic and breaks my heart. I’ve lost all faith that our government can keep our food safe or can protect us from terrorists. This is a rude awakening and the nightmare continues.

The morning network shows reported more deaths but what they left out could fill a tanker truck. What about the ASPCA warning against supplements from China in our pet food and the issue of cross contamination and how even dry food from these companies isn’t safe. What about the Nutro buyout and why did Nutro sell and what are they hiding?

So many people trust that the companies are doing their best and keep buying the pet food. This entire situation is pathetic and breaks my heart.

]]> By: Kat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/comment-page-3/#comment-51910 Kat Fri, 04 May 2007 16:00:15 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/#comment-51910 That's from the MenuFoods latest recall. Last one on Wegman's list on Menu's site. That’s from the MenuFoods latest recall. Last one on Wegman’s list on Menu’s site.

]]> By: Kat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/comment-page-3/#comment-51908 Kat Fri, 04 May 2007 15:55:45 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/#comment-51908 *****!! WEGMAN'S RECALL !!***** http://tinyurl.com/2xf4of Wegmans says this new recall affects all code dates of one variety of Wegmans cat food:. It's the Wegmans (wet) Beef and Gravy Cat Food, 3 oz., with a UPC number of 7789076381. *****!! WEGMAN’S RECALL !!*****

http://tinyurl.com/2xf4of

Wegmans says this new recall affects all code dates of one variety of Wegmans cat food:. It’s the Wegmans (wet) Beef and Gravy Cat Food, 3 oz., with a UPC number of 7789076381.

]]> By: Cheryl Hansen http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/comment-page-3/#comment-51907 Cheryl Hansen Fri, 04 May 2007 15:55:31 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/#comment-51907 I also liked the sidestep when asked if humans at the chickens that ate the melamine, and the response wasn't yes/no, but "the risk is .... blah blah blah (and if you want to swallow that one, then just go back to the discourse on how diluted the contaminants were in the pet food..but still didn't hurt them for years...and it isn't confirmed anyway because they won't ever test samples even if available from vets!) Pass some of that meatless melamine casserole would you? I also liked the sidestep when asked if humans at the chickens that ate the melamine, and the response wasn’t yes/no, but “the risk is …. blah blah blah (and if you want to swallow that one, then just go back to the discourse on how diluted the contaminants were in the pet food..but still didn’t hurt them for years…and it isn’t confirmed anyway because they won’t ever test samples even if available from vets!) Pass some of that meatless melamine casserole would you?

]]> By: Cheryl Hansen http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/comment-page-3/#comment-51904 Cheryl Hansen Fri, 04 May 2007 15:51:17 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/#comment-51904 The numbers remain unproven because they aren't EVER going to go get tissue samples from over 8,000 animals. So they can play that card forever that it was never "proven." The numbers remain unproven because they aren’t EVER going to go get tissue samples from over 8,000 animals. So they can play that card forever that it was never “proven.”

]]> By: Kat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/comment-page-3/#comment-51900 Kat Fri, 04 May 2007 15:44:46 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/#comment-51900 Excerpt LAST FEW PARA. from the LA Times (above) ....Chinese authorities have detained the head of a Chinese company suspected of shipping melamine-contaminated wheat gluten to pet food suppliers in the U.S., according to a report in the New York Times. The arrest of Mao Lijun, which police officials declined to confirm, came after he repeatedly denied in interviews that his company exported wheat gluten. Mao is the general manager of Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co., based in Jiangsu province, north of Shanghai. Until a few days ago, Xuzhou Anying's website said that the company's products included wheat gluten and ESB Protein Powder, an additive for animal feed that artificially boosts the protein content. The company, founded in 1995, said its "latest researched, developed and produced" ESB powder was "a new way to solve the problem of shortage of protein resource." Said Zhang Huimin, president of Hebei Haojia Husbandry Co. in Handan, China, a protein additive maker that also uses melamine, "Don't be fooled by those names. Whatever they call it, NPN, ESB … they are all the same, it's still melamine." Excerpt LAST FEW PARA. from the LA Times (above)

….Chinese authorities have detained the head of a Chinese company suspected of shipping melamine-contaminated wheat gluten to pet food suppliers in the U.S., according to a report in the New York Times.

The arrest of Mao Lijun, which police officials declined to confirm, came after he repeatedly denied in interviews that his company exported wheat gluten. Mao is the general manager of Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co., based in Jiangsu province, north of Shanghai.

Until a few days ago, Xuzhou Anying’s website said that the company’s products included wheat gluten and ESB Protein Powder, an additive for animal feed that artificially boosts the protein content. The company, founded in 1995, said its “latest researched, developed and produced” ESB powder was “a new way to solve the problem of shortage of protein resource.”

Said Zhang Huimin, president of Hebei Haojia Husbandry Co. in Handan, China, a protein additive maker that also uses melamine, “Don’t be fooled by those names. Whatever they call it, NPN, ESB … they are all the same, it’s still melamine.”

]]> By: shelly http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/comment-page-2/#comment-51899 shelly Fri, 04 May 2007 15:43:59 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/#comment-51899 Thanks Mary Ann! Hopefully there's no friggin' hockey game this time! Thanks Mary Ann!
Hopefully there’s no friggin’ hockey game this time!

]]> By: shelly http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/comment-page-2/#comment-51898 shelly Fri, 04 May 2007 15:43:09 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/05/03/pet-food-recall-mainstream-media-reports-on-the-numbers/#comment-51898 Sure you can slt - I'm blonde too! (well, used to be) Sure you can slt - I’m blonde too! (well, used to be)

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