David Barboza has a good article, as are all his articles on the tainted food and related topics, imo. Shows China is starting to run scared over its exports.

They’ve been running this teaser for days. This really p*sses me off when they do stuff like this. They say it’s a disease that kills dogs that humans can also get. I didn’t watch it. My guess is they’re talking about leptospirosis and it’s not instantly fatal to dogs. It’s also probably everywhere, is NOT new, and many dogs probably have antibodies. There’s a vaccine, but it causes a lot of health problems for one, especially when used in a combo vaccine; and two, there are numerous types of Lepto and the vaccine only covers a couple.
Usually contracted through exposure to rat/racoon urine (in water) and can be passed to humans in dog urine. It’s not an epidemic so do some reading and don’t let these irresponsible news agencies out to scare you so you’ll watch their d*mned news station bother you. Educate yourself as to the symptoms. No panic necessary.

To the PFI, rot in hell bastards.

Did you find out what the Fox News story was about?

We’re trying to make sense of food labels on everything our family consumes…it’s been an emotional roller-coaster ride. We sure need help….

Example: What’s the difference between vegetable oil and soybean oil..??

Our beloved and vivacious companion was prescribed Hill’s W/D Prescription Diet canned canine food. The wording and order of ingredients on the canned food labels purchased during the last quarter of 2006, or just 6-8 mos ago approximately, read different than the labels on the cans purchased in the first few months of 2007 ???

Also, the can size changed from 14 ¾oz to 13oz, or a 12% decrease in can size ????. Is this considered a dramatic change in can size - 12% smaller ???

One of the ingredients on the label of the previous 14 3/4oz PRESCRIPTION DIET can of W/D reads “vegetable oil”. The “new” 13oz can size label reads “soybean oil”.. Is this the same ingredient and do we have allergy to soy, like peanuts, etc.….

Also, another ingredient of the label changed - the “previous” 14 3/4oz can label reads “Corn Meal”, versus the “new” 13oz can label reads “Ground Whole Grain Corn”… Is this the same ingredient ?? Does this have anything to do with the “corn protein” mentioned above…today’s subject.

We would sure appreciate assistance from someone who may better understand how to interpret these label changes. If food label changes will be taking effect on account of new federal regulations, it would be most helpful if websites existed to educate us and provide comparisons of the old to new labels….we would pay to subscribe to this information…maybe one of the federal agencies could help us initially. There should be more disclosure/notices posted in the future at every business that sells products….we understand products will be more expensive for companies to supply us this survival data, but we feel our families are worth the cost of this extra insurance and assurance.

We’re also trying to properly research soy products and found this website. Did this product really come to us from China and did the US and other countries assist China to co-develop this product further??? The article seems to read that Americans consume these soy products more than any other nation…Why ???

http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/index.html

Thank you Pet Connections, Itchmo, and other helpful websites and organizations for all your support and efforts to save our civilization – both man and beast, and that of our planet, Earth. Hopefully, the combined efforts of our Congress, The President, all other agencies of our government, etc. will begin to solve our food chain problems.

We just have to pray and be most thankful that our dear Lord, along with our beloved companions that are deceased and/or living on borrowed time, alerted us to become more aware of the shortcomings of our food chains/food safety structure.

We’re so hopeful it’s not too late to ward off these plagues bestowed on God’s children. Thank you so much sweet Mitzi…we love and miss your companionship so much.

Dear Lord, Please help us .. we just can’t quit crying for our dear deceased friend and we weep for others that suffer each and every day trying to deal with their companion losses too..AMEN.

I still have that can of apple juice I bought from a vending machine a week or so ago. At least on the can in small print it said the juice came from a number of companies, including China. Now I have another Chinese doorstop. I’ll NEVER open it or buy another can again without being sure it is REAL apple juice and not garbage from Communist China.

I sure hope we can trust the labels of where the juice comes from - made in U.S.A. or just bottled in U.S.A.??????

At least I hope to make informed choices for me and my pets. I consider it only by the grace of God none of my dogs or birds were poisoned. Even though I was worried some, it is just a miracle we escaped with everyone’s health in good shape. I still have a little girl Dobie that is going in for tests this coming July as per the vet for a recheck - so far she seems fine after a barrage of blood and urine work and $1,000 of vet bills.

Daily I hear stories about friends and people I’ve met that aren’t so lucky. Such a sad situation. Does the 4% drop in pet food purchases seem realistic? Thought it should be a greater drop….ummmm….

I guess I’m alittle jaded and not believing published numbers anymore.