Those for the immigration bill were whining that MOST people were FOR it, and the MINORITY against it jammed the phone lines and made threats to congressmen. (Yah, RIGHT!)

The third time they tried to pass it, I just called and said “What part of “NO” don’t you understand?” It is soooo very frustrating that they continued bringing it to the floor, hoping they would sneak it by, or that folks would wear down and quit jamming the phone lines.

Us pet bloggers are certainly a tireless and committed bunch, we won’t wear down and we are making some headway, in spite of the opposition. More websites are putting the food safety issues out, and if we make the calls and jam the phone lines, we can get COOL passed and some other food safety issues.

Let’s DO IT!

“Title 1, Section 123 of the 2007 Farm Bill prohibits states and localities from enacting laws relating to livestock, poultry or genetically engineered crops after they have been inspected and/or approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).”

http://www.acga.org/News/2007/062807a.html

USDA wants to feed us GMO crops whether we like it or not!

On June 5th an AMINO Acid imported from China tested positive for cyanuric acid?

I had not heard of an amino acid being tainted! That is so not good!

Question: what amino acid? There are so many for human and animal.

Bill, if you have anymore info please post it

Death Sentence Given to Zheng Xiaoyu

CHINA’S former top food and drug regulator has been given the death penalty in an unusually harsh sentence against a backdrop of widening international and domestic concern over the safety of “Made in China” food, pharmaceutical and other products.

Zheng Xiaoyu, head of the State Food and Drug Administration from 1998 until his sacking in 2005, was convicted yesterday in a Beijing court of taking 6.49 million yuan ($1.04 million) in bribes and for dereliction of duty.

Zheng, 62, was arrested last year for accepting kickbacks to fast-track drug approvals. In one case under Zheng’s watch, a tainted antibiotic approved by his agency killed at least 10 patients last year.

Ahead of his sentencing, the body in charge of ensuring the safety of China’s exports announced it would introduce the country’s first food-recall system after an outcry over tainted pet food and toothpaste.

Pet food ingredients spiked with the chemical melamine, have been blamed for the deaths of dogs and cats in the US, which has also stopped all Chinese toothpaste imports after reports that some products sold in Australia, the Dominican Republic and Panama were tainted with diethylene glycol, a chemical used in antifreeze and brake fluid. Three southern US states have also banned imports of catfish from China.

Zheng’s sentence, which may be reduced on appeal, is the toughest since 2000, when another official of comparable rank was executed for taking bribes.

The state-controlled English-language China Daily reported that the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine - which is responsible for the safety of Chinese exports - as saying the recall system was a response to the recent safety scandals. The administration’s director-general, Wu Jianping, said it would focus on “potentially dangerous and unapproved food products”. Draft regulations would be ready by the end of the year and would be in line with international practices, Mr Wu said.

Another senior Chinese official said some foreign businesses also had to share the blame because they had imported illegally made products from China.

Li Yuanping, the administration’s head of food imports and exports, said about 56 per cent of the substandard food products imported by the US from China last month were “illegal products” that had not been approved by China’s entry-exit inspection and quarantine officials.

“It is these illegal products that have tarnished the reputation of all Chinese food products,” he said. In a separate report, the administration revealed that 20 per cent of locally made and sold toys were substandard and injured 10,000 Chinese children every year. China is the world’s biggest toy exporter but industry spokespeople said most export products were of higher standard than locally sold ones.

The food and drug administration announced yesterday, before its former boss’s death sentence, that it would blacklist food producers who break safety rules as it launched a national inspection campaign.

In China’s worst food scandal, 13 babies in Anhui province in the east died in 2004 from malnutrition after being fed fake baby formula. China has been trying to strengthen its food safety since 2002 when it introduced standards for food products and began requiring produces to apply for market access permits.

An administration survey found that almost one-third of China’s 450,000 food production companies, mostly smaller companies employing less than 10 people, were unlicensed.

Gina nice picture and article in our tonights paper about Pet connection and itchmo!!!! You made it to New York !!!

Katie

Is this a wonderful world or what?

If this is done in the streets, it’s called serial killings but big business gets away with it day in & day out.