Comments on: FDA labs to stay open — for now http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/ 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: Lew Orban http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-105406 Lew Orban Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:06:14 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/#comment-105406 Elaine, Great article and the truth sometimes is scarey. What morom allowed this to happen...I often wonder who is in charge and who is an American. We have lost our direction as a country and sold out all our resources to the highest bidder! We will pay dearly for selling our country at all levels. This attack was planned many years ago and we followed the carrot and it will destroy our countries financial basis in the near future! Obewan Elaine,
Great article and the truth sometimes is scarey. What morom allowed this to happen…I often wonder who is in charge and who is an American. We have lost our direction as a country and sold out all our resources to the highest bidder! We will pay dearly for selling our country at all levels. This attack was planned many years ago and we followed the carrot and it will destroy our countries financial basis in the near future!
Obewan

]]> By: Elaine http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-104907 Elaine Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:43:22 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/#comment-104907 I can't disagree with that, Obewan! Read this article if you want to be alarmed. I say maybe it is time to just say to the Chinese, "Bring it On!" We are going to have to deal with trade inequities someday, and the longer we wait, the worse it will be. Of course, our congress and the Prez are so far in the pockets of big business, I am sure they won't act decisively, they will just cave in to foreign govts as usual. www.telegraph.co.uk:80/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/08/07/bcnchina107a.xml I can’t disagree with that, Obewan! Read this article if you want to be alarmed. I say maybe it is time to just say to the Chinese, “Bring it On!” We are going to have to deal with trade inequities someday, and the longer we wait, the worse it will be.

Of course, our congress and the Prez are so far in the pockets of big business, I am sure they won’t act decisively, they will just cave in to foreign govts as usual.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/.....na107a.xml

]]> By: Lew Orban http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-104750 Lew Orban Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:31:15 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/#comment-104750 Ban all food imports from China.....now! Obewan Ban all food imports from China…..now!
Obewan

]]> By: William Kanitz http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-104632 William Kanitz Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:54:48 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/#comment-104632 Large and small grocery stores rely increasingly on food grown on foreign soil that Canadian officials might never see or inspect. They have no way of knowing unless the are a ScoringAg.com member that has traceable food and ingredients from field to fork. That was a problem with pet foods as there was NO Traceback ! Large and small grocery stores rely increasingly on food grown on foreign soil that Canadian officials might never see or inspect.

They have no way of knowing unless the are a ScoringAg.com member that has traceable food and ingredients from field to fork. That was a problem with pet foods as there was NO Traceback !

]]> By: Bill http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-104558 Bill Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:05:51 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/#comment-104558 Here are parts of a story which appeared on the front pages of a number of Canadian newspapers today. Wary of imported produce, consumers buy locally MARIAN SCOTT THE GAZETTE Tuesday Auguest 7, 2007 Spooked by reports of contaminated pet food ingredients, toothpaste, medications and seafood from China, many consumers are wondering what other dangers might lurk on grocery store shelves. They have reason to worry: Up to 13 million Canadians, more than 40 per cent of the population, will suffer from food-borne illnesses this year, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. Medical experts say that will cost up to $1.3 billion in lost productivity and medical expenses. E. coli-tainted spinach from the United States, cantaloupes from Costa Rica contaminated with salmonella and pet food containing a toxic chemical imported from China – recent safety scares have raised serious questions about the security of Canada’s food supply and sparked criticism that the government and food industry do not do enough to ensure food imported from other countries is safe. Some fear the problem will worsen as large and small grocery stores rely increasingly on food grown on foreign soil that Canadian officials might never see or inspect. “Who’s checking up?” asked Dan McGovern, publisher of Sustainable Food News, an online service for the natural food industry based in Portland, Me. “In a developing country like China, it’s difficult to assess these things.” As our groceries become increasingly global, policing the food supply poses daunting challenges. Complicating things even more for consumers is that food-packaging rules can make it difficult even to know when you’re buying imported foods. A frozen pizza labelled “Product of Canada,” for example, is not necessarily made in this country. The label means only that at least 51 per cent of the product was created in Canada – including processing costs. Some question whether the new measures will be sufficient to correct China’s long history of health and safety violations. “China is an emerging industrial nation,” said Jerry Tutunjian, editor of Canadian Grocer, a trade magazine. “It takes years to build in safeguards.” The Chinese crackdown follows last spring’s massive pet-food recall after products contaminated with melamine, an industrial plastic, killed or sickened thousands of cats and dogs. Here are parts of a story which appeared on the front pages of a number of Canadian newspapers today.

Wary of imported produce, consumers buy locally

MARIAN SCOTT THE GAZETTE
Tuesday Auguest 7, 2007

Spooked by reports of contaminated pet food ingredients, toothpaste, medications and seafood from China, many consumers are wondering what other dangers might lurk on grocery store shelves.

They have reason to worry: Up to 13 million Canadians, more than 40 per cent of the population, will suffer from food-borne illnesses this year, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. Medical experts say that will cost up to $1.3 billion in lost productivity and medical expenses.

E. coli-tainted spinach from the United States, cantaloupes from Costa Rica contaminated with salmonella and pet food containing a toxic chemical imported from China – recent safety scares have raised serious questions about the security of Canada’s food supply and sparked criticism that the government and food industry do not do enough to ensure food imported from other countries is safe.

Some fear the problem will worsen as large and small grocery stores rely increasingly on food grown on foreign soil that Canadian officials might never see or inspect.

“Who’s checking up?” asked Dan McGovern, publisher of Sustainable Food News, an online service for the natural food industry based in Portland, Me.

“In a developing country like China, it’s difficult to assess these things.”

As our groceries become increasingly global, policing the food supply poses daunting challenges. Complicating things even more for consumers is that food-packaging rules can make it difficult even to know when you’re buying imported foods.

A frozen pizza labelled “Product of Canada,” for example, is not necessarily made in this country. The label means only that at least 51 per cent of the product was created in Canada – including processing costs.

Some question whether the new measures will be sufficient to correct China’s long history of health and safety violations.

“China is an emerging industrial nation,” said Jerry Tutunjian, editor of Canadian Grocer, a trade magazine. “It takes years to build in safeguards.”

The Chinese crackdown follows last spring’s massive pet-food recall after products contaminated with melamine, an industrial plastic, killed or sickened thousands of cats and dogs.

]]> By: William Kanitz http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-104550 William Kanitz Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:38:11 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/#comment-104550 I remember when the denials were floating around that nothing was out of order for pet food ingredients.The testing agencys should be investagated and why FDA tests did not match independents tests.The importers should pay for all testing before products reach our shores,it would save alot of misery. Yes we should eat locally grown as it is safe ,it's not from CHINA. I remember when the denials were floating around that nothing was out of order for pet food ingredients.The testing agencys should be investagated and why FDA tests did not match independents tests.The importers should pay for all testing before products reach our shores,it would save alot of misery. Yes we should eat locally grown as it is safe ,it’s not from CHINA.

]]> By: Elaine http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-104536 Elaine Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:00:35 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/#comment-104536 I just realized my link about Chairman Dingell did not come through right. I will try again. http://thegate.nationaljournal.com/2007/08/bill_aims_to_strengthen_fda_mo.php I just realized my link about Chairman Dingell did not come through right. I will try again.

http://thegate.nationaljournal.....fda_mo.php

]]> By: Julie http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-104525 Julie Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:10:25 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/#comment-104525 I guess we need to learn to grow our own fruits and vegetables or at least buy locally from farmers markets. I guess we need to learn to grow our own fruits and vegetables or at least buy locally from farmers markets.

]]> By: Elaine http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-104514 Elaine Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:48:05 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/#comment-104514 House Energy and Commerce Chairman Dingell has laid down his marker for a food safety overhaul at FDA that takes aim at imported food. www.thegate.nationaljournal.com/2007/08/bill_aims_to_strengthen_fda_mo.php House Energy and Commerce Chairman Dingell has laid down his marker for a food safety overhaul at FDA that takes aim at imported food.

http://www.thegate.nationaljou.....fda_mo.php

]]> By: Elaine http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-104444 Elaine Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:38:01 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/03/fda-labs-to-stay-open-for-now/#comment-104444 This is a good opinion piece about fair trade. www.dailyyonder.com:80/letter-langdon-omaha-call-fair-trade-would-save-both-agriculture-and-industry This is a good opinion piece about fair trade.

http://www.dailyyonder.com:80/.....d-industry

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