Comments on: FDA to add melamine to food pyramid http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/10/09/fda-to-add-melamine-to-food-pyramid/ The Web blog of the Pet Connection, a pet-care feature syndicated internationally by Universal Press. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:42:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Janeen http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/10/09/fda-to-add-melamine-to-food-pyramid/#comment-358526 Janeen Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:17:48 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=3244#comment-358526 Hey, it's too bad melamine doesn't get you HIGH. I'll bet that *if* it did - the Feds would outlaw the ingestion or possession of even small quantities of it regardless of its health effects. Kinda makes you wonder about their priorities, doesn't it? Hey, it’s too bad melamine doesn’t get you HIGH. I’ll bet that *if* it did - the Feds would outlaw the ingestion or possession of even small quantities of it regardless of its health effects.

Kinda makes you wonder about their priorities, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Christie Keith http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/10/09/fda-to-add-melamine-to-food-pyramid/#comment-358481 Christie Keith Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:04:16 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=3244#comment-358481 What government? What government?

]]> By: Janeen http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/10/09/fda-to-add-melamine-to-food-pyramid/#comment-358458 Janeen Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:03:12 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=3244#comment-358458 With a government like ours, Who needs enemies? With a government like ours,
Who needs enemies?

]]> By: Carol V http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/10/09/fda-to-add-melamine-to-food-pyramid/#comment-358395 Carol V Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:56:10 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=3244#comment-358395 I forget if I already posted this here but...I had emailed Dr Rumbeiha this Tuesday asking his opinion of the melamilk crisis and why is only melamine being talked about contrary to what he reported last year regarding the deadly combo of cyanuric acid and melamine and he emailed me back saying the the "Food Response Network" was activated last week to look for more than melamine. I had been in email contact with him last year as he had expressed interest in long term studies of the MARF survivors and had talked to him about my two (now one) survivior. Tuesday he also said that he never received funding for the long term studies but was still very interested in that. It is too bad that was not initiated as I am sure there are alot of parents in China right now wanting to know the long term problems if they happened to be one of the fortunate and have their child survive... ps...I had to google Food Response Network to see what he was referring to.... I forget if I already posted this here but…I had emailed Dr Rumbeiha this Tuesday asking his opinion of the melamilk crisis and why is only melamine being talked about contrary to what he reported last year regarding the deadly combo of cyanuric acid and melamine and he emailed me back saying the the “Food Response Network” was activated last week to look for more than melamine. I had been in email contact with him last year as he had expressed interest in long term studies of the MARF survivors and had talked to him about my two (now one) survivior. Tuesday he also said that he never received funding for the long term studies but was still very interested in that. It is too bad that was not initiated as I am sure there are alot of parents in China right now wanting to know the long term problems if they happened to be one of the fortunate and have their child survive…

ps…I had to google Food Response Network to see what he was referring to….

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/10/09/fda-to-add-melamine-to-food-pyramid/#comment-358380 The OTHER Pat Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:23:05 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=3244#comment-358380 Here are some recent posts of mine quoting relevant information from Marion Nestle's book, "Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine": http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/09/28/fda-fiddles-while-melamine-threat-grows/#comment-355267 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/09/28/fda-fiddles-while-melamine-threat-grows/#comment-355394 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/09/30/china-round-up-all-the-usual-suspects/#comment-357034 Here are some recent posts of mine quoting relevant information from Marion Nestle’s book, “Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine”:

http://www.petconnection.com/b.....ent-355267

http://www.petconnection.com/b.....ent-355394

http://www.petconnection.com/b.....ent-357034

]]> By: Carol V http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/10/09/fda-to-add-melamine-to-food-pyramid/#comment-358365 Carol V Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:01:32 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=3244#comment-358365 http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/melamra3.html oops...forgot to post the link above....need coffee... http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/melamra3.html

oops…forgot to post the link above….need coffee…

]]> By: Carol V http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/10/09/fda-to-add-melamine-to-food-pyramid/#comment-358363 Carol V Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:00:49 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=3244#comment-358363 Here's the link for an "updated" interim safety analysis..wish I could post an emoticon to show my opinion of it....but ... here is a link to let the good ole FDA head know it's time to do something...anything... http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/t/5915/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=26056 Here’s the link for an “updated” interim safety analysis..wish I could post an emoticon to show my opinion of it….but … here is a link to let the good ole FDA head know it’s time to do something…anything…
http://action.foodandwaterwatc....._KEY=26056

]]> By: VJ http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/10/09/fda-to-add-melamine-to-food-pyramid/#comment-358353 VJ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:28:43 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=3244#comment-358353 Last night I read a report from Consumers Union stating "FDA is opening way for grocery stores to sell food made from genetically engineered animals and the agency is proposing these products be sold without your knowledge. Genetically engineered animals are not a far off exotic concept. It's happening now. Goats engineered with spider genes to produce silk in their milk. Pigs carry mouse and bacterial DNA to improve their digestion". Consumers Reports is asking people to sign a petition by Nov 18 to tell FDA we want to know what's in our food. Who would have ever imagined we humans would be living at a time as frightening as this. Bet even the science-fiction writers could not think of plots like this. Last night I read a report from Consumers Union stating “FDA is opening way for grocery stores to sell food made from genetically engineered animals and the agency is proposing these products be sold without your knowledge. Genetically engineered animals are not a far off exotic concept. It’s happening now. Goats engineered with spider genes to produce silk in their milk. Pigs carry mouse and bacterial DNA to improve their digestion”. Consumers Reports is asking people to sign a petition by Nov 18 to tell FDA we want to know what’s in our food.
Who would have ever imagined we humans would be living at a time as frightening as this. Bet even the science-fiction writers could not think of plots like this.

]]> By: Laura Gould http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/10/09/fda-to-add-melamine-to-food-pyramid/#comment-358351 Laura Gould Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:22:37 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=3244#comment-358351 The FDA is allowing melamine, in acceptable(!!??) amounts, to be an ingredient of our foods. I personally would opt to see it listed as an ingredient, if it's in the food, on the label of the food with the actual percentage noted, to insure that I don't ingest more than an acceptable amount in a given day...as I drink my milk based drink, snack on candy, and munch on vegetables with melamine residue. Consider an accumulative affect if it's in more than one food eaten in a given day. Scary. During the pet food recall, I believe I read the actual percentage of melamine that was in a bag of dog food that caused the death of a 120 pound dog. I think that info was in a blog on this site. Was it .006 parts? Does anyone recall? Thanks! Laura The FDA is allowing melamine, in acceptable(!!??) amounts, to be an ingredient of our foods. I personally would opt to see it listed as an ingredient, if it’s in the food, on the label of the food with the actual percentage noted, to insure that I don’t ingest more than an acceptable amount in a given day…as I drink my milk based drink, snack on candy, and munch on vegetables with melamine residue. Consider an accumulative affect if it’s in more than one food eaten in a given day. Scary.

During the pet food recall, I believe I read the actual percentage of melamine that was in a bag of dog food that caused the death of a 120 pound dog. I think that info was in a blog on this site. Was it .006 parts? Does anyone recall? Thanks! Laura

]]> By: Marcy http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/10/09/fda-to-add-melamine-to-food-pyramid/#comment-358298 Marcy Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:04:44 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=3244#comment-358298 I love your headline, Christie! We all know how harmless melamine was to our pets last year (mine died)...so what's the worry? I guess that the FDA wants us to "eat, drink, and be merry...?" I won't write the rest of that phrase. I love your headline, Christie!

We all know how harmless melamine was to our pets last year (mine died)…so what’s the worry?

I guess that the FDA wants us to “eat, drink, and be merry…?”

I won’t write the rest of that phrase.

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