Comments on: Salmonella prompts expansion of pet-food recall http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/11/26/salmonella-prompts-expansion-of-pet-food-recall/ 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: Kathy http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/11/26/salmonella-prompts-expansion-of-pet-food-recall/comment-page-1/#comment-382922 Kathy Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:07:51 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=4331#comment-382922 Yeah, I agree with "hornblower", it's a nice change to see a company taking responsibility. Yeah, I agree with “hornblower”, it’s a nice change to see a company taking responsibility.

]]> By: hornblower http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/11/26/salmonella-prompts-expansion-of-pet-food-recall/comment-page-1/#comment-374903 hornblower Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:03:18 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=4331#comment-374903 There has been a recall of Orijen cat & dog food from Australia. For a change, I think the company is handling it well. Certainly a prompt response. They believe the problem is that the food has to be irradiated to be imported..... http://www.championpetfoods.com/orijen/Australia_Consumer_Release.pdf There has been a recall of Orijen cat & dog food from Australia. For a change, I think the company is handling it well. Certainly a prompt response. They believe the problem is that the food has to be irradiated to be imported…..
http://www.championpetfoods.co.....elease.pdf

]]> By: Gina Spadafori http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/11/26/salmonella-prompts-expansion-of-pet-food-recall/comment-page-1/#comment-374651 Gina Spadafori Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:35:56 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=4331#comment-374651 But wait, there's more! The outgoing administration has <a href=http://www.fda.gov/cvm/RevokesProCepha.htm rel="nofollow">reversed the ban on cephalasporin</a> in livestock (banned because of the rising risk of drug-resistant bacteria) and given <a href=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2008/2008-11-03-10.asp rel="nofollow">factory farms a pass on Clean Water Act regs</a>. Outgoing presidents have engaged in these shenanigans since Pres. John Adams, but the Bush admin has taken it to a new level, <a href=http://www.propublica.org/special/midnight-regulations/ rel="nofollow">with hundreds of new regs</a> that are nothing more than outright gifts to corporate sponsors and their lobbyists. We can certainly hope for more concern for food safety (and other issues) from the new president. But wait, there’s more!

The outgoing administration has reversed the ban on cephalasporin in livestock (banned because of the rising risk of drug-resistant bacteria) and given factory farms a pass on Clean Water Act regs.

Outgoing presidents have engaged in these shenanigans since Pres. John Adams, but the Bush admin has taken it to a new level, with hundreds of new regs that are nothing more than outright gifts to corporate sponsors and their lobbyists.

We can certainly hope for more concern for food safety (and other issues) from the new president.

]]> By: Barb http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/11/26/salmonella-prompts-expansion-of-pet-food-recall/comment-page-1/#comment-374621 Barb Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:52:40 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=4331#comment-374621 Salmonella is the least of our worries. New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Writer Published: Friday, Nov. 21, 2008 LITITZ, Pa. -- A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water. At issue is a Food and Drug Administration rule, set to take effect in April, that will prohibit the use of the brains and spinal cords of older cattle as ingredients in livestock feed and pet food. continues here - http://www.sacbee.com/827/story/1418087.html At least they are finally banning SRM's from pet food and livestock feed, but they are definitely going to have to come up with a solution for disposal of these dead carcasses...prion's survive in feces, soil, wastewater...any animal, wild or otherwise, has to only traverse this path to pick up and further spread this disease! Salmonella is the least of our worries.

New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM
Associated Press Writer
Published: Friday, Nov. 21, 2008
LITITZ, Pa. — A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water.

At issue is a Food and Drug Administration rule, set to take effect in April, that will prohibit the use of the brains and spinal cords of older cattle as ingredients in livestock feed and pet food.

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http://www.sacbee.com/827/story/1418087.html

At least they are finally banning SRM’s from pet food and livestock feed, but they are definitely going to have to come up with a solution for disposal of these dead carcasses…prion’s survive in feces, soil, wastewater…any animal, wild or otherwise, has to only traverse this path to pick up and further spread this disease!

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