Pet Food Still Not Safe

Tainted Pet Food Still on Shelves, FDA Says

Officials urges store owners to double check for recalled Products.
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WASHINGTON - Federal officials still can’t give the all clear when it comes to the nation’s pet food supply, though they assured lawmakers they’re aggressively checking stores and suppliers.

The Food and Drug Administration said it had inspected about 400 stores nationwide and still found some dog and cat food products affected by last month’s recall by Canada-based pet food maker Menu Foods Income Fund and other manufacturers. The agency asked retailers across the country to be vigilant in removing all products associated with the pet food recall, which began on March 16.

Stephen Sundlof, director of the agency’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, told lawmakers during a hearing that thousands of government and private sector workers around the country have responded to the contamination. Yet, he told lawmakers, he could not rule out the discovery of more tainted food.

Do not believe the FDA for any reason. Documented in my book are on-going cases of Pet Food poisoning since the 1980's. Doesn't it seem odd that the FDA states that less than 50 animals have died from Melamine poisoning in 2007. In 2006 72 dogs died from alfa toxin poison in Diamond Pet Foods. The media never mentioned one word of this and now with far less deaths, according to the FDA, we have a national emergency. Who do you suppose is telling the truth, the 14,000 pet owners who have lost their pets or the FDA?

Stay tuned, in the future I will post an incident that I witnessed first hand at a rendering plant and a grocery store butcher in Colorado. This will illustrate just how in-competent and un-trustworthy our FDA and USDA are.