Low risk to humans seen in animal feed (FDA to lift hold) [View All]

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Last updated May 7, 2007 7:56 a.m. PT

Low risk to humans seen in animal feed

WASHINGTON -- Consumers face little risk from eating pork,
chicken and eggs from farm animals that ate feed mixed with pet
food scraps contaminated by an industrial chemical, government
scientists said Monday.

Mixing in material contaminated at low levels diluted it such that
humans who eat the animals won't be harmed, the scientists said.

The government also recommended lifting holds placed on some
pigs and chickens after their feed tested negative for the
chemical, melamine, and related compounds. Those animals may
be slaughtered and enter the food supply, the Agriculture
Department and Food and Drug Administration said.

Other animals, including some that ate feed that has tested
positive for contamination, are likely to be held for another
week pending completion of an assessment of the overall risk
of the chemicals to animal health.

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