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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 05:52 PM Original message |
Chemical found in third pet food ingredient |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. So they're using it to fudge the protein content? Nice |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. not only that, but the weight of the product |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. the weight increase would be negligible.... |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The Chinese have real capitalizm...it's caveat emptor, baby! |
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PaulaFarrell (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 04:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Real capitalism = caveat emptor |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Suspect wheat gluten was sold to human food companies according to Boston Globe |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 02:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Melamine in pig feed, pork perhaps eaten in California. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 06:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. This is one of the reasons why I am soooo glad I'm a vegetarian. |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That doesn't mean you are safe. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Pretty hard to sneak melamine into anything in the produce aisle...... |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Salmonella, E coli, etc. |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. More detail on hog feed contamination. |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 02:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Yes, the human food chain has been affected. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. It doesn't raise the actual protein level, but only makes it look higher |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Chinese company that supplied the ingredients made $5.0 million |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. $5 million is a lot of money to some people... |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. ChineseCo "sought to buy large amounts of melamine through Internet trading sites" |
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nicknameless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That is so completely outrageous that it deserves its own thread. |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Did you post a separate thread regarding the melamine |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Some stunning info in the Sacbee article |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-19-07 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. If true, it's outrageous |
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peacebuzzard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. I have been purchasing every pet food on the contamination list. |
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