AP: Hogs Fed Bad Pet Food Are Quarantined (in 6 states)

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Hogs Fed Bad Pet Food Are Quarantined

Tuesday April 24, 2007 10:01 PM

By ANDREW BRIDGES

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Salvaged pet food contaminated with an
industrial chemical was fed to hogs in as many as six states,
federal health officials said Tuesday. It was not immediately clear
if any of the hogs entered the food supply for humans.

Food safety officials have quarantined hogs at farms in California,
New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah and possibly Ohio.
The urine of hogs in some states has tested positive for the
chemical, melamine, the Food and Drug Administration said.

“At this point, I don't have a definitive answer other than to say
that the issue is being addressed,” Stephen Sundlof, the FDA's
chief veterinarian, told reporters when asked if any of the hogs had
entered the food supply. A poultry farm also may be involved, he
added.

The FDA also said it planned to begin testing a wide variety of
vegetable proteins at firms that imported the ingredients to make
everything from pizza dough to infant formula, and protein shakes
to energy bars. The ingredient list includes wheat gluten, corn
gluten, corn meal, soy protein and rice bran.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6583762,00.html

[stillcool]

1. uh-oh...

who's next?

[partylessinOhio]

2. Waste not, want not. Salvaged pet food - taken off store shelves-

was fed to hogs and chickens instead of being destroyed??????

Damn! these evil merchants aren't going to lose a dollar on this fiasco - just pet owners and hog/chicken farmers will sustain the loss of their cats, dogs, hogs and chickens.

Oh the humanity!

[pnwmom]

3. The worst part is the new investigation into "vegetable protein."

Guess it's time to find our kidney specialists.

[stillcool]

4. another related article...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/04/25/MNGGSPF0JP1.DTL