Pet food contamination possibly intentional!

[lizbud]

Then they need to change the laws that ONLY ingredients grown in our own country be used for us and our pets consumption... They know we will pay for a safer product so why would that be a problem?

I think this is a great idea for the pet food industry to adopt. We place
our trust in their companies.

I agree it was probably done intentionaly but probably not done with
malice. Big bucks $$$$$ was probably the motivation.

[Lizzie]

A pig farm in California has been quarantined because the farmer fed his pigs the recalled pet food and the urine samples from pigs show traces of melamine. Apparently, this farm only produces pigs to be killed for individuals, so not a mass-production enterprise.

[RICHARD]

Dick Van Patten owns a pet food store here in my town - he's had to recall the brands of food he sells......

this is madness.

[Zippy]

this is madness.

I couldn't agree more.I have been throw 3 brands of cat food(nutro,natural balance,and blue Buffalo)sense the recall.

[zoey]

I really don't like to watch news very often, but i have to admit that when i heard it was done on purpose. i broke down crying and had to call my mom.
All the beautiful creatures becoming ill for such an evil act. there are no words.

the only thing these corporate giants understand it class action lawsuit. Remember Erin Brockovich. ahem.

[DrKym]

I feel awful for all of this but it really isn't news. It has been going on for a long time, hence raw feeding since the 70s. I dont buy prepackaged foods for my family, why would I do it for my animals? No Offense meant simply my thoughts.

Convienence and price are not the only things to consider when taking care of those we love. However we are a country and a group that relies on both. The companies know this and appeal to it, and we buy in droves. Does raw mean safe? No not always, but it does mean safer. What are we going to do when it hits that this is also in human foods? How many lives will be devastated then?

What are we going to do when flour is being recalled? or Bread? or the local pizzaria stops making pizza due to the recalls?
It isn't so farfetched.

[smokey the elder]

I googled melamine and the molecule gives off ammonia when it breaks down, which is what makes it toxic. The amine groups are what fools the test to think it's protein. The thing is, they wouldn't have to spike very much in to really boost the apparent protein level. This reinforces the "greed factor". I think this junk has been spiked in for a long time, but at subtoxic levels. There are relatively cheap on-line tests which can detect melemine because it has kind of a "special" structure.