Pet food contamination possibly intentional!

[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.