Human Food Tainted By Pet Food

[Paul]

   I have only watched a few minutes of the congressional testimony, but I did see the CEO of ChemNutra testify that three quarters of the wheat gluten used in the US was imported. I thought we were a major exporter of wheat.

   The New York Times has an article from Zhangqiu, China, Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China

   Last Friday here in Zhangqiu, a fast-growing industrial city southeast of Beijing, two animal feed producers explained in great detail how they purchase low-grade wheat, corn, soybean or other proteins and then mix in small portions of nitrogen-rich melamine scrap, whose chemical properties help the feed register an inflated protein level.

   The manager, who works at a small animal feed operation here that consists of a handful of storage and mixing areas, said he has mixed melamine scrap into animal feed for years.

   “It’s true you can make a lot more profit by putting melamine in,” said another animal feed seller here in Zhangqiu. “Melamine will cost you about $1.20 for each protein count per ton whereas real protein costs you about $6, so you can see the difference.”

      Paul

[finn's mom]

Thanks for posting the article, Paul. Such compassionless, ignorant people. It's so sad when it is 100% all about making a higher profit.

[gini]

http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/0...seas/#comments

I hope that you will be able to open this link on the New York Times.
It appears this morning - and relates to this thread. What an eye
opener.

The only way the manufactuers are going to get it is if WE, the public,
start complaining.

I was about to buy a frozen food product from Trader Joe's. It is a vegetable mixture. But I stopped to read where it came from - CHINA!

I live in California - yes, the land of fruit, nuts and vegetables. I actually wrote Trader Joe's - something I never normally do. The response is on my other work computer - but I will copy and paste it later today for all of you to read.