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Pet food poisoning
Posted: Apr 4 2007, 11:18 AM
Fretful owners whipping up own pet food
Making balanced meals for animals tricky, vets warn; some foods dangerous.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17935147/wid/11915773?GT1=9246
Toxic pet food may have killed dozens of dogs
Diamond Pet Foods recalled 19 varieties due to contamination
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10771943/
Pet treats recalled for salmonella contamination
Bacteria could also infect people who handle tainted jerky
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17919235/
Making balanced meals for animals tricky, vets warn; some foods dangerous.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17935147/wid/11915773?GT1=9246
Toxic pet food may have killed dozens of dogs
Diamond Pet Foods recalled 19 varieties due to contamination
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10771943/
Pet treats recalled for salmonella contamination
Bacteria could also infect people who handle tainted jerky
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17919235/
Posted: Apr 4 2007, 11:29 AM
Does anyone know of anyone around the Bay Area whose pet may have gotten sick from tainted food?
On a serious and comic note, there was a Canadian woman who got sick herself after eating her dog's dog food to encourage her dog to eat. Her dog wouldn't eat, so she ate some of it to trick her dog into thinking it was people food.
http://smirking.com/cms/articles/2007/woma...eating_dog_food
I'm just glad that we had a nice big supply of cat food to last a while when this whole thing hit.
On a serious and comic note, there was a Canadian woman who got sick herself after eating her dog's dog food to encourage her dog to eat. Her dog wouldn't eat, so she ate some of it to trick her dog into thinking it was people food.
http://smirking.com/cms/articles/2007/woma...eating_dog_food
I'm just glad that we had a nice big supply of cat food to last a while when this whole thing hit.
Posted: Apr 4 2007, 11:38 AM
Tips for buying safe pet food
Wondering what to feed your pooch or feline? Here's the latest information
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/17931076/?GT1=9246
Wondering what to feed your pooch or feline? Here's the latest information
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/17931076/?GT1=9246
Posted: Apr 4 2007, 11:41 AM
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Good Lord, I hardly have the energy to cook for myself, I can't imagine cooking for a pet, too!
Posted: Apr 11 2007, 02:49 PM
The cat of one of my co-workers on the East Coast died due to the tainted pet food. 
Posted: May 1 2007, 05:32 PM
Ok, wow! There's been some new news on the tainted pet food front and it is NOT GOOD. First, the estimated death count went up. Waaaay up. The FDA is now saying there could have been as many as 4,000 pet deaths. Surely some of those are pets that died for other reasons, but there are probably a good number of deaths that were never reported too.
There was an article in the NY Times in the past few days about the common practice of melanine additives in feed and animal food product in China. Melanine is a bogus food additive made from COAL that makes feed appear to have a higher protein count than it actually does. The melamine itself is not what's thought to be killing the pets, but a mix of melamine and cyanuric acid that when mixed together is forming crystales in the kidneys.
Whatever has been making pets ill may have found its way into the human food supply too indirectly (if not directly) through pigs who were fed feed made from disposed pet food. No human illnesses have been reported though.
Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/30/business...ess/30food.html
FDA Issues Import alert on Veggie Protein from China:
http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia9929.html
FDA Updated on Tainted Animal Feed:
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01620.html
There was an article in the NY Times in the past few days about the common practice of melanine additives in feed and animal food product in China. Melanine is a bogus food additive made from COAL that makes feed appear to have a higher protein count than it actually does. The melamine itself is not what's thought to be killing the pets, but a mix of melamine and cyanuric acid that when mixed together is forming crystales in the kidneys.
Whatever has been making pets ill may have found its way into the human food supply too indirectly (if not directly) through pigs who were fed feed made from disposed pet food. No human illnesses have been reported though.
Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/30/business...ess/30food.html
FDA Issues Import alert on Veggie Protein from China:
http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia9929.html
FDA Updated on Tainted Animal Feed:
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01620.html
