Tainted-Feed Pigs Cleared Roughly 56,000 pigs that were fed contaminated pet food scraps are safe to be eaten, the Agriculture Department said.
As China?s Economy Roars, Consumers Lack Defenders The food-safety crisis has revealed major weaknesses in China?s emerging civil society, which has never developed a consumer movement or citizen advocacy groups.
An Export Boom Suddenly Facing a Quality Crisis China is facing international pressure to prove that its... Read Full Story
Shame, shame, shame!
Two Chinese business and one US company were indicted Wednesday over the tainted food that caused last years' pet food recall.
I hope they fry them!
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two Chinese businesses and a U.S. company were indicted Wednesday in the tainted pet food incidents that killed potentially thousands of animals last year and raised worries about products made in China.
Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co.; Suzhou Textiles, Silk, Light... Read Full Story
I was just reading this blog: If I only knew then… (5/29) Head of China’s Food and Drug Agency sentenced to death/Nutra Nuggets recall from there, I was sent to the CBS News report on the execution of the man believed to be responcable for not only the pet food contamination, but also the deaths of 100 humans due to pharmicudical contamination, and suspected of being responcable for as many as 200,000 human deaths in the past 7 years! SHOCKING NEWS!
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Did you know that there were about a thousand pets that died? With a recall of one hundred and fifty different brands being recalled the FDA had received more then eighteen thousand calls. That was the most calls they have ever received on any recall. I guess that just shows you the concern that we have for are pets. Did you know that there were other recalls back in two thousand and four and two thousand and six. Here is a link to a public meeting with the FDA, I hope they all get there... Read Full Story
Questions and Answers on Melamine Contamination of Food Resource: http://news.yahoo.com By ANDREW BRIDGES, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - First, cats and dogs were sickened and died after they ate pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical. Then, it was disclosed that hogs were fed the same pet food, raising concerns that the chemical had entered the human food supply. Some questions and answers about the contamination, the massive recall that followed and the risks to people... Read Full Story
