No rat poison in recalled pet food
Recalled pet foods contained a chemical used to
make plastics, but government tests failed to confirm the presence of rat
poison.
Recalled pet foods contained a chemical used to make plastics, but government tests failed to confirm the presence of rat poison, federal officials said Friday.
The Food and Drug Administration said it found melamine in samples of the Menu Foods pet food, as well as in wheat gluten used as an ingredient. Cornell University scientists also have found the chemical, also used as a fertilizer, in the urine of sick cats, as well as in the kidney of one cat that died after eating the company’s wet food.
The new finding comes a week after scientists at the New York State Food Laboratory identified a rat poison and cancer drug called aminopterin as the likely culprit. The FDA said it could not confirm that finding.
Apparently, wheat gluten was also shipped to one or more producers of dry dog food - which is why I’m posting this update. Keep an eye on the news from the FDA these next few days to see if there also is a danger to your pets from some brands of dry dog foods, as well.
The most boring of my several careers was in traffic management, btw. My 2¢ worth of experience reminds me that few containers - vessels, cargo boxes, grain barges, truck containers - are ever thoroughly cleaned. Certainly, not up to standards that should be required for foodstuffs.
Posted: Fri - March 30, 2007 at 09:30 AM