More pet food recalls

I'll say it - stay away from ANYTHING made in China
mr 25 % does not care - nor does China...all they want is your money!

WalMart - sorry but if you go for cheap - you get less safe products

Tests on two brands of dog treats sold at Wal-Mart stores in the U.S. have shown the pet food contains traces of melamine — the same industrial chemical that caused an earlier recall of pet food products across North America in March.

Company spokeswoman Deisha Galberth said Tuesday that 17 tests confirmed the presence of the industrial chemical in Chicken Jerky Strips from Import-Pingyang Pet Product Co. and Chicken Jerky from Shanghai Bestro Trading. The pet food was not sold in Canada.

Customer complaints about the products prompted Wal-Mart to pull the product from its store shelves in the U.S. in July. Company officials said they did not issue a recall of the product until testing could be completed.

And if your pets eat Krasdale Gravy - read on:

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) _ Some bags of Krasdale Gravy dry dog food may be contaminated with salmonella, which could affect both pets and their owners, Mars Petcare U.S., Inc. announced Tuesday. The company is recalling the product and asking pet owners who purchased it to throw it away and bring the bags in for a refund.

The new recall applies to five-pound bags of dog food sold in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania with the UPC code 7513062596 and a "best by" date of July 16, 2008 or July 17, 2008, according to a news release from the company.

Melamine in Pet Food

Finally the USA is trying to figure out if this was put in the "food" as a way to increase the measure of protein...

Intentions aside - what I find sad and bothersome is that the USA used to be the place where you could grow and buy farm produce.

Why is no one asking why we need to buy wheat and other products for pet food making from China? Could it be that our pet food companies are looking only at their bottom line and not the heath of your pet?

Now- again - it seems even people food is contaminated as melamine as been found at a California pig farm. They fed the pigs "stuff" from a pet food plant - which bought the "stuff" from guess where? China!

Oops - melamine may be in the human food chain - why am I not surprised?

Seems no one is really upset that we have given away our farm production and pet food and human food production to countries where the poorly paid laborers are only paid to do what they are told...

And here in the USA we have Federal Agencies also only doing what they are told - and they have been told loudly and clearly - do not investigate food and ports - and be sure all documents and research coming our of Federal Agencies pass the party line litmus test.

Who is now in charge of protecting the citizens of the USA and our pets?
D'oh - easy answer - not anyone who is allowed to take action.

More about the bad pet food

A few additional foods are being recalled; lawsuits are springing up and people are worried with good reason.

It seems that the wheat gluten in the dog food contained melamine...used in making plastic!

An aside here - plastic is becoming more well known as a major source of "much badness." In San Francisco, the Board of Supervisors approved legislation this past Tuesday "to outlaw plastic checkout bags at large supermarkets in about six months and large chain pharmacies in about a year."
Full article HERE.

HERE is a CNN article about recent recalls and if you are in Oregon, HERE is a link to a local article that includes Oregon and FDA links for more information.

Some news sources suggest checking your dry pet food for what gluten - I just did and feel a lot better - none there!