Corn Gluten-Melamine-tainted

alwayshadpets · 04-20-2007, 08:43 AM

Melamine-tainted corn gluten confirmed
by Goldy, 04/19/2007, 11:19 AM

Melamine-tainted corn gluten, imported from China, has been confirmed in South African pet food:

Johannesburg - Tests have confirmed that Vets Choice and Royal Canin dog and cat dry pet-food products contained corn gluten contaminated with melamine, says the manufacturer.

The contaminated corn gluten was delivered to Royal Canin by a South African third-party supplier and appears to have originated from China.

What we have here is a pattern, and there is absolutely no reason to assume that it is limited to the pet food and animal feed markets. Wheat gluten, corn gluten and rice protein concentrate are all used to supplement the protein content of both animal and human food, and all three have now been found to be contaminated with melamine. Three different Chinese manufactures have now apparently been implicated.

UPDATE:
During a conference call today, the FDA confirmed that melamine-tainted pet food was reprocessed and fed to hogs. People eat hogs.

**Lexus** · 04-20-2007, 08:51 AM

Good lord, this is sickening. That does it, everyone is getting switched this week coming to raw food. Doesn't do much for the "people" in the house, but at least my pets will be safer. None of the foods I feed have corn in them, but at this rate it doesn't matter, there is going to be something wrong with something in the food eventually.

*chuckles* yup I just just made a ham two nights ago....

**Luvbirds59** · 04-20-2007, 09:29 AM

Really makes you wonder if the Pet foods have been contaminated for a very long time. Over the years I have had several friends who lost young dogs to Renal Failure.

Carol

SadesMom · 04-20-2007, 09:45 AM

This sort of stuff makes me sick to my stomach.

Reprocessing and feeding to hogs... yeah that was a "grape pop and corndog" idea wasn't it?

What is this world coming to

**Burns** · 04-20-2007, 10:13 AM

Can you post the source link for that info please?

**ps4570** · 04-20-2007, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alwayshadpets

UPDATE:
During a conference call today, the FDA confirmed that melamine-tainted pet food was reprocessed and fed to hogs. People eat hogs.

and it keeps getting worse...

Ceres Hog Farm Quarantined After Melamine Found
Same Chemical In Tainted Pet Food
(AP) CERES State agriculture officials have placed Stanislaus County hog farm under quarantine after an industrial chemical that's tainted more than 100 brands of dog and cat food was found in pig urine there.

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_5709276

alwayshadpets · 04-20-2007, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burns

Can you post the source link for that info please?

Here it is
horseass.org

I don`t know who came up with this name.
Scroll to April 18.

alwayshadpets · 04-20-2007, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luvbirds59

Really makes you wonder if the Pet foods have been contaminated for a very long time. Over the years I have had several friends who lost young dogs to Renal Failure.

Carol

I wonder about that too.

alwayshadpets · 04-20-2007, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lexus

Good lord, this is sickening. That does it, everyone is getting switched this week coming to raw food. Doesn't do much for the "people" in the house, but at least my pets will be safer. None of the foods I feed have corn in them, but at this rate it doesn't matter, there is going to be something wrong with something in the food eventually.

*chuckles* yup I just just made a ham two nights ago....

And we have porksteaks, pork roast and brauts in the freezer. (stocking up for the barbecue season)
I`m beginning to think nothing is safe.

**DreamDoby** · 04-20-2007, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alwayshadpets

Here it is
horseass.org

Did you really get something from a place with that name?