More proof that we need to de-internationalize critical parts of our food supply:
China conducted an investigation into why pet food, toothpaste and other products were contaminated. They found that substances such as formaldehyde, illegal/banned dyes, and industrial wax were being used in the production of pickles, candy, crackers and seafood, among other things.
180 factories violating rules have been shut down. An additional 152,000 factories were shut down by another Chinese agency for doing the same thing over the last year. There are still 850,000 factories (mostly small operations) that Chinese authorities need to look at.
Formaldehyde??! As a preservative??! I wonder what that will do to global cancer rates.
This is probably just the tip of the iceberg as there are many more factories that need to be looked at. At least they're not denying the problem anymore. What a mess.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Dog Food Recall Goes International: 5,000+ Brands of Pet Food Now Affected
The pet food recall nightmare is continuing to unfold, and it has gotten worse and worse.
A careful review of all the current brands under recall at the FDA web site shows that over 5,000 individual brands of pet food have been recalled.
Now word is getting out that other countries have the same problem that we do: contaminated wheat gluten was exported overseas; it may have been fed to other animals, such as pigs, cows and other farm animals, which made it possible for contagions to enter into the human food chain as well.
The Chinese clearly aren't up to manufacturing food products for export; our FDA also isn't up to intercepting inbound poisons that made their way into the food chain from countries like China.
I think this shows that while we should be concerned about avian flu, we should be more worried about contaminated food, which has the ability to knock down many more people than bird flu would/does...and much faster too.
This definitely needs more attention from the government.
A careful review of all the current brands under recall at the FDA web site shows that over 5,000 individual brands of pet food have been recalled.
Now word is getting out that other countries have the same problem that we do: contaminated wheat gluten was exported overseas; it may have been fed to other animals, such as pigs, cows and other farm animals, which made it possible for contagions to enter into the human food chain as well.
The Chinese clearly aren't up to manufacturing food products for export; our FDA also isn't up to intercepting inbound poisons that made their way into the food chain from countries like China.
I think this shows that while we should be concerned about avian flu, we should be more worried about contaminated food, which has the ability to knock down many more people than bird flu would/does...and much faster too.
This definitely needs more attention from the government.
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