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FDA finds Melamine no rat poison
For the last week since the news that our pets have been made sick by Rat Poison found in Menu Foods, the Internet has been a hot bed of debate. During this on going investigation, Vets have gone on record saying that what they were seeing was not consistent with the rat poison Aminopterin. Remember this is an ongoing investigation and you all should still be exercising much caution in your choice of pet foods. The source has yet to be found.
The FDA announced they found the chemical melamine and no trace of rat poison in the samples of food they tested.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration testing found a chemical commonly used in plastics, but no rat poison, in the recalled pet food that has killed and sickened cats and dogs nationwide, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review learned Thursday.Testing by the FDA and at least one lab independent of the agency found melamine, a chemical used in plastics and household textiles, in samples of the recalled pet food and in one of its ingredients -- wheat gluten -- said an FDA official and another source close to the investigation. Neither wanted to be identified prior to the FDA's formal announcement this morning.
You can read the rest here. There is a FDA press conference scheduled for 10 AM this morning. As always, check Pet Connection for the latest news.
Comments
Today I opened a can of Iams chicken&rice food & found a small piece of shredded plastic inside. Not happy. we are now switching brands completeley.
Kim Maine
March 30, 2007 09:21 AM
What is the FDA gonna find next week in pet food??? One week it's rat poison the next it's Malamine??? What is Menu Foods putting in our pets' food???? It's time they shut down and evaluate their business.
Posted by KevinMarch 30, 2007 10:57 AM
Thanks for the update, Ncncy!
Is Melamine just a different rat POISON?
According to the article in the Tribune-Review,
Aminopterin, (chemotherapy drug & rat poison)
was NOT found in the FDA's testing of the recalled menu's pet food
http://tinyurl.com/3x36ea
However, the FDA's testing DID find a CHEMICAL which gives me concern:
MELAMINE : Pesticide (as in RAT POSION) /Insecticide / Herbicide / Microbiocide
http://data.pesticideinfo.org/Docs/ref_general3.html#ChemClass
"Chemical Classification: Triazine"
http://data.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_ChemReg.jsp?Rec_Id=PC35459
“Typically herbicides or microbiocides..."
http://tinyurl.com/23fgez
Other Names for MELAMINE:
"... CYROMAZINE BREAKDOWN PRODUCT ..."
http://tinyurl.com/ywjgze
Cyromazine is an INSECTICIDE / [PESTICIDE]
It is the "PARENT" CHEMICAL OF MELAMINE
MELAMINE is the "Breakdown product"
http://tinyurl.com/yqs643
"Breakdown products "can sometimes be MORE TOXIC than the starting pesticide."
CYROMAZINE is a PAN 'Bad Actor'
(Pesticide Action Network North America.)
http://data.pesticideinfo.org/Docs/ref_toxicity7.html#BadActor
[emphasis mine]
“Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Bad Actor Pesticides:
… PESTICIDES WITH HIGH ACUTE TOXICITY ...
Known or probable CARCINOGENS ...
Reproductive or developmental TOXICANTS...
NEUROTOXIC cholinesterase inhibitors ...
Known groundwater CONTAMINANTS ...”
More details regularly updated to:
http://itsfortheanimals.com/menu_pet_foods_recall.htm
Best regards,
Helen
Helen McKinnon
Discussion Group Administrator:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CompanionAnimalCare-Naturally/
Educational /Non-commercial Web Site:
http://www.ItsForTheAnimals.com
March 30, 2007 12:25 PM
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