EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK
Nel Liquorman,
TheDogPress
Health Editor
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February
2009
Melamine from China, Botulism, now Salmonella in dog food and people food, What's Next Peanut mix salmonella poisoning may be in your dog's food!
Salmonella produced by the Peanut Corporation of
America (PCA) continues to kill as the recall list grows
and now this poison risk has surfaced in the pet food
industry. Melamine and other ingredient contaminates still threaten
human food yet media coverage is sparse and a sore spot
for consumers.
Death of a ninth victim from PCA’s
ii
salmonella
was
barely mentioned.
Are corporations being protected by the media?
Production of human food and pet food overlap with many
of the ingredients coming from the same sources.
PetSmart’s recall of seven of its Great Choice Dog
Biscuit products is due to risks from peanut paste
produced at PCA.
First, the melamine-tainted dog food. The FDA was aware of melamine in baby formula from China
by September 2008, yet we imported holiday treats
containing melamine. Tainted cookies from Vietnam were
blamed on melamine from Australia. Is that where China
launders melamine? Is it simply re-labeled?
The shortage of news coverage on melamine leaves us
wondering if the billions of dollars in trade, along
with China’s influence on the Stock Market, is what
determines which news gets covered and what is
suppressed? Could fears that China no longer wants to
take America’s debt, as some people have suggested, have
an influence? Since the economic collapse, they are not
buying 30-year U.S. Treasury Bonds. Do corporate advertising dollars play a
part as well?
Also in September 2008, there were pet food recalls due
to a strain of salmonella known as Salmonella enterica
serotype Schwarzengrund. According to the CDC, only
people who handled the pet food were affected and there
was no reported pet illness from the contamination. So,
basically, this one flew under the radar. But now four
months later, several hundred people have been sickened
by Salmonella and through the last week of January 2009,
seven have died and that number will climb!
As required by the new farm law, country of origin
labels have begun showing up on meat. Remember that meat
is a large part of dog or cat diets. Beef labels stating
product of USA, Canada, and Mexico are confusing, yet
they are more revealing than the meat processing
industry realizes.
That said, don’t miss my next article inspired by the
new so called COOL meat labels.
Get more information and dig for gold
below.
Melamine in dog food - China's Weapon?
Botulism In Human & Pet Foods
Salmonella - Eat At Your Own Risk!
http://www.thedogpress.com/DogFood/Salmonella-Risk-09022_Liquorman.asp
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