Is fatal pet food a sign that MAYBE the Republican controlled FDA isn't watching the human food supply?

Question

as carefully as it should? Or can we rely on the "free market" to eliminate such contamination?

"Under the [Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act], a part of FDA's responsibility is to ensure that human and animal foods are safe and properly labeled."

http://www.fda.gov/cvm/petfoodflier.html

Answer 1

A HS friend of mine currently works for the FDA.

The stories he tells would scare the bajesus out of you no matter what your party affiliation is.

Directors and managers do everything from threaten to fire someone for "blowing the whistle", to suppressing vital information regarding pharmaceuticals, to blatantly lying about the data.

They accept so much money from the big pharm companies that pretty much nothing they do is in our best interests.

Answer 2

No...we can not rely on anyone any more, especially anything to do with government regulation.

Between the Pharmaceuticals, FDA, and really.... both political parties, I say chances are pretty fair that there is a common agreement among them that the world is by their terms "over populated" not only by humans but also by animals, and that there should be some sort of a "process of elimination", and so, methods of experimentations are being done on us and animals. The major populace are nothing but lab rats.

Think about it real carefully....people have been living longer, claims of social security going broke, (government has blown our tax dollars and now can't repay it), claims that people and animals pollute and cause greenhouse gases from just our existence here on earth. More and more people have been getting sick and even dieing with all the so-called "new" medicines" and healthier foods out on the market????

I think we need to wake up and smell the coffee! Everyday we put our very lives in the hands of this so called "free market".

Answer 3

It is a clear sign that the so-called inspections are failing.

If anyone wanted to hurt people now, all they need do is taint a critical food component like wheat glutton. Thousands could die and hundreds of thousands would require years of medical treatment.

I'm not saying anything here that others haven't already considered.

The FDA has dropped the ball, folks. And don't count on food producers to pick up the slack.

Answer 4

Pet food is not Human food.

There has never been enough CHeck and balances on our food supply. THe Democrats are just as fault because they want to make food as cheap as possible fo the public. THey supported mass produce food too, that is what is causing the rash of illness, like the spinach and Peanutbutter.

Answer 5

I saw the spokesperson from the plant protein import company on the local news. He said they sell the same protein for human consumption also.

So we will most likely see some hotdog and Vienna Sausage eaters dropping in another month.

Go big kosher Go

As a white wolf you should stick to eating baby seals.

Answer 6

Umm, what does pet food have to do with the FDA?

Indeed. It's all Bush's fault.

Look, I'm no fan of the idiot either. But you people achieve the near-impossible of sounding dumber than him whenever you open your mouths.

Perhaps it's time frothing Bush-haters shut up and let him sink his own ship.

Answer 7

Wow! What a dumb question. Maybe the Clinton's took kick backs when the FDA approved Vioxx durring the 1990's.

What do you think?

Answer 8

Since when did the FDA approve pet food?

Answer 9

FDA doesn't and has never controlled pet food.

Answer 10

No, it means pet food isn't regulated.