Poisoned pet food: Should US halt import of wheat & rice protein from China? More has been found with melamine

Question

China is not allowing FDA inspectors to check their plants. Melmaline, a poison has been used to spike wheat & rice to give it a higher protein content. Do we need free trade of pet food ingredients this badly?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/18/AR2007041800502.html?hpid=sec-health

Answer 1

Yes, the US should definitely halt the import of wheat and rice protein from China! It's obviously way too dangerous! I really feel sorry for all the people who lost their four-legged friends because of this!

Answer 2

World Net Daily and Canada Free Press both have articles covering this a lot more in depth than anything I've found anywhere else, apparently Menu Foods of Toronto, with plants in NJ and KS, has not made it a mandatory recall, it's up to stores to decide to pull the food. Apparently they don't care about people's pets, I hope they get bankrupted by lawsuits! Makes you notice that one kind of food is sold under many different names for many different prices. Supposedly they put the poison on the surface of the grain in the hold of ships to keep rats from eating it during shipment. Why do we import food from a starving country? Where has the poisoned grain been going before now? Note that in mild doses this does not KILL people, it just causes abortions and birth defects, they could have been putting it in food products all this time and no one would have connected the dots. We need the government to label all products with country of origin labels, and if they import food, they have an OBLIGATION to prove it is safe for consumers, no one should have to prove it unsafe first. Grow your own food or buy locally as much as you can, wash it thoroughly, prepare more of your own meals. Last I saw Walmart hasn't pulled these brands from their shelves either, but you need a sick or dead pet with verified autopsy report and open food container before you can sue anyone.

Answer 3

Yes, we should halt and stop the import of wheat and rice protien from China because of the problems with melamine contamination. THIS IS NOT THE COMPLETE SOLUTION!! There are other components of pet food that pose dangers to the health of pets. In particular some plants such as alfalfa sprouts, or alfalfa powder, or parsley, as well as many other plants ( some which affect other animals, some of which do not affect other animals) are harmful to pets

The following sites pertain to cats:

Feline Emergency::Poisonous Plants Toxic to Cats
http://www.cathelp-online.com/emergency/poisonplants.php

Also see:
http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bpo_ch8a.php

Answer 4

first of all, why are people feeding their dogs wheat's and roots? they are carnivores! and yes if the danger is found there than US should halt imports until the matter is settled

Answer 5

I wonder why it's only the pet food that is being looked at. What are the Chinese doing to our food supply?