Cause of tainted pet food found!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Page 1

Rat poisoning! http://www.clickondetroit.com/family/11346835/detail.html?treets=det&tml=det_natlbreak&ts=T&tmi=det_natlbreak_1_10210203232007

Thank you, I didn't see this when I posted to the recall thread.

that's disgusting. BOYCOTT BOYCOTT and BOYCOTT! :)

And whom exactly will you be boycotting? Some unknown grain co-operative with silos along the railroad tracks in some small town in Kansas or Nebraska? The railroad that picked up the grain and delivered it to a storage facility owned by a grain wholesaler? The grain wholesaler who sold it to Menu Foods? Menu Foods itself? The pet food manufacturers who purchased their product from Menu Foods? The retailers who sold the manufacturers' products to the public? Because any one of those entities in the production and distribution chain could have used poison to keep rodents from contaminating the food or its ingredients. What this is probably comes down to is that someone screwed up and didn't follow pesticide application regulations. There's also a very good chance that who this "someone" is and who they worked for may never discovered, and it will remain a mystery as to which entity is actually the one that introduced the poison into the food supply.

"ABC News reported that the chemical was aminopterin, which was on wheat imported from China." Imported wheat. Too many countries do nto follow any of the same guidelines required here. You never know what you're getting when you buy inmported food, either finished product or ingrediants.

Who to boycott? Starting with finding out where the dog food manufacturers purchase their ingredients might be a good start. Hard to believe that farmers in this country don't/can't/won't produce enough grain to supply most of our needs in the US.

Aminopterin is banned from use on grain in the U.S. Not sure if it's banned in Canada, but I'd guess that it is there as well. Since the U.S. exports much of the grain it produces, I'd guess that the reason it is imported from China is price, not supply. And a lower price could be attributable to less regulation in China, or a lower level of enforcement of regulations, in addition to lower labor costs.

Could be the fair trade regulations with China also. As a Favored Trading Partner, I believe that we are required to buy a certain amount of product from them.

That is scary. Could have easily been human food as well.

I'm glad I feed wheat/corn free!!!