Chines admit to intentionally poisoning pet food to fool U.S. suppliers on protein content scores

Many Chinese suppliers have now recently admitted to intentionally poisoning pet food with melamine to specifically fool U.S. suppliers into believing they are buying high-quality pet food for U.S. pets. This contamination has also possibly contaminated the food supply.

Recent discoveries show that the Chinese have been doing this for a long time — using other toxins for the same intent, to deceive U.S. suppliers in order to make more money.

Prozac for dogs

Prozac, a contoversial antidepressant originally intended for humans, is now being given to dogs with behavioral disorders. Some vets have agreed that the drug changes undesirable behavior to more desirable behavior, while others insist that humans need to stop trying to change normal animal behavior and should accept their dogs behavior as such.

Company Voluntarily Begins Pet Food Recall of Dry Pet Food

According to the Associated Press, Chenango Valley Pet Foods in Sherburne, NY announced yesterday that pet foods made with a certain shipment of rice protein concentrate is being voluntarily recalled.

The shipment of rice protein is likely to have been contaminated with melamine (a chemical used in plastics and fertilizers) and may cause illness or death in animals if it is consumed.

The pet foods being recalled were sold in Pennsyvania, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts and were then sold through catalog orders to other suppliers.

The following is a list of the dry pet foods being recalled as quoted in the Associated Press article today:

• Doctors Foster & Smith Chicken & Brown Rice Formula Adult Lite Dog Food. It was sold in containers with net weights of 5, 12.5 and 25 pounds with code dates best used by Jan. 24, 2009, Feb. 8, 2009, Feb. 26, 2009, April 10, 2009, and April 17, 2009.

• Doctors Foster & Smith Chicken & Brown Rice Formula Adult Lite Cat Food. It was sold in containers with net weights of 3 and 7 pounds with a code date of best used by March 13, 2009.

• Lick Your Chops Lamb Meal, Rice & Egg Cat Food in packages with a net weight of 4 pounds and a code date best used by April 29, 2008.

• Bulk Chicken & Brown Rice Formula Adult Lite Dog Food sold to one consignee, SmartPak, in a 2,000-pound tote with a ship date of Feb. 9, 2007.

China Admits Melamine Contamination, But Denies Responsibility for Pet Deaths

According to the Sun News World (AP), China announced yesterday that it has banned melamine from food after this toxic chemical was found in vegetable protein that it shipped overseas to be used in pet food. China still denies any claims that it is at all responsible for the several dozens of pet deaths in North America.

Menu Foods Adds Another Product to the List of Recalls

The most recent item added to the list of Menu Foods pet food recall list is: Natural Life dog food with a date on the bottom of the can of Nov/22/09 and UPC number of 12344-07114. For more information, you can check www.menufoods.com