Re: Contaminated People Food?

This is really incredible. I'm glad I never cared for pork kidneys [to put it mildly]. Where's Upton Sinclair now that we need him? This is going to be one huge tale of greed and regulatory negligence once it's all figured out. 

On Apr 28, 2007, at 2:05 PM, Daryl wrote:
I haven't seen anything from the FDA, but this article in the Chicago Trib 
says that it has in fact happened.  In part:
" California officials have revealed that the contamination got into the food chain: About 45 state residents ate pork from hogs that consumed animal feed laced with melamine from China. Melamine is used to make plastics, but it also artificially boosts the protein level-and thus the price-of the glutens that 
go into food.
It was already fatal for some pets: 17 cats and dogs are confirmed dead, more 
have likely died without being reported, thousands have suffered kidney
problems, and 57 brands of cat food and 83 of dog food have been recalled. On top of that, roughly 6,000 hogs will be destroyed because they ate tainted 
feed.
The effects of melamine on people are thought to be minimal, but no one really knows. Its consumption by humans is considered so improbable that no one has 
even studied it."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-070428food- story,1,7734426.story?c 
oll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true


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