Re: Contaminated People Food?

I just wrote my Congressman about the Chinese contaminants...I think the
public needs to put a lot of pressure on Congress to get this corrected. 
Also, took my 2 mile daily walk while listening to a financial talk show. 
A truck driver called in asking about this administration's plan to allow
Mexican trucks to cross the border.  He says the existing trucks are full
of drugs, etc.  Many do not have to go through the safety checks and will
be driving on our highways.  It is time for some serious changes.

Bonnie Zone 7/7 ETN
Remember:  The River Raisin, The Alamo, The Maine, Pearl Harbor, 9/11


> [Original Message]
> From: Daryl <pulis@mindspring.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 4/28/2007 4:59:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Contaminated People Food?
>
> Funny, I just wrote to somebody a couple of weeks ago how the spawning of 
> regulatory agencies following Upton Sinclair has made people too
complacent. 
> Not only are we eating too  far away from our neighborhood, but we're 
> relying on a regulatory s ystem failing with its own greed (lobbyists 
> instead of owners) , as well as on the greed of the industry.
>
> And if you've read some of what I've read on what goes into pet food, you 
> know it's about as bad as Durham's Pure Leaf Lard.   Much worse than
tainted 
> vegetable protein. I haven't posted it. It's too gross.
>
> d
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 2:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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
> >>
> >>
> >> d
> >>
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