Re: Fw: Itchmo Safety Alert: FDA investigating pain killer found in pet food

safe or not is one thing, but what is it doing in the food?
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Fw: Itchmo Safety Alert: FDA investigating pain killer found in pet food 



In small doses it's safe for dogs, but Tylenol is pure poison for cats.  I
won't even keep it in the house.

On 6/5/07, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:


Tylenol?
This gets more bizzare by the minute.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
To: "gardenchat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 4:09 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Fw: Itchmo Safety Alert: FDA investigating pain killer
found
in pet food


>> Full story:
>>
http://www.itchmo.com/read/texas-lab-finds-acetaminophen-in-pet-food_20070605
>>
>> ExperTox, a Texas lab, found acetaminophen (a fifth possible
contaminant)
>> in at least five samples of pet food that were submitted by pet owners
>> and pet manufacturers. The medication was mostly found with cyanuric
>> acid, and hundreds of other samples that were sent in tested positive
for
>> melamine. The contaminants were found in pet foods that have not been
>> recalled.
>>
>> ExperTox said that the highest level of acetaminophen was found in a
dog
>> food sample submitted by a pet food manufacturer, but the lab is not
>> identifying the company. The FDA is now investigating the findings >> from 
>> the lab and a FDA spokesperson says that: "what's significant is these
>> things are there. They don't belong there."
>>
>> This and the latest related news at: www.itchmo.com
>>
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