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Traces of euthanasia agents still found in pet foods.
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I read that article last week SCollie- was mortified as you can imagine!!! Just think of what we are eating as well - it's scary!! I don't want to be paranoid - I have a garden and NEVER use sprays but there is residue in the air that I cannot prevent. Arrrrrgggghhhhhhhhh!!
My mother likes to relate a story about when my older sister (their first child) was a baby. They had been feeding her powdered milk and they ran out - they lived "in the country" then shall we say so going to the market was not an option. The baby needed milk - and mothers then (This is my older sister, lol) did not tend to breastfeed. My dad said - well, we have all these cows? What about "OUR" milk? So, my mom washed one of the cow's udders - she is up there with Howard Hughes in her concern for germs, lol - and milked her and brought in the milk, ran it though their machine for pasteurization and other issues and fed the baby when the milk was ready. After that, my sister refused any other milk. So my mom decided that even the baby was smart enough to know the difference. I still drink milk ALL the time. I think about this since when I read the article you note, I also read about the junk so many farmers now put in milk - I wonder if I should get a cow for my woodlot, lol
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check out this article- http://enzymeuniversity.com/artman/p...ticle_20.shtml we still do milk but its in small quantities for things like coffee... cereal, and its organic whole milk. cheese will be in our diet for ever and so will yogurt. but that article isnt far from my mind. -ash |
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You will likely always see in lower quality of pet foods because they are not using human grade meats, human grade meaning it had to arrive healthy and alive to the slaughter and is grades for quality being fit for human consumption, there are other slaughter house meant for deadstock( could be sick or already dead went it arrives) and this is mostly sold as animals feeds
though this is a older article it can give you an idea of a couple of the companies that use deadstock in their foods http://www.wholepetvet.com/reports/Allman_dfsurvey.htm
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I would be very skeptical about reading articles written on the internet. There are often rumors going around created by people who have too much spare time. If in doubt I would ask the vet. I think that our pets are living healther and longer, because their food is better and more research is being done all the time to improve quality. If someone like Suzanne Sommers can write a book about hormones and the public believes in what they read? Since she is not a doctor or a scientist I find that there are a lot of dangers out there.
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I just came across this article from 2002, where people in St Louis were upset after finding out that the local shelter sent euthanised animals to a rendering plant, possibly ending up in pet food. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0106-03.htm
I also came across this quote while reading Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser: Quote:
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I am not sure how much I would believe.
Lots of competeing pet food companies putting out faulty rumours on others. Like the massive class action suit against Purina....I have yet to find any solid proof! I asked the people at our local pet store {they are very up and have no problems just pulling the food of the shelf and refusing to sell it} and they have never heard of the lawsuit.... Seems another company started the rumour.
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Purina actually is part of a lawsuit that involves several brands of pet food, here:
http://www.defendourpets.org/petition.html There is a PDF document of the entire suit somewhere on that site that includes several exhibits that might interest you. I am not sure what will come of it, but I did sign their petition as I believe that our pets need as loud of a voice as possible. I am hoping that it brings about change.
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Well the link I posted had foods tested by the FDA/Center for Veterinary Medicine To me that seems like a pretty reliable source, not just food companies bashing one another. also understanding food labeling terms helps to indentify where some of the ingredients are sourced from The better quality foods tend to come from companies that are privately owned, when companies get bought up and there are shareholders quality declines inorder to support the shareholder. Keep an eye on Nutro is was recently been bought up by Mars, it is not a great food to start with but you can be sure it will go downhill as well
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From Ann martin's article :
I asked Dr. Stephen Sundlof, director of the FDA/CVM, what steps the organization would undertake to remove pentobarbital from all commercial foods. His reply: "This drug is not approved for use in pet food, so it should not be present in these foods. That being said, CVM is not planning to undertake any special enforcement efforts to detect pentobarbital in pet foods." In other words "We have our heads in the sand and so should you" ?????? Lilmegshepherds and kiara ~ wake up and smell the poison. This information has been in EVERY available media outlet. And now the FDA appears willing to cover it up. They dragged their feet on melamine why would they do anything more with other toxins ? <insert smilie for "wakeup and smell the careless, inhumane self-centred greed" here> |
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