Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Tainted food moves beyond pets

“People are surprised that the FDA doesn’t have the power to mandate recalls, because they keep hearing the word but then read that they are really only voluntary recalls.”Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois Chemically tainted pet-food ingredients from China, believed to have sickened or killed thousands of American pets, entered the U.S. human food chain — some through a Kansas hog operation.

The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that chickens and hogs that ate contaminated pet food have been processed and most likely eaten by humans

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