Tuesday, May 01, 2007

FDA: Chickens fed melamine tainted feed in the Human Food Supply

From the Baltimore Sun article:

38 poultry farms in Indiana received contaminated feed in February.

All broiler chickens fed the feed have been processed, and breeding birds are now under quarantine, according to the FDA and Agriculture Department. There is no evidence that eating chickens fed the feed would harm humans, so the agencies said they are not recalling any products made from the processed poultry.

WHAT THE FRAK?! Pardon my human English, but did I read this right? They have decided for us that the chickens are fine. Based on what evidence?


Have they fed some humans the products and tested them to see what happens to their kidneys? Did they decide that it's too late because people have already eaten this and nobody died?

I'd like to know if the chicken kidneys I'm eating contain the stuff that killed my cat! Then I can decide not to eat it.

The pets that were fed these products didn't die instantly. The chemical built up in their systems. Now we all know how fast they grow and kill chickens these days. They might have killed the sick chickens who didn't die yet, but were on the verge of dying. Would they even have noticed? And they will use the same "the melamine is diluted so you are safe" line that they used with the pigs.
Questions:
  • Could they please show us the LEVEL of melamine in the chickens?
  • Whose chicken farms were these?
  • Where did the food end up?
  • What are the names of the brands? What date were these shipped to stores?
  • Which "products" did this go into?
  • Was it in my TV dinner? Fresh chicken? Chicken Noodle Soup?
Let me decide to take the risk. I might disagree with your analysis of the risk, but I can't chose not to eat it if I don't know what is in what I'm eating.

Live Long and Prosper is my line, with this I might have trouble!


Spocko

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3 Comments:

dad said...

i have this inexplicable, overwhelming urge to plaster myself on the doors of my kitchen cabinets.....do you think it's from all the chicken i've been eating?

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2:19 PM  
Mr. said...

I'm sure that is the reason!

Today I called the two top Chicken producers in the US to ask if it was in their farms. We'll see if the media do the same or just take the FDAs line that it is safe.

5:02 PM  
Jim said...

Spocko, weren't you just a few short posts ago demanding that the FDA start regulating pet food? They currently regulate human foods and when they make a decision you now want to be in charge instead of letting them make the call. Is that logical?

5:34 PM  

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