No, Toto, This Isn't Kansas - It's the FDA: US Pet Food Fiasco

These posts appeared on the CBS / WHPTV.com Forums, however one day the entire site disappeared.  I was able to recover them from the "Wayback Machine" however they are now gone from there as well:

http://web.archive.org/web/20070518152404/http://community.whptv.com/forums/thread/1483113.aspx These posts were made by myself as I watched the massive pet food recall unfold which killed over 30,000 pets, mine included.  What I'd learned while researching this initially horrified me however it plundered me into the dark world of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and the corruption behind it.  What unfolded as a result of this recall was beyond anything I could imagine and all of these practices are still rampant today - 7 years later: ************** What the FDA has released to date regarding the poisoning of thousands of pets wreaks of ignorance, indifference, arrogance and borders on criminal. Melamine has been used for decades in dinnerware and is known to leach into foods - if it is in fact "toxic", why are we still eating from it? Unless, of course, they'd been bought back then as they are today with Dupont's Teflon, an EPA declared carcinogen that we cook from that will also kill birds subject to those fumes that breaks down over time that is aggressively marketed and used today and exists in ALL our systems and blood, whether we have used it or not. But they are a major political contributor so rules for them are different, as we all know. Commerce once again takes precedence over our well being, and the well being of those tender pets we call our friends and many call their babies. Our Government shows blatantly that they have no conscience when there is yet another buck to be made. Do we truly believe if they've learned that dry pet foods, as well as human foods have been contaminated, that they would tell us at this stage of the game?  This is our FDA that will not even permit labels to indicate a product is wheat or gluten free.  They are still reporting only 16 deaths, with NO centralized method in place to track these deaths, and still have yet to publicize ALL the symptoms of renal kidney failure in cats and dogs because they do not WANT to know, and do not want US to know.  Those who knew of the poisoned animals and did or said nothing need to be 1) immediately removed from their positions, 2) bought up on criminal charges, if applicable and 3) fed whatever foods were included in the recall only until the supplies are exhausted. IF they are still standing, once we determine the cause, anyone with decreased appetite or thirst may get taken to the Vet for blood work but by then it would most likely be too late, however we may get urine samples or organ samples post-mortem if they were not cremated.   Then come back in their 2nd life as a puppy.

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