China Killed Your Dog

By John E. Carey
Peace and Freedom
April 1, 2007
(Updated April 2, 2007, 0940 Z)

The mainstream media seems to be brushing this story under the carpet but it is pretty certain already that we know the source of the pet food contamination: China.

Menu Foods Income Fund, maker of the tainted pet foods at the center of March’s massive recall, said on Friday it is no longer using a Chinese supplier of wheat gluten after U.S. officials found the chemical melamine in some of the recalled products.

Malamine is a prohibited substance in American pet food according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. However, malamine is a widely accepted fertilizer in China.

Menu Foods stopped using its Chinese supplier on March 6, 10 days before the recall was announced, Paul Henderson, Menu Foods’ president and chief executive, told a news conference in Toronto.

Menu Foods said all of the wheat glutin tainted by melamine came from the Chinese supplier. The FDA seems on the verge of confirming this.

We’ve been chasing this story with dogged determination.

In some Asian countries, Americans and Canadians may be shocked to learn, the dog doesn’t have the lofty status it has in some western households. In much of Asia, the dog itself is a food product and not a family member.

There is also some cynicism among some Asians about the way westerns look at and treat their pets. When the communists took Saigon in 1975, for example, one of the first new laws prohibited dogs and cats as pets. In fact, any pets were considered “decadent western symbols.” Any animals kept by a family had to become a food source and not merely a food consumer.

So case closed, Mrs. Mcarthy, who appeared on TV to mourn the loss of her “best friend” “Arnie” the cocker spaniel: China killed your dog.

We are indebted to Ms. Teresa Holladay who runs the blog at:
http://isyourpetfoodsafe.com/

Teresa informed us that there was a shortage of wheat glutin from sources other than China because of previous contamination problems that also killed animals.

Please visit Teresa’s site if you have a deep interest in animal food safety.
http://isyourpetfoodsafe.com/

People with Chinese language skills are encouraged to try to get more information.  The source of the tainted pet food is:

Company Name:
Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co, Ltd
Contact Person:
Kaipin Liu
Address:
Wangdian Industrial Pei County Jiangsu P.R. XuZhou JiangSu
Zip:
221600
Telephone:
86-516-89741888
Fax:
86-516-89741156
Web Site:
http://www.xzay.com

Related: (dogs as as food inAsia)
http://peace-and-freedom.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-have-eaten-pack-of-dogs-and-flock-of.html

http://www.nowpublic.com/how_about_a_nice_hot_bowl_of_horse_meat_and_noodle_during_the_super_bowl

http://www.nowpublic.com/an_epicure_s_guide_to_the_tet_new_year_close_your_eyes_dig_in_and_don_t_ask