Senate Backs Tighter Pet Food Standards

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

(05-02) 17:37 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

Responding to the massive recall of cat and dog food, the Senate voted Wednesday in favor of stricter production and labeling standards so people have more information about what they are feeding their pets.

The 94-0 vote was on an amendment by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., to broader legislation related to the Food and Drug Administration.

The amendment also called on the government to create a pet version of the system that now tracks food contamination and outbreaks of illness and death in people. The lack of such a system for pets became apparent in the recent recall of more than 100 brands of dog and cat food made with contaminated ingredients imported from China.

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"Today it was your cat or dog, tomorrow it could be someone in your family you love," Durbin said in explaining the need to strengthen the food safety system.

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[Kool Kitty]

1. BRAVO!!!

:applause:

[Shallah Kali]

2. Menu Foods Recalls Food Without Wheat - Consumer Testing Found Contamination

http://www.menufoods.com/recall/PressReleaseUS05022007.htm

Menu Foods has previously recalled wet cat and dog food produced with adulterated wheat gluten supplied by ChemNutra Inc. Menu Foods is now expanding the recall to include cuts and gravy and select other products which do not include ChemNutra wheat gluten but which were manufactured at any of Menu Foods’ plants during the period that ChemNutra wheat gluten was used at that plant, to the extent they have not already been subject to a recall, due to the possibility of cross-contamination. Menu Foods has received a report from a customer and has received study results, both of which indicate cross-contamination.

[laylah]

3. Now if they will just pass

rules of stricter production and labeling standards so people have more information about what THEY are eating. I heart Sen. Durbin!

[doodadem]

4. Sounds ok, except........

"Today it was your cat or dog, tomorrow it could be someone in your family you love,"

My cats and dogs ARE someones in my family that I love.

[StarryNite]

5. We should all start sending Chinese

made pretzels to the White House.