FDA begins investigating food makers

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

FDA begins investigating food makers

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer
1 hour, 11 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Government inspectors are checking food makers who
use protein concentrates to make sure none of the contaminated
products found in pet food have reached other products, the Food
and Drug Administration said Thursday.

There is no evidence that any of the two contaminated batches of
wheat gluten and rice protein from China ended up as an ingredient
in human food, "but it's prudent to look," said Dr. David Acheson,
assistant FDA commissioner for food protection.

Acheson said the inspections began this week, covering both human
and pet food manufacturers to raise awareness of how important it is
to know their supply chain and to make sure none of the contaminated
products remain in stock.

The number of facilities to be visited could be in the range of hundreds,
Acheson said, based on knowledge of what ingredients go to which
manufacturer.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070503/ap_on_he_me/pet_food_recall

[StarryNite]

1. Food inspecitons?

Now that's a novel idea. :sarcasm:

[PSPS]

2. It took ten weeks for them to decide to do this?

[Hotler]

3. Begins????

Just now starting? To the neo-con bastids in the FDA, rot in hell.

[kath]

4. my thought exactly. BEGINS?!?! WTF!

[Shallah Kali]

5. Gluten: 330 positive for melamine or w/another substance. Rice Protein: 27 Positives

This is just from past few weeks when the FDA finally started testing all wheat gluten and rice concentrate coming from China. Imagine what they missed before this! SacBee.com reported that the FDA thinks this goes back to last summer but that was before the NYTimes article on how widespread and how long China has been adulterating food with melamine!

Source for the positive tests:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2829464&mesg_id=2829464

[Whoa_Nelly]

6. How many food makers will be investigated? How many FDA people will be working on this?

And will we ever know all the results? In our lifetime?