Reuters: Chinese firm denies role in poisoned pet food

[PhilipShore]

Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese company at the centre of a contamination scare that has led to a recall of pet foods in North America and Europe said on Friday it had never exported wheat gluten to the United States.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said wheat gluten from China's Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Company Ltd. contained an industrial chemical called melamine, which was suspected of causing the deaths of 16 cats and dogs.

But a manager at Xuzhou Anying told Reuters the company was cooperating with the Chinese government to investigate the allegations and insisted the firm was only a domestic feed dealer that had not produced anything itself.

"We haven't sold an ounce of wheat gluten to the U.S. and I don't understand how come they are blaming us," the manager, surnamed Mao, said by telephone.

http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2007-04-06T122235Z_01_PEK212692_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-PETFOOD-CHINA-COL.XML

[SidDithers]

1. Are the invoices going to Menu Foods, a Canadian company?...

just wonderin'.

Sid

[PhilipShore]

2. I would guess not n/t

[madeline_con]

3. From the article...

"The FDA had said the suspect wheat gluten had been sold by Anying to ChemNutra Inc. of Las Vegas, which in turn had sold the wheat gluten to Menu Foods and a few other companies that have since recalled pet products."


So, the FDA is lying, or is China lying? :shrug:

[PhilipShore]

4. My guess is the FDA is lying n/t

[A Brand New World]

5. Right now I'd say the FDA is lying and trying to cover-up for a

US company owned and operated by a "Bushie". I do not trust anything that comes from Washington these days. I never, ever thought I'd ever say that I don't trust my own government.

[durtee librul]

6. Hubby's been saying that ALL

along. When they wouldn't say who it was at first, right away the bells went ding ding ding........

I'm not trying to blame EVERYTHING on bush and his buds,....but hey, if the shoe fits,......you wear it.