U.S. halts sales of chickens

[KitchenQueen]

Federal officials on Friday placed a hold on 20 million chickens raised for market in several states because their feed was mixed with pet food containing an industrial chemical.

Three government agencies -- the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency -- are overseeing a risk assessment to determine whether the chickens would pose a threat to human health if eaten, USDA spokesman Keith Williams said. The assessment may be completed as early as Monday.

complete article here

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregoni...8720.xml&coll=7

I've had it. I want country of origin labeling on everything I buy.

I will never again buy products from certain countries. We all knew this pet food would escalate into human food.

And I saw on the news today a US grandmother took the foreign made WalMart baby bib off her grandchild who was sucking on it. She bought a kit and tested it.

It was loaded with lead. Who knew embroidery thread could contain lead?

Why is our FDA not protecting our food supplies?

What else are we feeding our children?

And I am screaming mad that they will announce the names of the chicken farms involved "later". We have a right to know immediately if we have their product in our refrigerators.

[srhcb]

I, for one, doubt that the sky is falling.

Our food supply is as plentiful, available, affordable and safer than it ever has been.

SB

[KitchenQueen]

I, for one, doubt that the sky is falling.

Our food supply is as plentiful, available, affordable and safer than it ever has been.

SB 

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Safer than it's ever been?

Sorry, do not agree. Plentiful, yes, available, yes, affordable, yes.

Safer? No way. Not for me, you, kitty , kid or pup

And food is not the only problem. Have a cough? Kids have a cold? Prepare to cringe.

I'm doing a major pantry/fridge product trashing today. Not later. Today.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/world/06...int&oref=slogin

[KitchenQueen]

OK,

I finished my heaving of all possible suspects in fridge and pantry.

DAMN! 43 total. Many unopened. I'm more than peeved about the money I spent for them.

But I won't ever purchase them again. EVER.

Noodles, sesame oil... GACK!! I need a US supplier fast. Chinese canned goods out the butt.

I can't live without sesame oil.

Or maybe I can. Yes, I know we all thought it was Japanese.

[daves]

Have a cough?  Kids have a cold? Prepare to cringe.

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why?

[The Old Foodie]

This is a very old issue - Frederick Accum published his "A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy" in 1820.

It is available at <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19031">Gutenberg</a>

There is some REALLY scary stuff in there! Reading it makes you realise that we have made progress.

We just have to keep chipping away at the issues. The Internet is a great tool for improving accountability.

[edited to fix a typo]

Edited May 5, 2007 by The Old Foodie (log)

[KitchenQueen]

Have a cough?  Kids have a cold? Prepare to cringe.

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why?

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This article is why.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/05/news/06poison.php

[MomOfLittleFoodies]

Oh dear heaven... no more foreign made medicines for my kids. Matter of fact, I think I'll stop buying Chinese made food and drug products altogether.

[Joe Blowe]

...I think I'll stop buying Chinese made food and drug products altogether.

Avoiding Chinese-made products is pretty easy to do, as almost any and every end product has to clearly label the country of origin (manufacture).

Avoiding American-made products, for example, with Chinese-made components is a different story altogether.

In other words, good luck.