Posted on May 29th, 2007 by Bob Gould
Tom McPheron
Phone: 847-285-6781
Cell: 773-494-5419
e-mail: tmcpheron@avma.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 25, 2007
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.
— Last year, 4.7 million people were bitten by dogs. Small children are the most common victims, followed by older people and United States Post Office (USPS) employees. These facts indicate why the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), the USPS and the American Academy [...]
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Filed under: Government, Watching
Posted on May 29th, 2007 by Bob Gould
…due to cross contamination
Diamond Pet Foods announced that it has recalled a limited quantity of Nutra Nuggets 40 Lb. Lamb Meal and Rice Formula because of confirmatory testing that indicates the product may include traces of melamine resulting from cross contamination during manufacturing. No animal deaths have been reported.
This action is limited to Nutra Nuggets [...]
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Filed under: Food Recalls, Industry, Watching
Posted on May 26th, 2007 by Bob Gould
If you once scoffed at those e-mails warning of an e-mail tax, brace yourself: you may soon be paying a lot more to use the Internet.
The era of tax-free e-mail, Internet shopping and broadband connections could end this fall, if recent proposals in the U.S. Congress prove successful. State and local governments this [...]
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Filed under: Computer, Government, Watching
Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Bob Gould
Executive Board approves slate of proposals for support, nonsupport
It was reported in the May, 15, 2007, JAVMA News that the Executive Board had identified a number of legislative initiatives as high priorities that the AVMA would work to help either pass or defeat. That agenda includes other bills the board believes the AVMA should go [...]
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Filed under: Government, Veterinary Medicine, Watching
Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Bob Gould
More details have emerged about events leading to the major recall of pet food and about the importation of ingredients from China that contained melamine, an adulterant that seems to have an association with kidney problems in cats and dogs.
Some of the specifics came to light during an April 24 hearing at the House of [...]
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Filed under: Food Recalls, Government, Veterinary Medicine, Watching
Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Bob Gould
On the last day of April, several dozen epidemiologists, laboratory diagnosticians, clinical nutritionists, toxicologists, pathologists, and other veterinary specialists held a conference call to provide a forum for discussion of the animal health aspects of the pet food adulteration and recall.
Participants were primarily from the Food and Drug [...]
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Filed under: Food Recalls, Watching
Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Bob Gould
Tom McPheron
Phone: 847-285-6781
Cell: 773-494-5419
e-mail: tmcpheron@avma.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 18, 2007
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.
—Chenango Valley Pet Foods has expanded its pet food recall to include eight new pet foods, including the first ferret food to be recalled in connection to contaminated pet food ingredients. Previously, the list of hundreds of recalled pet foods had included [...]
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Filed under: Food Recalls, Industry, Veterinary Medicine, Watching
Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Bob Gould
The Food and Drug Administration announced that independent tests of fish at two suspect fish farms, one in Hawaii and a second in Washington state, have come back negative for the presence of melamine. Tests began after it was discovered that the two commercial farms, which produce fish for human consumption, received vegetable protein concentrate [...]
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Filed under: Food Recalls, Watching
Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Bob Gould
Swine that have been held from market in several states because they were known to have consumed melamine-contaminated feed have now been released for entry into the human food supply, the USDA and FDA announced today. Poultry that have been held from market because of melamine exposure continue to be held pending more tests.
The swine [...]
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Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Bob Gould
Cereal Byproducts Company of Mt. Prospect, Illinois announced today that the FDA has determined there are melamine and/or melamine type derivatives in the rice protein concentrate produced by a single source Chinese supplier, Binzhou Futian Biology Technology Co. Ltd., and purchased by Cereal Byproducts Company through a local domestic importer. Cereal Byproducts shipped the recalled [...]
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