ZenCat
04-25-2007, 06:24 PM
This report from ABC Action News in Detroit:
How To Protect Yourself From Contaminated Food
In the wake of the pet food recall the FDA is testing six protein ingredients that are used in everything from baby food to energy bars.
The FDA says the testing is just a precaution and that there is no indication that the Melamine that contaminated pet food has made it into the human food supply.
The list of ingredients to be tested includes: wheat gluten, corn gluten, corn meal, soy protein, and rice bran.
Word of the testing comes as federal health officials reveal that the pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical has been fed to hogs in as many as 6 states. The FDA has not said whether any of the hogs entered the human food supply.
Investigators have found an industrial chemical in at least 2 imported chinese vegetable proteins used to make pet foods. The chemical possibly was used to skew analyses that measures the protein content of the ingredients.
Experts say there are three ways you can protect yourself against possible contaminated food. You can avoid pork products for the next several weeks, replace energy bars with alternative sources of protein, and avoid products with vegetable proteins.
More information: www.fsis.usda.gov/fsis_recalls/index.asp
Apr 25, 2007 4:55 PM
http://www.wxyz.com/content/onairlinks/seenon7/story.aspx?content_id=11beffc1-83bd-4e2c-8e47-faf79a9d7ada
How To Protect Yourself From Contaminated Food
In the wake of the pet food recall the FDA is testing six protein ingredients that are used in everything from baby food to energy bars.
The FDA says the testing is just a precaution and that there is no indication that the Melamine that contaminated pet food has made it into the human food supply.
The list of ingredients to be tested includes: wheat gluten, corn gluten, corn meal, soy protein, and rice bran.
Word of the testing comes as federal health officials reveal that the pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical has been fed to hogs in as many as 6 states. The FDA has not said whether any of the hogs entered the human food supply.
Investigators have found an industrial chemical in at least 2 imported chinese vegetable proteins used to make pet foods. The chemical possibly was used to skew analyses that measures the protein content of the ingredients.
Experts say there are three ways you can protect yourself against possible contaminated food. You can avoid pork products for the next several weeks, replace energy bars with alternative sources of protein, and avoid products with vegetable proteins.
More information: www.fsis.usda.gov/fsis_recalls/index.asp
Apr 25, 2007 4:55 PM
http://www.wxyz.com/content/onairlinks/seenon7/story.aspx?content_id=11beffc1-83bd-4e2c-8e47-faf79a9d7ada