FDA Looking for Melamine in Gluten Intended for Human Consumpion

[Shallah Kali]

They should check all wheat not just gluten IMO. Makes me glad I am celiac for a change!!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/31/us/31petfood.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Additionally, F.D.A. officials said that they did not believe the contaminated wheat gluten had entered the human food supply, but that they were testing all wheat gluten imported from China for melamine.

Imports of wheat gluten from China have sharply increased in recent years, said James F. Frahm, vice president for planning at U.S. Wheat Associates, an industry trade group. In 2006, 13 percent of wheat gluten in the United States was imported from China, according to Customs data.

The F.D.A.’s focus on melamine was contested by the New York State Food Laboratory, the testing facility that announced last Friday that it had identified aminopterin, a rat poison, in samples of recalled cat food made by Menu Foods.

“We don’t think this is the final conclusion,” said Jessica A. Chittenden, a spokeswoman for the New York State Departmention Agriculture and Markets. “Melamine is not a known toxin. There’s not enough data to show that it is toxic to cats.”

A candian lab also found the rat poison in pet food.

[partylessinOhio]

1. This is bullcrap! Why aren't we eating and feeding our own wheat and

to hell with China!

[Rosemary2205]

2. Seems so simple doesn't it

we pay our farmers to NOT grow food so we can import it from a country cheaper because they don't follow the same safety rules we do.

Stupid.........

[magellan]

6. Cheap and deadly

Between the neocons and the corporatist free-marketers, who needs enemies?

[sendero]

9. Do we still pay subsidies...

.. for/in control of wheat crops?

Cuz if so, yeah, that's insane.

[Bitwit1234]

3. No wonder China is getting rich we are even buying our wheat from them.

Which republican owns a farm over there.

[bobthedrummer]

4. DU researchers and activists: here's a propaganda website from the darkside

that had some articles about who put what into wheat (and other grains) where and why.

I take a historic viewpoint and see this as part of eugenics.

This propaganda is from 2005.
http://www.gmofoodforthought.com/2005/08/

[KoKo]

5. "..it's a practice that's highly regulated" .....(Like we can believe that)

from the first article:

The biggest danger, according to the panel’s scientists and researchers, is taking a gene from a highly allergenic food such as peanuts and putting it into another food. It is a practice that is highly regulated, according to the panel.

Labeling genetically modified food would be a costly proposition to both manufactures and consumers, as such labeling would force companies to use only genetically modified or non-modified food in their products because of the costs of ensuring there is no contamination during processing, according to the panel.

This citizen forum, in my opinion, is a great step toward acceptance of biotechnology and genetically modified foods. Such opportunities open up the door for people who know little or nothing about biotechnology to learn more. It also gives farmers and those involved in producing genetically modified foods to share information on the benefits and the safety of such foods with others, allowing the participants to make an informed decision on the subject. I hope that more citizens’ forums like this one in Nebraska can be held in more towns across the United States. It could lead to a stronger acceptance of genetically modified foods by a greater part of the public in the future.

[hang a left]

7. You are not pimpin' GM are you??

Maybe I need a sarcasm smiley or something?

[bobthedrummer]

8. She merely put a quote from the link there-which also mentioned Nebraska

Here's a sidebar: propaganda about the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Dr.Michael Meagher and his involvement in biological weapons defense "research" from 2003-it's "different" today.

http://www.nuengr.unl.edu/ENonline/Fall03/defense.html

(Lincoln, Nebraska jogs a lot of memories scandalwise)

[bobthedrummer]

10. Latest word is "food grade"-we've been eating this for years along with

other species...

[lovuian]

11. And to tell you how sinister it is Multigrain has been touted as

the food to eat

its HEALTHY

and now this

Americans we are under attack by our own government

[bobthedrummer]

12. kick