When will it end???? Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "marsha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 8:21 AM Subject: Pet Food Contamination Deliberate: Whats New with the Pet Food Recall?
> Dear marsha, > > It's Dr. Jon again. There is still NEW information coming out > about the recall. For the most part, it has fallen off the radar of > the mainstream press so I'm having to dig a little harder for > information but am still working to keep you up-to-date. I'm also > still getting tons of emails from you and from veterinarians about > pets still being seen and treated with kidney failure secondary to > the contaminated food. > > I want to remind you that it is important that you keep checking > the recalled list of foods. Make sure the food you feed your pet is > not listed. Most of the foods have been pulled from the grocery > shelves but you may still have some recalled foods at home. For a > full history of the recall and a phone number and link to the full > list, go to Pet Food Recall Update: > > http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?my1vpw0pJHkEeQlvIJs9qw > > > Right now, let me tell you about the latest findings. The Food and > Drug Administration announced (FDA) that the contaminated wheat > gluten and rice protein concentrate imported from China was > mislabeled and was really wheat flour contaminated with melamine > and melamine-related products. > > It is also believed that the contamination was deliberate. It is > thought that the Chinese added the melamine to the wheat to > increase the "protein" concentration of the product making it to > appear to have a higher protein concentration than it really had. > Melamine is rich in nitrogen which can give the illusion of protein. > > Recently, tests conducted on contaminated pet food and the > necropsies of affected animals have suggested that a combination of > chemicals--each alone, seemingly nontoxic--form insoluble substances > that results in crystals that physically damage the kidneys. > > For a more complete update and a link to a list of recalled foods, > go to Pet Food Recall Update: > > http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?my1vpw0pJHkEeQlvIJs9qw > > > If you have any questions, send them to me. I won't be able to > respond to every email but I'll try to include answers to your > questions in my next update. > > > Regards, > > Dr. Jon > > > > > > > Intelligent Content Corp., 20283 State Road 7 , Suite 400, Boca Raton, FL 33498, USA > > To unsubscribe or change subscriber options visit: > http://www.aweber.com/z/r/?zCwMbOyctMxsjCyMDIzM > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
