conspiracy theories anyone?
It has to be a conspiracy! Why else have we had such a problem with our food supplies lately?! First it was the Spinach, then the Lettuces, then the peanut butter and now dog food?!
You tell me something is not wrong with this picuture? I can't believe that people's beloved pets have died because of the food they have eaten! It's so sad and should never have happened!
It's a good thing that no human died from the peanut butter they ate. Heavens forbids, everytime I remember that we ate a very large bottle and oen and half of a medium bottle of the tainted stuff it makes me shudder!
We were lucky. Some people did get sick, really badly. However, our four-legged buddies weren't so lucky! We're talking kidney failure and other ailments that I heard should not be.
"Aminopterin, also used as a cancer drug, is highly toxic in high doses. It inhibits the growth of malignant cells and suppresses the immune system."*
The Aminopterin was found on Wheat imported from China. In China and other countries they use it to kill rats. So rat poison is the reason for our four-legged friends kidney failures and thats what ended up killing them. It's so sad! They use it to kill rats, we use it to treat cancer....I don't know but this sounds so wrong I can't wrap my brain around it!
* Link
It's bad enough that our laws allow rat droppings and other insects that get into the manufacturing process of some foods Link, as I discovered in an article I wrote recently, but to import products and our agencies are not aware of the type of processes they go through....something should be done about that!
The pet food industry is not regulated, I certainly hope it will be now. As for foods that we eat, there are not enough people to go out and investigate the thousands of manufacturers, stores and restaurants in the food industry.
There is a need for change and the time is now!