Tainted poultry has entered food supply

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Welp, here we go, folks.......was wondering how long it'd take for it to move up into our stuff threefeathers - Wed, 02 May 2007 09:27:00 -0700 pdy <Paula xxxxxxxxxxx> Tainted poultry has entered food supply pdy <pdyxxxxxxxx> Tainted poultry has entered food supply Millions of chickens ate feed containing melamine, government officials say Tainted chicken enters food supplyMay 1: NBC's Tom Costello reports on reports that chickens in the U.S. ate feed tainted with the same substance responsible for the deaths of possiblty thousands of pets. NBC Nightly News NBC News and news services Updated: 5:04 p.m. MT May 1, 2007 WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Adminstration said Tuesday that as many as 3 million chickens that may have been given contaminated feed containing melamine have already been eaten by consumers, according to NBC News. Although the chickens, which came from 38 poultry farms in Indiana, have already made their way into the food supply, there appears to be minimal or no health risk to humans, the government said. The Agriculture Department and the FDA said in a joint statement Monday that officials learned of the link between the chicken feed and tainted pet food as part of the investigation into imported rice protein concentrate and wheat gluten that have been found to contain the industrial

chemical melamine and related compounds. The affected poultry farms and breeder poultry farms fed the contaminated feed to poultry within days of receiving it, the agencies said. Other farms will probably be identified as having received tainted feed, they added. All the broilers believed to have been fed contaminated products have been processed, while the breeders are under voluntary hold by flock owners, the agencies said. The farms were given the contaminated feed in early February. Birds that were given the contaminated feed will not be allowed to enter the U.S. food supply. Farmers will be compensated if they destroy the birds that consume the feed. The agencies also said there was a “low-risk” to humans and no food recalls were expected at this time. They are uncertain how many chickens were involved, how many entered the food supply or where they went. “We

haven’t completed counting yet,” said USDA spokesman Keith Williams. Pet food tainted with melamine was also found in feed given to hogs. Last week, the USDA said about 6,000 hogs in six states — California, Kansas, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Utah — may have been given the contaminated feed. On Saturday, the agencies cited similar reasons for not issuing a recall. More than 100 brands of pet food

have been recalled since March 16 because they were contaminated with melamine. An unknown number of dogs and cats have been sickened or died after eating chemical-laced pet food. "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man." ~ Albert Einstein

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Most USDA poultry inspectors will not touch poultry, obviously "tainted" or not, and because it is so horrid. These types of things are the best things to happen to our food supply as they get people off poultry altogether, which is best for them, the environment, and the animals. Erica AlbaneseSchool Of RAWk Certified Raw Nutritionist, Health Coach & Raw ChefFreelance Writer & Advanced Practitioner of The Living Foods LifestyleEugene, OR(541) 915 - 1995SchoolOfRAWkwww.SchoolOfRAWk.com - Coming Soon! Join School Of RAWk on MySpace at www.myspace.com/SchoolOfRAWk "One cannot come closer to the Gods than by bringing health to his fellowman" ~ Socrates