What else can the corporations do to harm us?
They knew about the bad pet food on February 20th!
From the CBC website: full story HERE
The investigation is focusing on wheat gluten used at two U.S. plants as the likely source of contamination.
The FDA first learned of a potential problem after receiving complaints on Feb. 20 and followed up by feeding the "cuts and gravy" product to 40 to 50 cats. Of those, seven animals died, said Stephen Sundlof, the FDA's top veterinarian. He added the contamination appeared more deadly to cats than to dogs.
I love my pets and my food is not on the list - and I don't feed pouches and/or wet food to them.
Turns out the the bad stuff most likely comes from two US plants - not the Canadian manufacturer..interesting?
We live in a country where people food is bad and pet food is bade...any connection to an administration that has curtailed inspections of food? Hmmmmm
More that needs investigating - but we know that democrats can multitask and do more than who-knows-how-many investigations at the same time.
From the AP FEBRUARY 27
FDA food-safety inspections steadily decreasing
By Andrew Bridges and Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The federal agency that has been front and center in warning the public about tainted spinach and contaminated peanut butter is conducting just half the food-safety inspections it did three years ago.
The cuts by the Food and Drug Administration come despite a barrage of high-profile food recalls.
"We have a food-safety crisis on the horizon," said Michael Doyle, director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia.
Between 2003 and 2006, FDA food-safety inspections dropped 47 percent, according to a database analysis of federal records by The Associated Press.
Full article HERE
Guess we should start asking who knew about all this bad food and when did they know it?
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Bad dog food being recalled
Warning
Many of us have pets - check what you are feeding them just as you watch what you eat for you
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A major manufacturer of dog and cat food sold under Wal-Mart, Safeway, Kroger and other store brands recalled 60 million containers of wet pet food Friday after reports of kidney failure and deaths....
The recall covers the company's "cuts and gravy" style food, which consists of chunks of meat in gravy, sold in cans and small foil pouches between December 3 and March 6 throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico...
The pet food was sold by stores operated by the Kroger Co., Safeway Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and PetSmart Inc.
full article HERE
The company has a list of the recalled food for dog and cats - HERE
Many of us have pets - check what you are feeding them just as you watch what you eat for you
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A major manufacturer of dog and cat food sold under Wal-Mart, Safeway, Kroger and other store brands recalled 60 million containers of wet pet food Friday after reports of kidney failure and deaths....
The recall covers the company's "cuts and gravy" style food, which consists of chunks of meat in gravy, sold in cans and small foil pouches between December 3 and March 6 throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico...
The pet food was sold by stores operated by the Kroger Co., Safeway Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and PetSmart Inc.
full article HERE
The company has a list of the recalled food for dog and cats - HERE
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
New Year - new direction
Started this blog as a diatribe on specific corporations - at least in my head... now that a new year has begun, I am thinking that I will get into some specifics on how corporations like to think of themselves as "persons" except when they don't ...
more later after I do some research....
more later after I do some research....
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Ah those corporations
Welcome to the United Entities of Wal-Mart, Sony, Haliburton or whatever : - )
Can you imagine a country where we pledge allegiance to a corporate logo ? I can and it's sad.
Our debt is huge and it owned by China. what if it was sold to say Halliburton? They could cut a deal - "do as we say or we'll call the debt" ...scary? yup
Corporations are like people - they have rights - but unlike people they do not have all the responsibilities we have.
See - they can easily declare bankruptcy and not have to repay outstanding debts. People no longer can do that thanks to the MBNA Law that Congress passed.
The also are major contributors to these current crop of politicians...mostly to repug candidates but also to some dems as they are hedging their bets this year.
Not all corporations are evil - some actually do good work...but the evil ones are gobbling up our resources - the airwaves, the print media, our energy companies, and our downtowns.... they are greedy and they won't stop until they own everything they want....
How do we stop them? We a good start is to vote for Democrats this Tuesday
Can you imagine a country where we pledge allegiance to a corporate logo ? I can and it's sad.
Our debt is huge and it owned by China. what if it was sold to say Halliburton? They could cut a deal - "do as we say or we'll call the debt" ...scary? yup
Corporations are like people - they have rights - but unlike people they do not have all the responsibilities we have.
See - they can easily declare bankruptcy and not have to repay outstanding debts. People no longer can do that thanks to the MBNA Law that Congress passed.
The also are major contributors to these current crop of politicians...mostly to repug candidates but also to some dems as they are hedging their bets this year.
Not all corporations are evil - some actually do good work...but the evil ones are gobbling up our resources - the airwaves, the print media, our energy companies, and our downtowns.... they are greedy and they won't stop until they own everything they want....
How do we stop them? We a good start is to vote for Democrats this Tuesday
Friday, September 15, 2006
The black [doughnut] hole is coming soon!
So many rants so little time...but here is one for today...that Medicare Part D[umb,angerous,eceptive] doughnut hole...
I've mentioned this hole before and do believe it was planned with the specific end results in mind...why else was it included?
Soon - like next week - many who signed up for Part D will start reaching the prescription cost amount where their coverage STOPS. They must continue to pay monthly for Part D even though they also have to pay for the next $3000 of the cost of their prescriptions.
Why was this put in? Duh...because the legislation was written by the pharmaceuticals and although I have not yet done the research, I am guessing that a majority of people spend between $2,000 and $5000 on medications and so that became a good gap so that the drug kings could make the maximum profit while not having to offer any discounts and still collecting the monthly fees.
What will seniors do? Many will have to make choices between meds and food or meds and rent or meds and other necessities.
Do the repugs really want this? My answer is YES - or they would NOT HAVE ENACTED PART D...Think about that when you vote this November....
I've mentioned this hole before and do believe it was planned with the specific end results in mind...why else was it included?
Soon - like next week - many who signed up for Part D will start reaching the prescription cost amount where their coverage STOPS. They must continue to pay monthly for Part D even though they also have to pay for the next $3000 of the cost of their prescriptions.
Why was this put in? Duh...because the legislation was written by the pharmaceuticals and although I have not yet done the research, I am guessing that a majority of people spend between $2,000 and $5000 on medications and so that became a good gap so that the drug kings could make the maximum profit while not having to offer any discounts and still collecting the monthly fees.
What will seniors do? Many will have to make choices between meds and food or meds and rent or meds and other necessities.
Do the repugs really want this? My answer is YES - or they would NOT HAVE ENACTED PART D...Think about that when you vote this November....
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