Comments on: The Very Bottom Of The Jar http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:03:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: cando http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-645250 cando Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:58:56 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-645250 <p>One more Bush initiative that needs investigation? Of course. Remember who is heading up the FDA? Can we survive 20 more months? God help the US.</p> One more Bush initiative that needs investigation? Of course. Remember who is heading up the FDA? Can we survive 20 more months? God help the US.

]]> By: The Oracle http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644790 The Oracle Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:30:57 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644790 <p>“Corporate CEOs Gone Wild!!!!”</p> <p>Sounds like a title to some video.</p> <p>“Corporate CEOs Gone Insane!!!!”</p> <p>“Corporate CEOs Gone Stupid!!!!”</p> <p>Take your pick.</p> “Corporate CEOs Gone Wild!!!!”

Sounds like a title to some video.

“Corporate CEOs Gone Insane!!!!”

“Corporate CEOs Gone Stupid!!!!”

Take your pick.

]]> By: mui http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644767 mui Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:22:35 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644767 <p><a href="#comment-644581"><em>MEG @ 213 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>My dog died a week ago from contaminated dog food. The wheat gluten that killed him was graded “Food” grade not “Feed” grade.</p> <p>Food grade means it can be used in food for humans like bread products.</p> <p>The FDA has been under funded by Bush for years.</p> <p>When the humans start to die from contaminated food that Bush allowed to happen will we just shrug and say “Glad it wasn’t me.”</p></blockquote> <p>MEG, I am very sorry. One of the reasons this has bothered me is that I watched two of my beloved older cats die from kidney failure in a short space of time. (I try not to think of the human food chain.)It’s an awful thing to watch and common in older animals. But how common within a short space of time? Both my cats were on a prescription diet, and I was horrified when I saw that prescription diets were listed among recalls. Contamination has caused kidney failure in dogs in Asia (Thai product) some years back. This isn’t just an “incident” as ChimpCo would have us believe. It’s the failure of government to regulate. And I expect some vet association to file a lawsuit, because their reputations suffer when prescription diets are sold to sick animals. Maybe we will get some answers then.</p> MEG @ 213

My dog died a week ago from contaminated dog food. The wheat gluten that killed him was graded “Food” grade not “Feed” grade.

Food grade means it can be used in food for humans like bread products.

The FDA has been under funded by Bush for years.

When the humans start to die from contaminated food that Bush allowed to happen will we just shrug and say “Glad it wasn’t me.”

MEG, I am very sorry. One of the reasons this has bothered me is that I watched two of my beloved older cats die from kidney failure in a short space of time. (I try not to think of the human food chain.)It’s an awful thing to watch and common in older animals. But how common within a short space of time? Both my cats were on a prescription diet, and I was horrified when I saw that prescription diets were listed among recalls. Contamination has caused kidney failure in dogs in Asia (Thai product) some years back. This isn’t just an “incident” as ChimpCo would have us believe. It’s the failure of government to regulate. And I expect some vet association to file a lawsuit, because their reputations suffer when prescription diets are sold to sick animals. Maybe we will get some answers then.

]]> By: Sierra Rose http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644683 Sierra Rose Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:37:08 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644683 <p>CNN ran quickly a crawler that stated China has 90% cornered the market on Vitamin C tablets and there’s a problem with them being contaminated (most vitamin C on the market?). I quickly tried to find more on this at the CNN site and googled Chineset Vitaman C ingredients and only found a lawsuit against China having a monopoly. Anyone know how to track this down?</p> CNN ran quickly a crawler that stated China has 90% cornered the market on Vitamin C tablets and there’s a problem with them being contaminated (most vitamin C on the market?). I quickly tried to find more on this at the CNN site and googled Chineset Vitaman C ingredients and only found a lawsuit against China having a monopoly. Anyone know how to track this down?

]]> By: MEG http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644581 MEG Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:59:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644581 <p>My dog died a week ago from contaminated dog food. The wheat gluten that killed him was graded “Food” grade not “Feed” grade.</p> <p>Food grade means it can be used in food for humans like bread products.</p> <p>The FDA has been under funded by Bush for years.</p> <p>When the humans start to die from contaminated food that Bush allowed to happen will we just shrug and say “Glad it wasn’t me.”</p> My dog died a week ago from contaminated dog food. The wheat gluten that killed him was graded “Food” grade not “Feed” grade.

Food grade means it can be used in food for humans like bread products.

The FDA has been under funded by Bush for years.

When the humans start to die from contaminated food that Bush allowed to happen will we just shrug and say “Glad it wasn’t me.”

]]> By: montag http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644506 montag Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:24:16 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644506 <p>This “concept” of oversight has been in play at least since the early `90s, and it’s got a name: “voluntary compliance.”</p> <p>The best way to describe it is letting companies do themselves what government previously determined companies would not do and therefore had to be compelled to do by regulation and oversight.</p> <p>It’s not just the fox in the henhouse. It’s the farmer walking away and expecting the fox not to be a fox….</p> This “concept” of oversight has been in play at least since the early `90s, and it’s got a name: “voluntary compliance.”

The best way to describe it is letting companies do themselves what government previously determined companies would not do and therefore had to be compelled to do by regulation and oversight.

It’s not just the fox in the henhouse. It’s the farmer walking away and expecting the fox not to be a fox….

]]> By: Ray http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644380 Ray Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:40:06 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644380 <p>I think I speak for all parents when I say, “Jeezus fuck, Jif sucks ass. Please get my Peter Pan back on the shelves before I go postal.”</p> I think I speak for all parents when I say, “Jeezus fuck, Jif sucks ass. Please get my Peter Pan back on the shelves before I go postal.”

]]> By: JL http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644303 JL Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:39:22 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644303 <p>Here is a website that just might help us to keep tabs on upcoming issues at FDA and USDA. This is an action alert, which means they direct you to the PUBLIC COMMENTS section for new guidelines, and the subscription is free.</p> <p><a href="http://www.organicconsumers.org/">http://www.organicconsumers.org/</a></p> <p>In this issue: public comments extended on cloned foods; raw v. pasteurized almonds; removing the label from irradiated foods (so no one will know).</p> Here is a website that just might help us to keep tabs on upcoming issues at FDA and USDA. This is an action alert, which means they direct you to the PUBLIC COMMENTS section for new guidelines, and the subscription is free.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/

In this issue: public comments extended on cloned foods; raw v. pasteurized almonds; removing the label from irradiated foods (so no one will know).

]]> By: SunnyNobility http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644187 SunnyNobility Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:24:16 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644187 <p>Interesting that products from “desirable” places often show origin, e.g.: pasta - Italy; cookies - Denmark; chocolate - Switzerland. Seems true even in cut-rate places. Otherwise, many/most labels just name US distributor. </p> <p> “WTO - Whose Trade Organization?” is dense reading, but illuminating. Book TV did an enlightening interview a while back with the editor - she discussed some of the more egregious labeling/disclosure restrictions. </p> <p>Given the pet food issues, might be timely to demand US labels show country of origin of product AND all ingredients. If, WTO regs prohibit, time to visit that issue. Market forces alone can’t solve problems if one side of the market is uninformed. Gobsmacking that over 100 brands of pet food originated in one US factory - so much for reliance on brand name/price.</p> Interesting that products from “desirable” places often show origin, e.g.: pasta – Italy; cookies – Denmark; chocolate – Switzerland. Seems true even in cut-rate places. Otherwise, many/most labels just name US distributor.

“WTO – Whose Trade Organization?” is dense reading, but illuminating. Book TV did an enlightening interview a while back with the editor – she discussed some of the more egregious labeling/disclosure restrictions.

Given the pet food issues, might be timely to demand US labels show country of origin of product AND all ingredients. If, WTO regs prohibit, time to visit that issue. Market forces alone can’t solve problems if one side of the market is uninformed. Gobsmacking that over 100 brands of pet food originated in one US factory – so much for reliance on brand name/price.

]]> By: mui http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644169 mui Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:16:54 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/23/the-very-bottom-of-the-jar/#comment-644169 <p>from downwithtyranny:</p> <blockquote><p>“Congressional critics and consumer advocates said both episodes show that the agency is incapable of adequately protecting the safety of the food supply… Tomorrow, a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee will hold a hearing on the unprecedented spate of recalls”</p></blockquote> <p>.<br /> I guess that was today.</p> from downwithtyranny:

“Congressional critics and consumer advocates said both episodes show that the agency is incapable of adequately protecting the safety of the food supply… Tomorrow, a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee will hold a hearing on the unprecedented spate of recalls”

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I guess that was today.

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