From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2007-04-01 04:14:41 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] recalled foods
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
A recent study found levels up to over 6% melamine in some of the wheat gluten tested:
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/pet_food_recall;_ylt=AoZI78EenqXBAGskneFNzFes0NUE>
Wheat gluten has a wide range of uses, beyond pet and human foods. In the U.S. 250
million pounds of it are used annually in the food industry alone.
It appears at this point that cats are more susceptible to the related kidney damage than
other species.
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Testing by the FDA and Cornell University has found melamine in samples of recalled pet
food as well as in crystal form in the urine and kidney tissue of dead cats.
...
found the chemical..in concentrations as high as 6.6 percent, in wheat gluten used as
ingredient of the recalled cat and dog foods, said Stephen Sundlof, the FDA's chief
veterinarian.
..." You could see crystals in the wheat gluten,"...
Sundlof and others have not been able to explain why the chemical would have caused the
kidney failure seen so far in the roughly 16 confirmed pet deaths, all but one in cats.
There are anecdotal reports of hundreds more pet deaths.
"It has a very low toxicity, at least in rodents..."
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