From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2007-05-01 23:08:42 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] chickens and melamine
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
I missed the NBC TV report that Steve (my hubby of 27 years) saw, but
he said that NBC said that it is suspected that chickens (could in
the millions of broilers) which have eaten melamine tainted food in
the last few months may have entered the food stream but ones found
from now on will be kept out of the food stream, so when making made
at home foods for your ferrets chicken, cooked or raw, may not be the
safest choice right now until enough is known. It may be over-kill,
though.
Melamine does not appear to post the risk to humans that it does to
dogs, cats, and maybe ferrets so recalls may not happen.
Here is a news story:
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN3046841320070501
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Monday 38 poultry
farms in Indiana were given contaminated feed in early February
containing melamine, with some of the chickens likely to have entered
the food supply.
The U.S. Agriculture Department and the Food and Drug Administration
said there was a "low-risk" to humans and no food recalls were
expected at this time.
...
In a joint statement, USDA and FDA said "all of the broilers believed
to have been fed contaminated product have since been processed. The
breeders that were fed the contaminated product are under voluntary
hold by the flock owners."
...
The discovery of chickens in Indiana was found by U.S. officials in
an ongoing investigation of the spread of melamine, a chemical used
in plastics and fertilizer, that so far has been found in pet food
and livestock and poultry feeds. Last week, the government said a
poultry feed mill in Missouri also may have purchased contaminated feed.
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Sukie (not a vet)
Current FHL address:
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Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
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