From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2007-05-09 19:24:46 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] some new melamine contamination info
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Here is a very interesting FDA transcript on the imported thickeners,
shared with me by Bill Gruber.
> <http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB/.cmd/ad/.ar/
> sa.retrievecontent/.c/6_2_1UH/.ce/7_2_5JM/.p/5_2_4TQ/.d/1/_th/
> J_2_9D/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?PC_7_2_5JM_contentid=2007%2F05%
> 2F0134.xml&PC_7_2_5JM_parentnav=TRANSCRIPTS_SPEECHES&PC_7_2_5JM_navid=
> TRANSCRIPT#7_2_5JM>
>
Be sure to cut and paste in the entire address.
and as expected the items have also been used in the foods of some
farmed fish as quoted from AP:
> Farmed fish fed contaminated material
> By ANDREW BRIDGES, Associated Press Writer
> Tue May 8, 9:40 PM ET
>
> WASHINGTON - Farmed fish have been fed meal spiked with the same
> chemical that has been linked to the pet food recall, but the
> contamination was probably too low to harm anyone who ate the fish,
> federal officials said Tuesday.
>
> ...material was ... spiked by the chemical melamine and related,
> nitrogen-rich compounds to make it appear more protein rich than it
> was...
>
> After pigs and chickens, the farmed fish mark the third food animal
> given contaminated feed. The level of contamination is expected to
> be too low to pose any danger to human health, said Dr. David
> Acheson, the FDA's assistant commissioner for food protection.
>
> It wasn't immediately clear if any of the farmed fish entered the
> food supply...
You can read the full article at
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FOOD_CONTAMINATION?
SITE=FLMYR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
but if that does not work then go to
http://www.ap.org/
and type in
melamine fish
in the search box and then click on Submit.
Remember that levels not considered a problem for humans have been a
problem for cats and dogs so could potentially also be a problem for
ferrets. See yesterday's post for the chemical reaction taking place
in urine which seems to be the cause of the acute problems as per
research done at the University of Guelph in Canada.
Sukie (not a vet)
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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