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« on: March 18, 2008, 07:45:59 PM »

I am desperately looking for a copy of the following Itchmo Blog post from June 8, 2007. It's no longer in the Itchmo
Blog archive. Anyone with a copy of the test and the blog, please contact me and Thank You:

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Itchmo reports: Lab Reports Melamine In Unrecalled Dry Pet Food Exported From US
http://www.itchmo.com/read/melamine-reported-in-exported-dry-food_20070608

A lab report provided by a reader indicates that a sample of Country Value Puppy formula exported from the US contained melamine. The report obtained and translated by Itchmo states that the sample was tested by a South Korean university’s veterinary research center. This report has not been verified in the US. Country Value is also sold in the US, but has not been recalled.

This is also the first report of a lab — besides Expertox in Texas — reporting on possible contamination of unrecalled pet food.

Jim Fallon, a spokesman for Diamond Pet Foods, said that the food with the best by date of March 2008 was made in September 2006 at their South Carolina plant.

The lab reported finding melamine concentrations of 346.21 parts per million, a number that is higher than the amounts typically found through cross contamination according to the manufacturer Diamond Pet Food. Fallon also said that they have received no calls regarding Country Value through their recall hotlines. Diamond is working on pulling the retained samples and will test them for melamine and says they will pursue this “aggressively and cautiously.”

Diamond has recalled several products in recent months due to melamine contamination. The Itchmo reader also wrote that the importer denied that the food was contaminated.

...(see the rest at the link above)




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« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2008, 08:09:20 PM »

Is this what you are looking for?
http://www.itchmo.com/melamine-reported-in-exported-dry-food-1015

Here the page it is on:
http://www.itchmo.com/date/2007/06/page/16/
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« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2008, 08:20:16 PM »

Wow, Mary, that is the article. What I was hoping for was a copy of the Korean test. The Pet Tracker link gave
me a 404 error, not found. Thank you so much. I wonder if anyone remembers whether the Korean test and
translation was ever attached. It's the veterinary center in Korea I'm after.
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« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2008, 08:24:06 PM »

Glad I could be of help - maybe the actual test report link can be found in the comments, I didn't read them.
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