I join everyone in condemning the lack of action by the FDA
here in this country, and I join in crying for the thousands of
Chinese parents who have lost or sickened children whose lives
will be shortened and who have already died uncounted in this
immoral, unscrupulous scandal involving the most vulnerable
babies and infants through the actions of greedy food processors
and greedy government officials who were complicit in producing
this murderous, poisonous food. Over 7 million Chinese children
living below the poverty level; you bet this 300,000 figure is just
what is being admitted as affected here and is no where close
to real numbers. The real numbers are likely in the millions.

Here's a byline Gillian Wong, AP, article in the Houston Chronicle:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/6142360.html
China says 300,000 babies sickened by tainted milk
By GILLIAN WONG Associated Press Writer © 2008 The Associated Press
Dec. 2, 2008, 6:45AM

To date, the U.S. government actions seem to indicate the
food safety authorities of this country don't mind bringing the
same problem on the same scale right into the U.S. food chain.

http://itchmoforums.com/recall-nonpet-food/melamine-suspected-chinese-officials-say-baby-formula-tied-to-kidney-stones-t6256.0.html;msg89525;topicseen#msg89525

Hey, Mongo. I have two crf kitties been treating since January 2007 from
bad pet food. What tempts mine most are chicken breast well cooked in
butter with organic cooked white rice blended in the blender with organic chicken
broth, no salt, to kind of a mushy, lickable consistency. Sometimes it works
quite well. If you add too much broth and it's too watery, they turn up
noses, but most times will eat that even when off their feed or at least
will lick at it for a while. Please let us know how your Melody is doing.

I fell for the email, too, mary blonde, and jumped on it. So I'm
not pitching any rocks. All that room on can lids and bags and
pouches, and no one uses it to inform the consumer about
where the product is from.

Wow, jada, thank you for link:

TOTAL FIRMS

Note that a single firm can be reported under more than one firm category; therefore, the summation of the individual OAI/VAI firm categories will be more than the actual total number of OAI/VAI firms, as presented below.

Number of active firms whose initial inspection has been reported to FDA – 24,065   

Number of active firms handling materials prohibited from use in ruminant feed – 7,876 (33% of those active firms inspected) 

Of the 7,876 active firms handling prohibited materials, their most recent inspection revealed that:


0 firms (0%) were classified as OAI 

121 firms (1.5%) were classified as VAI

If this stuff goes directly into pet food, what are the chances for pet food contamination? Pet food is not
considered ruminant feed and would be even more contaminated, wouldn't it?

I got a reply email from Jean Halloran of Consumers Union. Has one of those
confidential disclaimers on it. So I can't share.

Got a reply email from Cedars Sinai saying they don't have the capability and
in their opinion most hospitals don't to test for melamine crystals in human
urine. Also has confidential disclaimer on it.

Contacted Antec Labs to inquire about ability to use microalbuminuria test on
human urine sample. Antec is not allowed to test human products by law, so
said customer service rep.

Just frustrated as all get out. Want a simple test independently performed and
striking out so far.

Offy, it wasn't a good Thanksgiving for several of us. I am very greatful
your cats and you are okay. When your home is violated, it does strange
things even when you're not there. Please be good to yourself right now,
and try and not let it spook you. p.s., I have a .38, gives one
some confidence, although I never thought I'd own one.

Thank you, caylee. I think he's pretty cute, too. He's come through so very
much this first year of his life. No baby or infant deserves to be eating
poisonous food.

Posted contact emails to Cedars Sinai and St. Jude's Research Hospital.

Attach a recent picture of Hunter for those of you who would like to associate a face
with all those we don't want harmed in the USA.

One last comment on the ceiling flood. Thanksgiving night, before the flood the next day,
Smorgi, my chronic renal failure cat, jumped up on top of the wall unit right next to where
the water was pooling and howled at the ceiling.
I should have known. What wondrous creatures cats are. Even sick they have better sense
than their pet guardians. Cat stand, to wall unit top, and howling for a good several minutes.
Just amazing how hard she tried to warn considering how bad she's feeling.

omg.

Please keep me informed of the WHO results. Afraid of some rubber stamping here
based on reaction to the China baby milk scandel. Great find, you two.

  Carol, would you and DH like an expense free trip to Sin City?
No snow.
Drenched sheetrock crumbles pretty easily. But wet insulation was
a real surprise. Look out for even small ceiling bubbles!
Hunter's more important, as is finding a lab for human urine testing.
If he has melamine crystals, then will want to test food, Nestle Product.
Was thinking of some place like Mayo Clinic in Phoenix. What do you all
think? Or major metropolitan hospital in Southern California, maybe?
A teaching and research center like Loma Linda, USC, or UCLA?

Mandycat, rain ended on Thanksgiving. Ceiling collapsed Friday, just in living
room. Odd looking at insulation hanging from your ceiling. So no rain predicted.
Had continuous desert thunder storms, including one that stayed over my house
for almost an hour. Problem is roof has developed a lowered area where the water pools.
Never buy a house with a flat roof, never ever, ever, ever.
Well, if trouble comes in threes, I should be done for a while. I hope so. This is just
stuff, objects. No cats were under it. Wish I could fix the melamine problems.

Where did Arlo go? He's such a sweetheart and now a guest

I know you're not going to believe this, folks, my living room ceiling caved in after three
days of heavy rain here in my city in the desert. So I've got my hands full picking up sogged
gypsum board and popcorn coating, too.
I am reading just this thread, and see your ideas on labs and stuff, which I definitely need
based on my grandson's health history. So nothing is open this weekend, including roofing
contractors. Monday I start on the labs for Hunter, among other things.
We're still talking to the urologist, who is skeptical, but not totally unwilling to consider at
least preliminary screening for presence of melamine crystals.
My posts are going to be very short for the next little while. So please keep following the
articles and posting them, since the FDA is not. Thank you, all.

I believe the barcode email is a hoax, Mary Blonde. It has been discussed
several times on different Itchmo threads. The bar code identifies the manufacturer, I
believe, not the country of origin. Several people, including me, got this email, and upon
exploring it, found it does not tell you the country of origin. That would be too easy and
too useful to the consumer.

If you follow this link and set up an account, the website will identify manufacturer and
product for the bar code you input. It's a pricing convenience for retailers, not consumer
info on country of origin:

http://www.cproductinfo.com/index.asp?Page=112

It's also on page 92 of this thread, the research looking into bar codes:
http://itchmoforums.com/recall-nonpet-food/melamine-suspected-chinese-officials-say-baby-formula-tied-to-kidney-stones-t6256.0.html;msg99006;topicseen#msg99006

If anyone knows, I need a lab for urianalysis to detect if there are melamine crystals in Hunter's
urine. It has to be FDA certified, nationally recognized. Can you help? Could Representative DeLauro
help? Please PM me with your thoughts or send an email. Really, really serious about finding a lab
of unimpeachable credentials, the best private lab you know of with a university or nationally.
Thank you.