Of Course They Were
Posted on | May 2, 2007
Two-and-a-half million chickens fed on melamine-tainted pet food were sold for human consumption, says the Washington Post:
None of the farm animals is known to have become sick from the food, and very little of the contaminant is suspected of having accumulated in their tissue. Thus, no recall of any products that may still be on store shelves or in people’s freezers is planned, officials said.
Nonetheless, 100,000 Indiana chickens that ate the melamine-laced food and are still alive have been quarantined and will be destroyed as a precautionary measure — as will any other animals that turn up as the investigation continues to expand.
The revelations are the latest in a rapidly widening scandal that started out with reports of a few deaths of pets. It has mushroomed into a major debacle that, even if no human injuries emerge, has exposed significant gaps in the nation’s food-safety system.
In today’s faster-better-cheaper American economy, without significant oversight and testing by a fully-funded FDA, you knew this was going on.
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