Now chickens involved in the contaminated feed from China

[liberal N proud]

When will America wake up - You get what you pay for, Products from China are cheaper in more ways than one.

20 million chickens may have eaten tainted feed

Poultry must be assessed by government before it’s processed, USDA says

WASHINGTON - Federal officials on Friday placed a hold on 20 million chickens raised for market in several states because their feed was mixed with pet food containing an industrial chemical.

Three government agencies — the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency — are overseeing a risk assessment to determine whether the chickens would pose a threat to human health if eaten, USDA spokesman Keith Williams said. The assessment may be completed as early as Monday.

Which states have chicken producers affected by the hold will be announced later, Williams said. State agriculture officials as well as chicken manufacturers were being contacted as the agencies determine the extent of the problem, he said, adding that many farms in several states probably were involved.

Investigators found last week that about 5 percent of feed used at some smaller chicken production operations came from pet food tainted with the chemical melamine, Williams said. Larger manufacturers, because they usually use special feed for the chickens they raise or contract for raising, are unlikely to have exposed their animals to large amounts of the tainted pet products, he said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18496438/

[Raven]

1. Yup, we're safer under GWB. Our cats can't eat safely, our dogs

can't eat safely and now we can't either.

[RC]

2. I wonder where the Administration members get their food from?

Is it tested and inspected?

[partylessinOhio]

3. Isn't this serious enough that OUR CONGRESS

should stop all shipment of consumables from CHINA?

Isn't it time to stop all farm subsidies paid farmers NOT to grow food? Farmers should be encouraged to plant now to get the same subsidies so we will have enough domestic crops to feed our cattle, hogs and chickens as well as ourselves and our pets.

Any elected official that will not support this and will not support impeachment should be removed from office. We need to recall them and get a Congress that will work for the public good and stop the insanity that is destroying America.