Behind the Curve
The latest report on any of the big media sites on the melamine problem is the AP report on MSNBC: FDA: Tainted feed a ‘minimal’ threat to humans. They aren’t saying anything about the import ban.
I’ve been getting information from Christie Keith at Pet Connection, Spoko at Spoko’s Brain, Goldy at Horsesass.org, Howl 911, and LitBrit at Shakesville. LitBrit has been my starting point, but these guys are all on the trail.
It’s looking like the melamine problem affects just about all of the food imports from China, either directly in the gluten, or indirectly from animals who have eaten feed containing the gluten. The import ban is probably the only way to make the Chinese government to take the problem seriously.
I don’t think we can assume that the melamine is the only problem with Chinese food imports. We need to start analyzing the food we import to find out what’s really in it.
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Well it looks like the FDA has just created a senior position to supervise the agency’s regulation of food safety. Obvious question: shouldn’t they have been doing this all along? Why in the world should they have to create a special position for something that should be an essential part of their mission? Oh the incompetence.
Anyone who ever read The Jungle would understand why TR insisted on the creation of the Food and Drug Administration to oversee what we eat. What is allowed is pretty damn borderline as far as I’m concerned, and to find out that they aren’t even doing the minimum is way over the line.
Every time there’s a new problem, they decide they need another “Tsar” to deal with it. As someone who is all too familiar with Tsars going back to Ryurik in Novgorod in the 9th century, I’m not comforted by their track record.