USDA Tainted Feed Found in Poultry

Well, what can I say. Pretty soon it may be critical to grow ALL our own food :-( - Rambleman

May 1, 2007

USDA Tainted Feed Found in Poultry

News — walterj 4:40 pm

The tainted feed that killed pets and poisoned pig meat has been found in processed poultry. It is interesting to note that the USDA does not feel it is necessary to recall the tainted meat. It is okay to burden small farmers with NAIS but let’s not hurt our most favored trading partners like the People’s Democracy of China or the big factory farms who are known for hire illegal immigrants.

For the birds: Contaminated feed now found on chicken farms in Indiana

SDA and FDA investigators said Monday that byproducts from pet food contaminated by wheat gluten imported from China were used in chicken feed on farms in Indiana. The discovery came as part of the government’s probe into imported rice protein concentrate and wheat gluten, which have been found to contain melamine and melamine-related products. Full article

Tags: USDA, NAIS, contamination, contaminated, food, chicken, poultry, Indiana, farms

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Good news! Well, for us anyway. Hedwig, who had been gone for at least a month, came home a few days ago :-) She's GOT to have another home, because she definitely didn't look like she went without food.

Every nite when I go outside to feed the chickens, they surround me and follow me until they get their food.

And you KNOW that I mention our cats from time to time, so I took a few pictures just because :-)

While outside a couple of weeks ago, I found this miniature cow head by a tree with a real one that had decomposed too much and had to be tossed. But I thought this was cute.

Not exactly who or why this picture was taken, but since I'm posting pictures I thought I'd just throw it in. It's either a picture of the trampoline, or the bottles on the top of the window - you decide :-)

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