Tainted poultry has entered food supply

The FDA has announce on Tuesday that as much as 3 million chickens have been fed melamine tainted feed and consumers have already consumed the poultry. The USDA and the FDA learned about the contaminated chicken feed as part of their investigation into the tainted pet food that has sicken and killed countless cats and dogs in the US. Birds that have received the contaminated feed and are still alive will now not be allowed to enter the food supply.

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Furthermore farmers are being asked to slaughter the birds that have eaten the contaminated feed for a compensation. Both the USDA and the FDA have come to the conclusion that melamine contamination is "low risk" to humans and no food recall is necessary right now. This absurd inaction and ease of contamination proves that our food supply is easily susceptible. There have also been as much as 6000 hogs that have eaten contaminated feed. I am just sure glad that I am a vegetarian and don't have to worry about the meat contamination going on right now.

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