FDA press conference HIGHLIGHTS

from Itchmo.com:

UP TO 8,500 PET DEATHS, FOOD TAINTED SINCE 2006

The FDA press conference yielded new information.
Here are the highlights:

-Of 17,000 calls up to 50% claimed their pets died.

-Pet food from 2006 tested positive for melamine.
No samples available prior to that date.

-2.7 million chickens ate tainted food. In addition, tainted
pet food consumed by chickens in hundreds of farms.

-Will not give clear answer to whether people ate those
chickens.

-No details given on investigation in China. Not even the
number of investigators.

-Can’t rule out contamination in other vegetable protein.

-All tainted ingredients went to pet food companies.