Reply #18: I especially love this bit. [View All]

[bushmeister0]

"The FDA collected 87 samples of infant formula made by American manufacturers, tested all but 10 of them and held a conference call Monday with manufacturers to alert them to the preliminary findings, FDA spokeswoman Judy Leon said."

To alert them to what findings? To give their legal department a heads up? I mean, what went on in this conference call? 'Guys, you product is dangerous, but we got your back.'

Unfreaking believable!

Here's a press release from yesterday from the FDA web site:

"Low levels of melamine are present in the environment and trace amounts may occur in certain food commodities as a result of approved uses.

Parents using infant formula should continue using U.S. manufactured infant formula. Switching away from using one of these infant formulas to alternate diets or home-made formulas could result in infants not receiving the complete nutrition required for proper growth and development."

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/melamine.html

If they survive, that is.

I love that bit where they say: 'Hey, it's in the environment anyway, like radiation, for example. Totally natural.'

And that bit about "approved uses" sounds strangely like Mead Johnson's spokesperson's newspeak:

"Cyanuric acid is approved by the FDA to sanitize processing equipment. The risks of not sanitizing equipment are far greater than ultra trace amounts of residual cyanuric acid found in the formula."

Riiiiight. How using something that doesn't endanger children?

Nevermind about all this, just go shop 'til you drop. You can trust us, we're the government.

Would it be ok if congress went after Bush's commissars at the FDA for endangering the lives of American babies, or would that be seen as partisan retribution, too?