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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:29 PM Original message |
We need to examine wheat flour for melamine contamination. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Buy local and organic always! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And if you can't afford it? |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I know organic is more expensive, but |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. All our flour may be contaminated. How does buying local help |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I thought the post was about flour from China. n/t |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Because this thread is all about stirring up Fear! Fear! Fear! nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Wheat flour falsely labeled as rice protein is a very serious problem |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Testing rice protein imported from China is perfectly logical. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. More importantly, buy no processed foods. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Indeed. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I always have to rely on ingredient labels. But "rice protein" wasn't |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yeah, I know. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Don't worry about it! |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Now it's in the fish |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 12:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Acutally Farmed Fish is Higher in Mercury, PCBs, etc. Than Wild. |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. There's just something really wrong with the picture. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Why? |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Well, thanks for the update. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
38. What |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 12:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. All too true. If we were blockaded, ran out of fuel for transport, we would be in deep manure |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. So Celiacs are also now at risk from foods labeled as containing rice protein. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Yup |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. So...the story changes from Gluten to Flour? Why should we believe this? |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. Not really, no. |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. We should be examining imported wheat flour known to be from China. |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. We should test ANYTHING edible from China, but that's a different point |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. And it's a component of fake rice protein and who knows what else. |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Those are all value-added food products that would be attractive to counterfeiters. Flour is not. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Right, I hear what you're saying. n/t |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. Gotta wonder if this is why SO many people have FOOD allergies now |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 12:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. I have a theory but I am not scientist |
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StarryNite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. It was deliberate. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. "The FDA is considering enforcement options"!!!! |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Tax cuts for food importers!!! Now!!! Voluntary enforcement is the only solution. nt |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
36. FDA has little power. Not that they are willing to use it. |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. Update from the American Veterinary Medical Association: |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
33. I agree the FDA is sending up smoke screen and |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
37. Is this perhaps why wheat allergies have become so commonplace? |
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