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The US Food and Drug Administration approved a selenium supplement to animal diets; the most common form is sodium selenite for pet foods. According to one article, "not much was known about which selenium compounds to approve for use in animal feeds when the decisions were made back in the 1970s ..
Finally, China's Foreign Ministry says that it has banned the use of melamine in food products, admitting that products containing melamine had cleared customs while continuing to dispute the role of melamine in causing pet deaths. China also vowed to cooperate with U.S. investigators to find the "real cause" of pet deaths. [52]
Menu Foods' recalled products alone represent nearly 100 brands of cat and dog food, and as of 11 April, are the only brands known to have caused sickness in animals. Below is an overview of affected brands, as provided by the FDA and the companies: Menu Foods: Over 50 brands of dog food, [9] and over 40 brands of cat food. [10]
The ODA is now urging cat owners to avoid feeding their cats raw or undercooked meat products, avoid consuming raw dairy, limit any contact with sick animals, wash your hands after handling raw ...
The affected cat food — which is made from turkey and sold raw and frozen ... due to the risk of exposure to potentially dangerous viruses and bacteria, such as salmonella, listeria, E. coli and ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an urgent warning after a popular natural dog and cat food brand tested positive for Salmonella. On September 20, 2024, the agency issued a ...
"The nest of corruption in the food and drug administration has done incalculable harm to the state and people," China Daily quoted the Procuratorial Daily as saying. [ citation needed ] China was the world's largest exporter of consumer products, and tainted goods represented a small fraction of the country's exports worth more than one ...
Sodium selenate is produced by oxidation of selenium, first with nitric acid, producing selenous acid. The selenous acid is neutralized to form sodium selenite. The sodium selenite is oxidized in a basic medium hydrogen peroxide to form a selenate, which is then spray-dried. [3] Se + 2HNO 3 → H 2 SeO 3 + NO + NO 2 H 2 SeO 3 + Na 2 CO 3 → Na ...