POISONED PET FOOD AND TAINTED TOOTHPASTE TOO:

The Itchmo Blog has an interesting article today announcing that the same Texas laboratory, Expertox, that found acetaminophen in pet food has now found cyanuric acid in an unopened can of Science Diet Canine Light. The can had a best before date of 01 2009 and lot number T0520917 7048.The cyanuric acid was found at a concentration of over 400 micrograms per gram. This food is not on the present pet food recall list. Hills has refused comment to date. To read more about this item including readers comments go here.

Meanwhile today's Houston Chronicle reports that Gold City Enterprises LLC of Hallandale Florida has issued a recall on about 170,000 units of their toothpaste because it may contain diethylene glycol. The brands named are Shir Fresh Mint Fluoride, Shir Fresh Ice, Shir Mint Fluoride , Shir Fresh Cool and Shir Mint Flouride.

Finally, today's edition of the business magazine The Economist has an article titled 'China's Food Safety' discussing same. It is from their Intelligence Unit Newswire and not only gives an overview of the problem but also warns companies that they could be legally liable if they continue to import unreliable products from China. Interesting read.