August 8, 2008FDA Warning Issued to Meat Producer ONE YEAR Too Late!!!!
(NaturalNews) The recent batch of warning letters issued by the FDA
once again causes me to worry about eating anything. One in particular
–- FDA warning letter dated July, 2 2008 to Chief Operating Officer at
Full Circle Dairy in Lee, FL proves the FDA is so 'after the fact' it
is a wonder we all aren't sick.
The FDA warning letter to Full Circle Dairy was dated July 2, 2008 –- the inspection of this dairy farm took place on Feb. 2, 2008 and Feb. 11, 2008 –- five months earlier. Worse yet, the warning letter reprimanded Full Circle Dairy for selling medicated animals processed in human food in June 2007 and August 2007. A warning letter was mailed five months after the incident was discovered and one year after the incident had occurred! Your tax dollars at work. Per the warning letter, "On or about August 7, 2007 you sold a dairy cow for slaughter as food on or about August 9, 2007... analysis of tissue samples collected from that animal identified the presence of flunixin in the liver tissue." Flunixin is a FDA regulated veterinarian drug used to alleviate fevers and pain. Side effects include GI ulceration, kidney damage and bleeding problems. Also the warning letter cites "On or about June 2, 2007 you sold a dairy cow slaughtered as food on or about June 4, 2007... analysis of tissue samples collected from that animal identified the presence of penicillin in the kidney tissue." Both drugs and levels found in the animal tissue caused the meat to be determined adulterated. And one more: "Our investigation also found that you hold animals under conditions that are so inadequate that medicated animals bearing potentially harmful drug residues are likely to enter the food supply." It is unbelievable that the FDAcan wait five months after they discover a farm is selling illegal adulterated animals as food to warn them. The warning letter was mailed one year after two incidents took place -- that adulterated meat is long gone. You should know that meat producing animals that don't slip through the gaping holes of FDA/USDA inspections are still considered suitable for use in pet food. Drugged or sick animals that are rejected for use in human food are not shipped back to the farm to recover; they are processed into pet food. Regardless of the drugs in the animals, regardless of the illness, all is welcome meat ingredients in pet food. If you do not want your pet eating these types of adulterated meat you must call the pet food manufacturer and ask if they use 'human grade' meats. There is no indication on the pet food label to alert you. Some will try to bypass a direct answer and tell you all meat ingredients come from a 'USDA facility'. Well, those sick, drugged animals came from a 'USDA facility'. Make sure you press them to tell you if the meat used in the pet food is specifically a 'human grade/quality'. Of course, thanks to our diligent friends at the FDA, our pests are still not safe from drugged and diseased animals being processed into human foods –- but it is a great deal safer than what is legally allowed to be processed into pet foods. Please call or write your Congress and Senate Representative, urge them to watch the FDA like a hawk. The health of every human and every pet in the U.S. depends on it. Wishing you and your pet the best, Susan Thixton
Posted on 08/08/2008 10:59 PM Comments (1)
July 27, 2008Oil spill in Mississippi river: 380,000 gallons of #6 fuel oil
On July 23, 2008, a tanker and barge collided near downtown New
Orleans, LA, resulting in a spill of over 9000 barrels (380,000)
gallons of #6 fuel oil. The incident occurred at approximately 0130
local time. The barge was reported "ripped in half," discharging its
entire contents. Coast Guard, Louisiana State and NOAA responders are
on-scene.
No. 5 fuel oil and No. 6 fuel oil are called residual fuel oils (RFO) or heavy fuel oils. As far more No. 6 than No. 5 is produced, the terms heavy fuel oil and residual fuel oil are sometimes used as synonyms for No. 6. They are what remains of the crude oil after gasoline and the distillate fuel oils are extracted through distillation. No. 5 fuel oil is a mixture of No. 6 (about 75-80%) with No. 2. No. 6 may also contain a small amount of No. 2 to get it to meet specifications. Residual fuel oils are sometimes called light when they have been mixed with distillate fuel oil, while distillate fuel oils are called heavy when they have been mixed with residual fuel oil. More here. Fuck... Oops... S.
Posted on 07/27/2008 10:31 PM Comments (2)
July 13, 2008Fuck Obama and all the other senators (Feinstein too) who voted to pass the FISA bill!!!!!
Senators who voted to pass the FISA bill...Act now or forget about peace.
Alexander (R-TN) Kennedy (D-MA) McCain (R-AZ) Sessions (R-AL) Allard (R-CO) Barrasso (R-WY) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Feinstein (D-CA) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Inouye (D-HI) Isakson (R-GA) Johnson (D-SD) Kohl (D-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) McCaskill (D-MO) McConnell (R-KY) Mikulski (D-MD) Murkowski (R-AK) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Obama (D-IL) Pryor (D-AR) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Salazar (D-CO) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) Webb (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wicker (R-MS)
Posted on 07/13/2008 11:55 AM Comments (0)
June 21, 2008WhyFI??? Why Wi-Fi technology could be a health problem and how Europe (France and Sweden are taking measures)
Just got this great article about 4 French librairies that turned their WiFi connections OFF after staff members experienced health problems.
Also, the Swedish Association for the ElectroSensitive (which is a health condition) is a good resource to understand more about the impact of those frequencies. Thank you to Dr. Mercola for such pertinent information. I never wanted to get WiFi, ever, and I'm staying away from it, all those coffeeshops with WiFi is way too much... So are cellphones, stay away from them if you can, and the big one, micro-wave ovens, what bullshit this is, if you need to reheat leftovers or just heat up food get a steamer... We've got to stop poising ourselves like that! Stay healthy, somehow! Love, S.
Posted on 06/21/2008 2:45 PM Comments (1)
April 1, 2008A great story of a car free family!!! (Hey Portlanders)
Posted on 04/01/2008 9:34 PM Comments (0)
March 31, 2008Waking Life Culture
Can't seem to be able to post videos anymore (how do you do it Timmay?? hmm???)
So here are those videos of Waking life culture. Love them, love them! oxoxo S.
Posted on 03/31/2008 10:50 PM Comments (1)
March 26, 2008OH MY F*%0#{ GOD!!! Now Buzznet takes you to another window (or tab) to check that freaking gum out when you post a pic?????
WTF????
I'm pissed!!!! I'm outta here you guys...I don't know, that's way too much!!! But I love you guyyyyys, what to do??? I don't like Flickr that much, sorry, still anything is good for refugees... Grrrrr oxoxoxo
Posted on 03/26/2008 9:16 PM Comments (0)
March 3, 2008Share your search! Check this out!
Anyone heard about Ethicle.com??
I'm SO excited about this! It's a search engine powered by Google only better, it gives ONE cent to each search to the GNO of your choice (Greenpeace, Amnesty Int. WWF and a few more)! PLUS, it's in both English AND French! Bravooo! Yay! I added it to my toolbar and I'm loving it! Check it out and share your search! Spread the word! S.
Posted on 03/03/2008 10:03 PM Comments (2)
December 5, 2007Creepy!!! I just killed a mosquito!!!!Yep, it's been a crazy December so far... ?
Posted on 12/05/2007 10:18 PM Comments (3)
November 30, 2007Transportation ethicsI came across this very very interesting interview of New York Times Magazine's Randy Cohen. I keep telling people how living my life on foot (I am not biking yet, soon) keeps me connected to myself and people around me, I have time to stop and talk, I am accessible...etc... A good video for LJ, Tomdog, Seawall etc as well ;)) Hope you all enjoy and we can all re-think the way we live and impact everybody else's lives. S.
Posted on 11/30/2007 9:50 PM Comments (4)
November 27, 2007Maxine's wordsMusic is my sister, By Maxine Lee. Nov, 23rd 2007.
After that I couldn't help it and played her a video (no cds of his, I know my brother Laurent does!!!) of John Miles singing "Music", ya know! Hahaha, oh well, between jazz, reggae, middle eastern, French, Brazilian etc etc, a little John Miles is okay, a bit of everything hm. Love you all, S.
Posted on 11/27/2007 11:15 AM Comments (3)
November 8, 2007We are being sprayed and tree sitters and protesters are being pepper sprayed...This is a very sad week for Santa Cruz... And I am sitting here... And if this wasn't enough, what used to be our local newspaper has moved to another city next door, Scotts Valley (and their presses have been gone for a few months now sharing those of the San Jose Mercury news) because you know, they have been bought by a out of town owner... ;(((( S.
Posted on 11/08/2007 9:01 PM Comments (0)
October 12, 2007Got friends?Life is so fantastic!! I now have a new friend EVERY SINGLE day on Buzznet... ;) S.
Posted on 10/12/2007 9:46 AM Comments (4)
October 8, 2007ColumBUSTED!We've all been lied to about Columbus.
Posted on 10/08/2007 12:07 PM Comments (1)
October 2, 2007Maxine's first week at schoolSo, This is big, huge. Maxine has started pre-school yesterday! So now, I get to have time, well not exactly, I am going to do lots of things and make more money (I might be on the computer here and there but not much, other things to do!) but it's so new to me, so strange not having my daughter with me, a bit hard to let go and to let other people take care of her, but I am so happy cause she's is the happiest girl, she loves it and was so ready for it...and it was time... I love you,
Posted on 10/02/2007 11:56 AM Comments (6)
September 27, 2007My name isDo you sometimes make up a name when you go somewhere and have to put your name on the waiting list or something?? Way before the internet I used to communicate on our "mini internet" call the minitel and those days were the same as here, we would have all chosen a nickname/screename etc... Anyway, the other day, sweet Jeff invited me to have lunch somewhere and the night before I saw Molière at the movies (go see it, even if one can argue the fact that he got all his material from personal experience and so on...), so I put the name Molière on the waiting list, I really thought the guy wouldn't know, hell, he did, he said it right and had a good time with it and said a few French words and mentioned the fact that Molière was a master playwriter...wow!!!! Now, of course I am wondering if any of you did anything similar?? ;))
Posted on 09/27/2007 11:08 PM Comments (4)
September 26, 2007California's High speed train is not for tomorrow...Just heard on the news tonight about the ordeal of the California High speed train project... Then, the issue is to be proposed on the 2008's ballot...and they said it would take 15 years to be completed...
Posted on 09/26/2007 11:14 PM Comments (2)
September 18, 2007Listen to Manu Chao in concert, live on French radio on Sept 29thHey you guys, you Ted and all of you who love or could be curious about Manu Chao, he'll be playing live on France Inter on Sept. 29th at noon Pacific time!!! Just log on the page linked about on France Inter and and click on the sound icone next to DIRECT (LIVE)! It's that easy!
Yay!
Posted on 09/18/2007 11:32 PM Comments (1)
September 13, 2007So many friends!!! How in the world did I get that popular???I don't understand... In just three days I had 6 friends requests... Where is it coming from?? Hello my new friends, how in the world did you find me, what's happening, I am not "THAT" interesting, I mean, I am not saying this so you will say "YOU ARE" and so on, I mean it, I just don't get it...so, please, give me some clues, what video, what post can have triggered so many people in such a short time to add me or request me to be friends?? Story Time.
Posted on 09/13/2007 10:52 PM Comments (10)
September 3, 200710 crushes my way! and I'll make it 11 hahaha!!!Well, since I can't seem to upload pics you might have to click on the names of the few you might not know and that's it ahaha, I mean, I guess I am cheating and those are not the rules but hey, rules are meant to be broken hm? 1- So, my first "public eye" crush was I guess this young fellow, he was on tv and was charismatic and was known as Sebastien in the tv series and had this huge dog adopting him, if you will, and so that's where that band called itself 2- That's a classic, when I tell people I was in love with Paul McCartney, all I would hear was "You're not the only one...", well I might not but I am still in love with him, I wish he was my Gemini!!! Plus, his voice will enchant me till I die AND he's an AWESOME bass player!!! 3- Big big crush, again, I am not the only one, oh well... 5- Hmmm, so Desertlily might like this one, she was wondering about hot French men, here's one, Melvil Poupaud. 6- So, to this day I am crazy about this actor, he could play a nun or whatever I'd still be crazy for him, he is the one and only James Spader, oh yeahhhh 7- Another French MAN, yeah a MAN, hmmmm, though subtile and quiet, the oh so wonderful Sami Frey, wonderful actor 8-Ahhh this one is like all those crushes when you're not even sure why, this guy has something, hmmmmmmmmmmmmm! 9- Jacques Brel, quintessential 10- Hmmmmm, wonderful French actor, I would loooove to see him on stage playing Molière or else, hmmm Philippe Torreton Voilaaaaaaaaaa, my list!!!! My MEN, hmmmm!!! Oh but waiiiit!!!!! HAHAHAh, my naughty monkeyyyyyyyyzzzzzzzz
Posted on 09/03/2007 11:40 PM Comments (7)
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