Iam's dans l'eau chaude...

[Isabelle45 0]

La compagnie IAM's est maintenant dans l'eau chaude car la Food and
drugs administration lui demande de retirer de sa recette de
fabrication de la moulée pour chiens et chats le chronium de
tripicolinate qui est genotoxic, i.e. que ce produit chimique peut
endommager l'ADN et causer des mutations et des tumeurs .
Aucun rappel n'est cependant demandé à l'heure actuelle. Faite passer le mot le plus possible!!!

Voici le texte anglais
provenant de NBC news

FDA finds unapproved chemical in diet pet food
Agency sent a warning letter to Iams Co., but did not ask for recall
The Associated Press

Updated: 6:33 p.m. ET March 29, 2007
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has
issued a warning letter to Iams Co. that says some of its diet pet
foods contain an unapproved substance.

Eukanuba Veterinary Diets Optimum Weight Control/Canine dry, Optimum
Weight Control/Feline dry, Restricted-Calorie/Canine dry and canned,
and Restricted-Calorie/Feline dry and canned contain chromium
tripicolinate, which is not an approved food supplement, the FDA said.

The warning follows a recall of nearly 100 brands of pet food made by
Menu Foods after animals suffered kidney failure. That recall
included some Iams products made under contract by Menu Foods.

New York state’s food laboratory last week identified aminopterin as
the likely culprit in that recall, which involved “cuts and gravy”
style dog and cat food.

The new warning letter urged Iams to remove chromium tripicolinate
from the products but did not ask for a recall.

Chemical approved for pigs
In 1996, the FDA said it would not block the use of low levels of
chromium tripicolinate as a source of supplemental chromium in diets
for pigs. But that did not apply to other animal food. Chromium can
affect the metabolism of glucose in animals.

Iams requested that that decision concerning swine be extended to its
products for overweight pets, but FDA said it denied the request. It
said a 2006 letter from Iams did not contain sufficient information
to address safety concerns.

Iams will remove the ingredient from its Veterinary Diets cat and dog
food, spokesman Kurt Iverson said. The products are sold by
prescription only for overweight pets. They have used chromium
tripicolinate as a metabolism enhancer, Iverson said.

The letter is part of an “ongoing dialog” with the FDA, Iverson said.

The FDA considers chromium tripicolinate to be genotoxic, meaning it
can damage DNA and cause mutations and tumors.

The letter was dated Jan. 8 and posted on the FDA’s Web site Thursday.

2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17862261/from/ET/

[Maryka1 0]

Et la phrase de Iams au show des superdogs : Avec Iams, une vie saine !

[Isabelle45 0]

Maryka a écrit:

Et la phrase de Iams au show des superdogs : Avec Iams, une vie saine !

isshh

[Jaelle1 0]

AYOYE!!!! J'avais manqué ce post là!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nath et Bedo1 0]

J'ai fait ma BA Vendredi passé.
J'étais chez Costco et un couple allait acheter deux 40lbs de IAMS.
Je leur ai dit qu'il y avait peut-être des indrédients cancérigène dans la nourriture IAMS et qu'il serait mieux d'aller acheter la moulée dans une animalerie, que les gens pourraient les conseiller sur de la bonne moulée.
Le couple a laissé les deux sacs là.

Je me sentais bien de ce que je venais de faire pour le bien-être de leur chien. :43:

[Talma 0]