OK, here I go again:
FireTigeris
A pretty logical question, if you read carefully it says the fungal cultures and digestive enzymes are used in the
production of Forco, perhaps we could make that a little clearer. Fungal cultures excrete prolific quantities of cellulite and other enzymes that are used in Forco. The excreted products are what is used in Forco not the fungal culture or the medium it grows on, which are separated from the excreted cellulite and other products which are actually used in Forco. Did I say that clearly enough, sometimes late at night I'm a little fuzzy?
Mavrik
I wouldn't accuse you of of selectively representing the FDA's position of animal feeds but I think you didn't read far enough and/or misinterpreted what you found.
First of all I don't know where you got the idea Forco has been "tested and approved for horses and bulls" it hasn't been tested and approved by the FDA for anything, it doesn't need to be. Animal feeds are not approved by the FDA. If you add a medicine to the feed that medicine has to be approved by the FDA not the feed itself. Further, you can't make claims on the label the FDA thinks are untrue or deceptive.
The only time the FDA gets involved in a specific animal of human food is if someone or a whole lot of somethings die.
I looked at feed labels all over the internet and in my local feed store and couldn't find one that was approved by the FDA, not one. Mavrik, I suggest you look at one of your feed bags and tell me if it has FDA approval.
The FDA has decided the Asenic is not a great addition to poultry feed but has failed to ban it while one drug, Roxarsone is being phased out. But the drug Histostat is still on the market and is used in poultry feeds, the ever vigilant FDA requires it be withdrawn from birds five days before slaughter. Of course under the watchful eye of the ever vigilant FDA which is of course
"why we have the FDA, so professionals with the proper means and a large information base, can properly test this stuff". The
"FDA said the levels found in their poultry study are low enough that consumers are not at risk eating poultry while Roxarsone is phased out of use in the United States"
I'm a little skeptical that any level or Arsenic is safe. Betcha little Johnny has a better chance of being harmed by Arsenic than Forco.
Mavrik, if you don't live in Maryland there's a pretty good chance that chicken feed is sold in your state could contain one of these two drugs.
See the the excerpt below.
Maryland First State to Ban Arsenic in Poultry Feed
by Helena Bottemiller | May 23, 2012
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley Tuesday signed a bill banning arsenic in poultry feed, making his state the first to have a law against the practice on the books.
The new law, which takes effect Jan 1, prohibits the use, sale, or distribution of commercial feed containing arsenic and specifically mentions two Pfizer drugs that contain arsenic: Roxarsone, which the company voluntarily withdrew from the market last year, and Histostat, which is still on the market.
The move follows a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) study released last summer that found increased levels of inorganic arsenic in the livers of chickens treated with the Roxarsone. The new data raised concerns of a "very low but completely avoidable exposure to a carcinogen," said Michael Taylor, FDA's Deputy Commissioner for Foods, when FDA announced the company was withdrawing the drug in response to the study's findings.
Arsenic is a known human carcinogen and has been linked to a variety of health concerns, including interfering in fetal development, but FDA said the levels found in their poultry study are low enough that consumers are not at risk eating poultry while Roxarsone is phased out of use in the United States.
If you go to
http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/FDAVeterinarianNewsletter/ucm235765.htm You will find in the animal feed section the following:
Animal Feed – The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires food for both people and animals to be:
- safe;
- produced under sanitary conditions; and
- truthfully labeled.
Animal feed includes pet food and pet treats, as well as feed for food-producing animals, such as cattle, pigs, chickens, and farmed-raised fish. Unlike animal drugs, animal feed does not have to be approved by FDA before it can be marketed. However, FDA makes sure the ingredients in the feed are safe and have an appropriate function, and many ingredients must be approved by FDA before they can be used in animal feed. FDA also evaluates the human food safety aspect of animal feed for food-producing animals. That is, FDA makes sure it’s safe for people to eat food products made from animals that ate the feed.
You will note is says
"Unlike animal drugs, animal feed does not have to be approved by FDA before it can be marketed." It also says the FDA makes sure the ingredients are safe and it's safe for people to eat the food made from animals that ate the feed. If you believe that happens from a practical standpoint you probably also believe in the the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus. There is no way the FDA has enough people to go around to every grain elevator, grain mill and food processing facility. The FDA responds to problems where something dies, or gets real sick, and that's what they should do.
Just as an aside, there is only one chemical free grain mill in the United States and that's the Dynamite mill in Meridian Idaho. Unfortunately I don't believe they make poultry feed.
As another aside, blood meal and bone meal are often used as a protein source in poultry feed which has the remote possibility of transmitting bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease.
I think it's pretty easy to be overly fearful of most everything in our lives. If we eat only organic, or only organic vegetarian we still run the risk of salmonella and a myriad of other diseases, conditions and opportunity's for injury. Come on, get up get out take a chance. If you don't want to take a chance on Forco that's ok, but someday all your chickens will die and someday all of us will die, it has always given me great comfort that "life is a sexually transmitted condition that's 100% fatal". God, lets live a little.
Thanks for the soap box.
Jim Rea
