WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 — The government has determined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign failed to comply with safety laws when it allowed offspring of animals used in a genetic experiment to be sold as food.

THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION discovered in February that 386 pigs born from pigs used in a study might have entered the food supply. The pigs in the experiment had genes from different species, but the university said the offspring didn’t. The FDA there was no health risk.

In two similar letters sent last week to university officials, FDA stressed that it has never allowed genetically engineered animals into the food supply. “Nevertheless, you released at least 386 pigs from (testing) for sale for slaughter as human food,” FDA wrote.

The university has 15 days to respond. FDA officials warned that if a response isn’t received, the agency could take further action, such as imposing fines.

Melanie J. Loots, the university’s associate vice chancellor for research, said the school is working to ensure a similar incident doesn’t happen.

“We immediately stopped selling pigs, stopped rendering pigs and began to incinerate anything that came out of that study,” she said. Since February, “we have not sold pigs,” Loots added.

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Good Grief,
That what I get for living in Chicago.......home of the pork bellies

My brother-in-law grew up in Indiana. Very rural. Anyways, he did some experiment for school about chickens and steriods. After the class was finished. He ate the chickens. I can't help, but think that is why he has so many medical problems.

Good Lord sarkypi !!!!


He must have a stomach like a rock.... Ugh........

Does anybody remember years ago , I can't quite remember which country perhaps the Phillipeans or Malaysia somewhere . When the young boys all started growing breasts because of the hormones that where injected into the chickens to make them, grow faster which where then eaten and the hormones kept working after being eaten .

Scary, scary stuff .

I don't recall that particular story, but yea the crap that they inject into food animals is really horrid and has such a negative effect on the people who eat it.
They also say that a big reason that little girls are maturing too fast is cause of the hormones in meat too. Alot of the chemicals we inject into the animals is illegal to use in other countries.
But, unfortunately, the factory farmers care more about making extra money than they do about the health of the humans who eat the meats they raise.
I also read somewhere awhile back (dunno if it is true or not) but 80-something percent of people who work on factory farms become vegetarians b/c of how disgusted they are seeing for themselves how much crap goes into the meat.
When buying milk and egss I always make sure the label specifies that no antibiotics or hormones were injected into the animals, and they were fed their natural diet and weren't confined in tiny cages.
I wish there were more options available for chemical free meats too.

My husband worked on different pig farms for years it's actually a highly skilled job . Honest , I even did it for a bit . Only once did he ever work on a farm that would be called factory , and it was disgusting .
We now grow our own meat . At least we know where it's been .

I am very worried about what my family eats especially after CJD. I try to buy organic when I can but it is alot more expensive and also there is not alot of choice.

In a perfect world, if people are prepared to pay a bit more for better quality then eventually the farmers will realise that its quality not quantity. But this isn't a perfect world and untill we all make a stand and demand our food is organically grown it'll pretty much carry on the way it is.

I take it Engulf is breast free.