Wal-Mart: Tests Show Traces of Melamine in Dog Treats

August 23, 2007

  • August 23, 2007 at 9:26 am
    Anon says:
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    Just add water and it makes it’s own melamine gravy, sprinkle on some lead flakes and serve with a big bowl of glycol toothpaste. Yummy!

    Sure, it’s not healthy… but at least it’s cheap.

    Go China!!!

  • August 23, 2007 at 11:03 am
    SLG6 says:
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    Don’t we make anything in the USA anymore? What happened to Purina pet foods? This just shows how easily things like this can slip into our food chain here in the USA. Lead paint on toys, melamine in pet food….what next? Just try to not buy products made in China, I’ll bet you have a heck of a time. Is the USA now just a “servicing” country. We are going to be in a hell of a fix if we can’t provide products & goods for our own people!!!! What happened to buy American????

  • August 23, 2007 at 11:35 am
    Anon says:
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    What happened to buying American? American workers stopped producing quality products but unions kept driving labor costs up. People stopped buying the American products because they were garbage which forced companies to lay off workers or outsource labor. Less money in the workforce meant people became even more price conscious giving more incentive to the companies to outsource labor in order to lower retail costs but still pull high profit margins. High profit margins were realized and other companies who didn’t have the same labor problems realized they would make a mint if they outsourced too… etc.

    American products (the ones that are left) are finally compeeting well with imported products in many markets but they tend to be more expensive. People aren’t buying American or quality, they’re buying price (take a look at the insurance industry, look at the fastest growth, most of them suck but have cheap prices).

    Hopefully all these product problems, recals, and lawsuits (they’re already started) will convince people that price is only one factor to consider when shopping. Hopfully, but not likely.

  • August 23, 2007 at 2:00 am
    M says:
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    I would really like to agree with you all, but until the USA Courts stop paying out big $$ for things of this nature, we will never stop it. Even if they put signs on all products “Buy at your own risk”, some sleezy lawyer would figure out a way around the system and find other reasons to sue. The USA has to stop becoming a whining nation & people need to start taking responsibility for their own actions.

    Unfortunately, there is no way to do this unless we:

    1. Get back to basic values

    2. The courts stop paying out $$ to people that trip over their own feet, spill hot coffee, which they purchased, all over them and expect others to pay (mind you they would have complained if the coffee wasn’t hot enough when they ordered it), eat fattening foods and expect someone else to pay them $$, and the list goes on and on.

    I wish there was an easy fix (i.e no more imports) but we don’t have a country that is run that way. The only other place to go after is the court systems. Stop wasting the tax payers monies on frivolus lawsuits. And INSURANCE COMPANIES – STOP thinking it is cheaper not to fight in court but to settle. You will probably save more $$ in the long run if people start having the words “NO” said to them and “Prove It” in a court of law.

  • August 23, 2007 at 2:16 am
    To M: Touche' says:
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    Nuf said! Hard to get 300 Million people to do it though, most of them are not that bright.

  • August 23, 2007 at 2:29 am
    clm mgr says:
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    “Buy American” has become “Sue American”. Until we get some common sense in judges and juries and implement some form of “loser pays” civil remedies for frivolous litigation we will never see the Nirvana M wants so much.

  • August 23, 2007 at 3:32 am
    CLR says:
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    I don’t always make my purchases based on price, but I have yet to see any store that sells American Made exclusively… perhaps we need a chain – franchise – something to provide made in America goods to the American public….

    I would shop there…

  • August 23, 2007 at 4:39 am
    Been to WalMart says:
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    I thought China OWNED WalMart?

  • August 24, 2007 at 8:37 am
    Glo says:
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    Such a shame! When Sam was around all products were made American.

  • August 24, 2007 at 8:51 am
    Anon says:
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    That was a different time… back then the focus was on service and neighborhood. Although Wal*Mart is still very active in local community and still says they’re focused on service, that’s just window dressing and mission statements.

    In earlier times I worked at Wal*Mart and had the opportunity to meet Sam. He was a great man, passionate about his company and his employees, dedicated, motivated, brilliant. Sure he was a business man first but he realized many things about retail and business that have been forgotten these days.

    Everything wasn’t made in America even in those days but they did what they could to sell American and support American business and we were proud to merchandise those items. Now the most American you’ll get is the flag in the front of the store (which is probably imported from China).



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