Senate Votes For Tighter Pet Food Standards! Amendment Calls For System To Track Feed Contamination, Animal Illnesses! May 2, 2007 WASHINGTON - Responding to the massive recall of cat and dog food, the Senate voted Wednesday in favor of stricter production and labeling standards so people have more information about what they are feeding their pets. The 94-0 vote was on an amendment by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., to broader legislation related to the Food and Drug Administration. The amendment also called on the government to create a pet version of the system that now tracks food contamination and outbreaks of illness and death in people. The lack of such a system for pets became apparent in the recent recall of more than 100 brands of dog and cat food made with contaminated ingredients imported from China. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18445631/wid/11915773/ http://durbin.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=273506 [Posted in FML 5598]