I finally finished reading Pet Food Politics by Marion Nestle I delayed starting the book to read one of her earlier books, Food Politics which details the forces behind US food agencies and policies. Pet Food Politics details the the story behind the pet food recall of 2007 which was ultimately traced to deliberate melamine contamination of ingredients sold as wheat gluten to North American animal feed manufacturers. It’s a very scary tale with many many players in a not so well regulated or inspected world of international food supply. The recent Chinese tainted baby formula scandal involves the same ingredient, added I’m sure for exactly the same reason, to inflate apparent protein levels for a cost less than using the correct ingredients. The book is fairly short and an easy read, but when you realize how inadequate the safeguards are for food in this country, not to mention the world, it’s an unsettling tale. My dog Marley has quite a few food allergies and one of the few meats she can eat is duck. I’ve been using duck jerky imported from China as a treat and just wonder how safe and how accurate the label is on that product.