You've probably heard about the whole poison-in-the-dog food (and cat food) thing that has been going on for the last couple of weeks. I was wondering if any of the rest of you caught today's latest developments?

Del Monte had a press conference and let everyone know that their animal 'jerky treats' are also effected. The scary thing is, Del Monte said that they use only human-grade products in their animal foods! The FDA was quick to crap all over Del Monte, but you know they wouldn't say such a thing at risk to their company unless they were certain.

The chemical that is being found in these food products is called melamine, it's a polymer used to make certain kinds of plastics. Melamine is used as a fertilizer in China, and apparently some of the wheat gluten we have imported from them was contaminated. In animals this can lead to kidney and liver failure, cancer, and death. In sufficiently high doses or prolonged exposure similar results are seen in humans.

Here's something else that's kinda sick: the two main components of melamine are urea (e.g. piss) and formaldehyde.

Is this freaking anyone else out yet?