According to msnbc:
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Adminstration said Tuesday that as many as 3 million chickens that may have been given contaminated feed containing melamine have already been eaten by consumers, according to NBC News.
Although the chickens, which came from 38 poultry farms in Indiana, have already made their way into the food supply, there appears to be minimal or no health risk to humans, the government said.
Three. Million. Chickens.
When I moved to the US, I figured this was a first-world nation or something. No wonder I got sick after staying down here for a few years.
What struck me as especially ridiculous...
The agencies also said there was a "low-risk" to humans and no food recalls were expected at this time. They are uncertain how many chickens were involved, how many entered the food supply or where they went.
Your tax dollars and 'small government' at work.
I'm chemically sensitive on a lethal scale here. Now I get to wonder if my constant mouth bleeding, fever, and other renewed chemical poisoning symptoms (even my hair is falling out again) is exposure to Lord knows what in the food supply...
There's probably some witty political commentary that should be said, but I'm too busy being incredulous at the incompetence of the US government in dealing with BASIC ESSENTIAL SERVICES IN A FIRST-WORLD NATION.
Oh, and...
Three.
Million.
Chickens.
Happy now, governmental reductionists?