20 million chickens on hold while FDA studies melamine

A bit late but it's at least on the right track. The problems with animal feed also raise the issue yet again of what factory farms are feeding chickens, cows and pigs. With traditional feed such as corn increasing in price - thanks to the biofuel craze not to mention the desire for higher profit margins - many factory farms have increasingly moved from what has constituted animal feed for centuries over to ground up animal leftovers, feathers, feces and now melamine. The results have been predictable ranging from mad cow to our pets suffering organ failure and death. Add to that the problems associated with animal doping that has transferred to humans, you have to wonder if factory farmers have ever heard "you are what you eat."

It's time to take a step back and look at the big picture with our food sources and insist on change. Modern technology can offer plenty of positives but good old fashioned common sense should also be considered and included in the process.