Re: Can wheat gluten for human consumption be toxic?

On Apr 2, 10:52 am, "Viviane" <viviane...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey all,

I read this in a local newsgroup today:
"Listening to the news, I am now hearing of some cats and dogs dying
because of toxic substances found in pet foods. The poisons seem to
come from wheat gluten imported from China."

I was wondering if this could ever happen from the wheat gluten we buy
to make seitan.

Come to think of it, if wheat gluten can be infected by poison, bugs
or whatever, I'm also wondering if it's not how I ended up dealing
with Indian meal moths in my apartment for the past 2 years or so.

Viviane

Viviane, I think someone added the poison to the gluten. That's one
theory out there now, at any rate.... perhaps accidently or perhaps a
disgruntled employee did it on purpose to try and hurt the company.
Moths and grubs can occur in grains and seeds, but they don't really
hurt anything. My parakeet seeds often grow larvae in the bird's
water, and I have had moths in all kinds of meal. Usually it's already
in the product when you buy it. That won't hurt you, but being
vegetarian, you may not want to eat the bugs. Concerning poison, if
someone purposely poisons food, no food is safe. They could poison
Tylenol like they did about 20 years ago with cyanide, or put rat
poison in your food from the factory or locally. Odds seem pretty low,
but there's always a chance. Other than checking the seals on food, I
don't know of a way to guard against it. Even then, if it came from
the factory tainted, you'll still get poisoned.

It does appear from the recalls of pet food and peanut butter a while
back, that there are just a few companies actually making the
products, and they then attach someone's label on it. It seems strange
Peter Pan and the Walmart much cheaper brand of peanut butter were
both made by the ConAgra plant and all of it was recalled. I wonder
why I should pay twice as much for the Peter Pan peanut butter if it's
the same stuff. Apparently a lot of dog food is pretty much the same
stuff too. In fact, it is often the most expensive stuff that has
problems. I remember Perrier water. Huge recall after they had
poisoned their water accidently by not rinsing their equipment well
enough. Strange that should ever happen since people buy bottled water
just to get away from that potential. I never bought another bottle of
Perrier water after that...and never will that's for sure. dkw
.

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