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On the recordApril 22, 2007
Well, unfortunately, we're now seeing that some of these food products are making it into livestock, in this case, into hogs that have been slaughtered and now being recalled. So we know that it's getting way too close to the human food chain.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin warns about the risks of contaminated pet food entering the human food supply.

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