Pet Food Safety

Most of the furor over the huge pet food recalls has died down, but now some new information has arrived - a 2004 recall that was attributed to contamination with mycotoxin (a naturally occuring grain contaminant) now appears to have been the same combination of melanime and cyanuric acid contamination as the most recent case. An article in the Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation reports that necropsy findings from the affected dogs in the 2004 Asian case and the 2007 U.S. case are identical. Because the 2004 case occurred in the Philippines, Japan, and Hong Kong, we didn't hear much about it in the states. But it was massive. And once again, the ingredients originated in China.
So I have to ask - when are we going to wake up and realize that more needs to be done to ensure the safety of our food supply, not just for our pets but for ourselves? What other combinations of potential contaminants aren't being tested for because they just aren't expected to happen? How can we have any assurance that anything is safe? Shouldn't food at least be labeled with country of origin so that we can choose on that basis? Now that seafood products are labeled, I can avoid tilapia farmed in China if I so choose. But why only seafood? With recall after recall, ranging from pet food to toothpaste to latex dog toys, why isn't our government looking more closely at this issue? Could it be because of the billions of dollars our country owes to their country?
For our pets, at least, we can choose to avoid Chinese imports. Ask the manufacturers of your dog's food where the ingredients originate. Any of the organic products will be happy to tell you that there's nothing from China in there, and that all ingredients have had to pass an additional level of inspection. Look at the companies that didn't have any foods involved in the most recent recall. You'll know they weren't and aren't importing glutens from China.
It seems we have to do our own due diligence, rather than relying on government inspections. If you won't do it for yourself, at least do it for your dog.