Pet food recall

[Cerise]

Pet food manufacturers have become masters at inducing companion animals to eat things cat and dogs would normally spurn. Pet food scientists have learned that it's possible to take a mixture of inedible scraps, fortify it with artificial vitamins and minerals, preserve it so that it can sit on the shelf for more than a year, add dyes to make it attractive, and then extrude it into whimsical shapes that appeal to the human consumer.

I hope no one here has lost a beloved pet to the ongoing recall of contaminated pet foods. Here is something to think about regarding the manufacturing of "commercial" pet foods:

http://www.newhopecattledogs.com/api-whatsinpetfood.htm

http://www.healthyhappydogs.com/BestDogFoods

http://www.frrhealthypet.com/id35.html

http://www.preciouspets.org/truth.htm


About 10 years ago I switched my dogs from Euk to Solid Gold (http://www.solidgoldhealth.com/ http://www.solidgoldnorthwest.com/philosophy/philosophy.html) because I wanted to eliminate the by-products, synthetic chemicals and preservatives they would be consuming in "commercial" dogfood, and keep them healthy throughout their lives. I believe nowdays there are many natural/organic/holistic pet foods, but Solid Gold was the first and is still the best (dish lickin' good!).

 

[Gonz]

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has not found rat poison in pet food that has been killing animals, but that it has found melamine, a chemical commonly used to make plastic cutlery that is also used in fertilizer.

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[Nixy]

The culprit is still the wheat gluten Bish...they're saying that the poison or whatever it is is IN the wheat gluten.

 

[MrBishop]

At the time - they were mentioning rat poison. I guess that they changed their tune.

I wonder if this manufacturer in China makes products for human consumption.

 

[Aunty Em]

I wonder if this manufacturer in China makes products for human consumption.

Dayum.. there goes dinner! No Chinese for me...

 

[Nixy]

At the time - they were mentioning rat poison. I guess that they changed their tune.

I wonder if this manufacturer in China makes products for human consumption.

They have said that it was the wheat gluten since the get go...they thought that there was rat poison IN the wheat gluten.