More on the food recall - Page 2

Yes. We did. We've switched one dog from Royal Canin to EVO and the two older dogs from Nutro Natural L&R to Nutro Ultra, a relatively new product which is wheat free and contains a lot of fruit and vegetables. A site I've found usefule recently is http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/

1doggie2, COOL is Country Of Origin Labeling. Legislation was passed a few years ago requiring it on all food products but it has been held up for much of the meat industry. When I shop, if the product is not labeled, I ask and have them go look. This should be on dog, cat, and human as far as I'm concerned. Some products can slip through based on location of processing, as this recall has shown processed foods can include items from many countries. I was going to get dog treats one day at Costco until I noticed "Made In China". This recall has, or should, drive home that many countries are not held to the same standards as the US when growing and producing food. There are many "fresh" items we do without certain times of the year. I do not buy produce grown in countries that don't have extreme controls that I trust. Same for any other food. Start looking and asking, you may well be surprised.

Thank you, I have never bother with this, just trusted what was on the shelfs. Goes to show you what a stupid consumer I am. Now I have another question, for some reason, I am remembering a recall on packaged gravy about 15 years ago, because it contained Melamine it. Anyone else out there remember this.

Here are a couple of interesting links of fertilizer companies in Asia that sell melamine. http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/10688716/Melamine_Indus_Grade_99_8_Min_.html http://www.made-in-china.com/china-products/productviewIJnmxoYPTEsN/Melamine.html

USA's enormous appetite for wheat gluten exacerbates the wheat-gluten trade deficit. Wqe are the world's largest consumer of wheat gluten today.. American manufacturers use it to produce baked goods. Having the right protein content in dough ensures that it will remain intact as it rises. (ever wonder why your home-made bread flops with out all natural yeast?)Without the elasticity afforded by the gluten, bread would collapse, yielding a dense, heavy loaf. Wheat gluten also gives vegetarian "fake meat," like patties, and pet food a meatlike texture and binds together processed foods like chicken nuggets, turkey burgers, and imitation crabmeat. Gluten even makes its way into shampoo and biodegradable sporks. Darn it.. and I wanted to live to be 100. :o)~

been reading a couple of threads on this and have a couple of observations. first, I fed solid gold for a long time, with the powdered vitamin supplement and was always happy with it. Second, just because it is made in america doesn't mean it is going to be either safe or healthy. I worked several years ago on a dog food case (defending the dog food company) that was an American company who sold a huge amount of raw, mostly to greyhound owners. When I got into the case i learned that out of date eggs, cancer animals that won't pass usda inspection for human consumption, and WORST OF ALL field killed farm animal carcasses hauled in after death (FROM UNKNOWN CAUSES, USUALLY, NOT JUST BAD WEATHER)were the primary meat/protein sources for this commonly used food. I was defending claims by a large number of greyhound kennel owners who had deaths, abortions, and very sick dogs from salmonella poisoning. After taking depositions and doing interviews in that case I would never feed raw unless I knew the farm that had the original live animals the raw came from and I saw them with my own eyes. For me the argument about what dogs are designed to digest makes sense only until you add into the equation the nasty bacteria that we have now that we didn't have 50 years ago. My advice is that you really need to know your food source or feed only what has been cooked to a bacteria killing level of heat. Everyone needs to educate themselves and there are valid opinions out there that may disagree, but salmonella poisoning is a genuine threat to our animals, and I would urge anyone feeding raw to satisfy themselves first hand on the source of the food.

Thank you Valka. Your post voices my concerns exactly, but with decisive credibility. I just barely trust MYSELF to handle raw meats, fish and poultry, and only then in their preparation for COOKING. SS

My Gabi is still having the runs after a week and a half, only 50% converted from Eukanuba Premium Erformance to EVO. She may not make it on the EVO. Once her tummy settles down I plan to put her on Canidae. None of my dogs have had any problems with the Canidae. The pups are on 50-50 Canidae and EVO, doing great. SS