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Safe Pet Food Blog posts for the weekend… 2007-04-13 15:26:23 Send me a comment via this post and let me know what topics concern you. I usually do my research on the weekend and queue up a dozen posts
. This week, we had big news&hellip
; Royal Canin’s recall extends into Cana and South Africa… The Chinese wheat supplier purchasing melamine… People are searching on “safe pet foods”… The beginning of the Senate hearings on Pet Food… What is on your mind, tell me and I’ll try to cover it.
My new mantra goes to the post where I discuss it: http://NoWheat-NoWheat.com
And this one goes to a safe pet food distributor’s site: http://NoWheatPetFood.com
Teresa Holladay
The Safe Pet Food Blog
http://safepetfood.wordpress.com
5 Dead pets from August 2006 to December 2006 PRIOR to the Recall 2007-04-13 15:07:53 The wheat or wheat gluten contamination is more than far-reaching. This snippet from a comment made on one of yesterday’s posts was so important, I want to bring it up to the front page so you can see it. It was made by EelKat
I agree with your post here… I myself have started reading the ingrediants and am buying non-wheat containing pet food, just to be on the safe side… 5 dead pets, from August
2006 to December
2006, all dead from what the vet said was toxins in he kidneys and liver… toxins that the vet believes must have gotten there from the pet food, in spite of the fact that the recall claims the contamination started in November 2006 not August 2006… 5 dead pets, I’m not taking any chances with the ones I’ve got left.
I read another post on another news forum where the person lost NINE, count them, NINE hunting dogs within a week of each other.
This is nothing to kid about. Don’t sleep on it. 11 recalls in the last 12 years, 3 major recalls in th
Pet Food Recall in South Africa — For Cryin’ Out Loud, Are We THERE, Yet? 2007-04-13 04:56:20 Folks, it’s not about whether or not your cat food or dog food was on the recall list. It’s about WHEAT.
The news last week was, well, looks like we didn’t get it all. Expand the dates a little more, then a little more. Oops, take ALL of those products off the shelves.
The news this week says, hey, Royal Canin, just when you thought you were safe, oops, a little melamine wheat got into your Medi-Cal Feline Dissolution Diet. And, oh, oops, there are way too many cases of acute kidney failure in Vets Choice in SouthAfrica
, of all places, better do a recall. South Africa
, for cryin’ out loud!
Are we there, yet? Is there an end to the pet foods contaminated by this company in China who seeks out cheap melamine on the Internet and claims that they do no manufacturing, they are just the broker?
Oh - My - Gosh.
I truly do not care which no-wheat brand you choose. I just WISH that for a month or two, you would switch to a holistic, natural brand that do Read more:mdash
Pet Food Recall Reaches Into South Africa - Vets Choice Voluntary Recall 2007-04-13 04:15:50 A SouthAfrica
n news service is reporting that Royal Canin just voluntarily recalled a premium dog food product sold only in veterinary clinics. It is not clear to me whether or not this brand, VetsChoice
, is sold only in South Africa.
Royal Canin deserves kudos for this one. They immediately issued the recall just on the suspicion of trouble. Royal Canin, as you know, just recalled a prescription canned cat food sold only through veterinary clinics in Canada because a connection was made to the melamine-tainted wheat.
Dog food: Company warns owners
12/04/2007 16:23 - (SA)
Johannesburg - The makers of Vets Choice dog food have advised pet owners to stop feeding their animals the product and to consult their vets if they are concerned about the health of their pets.
This comes after the company, Royal Canin, received calls from consumers and veterinarians who have advised the company of 19 cases of dogs becoming ill.
Gregory Watine, MD of Royal Canin SA said: “W Read more:Voluntary
Safe Pet Foods: No Wheat, No Corn, No By-Products, Organic 2007-04-12 15:53:56 I know you want some truly safe, wheat-free choices so I’ll tell you what I would feed my kitties if I could not get HealthyPetNet, which is available only online, via telephone order, or through independent distributors.
(HealthyPetNet and Flint River Ranch are the only two I know of that do mail order, nice for people who don’t live near big cities. Note: Flint River Ranch DOES carry some foods made with wheat gluten so read the label).
My criteria is no wheat, no corn, no soy, no by-products, no articial colors or flavors, no chemical preservatives, and human quality and/or organic meats and raw materials.
These are available in natural grocers (like Whole Foods
, Wild Oats, Vitamin Cottage). I really can’t personally recommend any that are in the big pet food store chains, even though a few of them do not contain wheat. I’ve seen how my cats thrive on the truly organic foods and so that’s where I’m focused. They are not that much more expens Read more:Products
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Why We Need Menu Foods 2007-04-12 14:03:01 After looking at statistics and hearing people say they couldn’t afford to pay more than $7 per bag for the low-end store brands, I took a look at who is Menu Foods
. And do you know what? They’ve had not a good track record, but a great track record. And they have a huge market share, 90% of the canned pet food market, including many organic brands that do not use wheat gluten.
While the FDA and the pet food industry need a HUGE overhaul (and the Chinese wheat gluten suppliers a more-than-serious kick in the butt), and Menu Foods needs a breakup like with AT&T in the 70’s (can you say “monopoly”), I think we need them.
There are over 150 million companion cats and dogs in the United States. The organic pet food companies, with their itty-bitty market share, and the other manufacturers simply don’t have the production capacity. And as long as wheat doesn’t IMMEDIATELY KILL, there is a huge population who can’t afford high end orga
‘Mistake’ caused delay in latest pet-food recall 2007-04-12 13:34:15 By Julie Schmit, USA TODAY
Menu Foods said Wednesday that a “clerical error” caused the company to overlook that it shipped potentially contaminated wheat gluten from one of its U.S. plants to one in Canada. That apparently delayed the recall
of some Canadian-made cat foods.
“Humans are not perfect. Someone made a mistake,” spokesman Sam Bornstein said in an e-mailed response to questions from USA TODAY. “We were shocked.”
Menu Foods, which recalled more than 60 million cans and pouches of dog and cat food on March 16, revealed the shipment Tuesday and recalled additional products from 12 brands made in the Canadian plant.
Bornstein says Menu confirmed on Monday that the shipment had been made from its plant in Kansas to Ontario, Canada. The discovery was prompted by reports from the Food and Drug Administration that Menu’s Canadian-made pet food contained melamine, the chemical found in the U.S.-made food and in the wheat gluten used in the f Read more:lsquo
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Pet Industry Trends in 2007 2007-04-12 13:20:47 I wonder how these trends will change based on the dramatic shift from commercial pet foods to organic, wheat-free pet foods.
I think these trends show that American pet owners do NOT consider their pets “property”, they consider them as family. The commercial pet food industry should not underestimate how angry pet parents are at the recent never-ending recall news. They will never forget and will prove it by shifting their loyalties to companies and products who reflect exceptionally high and immediate concern for their pets.
1. Growth in unique pet goods.
The American Pet Products Manufacturers’ Association (APPMA) estimates that pet goods and medicines spending will grow 6.9% to reach $9.3 billion in 2006 (out of a total of $38.4 billion in overall pet industry expenditures). Much of the growth continues to come from the newer pet items such as pet deli snacks, toys, luxury items, and convenience accessories such as programmable feeding and watering stations, warmi Read more:Trends
Cats and Dogs are Big Business 2007-04-12 12:58:22 How big? More money is spent on pet sales than in the Toy and Baby Food Industries combined.
Here are some statistics you may find interesting, especially if you are wondering how many people will never forget this pet food recall.
How many pet cats and dogs are in the United States?
There are 90 Million Owned Cats and 73 Million Owned Dogs in the United States
– Humane Society of the United States, January 5, 2007
75% of all Americans own a pet.
83% would be likely to risk their lives to save their pet
87% take their pets to veterinarians for regular checkups, vaccinations and teeth cleanings.
82% buy premium pet food
77% have their pets groomed
People spend more time reading nutritional labels on pet food (41%) than their own food (37%)
Four in ten cats (44%) receive a Christmas gift
How many animals are in every household?
The following statistics were compiled from the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (APPMA) 2005-2006 National Pet Owners Survey.
Dogs
The Read more:Business
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Chinese Wheat Gluten Firm Actively Seeking Melamine Purchases on Internet — Why??? 2007-04-12 06:28:59 …In recent months, Xuzhou Anying appears to have posted several requests on online trading sites seeking to purchase large quantities of melamine.
Clues to pet food recall traced to Chinese
city
By David Barboza
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Brought to you first by the International Herald Tribune
XUZHOU, China: U.S. investigators looking into the tainted pet food that killed at least 16 cats and dogs, sickened thousands of pets and led to a recall in North America have traced the problem to this bustling eastern city.
Xuzhou is the home of Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development, a small agricultural products trader that U.S. regulators say was the source of the wheat gluten, distributed to major pet food suppliers in North America, that was at some point adulterated with a toxic chemical that sickened or killed the animals.
Although U.S. and Chinese regulators are still investigating the matter, this city is already yielding clues about how th Read more:mdash
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Menu Foods Voluntarily Recalls Additional Pet Food made with ChemNutra Wheat Gluten 2007-04-11 16:51:54 Recall — Firm Press Release
FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company.
Menu Foods
Voluntarily Recalls Additional Pet Food made with ChemNutra Wheat Gluten
Contact:
Menu Foods
1-866-895-2708
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — TORONTO, April 10, 2007 — Prompted by reports from the US Food and Drug Administration as to the presence of melamine in cans of cuts and gravy pet food produced in Menu Foods’ Canadian production facility, Menu Foods undertook an accounting of all recalled wheat gluten supplied by ChemNutra Inc. to Menu Foods in the United States. As the result of that review, Menu Foods has identified a single interplant transfer of the ChemNutra supplied wheat gluten, shipped from Menu Foods’ plant in Emporia, Kansas, to
Free Organic Pet Food Samples - No Wheat or Wheat Gluten 2007-04-11 13:52:45 Have you seen this?
HealthyPetNet is offering FREE SAMPLES of Life’s Abundance Dog or Cat Food and Instinctive Choice Canned Cat Food
From the Trilogy/HealthyPetNet site
Life’s Abundance Premium Cat Food and Dog Food is made using only fresh, human-quality ingredients. It is a nutrient dense food with high quality meat proteins and NO by-products, corn, wheat, gluten or soy. NO artificial flavors, colors, sugars or chemical preservatives.
Life’s Abundance Dog Sample Pack
Your price: $0.00
Your pet deserves the advantages of total nutrition. The free Life’s Abundance Dog Pack contains a sample of a complete and nourishing diet: a natural, nutrient rich food, a comprehensive dietary supplement and a healthy, low-fat treat.
Your free sample pack will include:
Life’s Abundance Premium Dog Food
Advanced Daily Supplement For Dogs
Wholesome Hearts Low Fat Treat
Limit 2 per order. Small shipping charge applies. $2.9 Read more:Organic
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Pet Food Recall To Include Canadian Brands 2007-04-11 06:42:04 WASHINGTON (AP) — The pet food recall expanded further Tuesday to include products made at a Canadian
factory recently found to have used an ingredient tainted by an industrial chemical.
Menu Foods previously had recalled only cat and dog food made at its plants in New Jersey and Kansas, saying they were its only facilities to have taken delivery of imported wheat gluten later found contaminated with melamine.
However, Menu Foods discovered Monday that some of the tainted wheat gluten had made it to Canada. It was prompted to account for the ingredient by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which told the company that tests had detected the chemical in pet foods made at its Streetsville, Ontario, plant.
Menu spokesman Sam Bornstein said the amount accounted for just 1% of the adulterated Chinese wheat gluten purchased by Menu Foods. It was used in pet foods made in December and January.
Among the products covered by the expanded recall is Royal Canin Canada’s Medi-Cal Feline Read more:Brands
After Recall, Organic Pet Food Sales Up Sharply 2007-04-11 06:25:05 According to a survey by the Organic
Trade Association taken PRIOR to the Great Pet Food Recall of 2007, organic pet food sales totaled $30 million in 2005, a 46 percent increase from the previous year. Sales
were expected to grow by about 36 percent in 2006, and at least 25 percent each year until 2010, the group said.
All bets are off, now.
I sat in on a conference call tonight for my own organic pet food company, HealthyPetNet. While most organic pet food companies are fairly small, this is one of the larger ones.
I could have told you sales were up, I see it in my own stats. One of my new team mates added 40 customers in two days and is just getting his feet wet. My company expects to more than double reps, from 135,000 to over 300,000 by the end of the month. (And, to their credit, throughout the crisis, orders were going out within 48 hours and as of tomorrow, will go out on the same day the order was placed if it is in by the cut-off).
The New York Times is reporting the num
Pet Food Confirmed Safe by the FDA — Oh Really? 2007-04-10 08:52:35 What does that mean, “confirmed safe by the FDA”?
I was searching the Internet for the latest stories for my blog and noticed a number of Google Ads…
PEDIGREE® is SAFE. The PEDIGREE® Brand Is Not Part of Recall. Confirmed
Safe by the FDA.
SHEBA® Pet Food. SHEBA® Food for Cats. Approved by the FDA. Visit the Official Site
WHISKAS® Food For Cats The WHISKAS® Brand is not part of he Recall. Confirmed Safe by FDA.
CESAR® Confirmed Safe by the FDA. Learn why Our Products Were Not Recalled.
I wondered what that meant… “Confirmed Safe by the FDA”. So I went to the PEDIGREE® website. They said:
We would like you to know that PEDIGREE� Food For Dogs is not a part of the recent nationwide pet food recall initiated by Menu Foods and other companies. The safety of products not involved in the recall was validated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 23, 2007. According to the FDA, pet owners should feel confident feeding unrecalled Read more:mdash
Most Americans Would Rather Sit Than Switch 2007-04-14 06:01:04 Marketing Daily says that 95% of Americans
know of the pet food recall but only 11% switched foods and 2% switched stores. Considering that non-wheat, holistic brands represent only $400* million dollars of a $15* billion dollar industry, most people stayed on the same, wheat-included foods.
Why?
Because here’s what most people believe:
In a pet-crazed country that spends $16 billion a year on pet food, that’s not dramatic behavior modification. “It’s been a big scare, but maybe overblown. After all, fewer than 20 pets have died,” says Tom Mularz, senior vice president at Synovate E-Nation. “For the most part, people feel their pets were unaffected by the recall.”
Has Mr. Mularz read the Banfield numbers? (39,000 dead or sickened). Or stopped by PetConnection.com (4,000 plus dead).
Now, the Banfield numbers are 3 in 1000 of the pets they see. That’s not very many. So if you don’t actually know someone whose pet was affected, y Read more:Rather
Her Dog Vomited Blood After Eating Non-Recalled Pet Food 2007-04-14 05:30:37 Another heart-breaking story… This woman left me the comment and then called to explain that a man she knew had a dog who ate this food, it vomited blood, and died. But he didn’t tell everyone he knew, this was after the recall… so she fed her dog this food, as usual, and here is her story…
I’ve been on a quest for answers since my dog, Angel Lady vomited blood, lots, about three hours after having eaten half a can of Alpo Prime cuts and whining and refusing any more. She ended up in our local veterinary hospital two days later. She is home and finally acting back to normal. Another family told me their dog had eaten Alpo Prime Cuts, vomited blood and was dead two days later. I am grateful I still have my dog, but called local radio station this morning after reading a blog and decided to see how many other pets were vomiting blood and what they had eaten earlier.
I’m blog challenged, so please let me know at my email address if you have any stats on th Read more:Blood
Imported Food Rarely Inspected 2007-04-16 20:41:09 Tainted food list makes you sick… [from China] frozen catfish tainted with illegal veterinary drugs, fresh ginger polluted with pesticides, melon seeds contaminated with a cancer-causing toxin and filthy dried dates, beans from Belgium, jalapenos from Peru, blackberries from Guatemala, baked goods from Canada, India and the Philippines
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Putting a Face to the 39,000 Pets: YouTube Memorial To A Special Love Dog Lost 2007-04-16 06:38:57 My Love Dog Got Very Sick - Dr Said Kidney Failure
I was just giving him a special food to show him how much I loved him…
Warning: Don’t watch these at work. If you are an animal lover, they will break your heart.
Thank you so much for sharing. I wept for your sweet Chuckie and for your loss and your great sensitivity in putting this together for us.
It took you seven takes to read it. I can’t even look at the screenshot without breaking down. “His eyes like a trusting puppy he laid down and left me.”
You speak to where we all are right now… past the shock, past the denial, past the anger, past the activism… fully into the grief.
God bless you. Your little Chuckie doesn’t blame you. He doesn’t blame anybody. He’s got that little toy ball and will meet you someday to continue playing on the other side.
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A Tribute by online fantasy blogger and vocalist Venetian Princess…
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Menu Foods and ChemNutra, take a lesson from jetBlue 2007-04-16 06:26:53 When jetBlue passengers were stranded on the tarmac at JFK, frustrated customers who were stranded at terminals decided to post their own video accounts on YouTube.
jetBlue’s founder, David Neeleman, responded by posting an apology on YouTube, which quickly became one of the top ten most viewed videos of the week. His apology received more than 85,000 views in 48 hours, and has had 276,000 total views to date.
Hey, Menu Foods
and ChemNutra and that company in China and any of the Pet Food or Supply Chain participants… Here’s the take-home message. According to Google , YouTube and video ads can act as a powerful additional broadcast outlet – you should consider making official statements, interviews, important information, and most especially, apologies, available in video format.
The Safe Pet Food Blog
http://safepetfood.wordpress.com
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Product Recalls: Informing and Educating at a Crucial Time 2007-04-16 06:06:35 Google CPG Blog reports: When we published the weekly Google Zeitgeist for March 18-24, it was the first time in 6 years that a product recall has placed in the #1 and #2 positions in our top gaining searches. Clearly the pet food recall has sparked a tremendous interest in finding information online through search, more so than any other recall.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Posted By: Jen Bradburn, Senior Account Planner
When we published the weekly Google Zeitgeist for March 18-24, it was the first time in 6 years that a product recall has placed in the #1 and #2 positions in our top gaining searches. Clearly the pet food recall has sparked a tremendous interest in finding information online through search, more so than any other recall seen to date:
We have learned some valuable lessons as a result of the many recent recalls. Here are a few of our top findings:
1. Breaking news fuels online searches
This surge in online activity around the pet food recall is not surprising. Those Read more:Crucial
Where’s the Beef? Top Five Ingredients in Major Pet Food Brands 2007-04-16 03:58:24 Teresa Holladay
April 15, 2007
The Safe Pet Food Blog
For those who are wondering how to choose a safe pet food, the Safe Pet Food Blog provides holistic criteria suggested by top veterinarians. There is no need to be fearful or to give up on trusting the entire pet food industry. If you will learn to read the label, you will be in a much better position to choose a safe food for your pet.
The primary source should come from quality animal protein, not vegetable protein or grain. Foods that list 2 or more grains in the first 5 ingredients may have more vegetable protein than animal protein. Quality animal proteins are the specified animal (beef, poultry, fish), NOT by-products which are body parts the animal wouldn’t eat in nature (beaks, features, chicken feet) and especially not ANIMAL by-products where they couldn’t specify the animal.
Two or more grains listed in the first 5 ingredients means your food may have more vegetable protein than anim Read more:Ingredients
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For Those Who Keep Saying The Recall Was Only Of Wet Pet Food 2007-04-16 02:25:04 22 Brands of Dog Biscuits Are Added to Pet Food Recall
New York Times
By KATIE ZEZIMA
Published: April 6, 2007
A recall of pet food tainted with melamine, a chemical used to make plastic products, has been widened to include 22 types of dog biscuits, the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday.
The biscuits, made by Sunshine Mills Inc., contain wheat gluten imported from China that contained melamine, said Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the Center for Veterinary Medicine at the F.D.A.
Sunshine Mills, of Red Bay, Ala., manufactures branded and private label dry pet food and biscuits. The recalled biscuits include Nurture Chicken and Rice Biscuit, Ol’ Roy Peanut Butter Biscuit and Pet Life Large Biscuit.
Conrad Pitts, a lawyer for Sunshine Mills, said 80 percent of the tainted biscuits were sold by Wal-Mart, under the Ol’ Roy brand. Mr. Pitts said that the company had produced about 24 truckloads of biscuits with the contaminated gluten, and that the majority of the product was
Stormy v. Menu Foods, Update 4/13/07 2007-04-16 01:56:39 This story was DIGGED from Gather.com
by Briane P.
April 13, 2007 09:44 AM EDT
This is a timely day for an update, as it’s Stormy’s birthday. (That’s not something I remember; I was reminded of it by the family.)
We took Stormy, and Herman and Scruffy, in for checkups yesterday. The local news, WMTV, came and reported on that. You can see the video here. The good news is that Herman and Scruffy have no symptoms at all. The bad news is that Stormy will probably need ongoing checkups for the rest of her life.
This morning, I took the vet bill and forwarded it to the lead counsel for the defense. Three of the four defendants have been served, and two of them (the retailers, Woodman’s and Wal-Mart) have tendered the defense to Iams. (”Tendering the defense” is the act of telling someone further down the line of liability — usually an insurer but not always — that they have to handle the case and keep you from harm.) I’ve spok Read more:Foods
, Update
A Call for Pet Food Recall Stories - Tell Us Yours 2007-04-15 16:32:28 I think we are past the denial and shock and anger stages. We now need to grieve. And maybe our grieving publicly will provoke further action and awareness.
I’d like your audio stories. I have a toll-free message line, I’ll set it up with a special area for you to tell me your stories. Be brief, be truthful, don’t use profanity… but do tell us your experience.
1. Tell us your first name only and where you live
2. Tell us how many animals you have and what type
3. Tell us what happened.
The toll-free number stories number is: 1-800-609-9006 x1684
If you have a question for me about the HealthyPetNet food or business, leave it on my message line at: 888-416-2224.
More stories can be found at:
MenuFoodsVictims Blog
Flickr Pet Food Recall Photo Gallery
Other questions or comments, feel free to post on this blog!
Thanks!
Copyright 2007 Teresa Holladay The Safe Pet Food Blog http://safepetfood.wordpress.com
For those running their own websites and blo Read more:Stories
, Yours
Top Holistic Vet on Rice and Gluten 2007-04-18 04:32:08 One of my favorite online vets, known as “Dogtorj“, advocates gluten-free diets for humans and pets. He, himself, has recovered from celiac disease and is an authority on this condition in pets.
Here are some quotes from his paper, Gluten
Intolerance in Dogs and Cats. Note that he praises rice, especially brown rice. It’s that rice by-product, gluten, that is to be avoided.
Having read this article, it is significant that DogtorJ — who is NOT affiliated with any pet food manufacturer or distributor and who does not market any of the foods on his Recommended Pet Food Handout — ranks HealthyPetNet in the top three Premium Mail Order Foods, the “Cadillac” of pet foods.
Gluten is GLUE
There are three food ingredients that adhere to the villi of the duodenum and induce the change that is characteristic of celiac disease known as villous atrophy. These three substances are gluten (from the grains), casein (from cow milk products), and soy protei Read more:Holistic
Brown rice vs. rice gluten 2007-04-18 04:07:33 The Natural Balance recall, along with news of possible future recalls of corn gluten and rice gluten products, has people nervous. I’ve already seen it in other forums and on this blog.
Folks, holistic vets definitely say no corn or wheat, but they have been fine with BROWN RICE. And brown rice is not the same thing as rice gluten. Rice gluten is a way-down-the-manufacturing-process end product.
I am not a nutritionist but I’m a pretty good researcher. Here is what I am finding…
A website commenting on AAFCO labelling says this:
*Rice Gluten (Glue)
AAFCO - Rice Gluten Meal is the dried residue from rice after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of rice starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm.
Natura does not use Rice Gluten Meal, a poor quality protein filler. The ‘Crude Protein’ analysis on pet food labels is only a m Read more:Brown
Insider Tip Says Corn Gluten and Rice Gluten May Also Contain Melamine 2007-04-18 02:49:27 Breaking, breaking news… A top holistic brand, Natural Balance, just voluntarily recalled four products and confirmed that they found melamine in a US-supplied rice gluten. I’m guessing corn, wheat, and rice gluten providers have long known a “dirty industry secret” of making protein content appear higher and just finally got caught.
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Comparison of ingredients and pricing of 11 brands:
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BREAKING NEWS: Natural Balance Recall Expands to Canned Food and Treats 2007-04-18 01:47:59 BREAKING NEWS: NaturalBalance
Recall Expands to Canned
Food and Treats
April 17th, 2007
Itchmo has confirmed with Natural Balance that their recall has expanded and now covers the following items for all dates:
* Venison and Brown Rice Treats for Dogs (New today)
* Venison and Brown Rice Canned Formula for Dogs (New today)
* Venison and Brown Rice Dry Food for Dogs (Reported Sunday)
* Venison and Green Pea Dry Food for Cats (Reported Sunday)
The problem stems from melamine found in the rice gluten used by Natural Balance. The ingredient was produced by a US vendor, according to Natural Balance.
See more on this story at USAToday. The initial report was wrong — this rice was imported from China and it was a new vendor.
Wilbur-Ellis CEO John Thacher said his company sold the concentrate to five pet-food makers, but that most of it went to two firms. One of the primary companies was Diamond Pet Foods, which packs some of the Natural Balance product but doesn’t use the conce Read more:BREAKING NEWS
T.W. Enterprises Issues Nationwide Recall of Dog Chews Due to Salmonella Contamination 2007-04-18 00:10:29 Recall — Firm Press Release
FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. This listserv covers mainly Class I (life-threatening) recalls. A complete listing of recalls can be found in the FDA Enforcement Report at: http://www.fda.gov/opacom/Enforce.html
T.W. EnterprisesIssuesNationwide
Recall of Dog Chews Due to Salmonella
Contamination
Contact:
T.W. Enterprises
(360) 366-0408
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Ferndale, WA — April 16, 2007 — T.W. Enterprises of Ferndale, WA today alerted consumers that it is recalling certain dog chews it markets because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. Samples tested by FDA of the product indicate that the dog chew products manufactured by T.W. Enterprises may be contaminated. People handling these treats can become infected with Salmonella, especia
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