Well I tell you. I have first handedly toured the IAMS plant since I live a couple miles away. Its discusting and I wouldn't take money to feed my Collies that food. And they claim to be healthier than the grocery store brands. I guess the only thing that makes it safe is that it goes through a HACCP (Hazard Anyalisis Critical Control Point) environment. Which is an Oven. Hopefully and I say hopefully it kills all the bacteria that gets mixed into the food.