facts on dog foods

[bluebird]

She was a toddler at the time. And got into the dog food as I free fed at the time about a few pieces a day. Her immune system shut down. She went from a cold to pnemonia in 48 hours, etc. After a few days in the hospital, she would be fine. Then back home here we go again. This went on for almost a year when NIH had me bring in everything to bring in I could the child would come in contact with, and on a whin I brought in a cup of my Iams.. -POOF INSTANT CULPRIT..
I really dont feel like discussing it any further. Some of this I cant on the the settlement, and quite frankly- it was a nightmare. How woud you feel if you child was tested for lyme, to aids, to cancer etc while you just sat and watched over an over..

As I said earlier, it must have been a nightmare! But when making serious claims like this in a public forum it's important to be able to back it up with facts. Otherwise it's nothing more than speculation.

Whatever the case may be; that was a long time ago. It is completely irrelevant to the dog foods being manufactured today.

[borzoimom]

Actually it totally applies.. read this- now this was 5 years ago but keep in mind only thing that has changed is Nutro has had 2 recalls but the process on a rendering plant is the same . You have to understand, a rendering plant can add whatever to the mix without the mother company claiming it in the ingredients... The reason- we dont eat dogs and cat in this country.. http://www.dog-spoiling-made-easy.co...gredients.html

[borzoimom]

In other words- if we consumed dogs and cats, they would have to be careful of the chemicals they put in their feed like they do our cattle and chicken feed..

[bluebird]

Even 5 years ago doesn't relate to recent advancements in technology and processing.

Gee I was under the impression that we don't eat dogs and cats because we're a civilized country!

Are you saying that more care is taken when processing food for farm animals than when processing food for pets?

[borzoimom]

Even 5 years ago doesn't relate to recent advancements in technology and processing.

Gee I was under the impression that we don't eat dogs and cats because we're a civilized country!

Are you saying that more care is taken when processing food for farm animals than when processing food for pets?

Unfortunatley - yes. They can only add certain things in horse, cattle lamb etc feed because we consume them.. It is a sick fact.. doesnt that make your blood boil? It does mine.. Ethoxyquin and certain levels of bha and bht are not allowed in foreign markets because they do consume dogs and cats. Sick isnt it??/ But true!

[bluebird]

Yes it would make me angry if that's the case. Do you have any suggestions where I can find current information on that?

[Lady's Human]

You keep switching back and forth on this between "won in court" and a settlement with a gag order. Won in court would mean a trial, jury verdict, etc... which against a major company would have been published and easily found. A settlement is a different matter entirely, and is normally the company saying screw it, it's going to cost us more to go to court than settle it, and there are normally gag orders attached to that type of settlement.

Frankly, I don't believe the chain of events as you have posted them.

[borzoimom]

suit your self..

[borzoimom]

Yes it would make me angry if that's the case. Do you have any suggestions where I can find current information on that?

On what bluebird- what countries eat dogs and cats? Some of the Asian countries. They also have a ban on ethoxyquin.
If I remember right, its still banned in Canada and England. ( but they dont consume dogs and cats.. at least not to my knowledge. )

[Lady's Human]

The MSDS for ethoxyquin lists and LD-50 at 800mg/Kg acute oral toxicity. For such a "dangerous" product that is an unusually high LD-50. THe MSDS also lists no known carcinogenic effects, just contact irritation.