Quote Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke
"It's wide-open. As far as ingredients go, there is no regulation," says Ann Martin, a Canadian pet-health advocate and author of three pet-food related books, including 1997's "Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food." While the raw materials used in commercial pet food often contain animal protein derived largely from slaughterhouse offal--unused animal parts--Martin contends that there are other sources of that material, including road kill, zoo animal carcasses and fecal matter. ...

The industry insists their products are absolutely safe. "Pet foods are the highest regulated product you'll find in the grocery store," says Duane Ekedahl, president of the Pet Food Institute (PFI), an industry trade association representing the interests of 20 member companies whose products make up about 97 percent of the dog and cat food produced in the United States. ...

On Tuesday, PFI issued a statement claiming that, "All cat and dog food products on store shelves are safe. The recall is now complete and all suspected products have been removed from the stream of commerce. ..."

[ {{}} Anybody care to believe that?? ]

Wonder if Phish Food or Hamster Pellets would be safer?


/s/ Phred
If pet food is "highly regulated" I hate to think what's in our food! No wonder Peanutbutter was having such a time lately!!!

If they don't know for sure what is causing the problem, how do they know it's been fixed?