| The recent dog food recall has claimed the health | | | | kidney failure and death, one would hope that minimal |
| and lives of thousands of dogs due to renal failure | | | | prudence would have compelled the company to |
| caused by eating melamine contaminated dog food. | | | | provide minimal assurances of safety for this |
| Reeling from media attention worldwide, one would | | | | contaminant by testing their products. |
| hope that the dog food industry got the message | | | | While anxious dog owners await action by the dog |
| and pulled all suspect products from the market. Not | | | | food company and the FDA, dogs lie sick in a |
| so. | | | | veterinary hospital. |
| Reports continue of additional dog food products | | | | When will this end? |
| being recalled after discovery of tainting. The sad | | | | Frankly, I am not confident that it will anytime soon. |
| reality is that long after the initial onslaught of media | | | | The dog food industry has sold untenable landfill |
| attention alerted dog guardians to the more than 100 | | | | waste disguised as healthy and nutritious dog food |
| brands of dog food being recalled by Menu Foods, | | | | for decades. Testing and enforcement requirements |
| some dog food companies continue to drag their | | | | are a sham. The FDA is under funded, overworked, |
| corporate feet and have failed to identify and recall | | | | and the industry has run rings around dog nutritionists |
| contaminated dog food. | | | | and veterinarians that have questioned their claims of |
| In the latest news dogs hospitalized for kidney | | | | quality and safety, until now. |
| shutdown prompted a California veterinarian to test | | | | The ingredient list in many dog food brands shows |
| Nutra Nuggets dog food bought at Costco. The lab | | | | melamine as the tip of a poison dog food iceberg. |
| results were positive for melamine. | | | | No dog food brand that is not at a minimum organic, |
| Now the lives of dogs who ate this dog food brand | | | | holistic, or human grade should even be considered |
| hangs in the balance. | | | | for your dogs diet. |
| What is frightening to anyone who owns and loves | | | | Read the labels carefully before feeding any dog |
| their dogs is that Nutra Nuggets is not on any current | | | | food brand to your dog. Make sure it does not |
| recall list. | | | | contain any by products, fillers, preservatives and |
| The dog food manufacturer had not performed any | | | | chemicals. Many do and disguise the actual ingredient |
| tests on it's products and seems to have relied on | | | | list with palatable sounding names. |
| the keep your fingers crossed approach while | | | | Consider feeding you dog home, made dog food. It's |
| peddling their dog food to unsuspecting families. | | | | one way to guarantee that you are in control of |
| After reports of melamine poisoning impacting | | | | what tour dog is eating. |
| countless dog food bands, cross contamination, | | | | |