Dog Food Recall Expands as Manufacturers Delay Testing

The recent dog food recall has claimed the healthkidney failure and death, one would hope that minimal
and lives of thousands of dogs due to renal failureprudence 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 wouldcontaminant by testing their products.
hope that the dog food industry got the messageWhile anxious dog owners await action by the dog
and pulled all suspect products from the market. Notfood company and the FDA, dogs lie sick in a
so.veterinary hospital.
Reports continue of additional dog food productsWhen will this end?
being recalled after discovery of tainting. The sadFrankly, I am not confident that it will anytime soon.
reality is that long after the initial onslaught of mediaThe dog food industry has sold untenable landfill
attention alerted dog guardians to the more than 100waste 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 theirare a sham. The FDA is under funded, overworked,
corporate feet and have failed to identify and recalland 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 kidneyquality and safety, until now.
shutdown prompted a California veterinarian to testThe ingredient list in many dog food brands shows
Nutra Nuggets dog food bought at Costco. The labmelamine 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 brandholistic, or human grade should even be considered
hangs in the balance.for your dogs diet.
What is frightening to anyone who owns and lovesRead the labels carefully before feeding any dog
their dogs is that Nutra Nuggets is not on any currentfood 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 anychemicals. Many do and disguise the actual ingredient
tests on it's products and seems to have relied onlist with palatable sounding names.
the keep your fingers crossed approach whileConsider 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 impactingwhat tour dog is eating.
countless dog food bands, cross contamination,