| When the phone started to ring and my email | | | | apparent nutritional content of rice protein. Melamine |
| started to fill, I knew something must have happened | | | | can skew test results to make a product appear |
| again in the world of dog and cat food. As of this | | | | more protein-rich than it really is, Sundlof said. |
| writing more foods have been recalled and a few | | | | You think when you are buying food that all pet food |
| more ingredients besides wheat gluten have been | | | | manufacturers have your pet's best interests in mind |
| added to the list of "not to safe." | | | | ..............right? - After all, who doesn't love your pets |
| Evidence suggesting that a shipment of the ingredient | | | | more? Current pet food regulations allow |
| "Rice Protein Concentrate" contained melamine has | | | | manufacturers to use ingredients that you would |
| come to light. As reported by posted by The | | | | never knowingly give to your pet. For example: |
| Associated Press and The Oregonian "Ingredients | | | | by-products used (feet, bones and intestines, etc.), |
| imported from China that went into recalled pet food | | | | or as some of you heard the 4 D's, dead diseased, |
| may have been intentionally spiked with an industrial | | | | dying and disabled Chemical preservatives (BHA and |
| chemical to boost their protein content, federal | | | | BHT) should not be in your pet's food. Look for |
| officials said today. | | | | grains that are often difficult to digest (corn, wheat, |
| That's one theory being pursued by the Food and | | | | gluten and soy), which are often used as a protein |
| Drug Administration as it investigates how the | | | | source instead of meat, should be avoided |
| chemical, melamine, contaminated at least two | | | | If you switch to premium dog food, switch your |
| ingredients used to make more than 100 brands of | | | | pet's diet to premium treats, bones and supplements. |
| dog and cat foods. Melamine has been found by U.S. | | | | Often times we over look what else we are giving |
| laboratories in both wheat gluten and rice protein | | | | them. Treats can contain the harmful and not so |
| concentrate imported from China." | | | | healthy ingredients as listed above. |
| Melamine, an ingredient in plastics and fertilizers could | | | | Life's Abundance premium pet food for puppies and |
| lead to kidney failure in animals. | | | | adult dogs, cats and kittens is made using only fresh, |
| Stephen Sundlof, chief veterinarian for the Food and | | | | human-quality ingredients. It is a nutrient dense food |
| Drug Administration (FDA), said melamine, which has | | | | with high quality meat proteins and NO by-products, |
| turned up in more than 100 brands of cat and dog | | | | corn, wheat, gluten or soy. NO artificial flavors, colors, |
| food, might have been used to falsely boost the | | | | sugars or chemical preservatives. |