This is getting CRAZY!!!!!! But the thing that really kills me is that the tainted ingredient is one that we shouldn't be feeding our animals in the first place!!! Cats and dogs don't eat grains - especially wheat - in the wild!!! When I first found out Slink was felv+, I did a bunch of research and then went to the natural pet food store near my house in somewhat of a panic because most of what I read contradicted itself. The owner immediately said the most important thing was to buy things that were GRAIN FREE (confirming much of my research). That's why she recommended Innova Evo (or nature's variety...I don't remember the name), but Slink only liked the Evo. I would like to HOPE that by not having any wheat gluten in it at all (if, in fact, the labels are accurate) there is at least significantly less risk of contamination (even if it's manufactured on the same machinery it says it has to be present in high concentrations, so it probably wouldn't have enough...maybe). This is one reason I switched Slinky to raw food. I bought it pre-prepared and frozen (because human meat is handled to be cooked, so it's kept at warmer temps and bacteria can grow, whereas Nature's Variety stays frozen)...and it definitely didn't have any wheat in it. It's hard to know what to do at this point, though! Maybe preparing our own is the solution...then even if the contaminated wheat got into human food we can at least know we haven't put any wheat in the pets' food! I wonder how long the list will grow before this is over! I have NO confidence in the FDA et al to keep us and our furkids safe! Pretty sad. Hope you're all doing well. MJ
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It is driving me crazy that they, (the FDA, MF, Hills, who knows who else), is aware of this US distributor of the Chinese wheat gluten, but they won't "disclose" the information. Who the hell are they protecting? Certainly not us or our animals. All I can pray is that we are relatively "safe" by excluding all products, (wet, dry, or gravy style), that contain any wheat gluten whatsoever. At this point I can only pray that the damn labeling is accurate. It's so ironic that we just had a discussion about feeding less expensive types of food in order to make ends meet and provide for our charges as best we can. Who would have guessed that so much of the food we serve has it's ingredient origins in the same unreliable place, whether we thought it was "quality" or not? Should we be concerned about all forms of grain/rice? I don't have much confidence that our protectors at the FDA are on top of any of this, or if they are, that they would let us in on their findings. Sorry for the rant, but I'm feeling so helpless. Nina Belinda wrote: > Looks like some dry food is being recalled, this is getting > extremely scary, I think I'm going to have to start cooking for them > again. You know this is only the beginning. > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_go_ot/pet_food_recall > --------------------------------- Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out.
