Animals
Over on Howl911, Nikki has made the point that what the FDA is doing would sound ridiculous if human food products were involved. Something like: “We’ve identified four bakeries that got the tainted ingredients, and it might have made it to products that are on your grocery shelves. Any recalls are voluntary, and we can’t tell you which breads you might want to avoid. Have a nice day.”
I am outraged the FDA will not tell us the names of the products that might be contaminated so we can avoid them. At the moment I am feeding very little dry commercial food (because Sockie ~Pooh at times refuses to eat anything but dry cat food) and plain yogurt, salmon, shrimp, brown rice, eggs and the kittens will eat chicken (for some reason Sockie~Pooh will not touch chicken).The kittens are also still getting milk substitute. But I worry that they are not getting the vitamins they need. The FDA by refusing to tell us which pet foods 'might' be contaminated make all pet food suspect.
As always Pet Connection Blog is doing a splendid job keeping pet owners informed about what is going on.
- Another Worry ~ Pet Food Recall
It may be up to owners to police pet food because, according to the lab manager, no one from the FDA has investigated their positive findings. In fact, to date not a single government inspector has asked to look at one of the tainted pet food samples...
- Proud To Be One Of Those Troublesome Bloggers About The Pet Food Recall
From Pet Connection Blog Here’s the piece, emphasis mine. The difference here being that from the point of view of a public relations trade publication, the “crisis” was bad PR. For us “off-the-charts” bloggers and pet owners, it was thousands...
- Pet Food Recall - Rice Gluten Contaminated
More pet food has been recalled, rice gluten seems to be the problem this go around. Be sure to visit PetConnection Blog for more information and updates. I have been feeding the baby kittens & Sockie~Pooh yogurt, salmon and a little dry cat food (that...
- Home Made Cat Food And Sockie~pooh
With the pet food recall list expanding every day I am terrified to feed my surviving cat any commercial cat food, so I have been trying the various cat food recipes on the web. He doesn't like chicken or beef so that automatically eliminates quit...
- Has The Wheat Gluten Gotten Into The Human Food Supply?
Has the wheat gluten gotten into the HUMAN food supply? Check out the post at PetConnection, links are provided to the USA Today article. Wheat gluten in wet pet foods is largely used as a binding agent. In dry foods, it's used as a cheap source of...
Animals
FDA Refuses to Name Names
Over on Howl911, Nikki has made the point that what the FDA is doing would sound ridiculous if human food products were involved. Something like: “We’ve identified four bakeries that got the tainted ingredients, and it might have made it to products that are on your grocery shelves. Any recalls are voluntary, and we can’t tell you which breads you might want to avoid. Have a nice day.”
I am outraged the FDA will not tell us the names of the products that might be contaminated so we can avoid them. At the moment I am feeding very little dry commercial food (because Sockie ~Pooh at times refuses to eat anything but dry cat food) and plain yogurt, salmon, shrimp, brown rice, eggs and the kittens will eat chicken (for some reason Sockie~Pooh will not touch chicken).The kittens are also still getting milk substitute. But I worry that they are not getting the vitamins they need. The FDA by refusing to tell us which pet foods 'might' be contaminated make all pet food suspect.
As always Pet Connection Blog is doing a splendid job keeping pet owners informed about what is going on.
- Another Worry ~ Pet Food Recall
It may be up to owners to police pet food because, according to the lab manager, no one from the FDA has investigated their positive findings. In fact, to date not a single government inspector has asked to look at one of the tainted pet food samples...
- Proud To Be One Of Those Troublesome Bloggers About The Pet Food Recall
From Pet Connection Blog Here’s the piece, emphasis mine. The difference here being that from the point of view of a public relations trade publication, the “crisis” was bad PR. For us “off-the-charts” bloggers and pet owners, it was thousands...
- Pet Food Recall - Rice Gluten Contaminated
More pet food has been recalled, rice gluten seems to be the problem this go around. Be sure to visit PetConnection Blog for more information and updates. I have been feeding the baby kittens & Sockie~Pooh yogurt, salmon and a little dry cat food (that...
- Home Made Cat Food And Sockie~pooh
With the pet food recall list expanding every day I am terrified to feed my surviving cat any commercial cat food, so I have been trying the various cat food recipes on the web. He doesn't like chicken or beef so that automatically eliminates quit...
- Has The Wheat Gluten Gotten Into The Human Food Supply?
Has the wheat gluten gotten into the HUMAN food supply? Check out the post at PetConnection, links are provided to the USA Today article. Wheat gluten in wet pet foods is largely used as a binding agent. In dry foods, it's used as a cheap source of...