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Old 03-23-2007, 11:29 AM   #12 (permalink)
analog
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No one is "adding toxic ingredients" to the formulas. One particular shipment of a specific ingredient from a third company was used and happened to have something in it that is now being discovered.

Some of you make it seem like they've started intentionally packaging these products with poisons, and that's just flat-out irresponsible and incorrect. Knowledge is power, people. One ingredient- from another manufacturer- tainted- you SERIOUSLY think they bought an ingredient with RAT POISON in it on purpose? Really?

*passes out the tinfoil hats*

This is just like any other food issue- some ingredient is found to be tainted, and they have to recall all of their product manufactured during the time the tainted ingredient was used- THAT is why they have lot numbers, tracking numbers, dates, etc.- so that IF an issue arises, they can instantly put a stop to its distribution.

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Originally Posted by james t kirk
No.

All processed pet food is bad for your animal.

Take a look at that list. It's pretty obvious that like most other manufacturing, there are 2 or 3 manufacturers out there who just slap the product in whatever bag. Eukanuba today, IAMS tomorrow.

Dry food is far worse for your animal than the wet stuff by the way.

Pet food is made to be convienient for humans and give corporations a way of disposing of garbage that they would have to pay to get rid of otherwise.

I am simply trying to educate people who have been duped over the years by the pet food industry.
I appreciate that you have strong opinions- but that's what your entire post is... opinion.

That post contains no less than 4 outrageous claims with absolutely nothing to support them. Show me data- show me anything that proves you aren't just proselytizing on your own agenda. Because right now, I see a lot of righteous indignation aimed at myself and all the other loving pet owners in this thread, and you're calling all of us idiots or corporate zombies or something, and it's not appreciated.

Back up your opinion, or stop masquerading your opinions as fact.

Also- the dig at the pet food industry about "2 or 3 manufacturers slapping the product in whatever bag" just illuminates your general lack of knowledge on all food industries, pet and human alike. This is an extremely common practice, and has been for years- how this is even supposed to factor into the food being bad is beyond me.

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Originally Posted by Miss Mango
The hardest thing to swallow (no pun intended) with this is that wheat gluten is a filler. It doesn't serve any purpose, so why are these companies adding it to being with? The other is that people have been told for years to trust Hills and other "quality" diets such as Iams and alot of them came vet recommended.
I think you're lacking some education on wheat gluten. It's used as an alternative to soy-based meat substitutes like tofu. Some say it tastes even more like meat than tofu because of it's texture. It's often used in place of meat in Asian, vegetarian, Buddhist, and macrobiotic cuisines (*with some assistance from Wiki). So it's a meat substitute... used to feed humans (and very commonly so)... being put in animal food... it can't be that they're trying to simulate meat, can it?? Simulate meat in animal food? Why would they want to do that??

All sarcasm aside, if this truly bothers you, you'd have a heart attack if you knew how much "filler" goes in most human food.

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