August 17th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
The only dog toys I have found not made in China are Kong Toys. They are more expensive but well worth it. I’d like to know of any other ones out there if anyone has a list or website.
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G., when looking for toys for my puppies, I read on another pet website that Kong was a USA company. I just ordered 2 Kong toys made of yellow tennis ball material, and BOTH said “Made in China,” which I didn’t realize when I gave them the toys. I wrote about this in the forums. Believe me, I was shocked. My male destroyed the one toy in less than 40 minutes. SOME of the Kong toys ARE made in the U.S. Just don’t buy the tennis ball fabric ones if you are avoiding imports. HTH

“Materials”? Is that code for euthanized pets?
No surprises there.
If those “materials” are good enough for pet *food*,surely they’re good enough for *treats*.
Tongue firmly in cheek…in disgust.

Lorna

If the correct English words were chosen for the company’s description of the product, numbers 1, 3 & 4 below say to me that they are using infected/dead birds. This makes me sick! No thanks.

On the company’s website, Bestros/Pingyang Pet Products say that their Chicken Jerky Strips Treats are made through this four step process: 1) Materials only derived from the veterinarian’s office & Department of Agriculture approved farms & slaughterhouses, 2) Roasted under 75⊥-85⊥ for more than 10 hours, 3) Go through our unique microwave system under 120⊥ to ensure the CORE temperature meets the minimum standard of 70⊥ to kill the virus in all parts, 4) Treated by irradiation (Gamma Ray) to eliminate the harmful bacteria.

While elected officials and CEO’s wring their hands in dismay and call for increased oversight, the reality is that powerful business interests and the politicians who do their bidding have been peddling trade agreements for years that actually limit government’s ability to engage in any meaningful import inspections. In fact, trade rules do not allow for higher rates of inspection for products that come from outside of the U.S. than they do for domestic products. Why? Because under the twisted logic of free trade, to do so would be to discriminate against the exporting country, thereby creating a “trade barrier”.

In the China toy scenario, for example, even if the U.S. government ultimately decided to enforce stricter inspection measures because of the high incidence of these toys entering the country, China could slap the U.S. with a trade suit claiming that those measures were a barrier to trade and a violation of trade rules. If the suit were upheld, it would mean that the U.S. would be forced to roll back the regulations or risk a heavy fine.”

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. BUT UNTIL THE DEAFMUTES IN CONGRESS GET THE IDEA, BOYCOTT IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT.

THIS ARTICLE SHOULD HAVE JUST BEEN TITLED ‘TRADING AWAY OUR CHILREN”

GET INFORMED. PETS DIED - WE WON’T BUY.

PPP calls itself the #1 rawhide dog chews manufacturer of China; at the link in our story above you’ll see they also refer to themselves as the leading pet products manufacturer and your private label partner from China.
This means that they do contract work, so an item can be produced by PPP, but carry the label of the company importing the item(s) –not Bestros or PPP. They have quite an extensive catalog of products; this should help you determine if the item you’ve purchased or are about to purchase may have been made by PPP:

http://www.dogchews.com/catalogue.asp

Catalog link

HTH!