Canidae Responds To Acetaminophen Test Results
Expertox, a Texas lab, claimed they found acetaminophen in a mixed sample of two different dry dog foods. Internet reports claim that the two dog foods that were sent to Expertox were Canidae.
We spoke to a Canidae spokesperson this morning. He said they received the Expertox lab results yesterday.
This morning the company sent out samples of the dry dog food kibbles in question, and individual supplements in their food to various independent labs for testing.
The Canidae spokesperson said the original email from the woman who tested the sample said the production dates of the two dog foods were July 6 and July 7. Canidae said they did not have any pet food with a production date of July 7 because it was on a Saturday after the July 4th weekend.
Yesterday, Canidae received a picture bearing the production codes on the tested bags of food to Canidae. The spokesperson said the production dates of the food tested were actually June dates instead of July dates as she originally said.
The Canidae spokesperson also said the tested sample is from Wyoming, and there is only one Canidae distributor in the state of Wyoming. He said the last shipment of Canidae to that Wyoming store was on May 29, so that means the lot codes that the store would carry would be in the mid-late May time frame and not in June or July.
He suspected the food sample was actually purchased in Colorado.
The Canidae spokerperson said no one has reported a pet getting sick from eating any of the company’s pet food.
UPDATE: We contacted Mary, the woman who originally posted about Expertox’s results. She is a friend to the woman who sent in the mixed sample to the lab. She declined giving us the woman’s contact information.
September 5th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
And a spokesperson for a pet food company can ALWAYS be trusted to tell the truth, right?
Bull crap.
Until this whole scandal has been SOLVED, food tested, cover up stopped, vet bills paid and apologies made, trusting ANY pet food company is plain stupid.
Does Canidae belong to the PFI?
If so then , hell no, I would not trust a word they said.
Do they have ANYTHING made at Menu Foods?
Where do the raw materials come from?
When a pet parent needs to take a 10 page printout to the store, after hours if not days of research, and a Geiger counter to scan the food since who knows what tricky stuff the pet food companies will pull next, geez, homecooked or raw food seems a lot easier, doesn’t it?
When so many of the pet food companies lie and cover up it reflects badly on ALL of them.
Is Canidae willing to stand by their food, no matter WHERE it was purchased, are they willing to have ANY unopened bag tested by ExperTox and the results PUBLISHED EVERYWHERE?
September 5th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
“This morning the company sent out samples of the dry dog food kibbles in question, and individual supplements in their food to various independent labs for testing.”
Good response, but I hope Canidae included Expertox in the group of labs.
Sure will look bad if they “cherry pick” the labs they work with.
September 5th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Finally a company is testing the individual supplements. Do you think that is the problem? Possibly??? Duh.
I’m not wishing they find something, because I feed Canidae to my own, but if there is a problem, I really hope they find it in the vitamins so the lid will be blown off this coverup.
September 5th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Did anybody say if this was literally purchased locally by the pet owner or if it was ordered from an online store?
Cos, where I live and where I get my petfoods are two totally different states and if they order from a supplier elsewhere then ?….
September 5th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
danielle,
Amen to that. I’m tough as nails on these companies, but if one of them can get to the bottom of this debacle that would be just fine.
But don’t hide behind the “dilution factor”, and don’t exclude Expertox.
We need some serious laboratory testing using the best equipment and best sensitivities available.
Time to cut the BS and solve the problem.
September 5th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
If Canidae’s dry is made in Texas, and Expertox is in Texas, I think they will be hard-pressed to come up with a legitimate reason not to send a sample to Expertox.
September 5th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Is there an alternate independant lab that can do testing?
I think getting a postive from other than Expertox might slow down some folks on the discredit the lab freeway.
September 5th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Even with an alternate lab testing the food, one still needs to be certain the testing levels and methods are the same or the answers will still be meaningless. Same goes for the sample tested.
September 5th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
I think food should be tested in ANOTHER country entirely, let this scandal become an international pissing match, THAT might get some media attention!
I have a lovely Pile O death pet food collection, unopened and with receipts from 6 months ago, including some products never recalled, just pulled from store shelves that might yield some interesting results and I think a LOT of folks still have the same things tucked away.
Which is why I wanted to get funds for testing going but the TROLLS somehow did not want THAT to happen, I wonder WHY so much of the trolls attention seemed to focus on getting THAT idea buried?
Well, maybe if it all drags on LONG enough and ENOUGH pets die in agony and ENOUGH pet parents spend ENOUGH money the truth will come out.
Any pet food company, the PFI or the FDA in a hurry to get stuff tested?
Thought not.
But they sure are spending money on TV ads and the cover up and trolls.
WHAT are they afraid we will find??
September 5th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Where did this story about acetaminophen in Canidae start? I’ve been looking on this site and others, and there seems to be no clear chain of events, and no “original source” of information.
I’m going out of my mind since I switched my two boys to Canidae from Royal Canin Sensible Choice (after RC was found to have melamine connections) back a few months ago during the initial pet food scare, and now find that the food I switched them to might be poison also.
However, in researching this today I can’t find very much information that is consistent from one source to another. Was it Canidae All Life or another type or a mix? Was it Canidae and CA Natural or a mix? I’ve seen all reports in every combination today alone. Who sent this into the lab and why? Was their pet sick?
At least with the melamine/gluten scare the information was consistent, with this Canidae mess nothing seems to be certain. The company itself is surely not helping to alleviate people’s fears with their worries over distributors and what state the sample was purchased in instead of worrying about the PAIN KILLER in their food.
September 5th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
First thing I have to ask is if there were no reports of sick pets then why would this woman have tested the food? And how could she get so mixed up on her dates and where she bought the product? This all sounds so fishy to me. If I was sending a sample in to be tested in a bag, then I would be sure to keep the dates and numbers and everything off the can and I am sure most people would.
Then the spokesman for the company said they got a picture sent to them of the product with it’s codes and that it was not in July 6th and 7th like the lady said but had codes of June and that they did not ship to Wyoming in June. Their last shipment was in May. Now the spokesman thinks she may have bought it in Colorado? Well Wyoming and Colorado are pretty far apart unless she ordered it on line.
If this spokesman is really telling the truth then this lady is really mixed up!
No one said a word about her pet being ill so I wonder about all of this.
So who is really telling the truth here?
September 5th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
I know of people who are having foods and pet meds tested for no specific reason other than to be safe.
I still want to see the intelligent bloggers on this site hold the pet food companies to the same standard of meticulous interrogation that we impose on those who have independent tests.
September 5th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
CDD,
The initial “heads up” was posted in the forums under Pet Food Info: Pet Food Testing: Test Results. Go to page 2, Reply #15 on: August 24, 2007, 03:28:57 PM.
http://itchmoforums.com/pet-fo.....79.15.html
Someone said that the person and her friend simply wanted to make sure the food was “safe”. They sent in samples not really expecting to find anything. Best to read for yourself, though, I wouldn’t want to mischaracterize the sequence of events.
September 5th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Highnote
Wyoming and Colorado are not “pretty far apart.†In fact, they share a state border, making them 0 inches apart.
September 5th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Until the lies and the cover up stops who knows what is true?
There has been serious discussion that this might be a ploy on the part of the PFI to discredit Don Earl.
Lots of folks have been thinking an attempt would be made like that for weeks now.
No big shock if this is the lie we have been waiting for, and no shock if it is true that the food contains a toxin, either way, it is just more of the same.
Who knows?
I would not put it past the PFI or the bigger pet food companies to do anything, including outright murder of a human to keep their secrets but I simply do NOT trust any pet food company to tell the truth now.
With all the pet food companies so incestuously involved and lying and covering up - with the help of the FDA and the vets- who knows what is going on?
September 5th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Here is just a little bit about how some lab testing is actually done. Pay particular attention to the second paragraph where you will read about the difference between a specific test versus a non-specific test. This link will give you a basic idea of “GS-MS” as seen on the ExperTox report:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GC-MS
When you have finished the link above, come back to more here:
http://www.unsolvedmysteries.o.....S_05.shtml
I’m not here to defend Canidae. I’m not here to defend or dispute ExperTox or any other lab. Speaking of labs, there are different brands of equipment involved as well as different labs that have been used in testing pet food. While one brand of equipment might be best for identifying one substance, it may not be what you’d want for another. In the interest of keeping this message short and particularly because there are other people who are well qualified to explain testing methods and subjects such as the different gas used in various gas chromatography, I’ll end this with saying we just need more facts.
From what I’m reading there will be additional testing of Canidae kibble and most likely by different labs. This is a good beginning. I hope the labs will also state on their website what brand of equipment they are using. I hope they all perform specific as well as non-specific testing on samples presented. Above all, I hope in the end we get the truth, the whole truth, especially the truth on which ingredient/s might be found in any food that are toxic to our pets. I hope eventually we know exactly where those ingredients originated.
And to any lab and any pet food company that might be reading this, it would be most helpful for all here to actually see what a GC-MS graph looks like. No need to identify what that graph shows or even what was tested at the time. People need to understand more in depth how the process works.
It would not be a financial hardship on anyone if they know a small group of people in their own area, meaning REALLY know, not just a online contact, who feed Canidae (or whatever food for that matter) to purchase a small bag of kibble, go in together to send it to ExperTox and/or any other lab of their choice and then you’ll have firsthand results on that one run. Remember to protect the “chain of evidence” and that you don’t have to wait until someone’s dog shows any signs of illness.
I’ve tried to be as fair and unbiased as possible in writing the above. Now watch someone get angry and say that I must own stock in ExperTox. I don’t. If it is a publicly traded company, then it may be in an index fund, but that’s it. My only interest is in safe kibble, safe canned food.
September 5th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
I was wondering how long it will take for canidae to get the test results back, and also how long it takes to get results if sent on your own?
September 5th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
And how many “runs” of each brand do you want to pay for testing?
How many pet food companies are there?
How many brands?
How long are pet owners going to keep testing food?
How many toxins are there to test for?
Is ANY of this worth the trouble?
Or is homemade pet food easier?
And the BIG question- IS THIS NIGHTMARE EVER _EVER_ GOING TO END??!!
September 5th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
I’ve saved lots of empty food bags. Some of the numbers are illegible, can’t be found, or are not easy to identify.
IMHO, the lady was trying to be helpful by providing preliminary information and then following up with a lab report.
She had a concern and took action. Maybe it wasn’t perfect action. Maybe you would have done a better job. But she surely doesn’t deserve some of the comments that have been posted.
Pet Food companies should prove their food is safe, not the people who use the food.
Don’t expect all pet owners to be experts when it comes to getting food tested.
September 5th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Or we can support someone who is getting the TRUTH OUT THERE!
http://itchmoforums.com/making.....909.0.html
Go MrsP, GO!!
September 5th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
I personally know of these tests and the people involved were indeed just insuring that the food they feed to their animals was safe. They are trying to alert the pet lovers and owners out there to be cautious and to not assume ANY food is safe. There are too many unknowns out there and we need to remember that the almight dollar is involved with these corporations. I, for one, thank them for alerting me and I have switched the food I feed my animals (both dogs and cats!). Better safe than sorry! As far as the lot # and date mixups - both of these people feed numerous animals and get numerous shipments of food. The date confusion is understandable.
September 5th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Carolo writes, “And to any lab and any pet food company that might be reading this, it would be most helpful for all here to actually see what a GC-MS graph looks like.”
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This will make your eyes glaze over, but if you’re interested in GC/MS, read this. It also shows some mass spectrum print outs.
http://www.prenhall.com/settle/chapters/ch31.pdf
September 5th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
A few notes on ExperTox testing…
First of all, the main reason people are using ExperTox to run unknown toxin scans, is ExperTox is the only lab I know of offering that service to the general public.
In the food samples known to have tested positive for acetaminophen, most of us have ordered quantity tests in addition to detection. Two different machines and protocols are used to do this, so those results have been credibly verified.
I have worked extensively with ExperTox over the past several months in an effort to test a number of ideas and to run a few experiments.
The most obvious experiment to conduct if questions of accuracy are raised is to make up control samples where the presence and quantities of substances are known, then examine the results. In those tests, ExperTox accurately identified the presense of acetaminophen, but the levels identified were at 2-3% of what was in the food. Apparently, the acetaminophen binds to fats and proteins in the food, making it difficult to extract more than a small percentage of what is there to establish levels.
The bottom line is the reliability of negative results could reasonably be called into question, but the fact acetaminophen is being positively detected is beyond a reasonable doubt. They do have the equipment and protocols to detect acetaminophen and the reason they’re finding it is because it is there to find.
September 5th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
I am all for people having pet food tested . I am also willing to donate to help cover costs. I have had food tested , I didn’t go buy a bag just to have it tested . I had it tested because my pets were ill. Oh and buy yhte way one bag of this food has no product codes or dates on it. I do have my receipt as to when I bought it . I will continue to have it tested until I find out why it made my pets ill.
September 5th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
I just got a call this morning from a friend that her dog, Bessie, is dying and she will put her down. She started feeding her Purina dog food 3 weeks ago, and Bessie has all the symptoms of the dog poisoning.
My friend works for the local grocery store where she purchased the food, so she knows that all the recalled food was packed up and shipped back, so this would be new shipment food, and she presumed it to be safe now. Wrong!
September 5th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Date codes are hard to find on some bags of dog food, I remember occasionally having bags where date codes were not legible. Maybe you PFI people following the blog, could address that.
In the past, I have purchased food via the Internet, purchased food on the road while traveling or special ordered from a pet food store. I’ve had specialty shops pull stock from other stores and UPS’d to me. So for a company to think that because owner lives in Wyoming - that’s where food was purchased - they should rethink.
I’m glad Candidae is addressing the problem, hopefully they will be truthful about the outcome.
On another note: I contacted the company where I purchased my bonemeal from (via email) and asked if they could tell me the source and whether it had been tested for lead and heavy metal. I was told that information could only be gotten by phone. Guess no company wants to put anything in writing these days.
Katie
September 5th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Why did the lady who had the food sent to expertox not want to be part of the story? I am only wondering since based on the company’s response, I know I would say “This is me - I sent in the food - and yes these are the results.” That is just me though…some folks do not feel as comfortable doing that….is this why “Mary” reported the story?
Thanks!
Robert
September 5th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Robert,
Just a guess, but I expect she’s very busy and didn’t want to be badgered to death by “the legions of the uninvolved”.
September 5th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
What _I_ might do is not what others would do, nor do I expect it.
And I certainly would NEVER hold anyone to a higher standard than the pet poisoners!
Have we not learned the HARD way over the last 6 FREAKING months that NO pet food company can be trusted?
How many more pets need to die in agony for the endless bickering over which brand of commercial pet food is least LETHAL to just STOP!?
ANYONE who posts that a certain pet food is safe CANNOT be trusted.
ANYONE who is all het up about the efforts of pet parents to solve a situation they did NOT create is..unlikely to be someone I would trust.
If you have that much problem with how the food gets tested then DO IT YOURSELF and PAY FOR IT TOO!
There is certainly plenty of “FDA certified safe” food on store shelves to pick up-have at it!
September 5th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Elaine just posted something VERY much MORE important than bickering over HOW food gets tested, and it answers the WHY pretty well too!
Pets are STILL dying because the TRUTH is not getting out. Pet parents are STILL footing the bills and getting a ton of crap for it!
Pets are STILL getting POISONED, and it is going to go on and on until the TRUTH gets out!
September 5th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
E - I love you and your posts. {{{{{hugs}}}}}
Kim
September 5th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
I’ve got three dogs on a 50/50 mix of Canidae and Diamond’s large breed. Two of the dogs are off feed …not unusual for one of them but a little odd for the second. The third dog is a great dane whose larger mass and lesser food intake compared to the next largest dog might be expected to shield her from a low dose of any contaminate in the food. (No, I did not keep the bag …guess I need to start doing that.)
The one who gets sick most often … gets the most food because he burns it off. Treating for giardia usually fixes it though. After three years of this I am reluctant to blame the dog food when the indications are environmental parasites.
However, I can’t rule it out, can I? Both smaller dogs are off their food and having minor bowel issues. The one that has these symptoms the most often eats twice the amount of the other dogs. I still think it’s bird droppings in the field but I guess we’ll open the newest bag of Diamond and forgo the Canidae while this report gets sorted out. (Don’t bother nagging me about the Diamond. Might jump ship if they have any more problems, but aren’t ready to do so yet. Ditto for the Canidae. Our old dog was on Diamond senior then I moved him to Wellness. He dropped dead of a heart attack a month ago. Much as I’d like to blame the food he ate as if blaming the food would bring him back …. not every health issue is related to food contamination.)
As for Wyoming and Colorado … lots of Wyoming people drive in to shop in Colorado. We used to go up to Wyoming and even into Nebraska on a lark visiting the Sierra outlet store in Wyoming and the Cabella’s in Nebraska…you can go from Denver to destinations in both states in just a few hours.
September 5th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Something that twists my gut into a knot is: The feeling that this can’t be an “oopsie, someone sold me the wrong ingredients”. I feel this is deliberate—-maybe a test to see the reaction of the “sheeple”, to see if they can get away with it, and then attack our people food supply?
So far the govt response is DENY, COVER-UP, We must trade with China, don’t wanna P.O. the Chinese govt, ya know!
Am I crazy to think this?!
September 5th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Harrassment and never ending demands to prove something. As the recipient of a positive test it seems you can never provide enough proof to some people for them to believe.
September 5th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Donna,
Lots of trolls are hard of hearing and well paid , for chicken boners, to stay that way! LOL.
I have some PROOF for the trolls-
http://users.wolfcrews.com/toys/vikings/
Take THAT chicken boners!
September 5th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
I like that they are testing “individual supplements.” Can we trust their findings? At the moment, it’s probably all we’ve got.
September 5th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
Sure, I’m open to having my last shred of white-knuckled trust obliterated…
I’ve been cautiously and halfway confidently feeding my beloved APBT Canidae Lamb and Rice dry food for the last several months. If these results can be verified, I’m never feeding anything but home-cooked ever again. NEVER AGAIN.
But… A single combined test from opened bags isn’t proof enough for me to bash Canidae. I’m skeptical of practically everything these days — and can’t help but think of other pet food companies who, with reputations destroyed, might try to poison consumer opinion of a brand that, so far, hasn’t had QA problems.
I fed my dog Canidae tonight, from a fresh bag I, yes, just bought this afternoon. So I’ll keep an eye on her and will follow the Canidae testing saga with an eagle eye, while fervently hoping that my equal-opportunity skepticism pays off.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Everyone should take a look at this!!!!! Go E.!!!!
E. Hamilton says:
September 5th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Donna,
Lots of trolls are hard of hearing and well paid , for chicken boners, to stay that way! LOL.
I have some PROOF for the trolls-
http://users.wolfcrews.com/toys/vikings/
Take THAT chicken boners!
September 5th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Why not find out what other people have to say when they’ve done some research as to what dog food to buy and which is best for your dog, like organic dog food or cooking at home for your dog. Found some good comments here:
http://www.tipconnection.com/t....._food.html
Pays to do some research as to what you are going to feed you dog, he/she’s worth it no?
September 5th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
I am sorry to hear about this Canidae risk. I am a cat person and use the cat version, Felidae, when I am between shipments of my primary pet food, Life’s Abundance (HealthyPetNet, it’s a mail order food).
The Canidae/Felidae folks seem to be very reputable. I don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. I mean, look at how Dick Van Patten’s reputation bounced back, and Blue Buffalo, due to the melamine cross-contamination. I don’t feed my kitties any of the regular commercial brands because in years past, I’ve lost a total of three cats to pet food problems. While the holistic foods can also be bit by contamination, the risk does seem to be very, very slight. Just my opinion.
P.S. Re: any of the “never again” sentiments. I understand. My “never again” is not a brand, it’s simply “corn”.
Corn or corn glutens caused fatal intestinal blockages in two older kitties within three weeks of switching to a so-called premium holistic brand. The vet told me this can happen with the older cats. So, however organic it might be, if it has corn, that’s my “never again”.
Bless any whose pets are affected.
September 5th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Frank wrote (and I excerpted): “Why not find out what other people have to say…” and “Pays to do some research…no?”
My hackles aren’t raised or anything — well, not more than a millimeter, anyway — but I’m wondering if your suggestion was motivated by, and in response to, my comment. Just curious, Frank.
-PBL
September 6th, 2007 at 12:05 am
If I am reading this correctly, the person sent in a mixed sample of food–not even in original packaging, let alone sealed packaging. What is to prevent someone from deliberately tainting the food to discredit the pet food company?
How can we possibly know if this is real, or a fraud like the finger in the chili story a while back?
The person who had the food tested apparently was fuzzy on details and mixed two kinds of food, and now Canidae is in the position of having to head off a brewing storm that MAY be based on nothing, that MAY be out-and-out fraud.
But now there seems to be a rush to distrust any pet food company, even ones that were not at all part of the pet food debacle.
September 6th, 2007 at 2:44 am
I would also prefer that Mary’s friend would come forward, but due to the reported law suit threat I can see why they don’t want to do so.
September 6th, 2007 at 2:46 am
What the heck is a Troll?
September 6th, 2007 at 4:27 am
I can understand people getting the pet foods tested. As many pets that have gotten sick and/or died is too many for every one that loves their pets to ignore. I don’t trust any of the pet foods including organic. When someone asked where Newman’s Organic Pet Foods gets “ALL” the ingredients from that goes in Newman’s pet foods the reply was in the US but when someone asked Newman’s does all the vitamins in their pet foods come from the US the reply was “No!” I would had always thought all ingredients would include the vitamins, too, that is in the pet foods but apparently not! Many vitamins in pet foods come from China! After all the recalls that had to do with China, I would never trust anything from China!! As for Canidae, they are very evasive to replying to some emails and that puts up a red flag to me! They replied at first stating the ingredients in their pet foods are manufactured in the US but when further clarification was asked about where the ingredients come from not just where they are manufactured they never replied in email to that question. They can say anything over the phone but putting it in writing some don’t want to do. Wonder why? California Naturals said they would be getting their vitamins from China, too! Pet Food companies have a lot of nerve to criticize those that make their own pet foods as many pets that have gotten sick or died from pet foods. I do homemade now and Dr Goodpet vitamins is the only ones I found i trust because they get all their ingredients from the US and they are human grade and no synthetics! At least I hope that information is correct. They did not mind having that in a written response! I don’t see any questionable ingredients in their vitamins, either, as so many pet foods do! Don’t forget, just because a pet food claims to get their ingredients from the US, make sure to specifically ask them where they get the vitamins from that is in their pet foods as well as all the other ingredients? While it might not always make the reply 100 percent more accurate getting it in writing does give proof of what they said. If that is important to you.
September 6th, 2007 at 10:02 am
All you pet food companies say the same thing, oh it is not us, or it is not our food. All you care about is the $ at any expense. Hire Vick he will do commercials cheap. To all of you I raise my leg to your leg.
September 6th, 2007 at 11:13 am
President Bush met with President Hu of China yesterday. They had a “friendly” meeting where he asked about all the recalls but made sure Hu knew the US has no intention of limiting trade but in fact want to increase trade with China. Bush just loves the “Made in China” label. At least he got tickets to the Olympics out of it. Aren’t we lucky we have a President who will sacrifice American pets and children for a pair of tickets to a sporting event?
September 6th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
I emailed Canidae a few days ago, and just got a response from them. Same response everyone who contacted them got, I suspect.
Personally, I will stop feeding Canidae to my two girls, only until test results are in, assuming the results come back negative. Which I strongly suspect they will. There is just WAAAAY too much fishy about this whole scenario. But I cannot be totally positive in my own mind that there is no contamination right now, so will switch temporarily.
Here is the email I got from Canidae. At least they are not just doing the total denial thing, and are taking it seriously.
” Unfortunately, with the advent of the internet, forums and blogs, institutions and individuals can make anonymous claims which can be both true and false.
CANIDAE is committed to producing quality Dog and Cat Food. It is our commitment to provide your pets with safe, nutritious foods, free or wheat, corn and soy! It’s the CANIDAE way!
We are very concerned about the recent rumors spread on a few popular web forums. These are very serious allegations and they are not taken lightly. CANIDAE is working hard to acquire as much factual information regarding these allegations.
Please keep in mind this is a very serious allegation and we have already sent a battery of samples to be tested. CANIDAE is confident our result will show our pet food is free of acetaminophen.
Sincerely,
Canidae Pet Foods”
September 6th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Sharon says:
September 6th, 2007 at 11:13 am
President Bush met with President Hu of China yesterday. They had a “friendly†meeting where he asked about all the recalls but made sure Hu knew the US has no intention of limiting trade but in fact want to increase trade with China. Bush just loves the “Made in China†label. At least he got tickets to the Olympics out of it. Aren’t we lucky we have a President who will sacrifice American pets and children for a pair of tickets to a sporting event?
That’s just it. We have a president “?” that is more concerned about getting tickets to the Olympics in China than protecting the U.S. which is what he was hired to do. All we can hope for is that we are not all dead before he gets OUT of office and there will be someone elected that has a concern & protects the American people.
September 6th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Oh for gosh sakes! Maybe you’d like us to nuke China instead of talk to them? Trade with China isn’t something new with the Bush administration. But these days, Bush is blamed for everything. How silly.