Great site.

Simon.

I’ve heard her recommend Iams and I ask, Why do you recommend that food? And she’ll say, Oh, you can get it anywhere and the pets seem to like it.

The other day, I heard her say about canned cat food for cats — Oh, you know it’ll really make the catbox stinky, I’d just feed dry, if I were you.

As a holistic cat person who knows that cats on pure dry diets will NEVER get enough fluids and they’ll eventually get an earlier kidney disease, I was horrified!

I’m glad that this lawsuit is underway but honestly, I don’t think many vets know or care. It’s up to US to get educated about what we feed our pets.

Funny, I never read “rendered roadkill meal” or “rendered, unfit for human consumption meal” on any packages?

These issues are controlled by the pet food industry and the politicians they influence.

Without ethical and responsible corporate leadership, and effective regulatory oversight, what difference does it make what infomation is on the label?

You still won’t be able to believe what you read.

http://www.geocities.com/jmpeerson/canfood.html

At the bottom of this page you can click to access the dry food page. Hope this helps.

What I don’t like about the current labeling is that it’s very difficult to compare foods. I have an elderly cat who has some kidney issues, and while she’s not on a prescription low-protein diet, I do try to keep protein down as much as possible. Which means I need to stand in the store with a calculator to compare actual protein content in dry and wet foods, since the moisture content has to be taken into account. Labeling for human food makes it much easier to compare items, and I would be very happy to have pet food labels follow that model.

When you call the PF companies - they ALL have a script. There’s not an original thought among any of them.

The big lie they repeat is: “Menu couldn’t have known the gluten was contaminated”.

Well, Menu SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.

If they had INSPECTED the “gluten” (what are those brown crystals?), or tested it for contaminates, or used a protein test that measures real protein (instead of a nitrogen test that’s 100 years old) MAYBE they would have discovered that their food was POISON.

But since the industry is not really regulated, i.e., there’s no force of law behind the so-called “regulations”, it’s much easier (cheaper) to just dump everything into the hopper and take a chance with the lives of thousands of pets.

Your point about all the SECRECY within the pet food industry explains why I’m learning to make my own cat food.

SECRETS are just not helpful when pet owners are scared about opening the next bag or can.

I can (sort of) understand a purchasing error, or a manufacturing error.

But I can’t understand willful ignorance, negligence, “silent” recalls, secrecy and coverups.

The US pet food industry is a dirty rotten business that I can no longer support.

Btw, Rocky, last time I checked, Menu makes cans for Wellness (Old Mother Hubbard).

And if the protein level of the “meat” (and I use this term VERY loosely)or “grains” is a low, just spike it up artificially with some melamine or cyanuric acid to reach the level stated in the guaranteed analysis printed on the label! We’re wise to this one, now.

Exactly, Rocky. The “proprietary information” excuse is no longer valid. After thousands and thousands of animals were poisoned, I guess they still DON’T GET IT! If companies don’t realize that they have to be forthcoming with consumers, that’s their own downfall. We’ll move on to those who WILL DISCLOSE information. OK. Next?