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I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting

After the pet food recall, I’ve started giving my dog more “scraps” — if it’s a whole food (whole wheat bread, cheese, etc that fell on the floor) that she likes, I give it to her to eat and then just cut back on the kibble that day. Seems to work — she’s not gaining weight and the recall training is going very well!

DON E: What they’re doing is setting things up to make cross claims of what is called “contributory negligence” when they’re sued. As in, “Sorry pal, your 12 pound dog died because you didn’t cut the jerky in half as instructed. It’s all your fault.”.

The pfpsa.org project has some of these treats at ExperTox now and hopefully will have some results back this week.

THANK YOU DON KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK

Is the sugar cane, beet or from some other source?

Do a search on the words marine life microplastics pollution

Melamine might not be as innocuous as it seems.

Are the treats irradiated in the package? If so, is the packaging affected?
There are experts in the field that could probably tell you if they knew the composition of the package.

Dear Customer:

There is lots of production recall, but not our production, you could visit web at: http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_dog.html . to find the list of recall production names. If you still have any question, pls feel free to contact us at : info@bestros.com

To our valuable customers who purchased Bestro¡¯s Roasted Chicken Jerky Treats :
According to WHO (World Health Organization),The H5N1 virus is sensitive to heat. Normal temperatures used for cooking (70¡æ or 158¨H in all parts of the food) will kill the virus. For more details about Avian influenza (¡°bird flu¡±), please visit the web page below:

How were the Bestro¡¯s Roasted Chicken Jerky Treats made?

1) Materials only derived from the vet. office & department of agriculture approved farms & slaughterhouse.
2) Roasted under 75¡æ-85¡æ (167¨H-185¨H) for more than 10 hours.
3) Go through our unique microwave system under 120¡æ (248¨H) to ensure the CORE temperature meets the minimum standard of 70¡æ (158¨H) to kill the virus in ALL PARTS.
4) Treated by irradiation (Gamma Ray) to eliminate the harmful bacteria.

http://www.itchmo.com/fda-cont.....reats-2967

One Chinese company, the one that said it got its chickens from veterinary offices, said it used GAMMA RAY irradiation to kill viruses, etc. Gamma rays come from Cobalt-60. Do we know what radioactive substance(s) was/were used and what irradiation method was used? Cobalt-60, (rather than Caesium 134 or 137), is by far the preferred substance for food irradiation.

One type of gamma irradiator using Cobalt-60, instead of irradiating packaged food on pallets, keeps the Cobalt-60 submerged in a pool of water, and the food to be irradiated is placed in a hermetically sealed “bell” chamber. The chamber is then lowered into the pool of water for irradiation. Apparently, the water absorbs all of the irradiation. Does anyone know if the food is packaged or unpackaged before being placed in the chamber? With this submersion process, there is no need to shield anything/anyone from radiation. With the pallet method, I believe shields need to be in place to protect the workers/other objects from the radiation. Maybe I’m wrong??? I’m trying to understand this process.

If the bell chamber leaked or the seal was weak, allowing the irradiated water in, what would happen to the food?

I know nothing about irradiation and don’t know if this has anything to do with the foods at all… just sharing some info on an alternative method for irradiation that does not irradiate the packaged foods on pallets for several minutes.

Are there any scientists here?

Here is information on a Cobalt-60 Disaster from China Central TV, 2006:

http://www.cctv.com/program/na.....0229.shtml

“The Effects of Ionising Radiation on the Kidneys” - www.cea.fr

http://www.cea.fr/var/cea/stor.....a050gb.pdf

Irradiation of Animal Feed (Includes Pet Treats), 2001:

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/.....01074.html

This from the article above…….god knows making changes in advance of killing more pets is unheard of. Dont any of these companies learn from the recall? If you are getting reports that there are numerous sick or dead pets after eating your product, pull it off the shelves and look into it. Dont gamble on further pets lives. Anytime I see statements from AAFCO or PFI, they are always defending their product, not the pets that its being fed to.

November 4th, 2007 at 9:38 am

“Smokehouse has switched to US distributors for their chicken. You will see product labeling stating such more and more that it is made in the USA.”

Smokehouse apparently will buy from anyone if the price is right:

http://www.alibaba.com/company/10184268.html

“We are specifically interested in dried chicken treats. We also have interest in all other pet products.

Company Name: smokehouse pet products
Business Type: Manufacturer
Product/Service: Dog treats, beef, pork, lamb
Company Address: 11850 sheldon st, los angeles, California
Legal Representative/Business Owner: zelko majstorich”

“The reason chicken from China has been used vs US chicken is that the Chinese consumers prefer dark meat, and more preferably pork and the white meat was their waste.”

WT hype-you’ve switched the brand pitch:

http://www.adipet.com/General/FAQ.shtml

“We discovered the average person in China prefers dark meat (i.e. legs, wings, etc.) and as a result we can buy the white meat breasts and tenderloins from chickens grown for human consumption at a fraction of the price available elsewhere. ”

“Chinese producers also seem to stray away from hormone induced feed, unlike the US, so their chicken is said to actually be healthier. ”

So healthy that China is still unable to export it to the US for human consumption. They also stray toward feed “additives” like melamine…

“But once they switch to the US chicken it will be one more thing for people to complain about…hormones. Though they’ve been used for years…reason Doctors think kids are developing faster. But hey…it’s only our children.”

Not buying this at all because organic chicken is available readily–every market has an organic poultry section. File complaints re: medicated feed with FDA with citations; if there’s proof re: hormones and early child development, it will be investigated. And if things are healthier in China, why is OASIS full of refused seafood products because of non-US approved antibiotics in them, salmonella contamination, etc?

“Chicken jerky like Smokehouse, PCI, etc are overfeed by consumers.”

And while there would be reason to see nutritional deficiencies because of this in the dogs of those who do, there’s no medical evidence at all that Fanconi’s is caused by nutritional deficits. If you can rule out genetic causes and Fanconi’s secondary to other diseases, the only choice left is ingesting toxic substances.

“Guidelines do need to be added to the products because not everyone uses common sense.”

Lack of common sense re: overfeeding chicken jerky should not cause Fanconi’s. The guidelines should have been with these products all along, then–not suspiciously and suddenly appear after illness and death reports and appear for only those Smokehouse items Made in China.