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I don’t know bout the Natura thing. I do know I was told on June 7th by MidWest Labs, they could not even begin to test for Acetaminophn {if they choose to do so at all} for at least 3 more weeks.
Whether that is more or new equipment or study-up on different settings etc. I’m not absolutely positive just what he was referring to.
I’m just relaying what I was told by the MidWest Lab folks.

If I were there and they could Show me, then I would know more. On the phone it’s tuff at times :-D

But No acetaminophen testing for 3 more weeks was Clear to me. {that’s IF we decided to do it, at all}
He said “you’d really need a Lab with Pharmcology abilities for THAT”- acetaminophen testing.

I guess we could take tuns in calling MidWest Lab and see if they ADD that down the road.
:-)

It’s a Crap shoot. sigh and I hate this!

Please keep us Up on the latest there and Hug the babes for Us All.

That would Also include include perimeters to MISS things.
And the more you know in advance of what you are looking for, the easier it would be to adjust the perimeters in advance of Testing.

So when someone would like to duplcate results, they would want to know and do the Same or in the same manner/perimeters as the previous Labs.

A little adjstment one way or the other; and Voila You Do or Don’t not have results similar.

It’s a professional courtesy, to ask for the SETTINGS.

I do know if anyone is Calling Expertox and even bothering to ask them.

Just thinkng out loud here ya know.

‘One time’ I did a test at a Lab/clinic and came up with some results in one State. A few months down the road, I had a clinic in a different State, for the same Patient, call to ask me, what SETTINGS and what Equipment I used for Comparison/duplication purposes. To benefit the patient.
Otherwise, you can hurt the patient and their treatment and have Misleading results in many directions.

I suppose if they did Not want to help “the Patient”, the wouldn’t have bothered to call Right? {wink}
And they might have missed something all together.
Being helpful or not. Being Part of the Team or the advisary. Question Why.

{Kinda maybe like comparing a FERN Lab to a, let’s say, down the street ‘Everyday’ Blood testing Lab.

A FERN Lab, Is one because, of What they can do Over other Labs. The latest and Greatest ‘toys’ there. BTW ones who’s results, that the FDA poo-pooed a couple months back!}

Sometimes we just don’t, *Want to*, “find out” things.
With excuses why of course too ;-)

SO go here and see the Latest at DON’S!

http://www.petfoodrecallfacts.com/lab.html

He posted last night late :-)

Thanks JanC for the Food info. But boy I am worried over and for LeslieK’s happenings there.

My head swims too for all the diferent Foods and where so much wet/dry is made!
I was going to try the EVO {dry} next. I think’ it’s in this same Food ‘family’. :-(

Didn’t you say you thought Evanger’s dry was made by Ohio? Hopefully it’s not linked to these other problems, but Evanger’s seems like a company that will be quick to check on this & actually do something about it right away. Keep us posted about your results & how your dogs are doing. The little pets are hit so much harder than the big ones with this stuff.

Canidae & Natura (dry) are made in different places. Natura has their own plant for the dry & is using Menu (with strict oversight) until they can open their own plant for the wet food. Evangers makes their own wet & I’m looking to see if I can find where their dry is made. The only thing I can find is that they make all their own foods, according to the pet food list so they must have a plant for the dry also. Canidae wet I believe is made at Evangers but their dry is made at Pied Piper if I remember correctly. I do so much reading that sometimes my brain is totally jumbled.

I’m jumping ahead here but I cannot believe the FDA came out to publicly announce they could not duplicate the acetaminophen in pet foods…..naturally, we all made the foolish assumption that they tested the same pet foods as ExperTox (or whatever the name of the lab in TX is)…..I just read a whole big blurb on the FDA’s testing & they didn’t even test the same food. What the hell is wrong with these people? This doesn’t make any sense to me at all & I’m not even a scientist. I would think they’d be a little bit smarter about these tests than me…..but apparently I was wrong. This infuriates me no end…..anyone who doesn’t follow this will now believe that the other lab was wrong……after all, isn’t the FDA out there for our safety & that of our pets…..aren’t they ones to be trusted? Boy oh boy, this gets worse by the day.

And now we find out that the PFI is putting down that lab…..wonder now just how close the PFI & FDA are……FDA is now following PFI’s lead & testing different food without being specific about that part of the testing & then announced publicly that the lab is wrong…..that they can’t duplicate the results. Oh, puuuuullllllllleeeeeeezzzzzz.

I firmly believe they are spot on, on what needs to be done to find the Poisons.

I sure hope it’s not the food LeslieK but something is seriously amiss they for your pets.

Can you put what Open cans you have inyour Freezer in double bags- Zip-loc bags till we can zero in on what you have going on right now there? Please.
Save the open food.

I am so sad for you right now :-(

Someone let me know.

Midwest is doing their testing and we just found out they may have their testing detection set too HIGH for melamine and cyarunic acid and Can *NOT* test for Acetaminophen at all!!!!!!!

Please let me know someone If Natura makes Leslie’s foods Ok?!

IF so, we Need to be VERY concerned here and NOW!

I Vote, New Vet!

Please take care LeslieK and babies!
Keep us posted!