Comments on: Residents Complain About Odors From Nutro Products Pet Food Plant

By: Can't take it any more

Can't take it any more — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:43:24 +0000

Anonymous (Sept.29th), area residents have been here long before the Nutro plant.
Nutro told us we would not notice them at all. Well, they came into town bulit themselves a big ugly building and began to stink up 3 cities! The buliding we can
live with. However the stink is more than we can stand. We are going into a 3rd year
of this hot, thick, steamy stinch. I hate to go outside. You only go out if you have to.
I can honestly say I’d rather live next to an airport than this rotten smelling Nutro plant. Nutro needs to think more about people than padding thier pockets! SHAME ON
NUTRO PET FOOD PRODUCTS and MARS CANDY CO. who now owns the plant.
STOP PRODUCTION until you can clean up this mess. We can’t take it any more!

By: Nutro Pet Food Plant Protest | Itchmo: News For Dogs & Cats

Nutro Pet Food Plant Protest | Itchmo: News For Dogs & Cats — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:53:46 +0000

[…] a protest against Nutro’s pet food plant in the area. Residents have complained about the odors coming from the plant since the plant opened in May 2006 and want the plant to be shut […]

By: purringfur

purringfur — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:46:58 +0000

RE: BEEF RECALL

“Based on consumption patterns, the Company believes that the vast majority of the recalled product has been consumed.”
…………..

We wouldn’t want to hurt the big beef ranchers’ or store’s profits, now, would we? What’s a few people getting sick, anyway, when there’s soooo much profit to be made?

Sort a like the 20 million mela-chickens and 50,000 mela-porkers being released for sale, even after the FDA said the feed was adulterated, which violated rules about known adulteration of animal feed… and therefore, the animals for human consumption were to be destroyed. DIDN’T HAPPEN.

Those little piggies went to market (and so did the chickens) and didn’t stay home! And we cried, “FDA, go away, go away! We don’t need you cause we know we’re on our own, own, own.”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:27:34 +0000

Speaking of meats-

Expanded ground beef recall.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/0.....Recall.pdf

Notice the production dates. If I’m reading this right the possibly contaminated beef has been around for about a year. So, uh, a little lax om the testing there, don’t you think?

Yes, another “duh” moment.

By: Beth

Beth — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:50:09 +0000

Straybaby–Yes, I did see the tofu recall. I marched right into the kitchen to see the brand of tofu that I got from Kroger and it was not listed in the recall. This tofu is Azumaya and says “Azumaya tofu is made from soybeans that were not genetically engineered”….but I plan to do some more investigating.
I am SO SICK of all of these recalls. DAMN, can’t eat chicken, can’t eat beef, can’t eat salads, so I buy TOFU–now, can’t eat tofu.
Is this ever going to end?
I am feeding a Donald Strombeck diet (tofu, cottage cheese, white rice, CaCarbonate, multivitamin) and just a small amount of Innova. No meats.

By: Trudy Jackson

Trudy Jackson — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:25:09 +0000

Jenny Bark, I’m in N.C. so don’t know all about Cal. But I have been looking up a few things. The You tube- Inside a Rendering plant I think is owned by D&D Disposal. West coast Rendering . It’s located in Vernon Cal. Los Angles County. someone told Me it was right next door or across the road from Nutro. Gross. They make it into Protein Meal.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:12:35 +0000

Dear anonymous, the plant just openned a little more than a year ago. I kinda think the residential area was there first.

This reminds me of the local newswoman who said people who complain about freeway noise shouldn’t have built next to it. If she had a brain in her head she would have known the homes were there for decades before the freeway was ever built.

There is certainly no shortage of ignorance around here.

By: straybaby

straybaby — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:57:57 +0000

beth,

you know about the tofu recall? if not, go to the fda site for the recall info.

are you feeding meat? or just tofu?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:30:06 +0000

while I agree the smells emanating from a plant should not be this bad, a vital piece of info is missing. Was the plant built near a residential area, or did people knowingly build homes next to the plant? Happens with small airports a lot - people build a nice big house by the existing airport and then piss and moan about the aircraft noise.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:48:04 +0000

And of course, Nutro tells everyone that their dry food…has no melamine in it…was not recalled…therefore, it is safe. Bull….! Safe doesn’t drive people into their homes from noxious stench.

By: Beth

Beth — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:55:49 +0000

Lynn–I switched as soon as I realized all three of my dogs were barfing up
this yellow foam. It wasnt every day, but several times a week and I DIDN”T like it. I fed Nutro to all of my dogs and weanded the puppies that I whelped on to Nutro puppy lamb and rice. Probably fed nothing but Nutro for 15 years, They don’t get my business any more..
With the dog food recall, I looked at the label of ingreients on the lamb and rice…too much stuff that didn’t sound good…so I switched to Innova.
I had a finicy eater that I had to hand-feed the Innova. So I began preparing a Strombeck diet. They all “dance” at dinnertime. It is an expensive diet since I am feeding for some elevated liver enzymes…but at least I know that (hopefully) it is safe with tofu from the grocery store, cottage cheese and white rice from the grocery store + bonemeal and vitamins from the healthfood store.
I’ve HAD IT with the pfi.
This food scare has to END–for our pets and also for human consumption!

By: Jenny Bark

Jenny Bark — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:27:28 +0000

People should not have to live this way smelling some evil shi** & only God knows what it is doing to their health. You are talking about their homes that they paid for & are paying taxes for. You better believe it is their RIGHT & DUTY to protect their kids, old people & their sick.

It’s is Nutro’s job to take care of the people who WANT to work for them, after all they make enough profit.

Trudy Jackson, how close is Spring Valley Lake to San Jose rendering plant. I don’t know too much about Calf.. Remember Quinn, the beautiful service dog they picked up & took to San Joe rendering, his story on Itchmo Aug. 23,07. A little more if you click on the article in SJ mercury news. Maybe just maybe Quinn and some of all our babies is letting Nuto & this rendering plant know what they think of them.

I keep copies of Quinn’s story, copies of the book Food Pets Die For & the warning letter from FDA against Iams to get people off of by-products pet food.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:19:38 +0000

Yellow foam…..bile acid……liver’s not liking the food very much.

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:23:11 +0000

I switched from Nutro Lamb and Rice when all THREE of my dogs started
chucking yellow foam. I had fed the same feed for 15 years…..so you tell me, what’s this foam all about? (No need to say, I no longer feed Nutro!)

By: Carol Johnson

Carol Johnson — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:23:33 +0000

Stargirl…regardless of what Nutro has done…they have not corrected the problem

I think the real question is why does it smell so bad…what is going into the food…which is supposed to be premium??

Wholesome ingredients should not create this type of issue.