Vice President Of Pet Food Institute Says US “Must Walk Tightrope” With China
Nancy Cook, vice president of Pet Food Institute, spoke at the recently held Meat Industry Research Conference in Chicago.
Cook said that U.S. legislators who are involved in trade negotiations with China “must walk a tightrope. We can’t insult them. They’re our largest growing supplier of ingredients in the world.”
She also made a statement in reference to Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), “Have we figured out how to put a COOL label on a Hershey bar? It’s about 10 feet long.”
Cook added that pet owners feel confident in the safety and quality of the pet food on the market despite the pet food recalls. She said there was initial panic right after the recalls, but now pet owners have returned to their normal purchasing habits.
Source: Cattlenetwork
(Thanks menusux)
October 30th, 2007 at 6:42 am
I would like to shove some poison pet food down her throat.
October 30th, 2007 at 7:22 am
From what I have seen first hand—pet food aisles are overstocked and no one in them here in little RI. Prices “slashed” to entice the buyer and commercials everywhere!!!!
And I too think Someone has to “walk the tightrope” —Without a net!!
October 30th, 2007 at 7:24 am
let’s see:
Product of China
doesn’t seem to take 10 feet to print that. the only reason cool hasn’t been implemented is because food suppliers don’t want anyone to know where the poison they’re eating comes from.
can’t afford to insult China. who can’t afford it? greedy businesses? it’s already been proven that consumers will find a way to pay massive vet bills when their animals are poisoned. i think they’ll probably find a way to pay more for decent food.
pet owners are confident of food safety. i’m a pet owner. i don’t feel confident. a lot of people who post here don’t feel confident. more people than ever are making their own pet food, or buying from reputable (non-PFI) pet food suppliers.
ms. cook is an idiot, and a dangerous idiot at that.
October 30th, 2007 at 7:45 am
THEY JUST DON’T GET IT!!! Who does she think she’s fooling? Business as usual, I guess, for the pfi.
October 30th, 2007 at 7:46 am
Given the absolute fact that China can easily sink our financial markets(they own billions of dollars of US bonds and papers), no wonder she is treading carefully. All the Chinese have to do to cause an even larger down turn in US markets than is already coming is to burp a few billion dollars worth of bonds back for collection.
Since she is part of the corptocracy that is our present form of government, she is being very careful to smooth over some people’s feelings about Chinese products.
It won’t work for the small minority that get it, but it might for the vast majority who don’t. She’s basically spewing the business party line.
October 30th, 2007 at 7:57 am
If “pet owners have returned to their normal purchasing habits”, why is MENU laying off workers?
Nancy Cook is just another PFI propagandist.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:04 am
I am still cooking for my dogs and only buying dog treats freshly baked from the local Three Dog Bakery. No products from China involved and it is working out just fine, since March. I will not change my buying habits Ms. Cook, and what planet do you live on anyway????
October 30th, 2007 at 8:22 am
BULL****!!! We’ve changed our habits and no longer buy their crappy food. No wonder all of the major retailers are having sales on their food! We’re still cheering as Menu goes farther under.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:38 am
Cook said that U.S. legislators who are involved in trade negotiations with China “must walk a tightrope. We can’t insult them. They’re our largest growing supplier of ingredients in the world.â€
Screw China! They’re worried about insulting them? Oh, please. Maybe more manufacturing will come back to the US like it used to be.
October 30th, 2007 at 9:10 am
Gindy, i am not concerned whether or not the embarassingly rich are allowed to get even richer, and that’s who the financial markets serve. we did very well without china products and the enormous trade deficit that goes with it for a long, long time. in the wake of the mass poisoning of our pets, and revelations about the toxins present in virtually everything we come into contact with, i’ve completely changed my spending habits. no longer do i buy anything without making sure that it’s manufactured here, with materials or ingredients produced here. it takes a little extra time, but i was somewhat surprised to discover that the prices are not significantly higher… go figure. we know for a fact that the labor force in china isn’t getting the money, so i presume that the corporate fat cats are lining their pockets with the profit margins from these cheap goods, all the while claiming that we, the consumers, are “demanding low prices.” balderdash. the corporations are demanding the low prices to increase their profits. buy American; it’s not more expensive, it helps smaller American businesses and denies the greedy corporations their absurdly huge profits. don’t fall for the propaganda.
as for pfi, i spit in their general direction, and feed my pets real food.
October 30th, 2007 at 9:12 am
The only way that we will ever be free of poisons and risky products from Communist China is to stop all imports from that country. If the government won’t do its jobs and the corporate heads remain too greedy, then the job falls on consumers.
Plant a victory garden. Find someone who raises food or a meat source and invest your money there. Do not buy brands from the largest corporation. Let it feel the pressure to make goods in the USA. Punishing the worst offender will send a message to all the corporations that import ingredients and finished products.
Let the board of directors of the large corporations and your government officials know how you feel. Speak out! Even one voice will be heard if it is loud enough.
Plan a Christmas around love and peace and not around risky products that will may be hazardous to your children, adult members of the family or the family pet.
October 30th, 2007 at 9:44 am
From here (Manhattan) it sure doesn’t look like pet owners have returned to their previous behavior. Our local pet food store has completely redesigned their display, specifically IAMS pouches are gone and Fancy Feast cans are now prominently displayed. There seem to be fewer customers also.
October 30th, 2007 at 10:09 am
To Nancy Cook:
Sorry, Nancy, although the PFI persists in trying to put a spin on the losses the pet food industry has suffered and will continue to suffer, you haven’t been able to spin it for a long time.
You say customers have returned to their normal pet food buying habits??? Evidence indicates just the opposite….
Just tell it like it is:
People are AVOIDING LARGE BRAND COMMERCIAL PET FOOD IN DROVES:
Petsmart - one of the largest nation-wide retailers of pet foods…
“NEW YORK, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Petsmart Inc (PETM.O: Quote, Profile, Research ) cut its third-quarter and 2007 earnings forecasts on Wednesday, citing weak consumer spending and warmer-than-usual weather, sending its shares down nearly 11 percent in pre-market trading.[2] NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retailer Petsmart Inc
October 30th, 2007 at 10:16 am
Apologies to the moderator: I couldn’t get my entire comment to post. Here is where my above comment left off… Thanks. Sorry to all.
October 30th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Nancy is proving how out of touch she really is!
And I don’t care who I insult when safety is involved!!!!!
October 30th, 2007 at 10:31 am
Interesting that she believes pet owners have returned to their old shopping habits. Maybe some have, but plenty haven’t; an awful lot of people followed the scandal very closely, and changed their purchasing choices as a result.
As for not wanting to offend China, people should be angry at their governments for allowing their countries to be put in the position of having to overlook not only China’s dodgy record in terms of tainted goods, but also its ongoing poor record regarding human rights, pollution, etc. We should also be angry at the companies that chose to opt for ridiculously low manufacturing costs at the expense of product safety and employment in the countries where those countries got their start.
October 30th, 2007 at 10:34 am
Oh this pisses me off. But I guess I shouldnt be surprised. Helllllloooo, earth to Nancy Cook, if pet owners have returned to their normal purchasing habits, why is Menu Foods stock at 2.20 rather than over 7.00 from a year ago? If this is how they talked about things at their conference, it was a waste of time and PFI should be called upon to dismiss her and Duane while they’re at it. I for one am sending a demand that she step down, not that they will listen, but anyone want to join me in doing that?
October 30th, 2007 at 10:53 am
The rest of my comment from above… picks up where 1st comment ended… Sorry to all for the split posting…
October 30th, 2007 at 10:56 am
What planet is this Cook lady living on? If pet food purchasers have returned to normal why haven’t pet food sales done so? How come when I look at the pet food section, I can’t bring myself to buy any? I am a lazy person, I don’t feel like continuing to provide people food for my pets, but the thrill is gone for me with commercial food.
October 30th, 2007 at 11:07 am
What is wrong with these people?
Cook added that pet owners feel confident in the safety and quality of the pet food on the market despite the pet food recalls. She said there was initial panic right after the recalls, but now pet owners have returned to their normal purchasing habits.
Huh? Pet owners are confident in the safety and quality of pet food?? Where are these pet owners? Are these people who chain their dogs in the back yard or leave them out to fend for themselves.
Pet parents are not confident in the safety and quality of pet food.
She also made a statement in reference to Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), “Have we figured out how to put a COOL label on a Hershey bar? It’s about 10 feet long.â€
Maybe it’s 10 feet long because the ingredients are coming from too many places.
I find this disturbing that PFI thinks everything is just fine and dandy. They are either stupid or think “pet owner” are. I use quotes around the pet owner because I consider myself a pet parent.
October 30th, 2007 at 11:08 am
Nancy Cook/PFI:
Many of your members feel differently–
http://www.usatoday.com/news/h.....htm?csp=34
USA Today May 20, 2007
“Menu Foods, North America’s biggest maker of wet pet foods and the company that launched the pet food recall, is phasing out ingredients from China.
It won’t resume using them until Menu and the “world community” are assured that they are safe, says Menu’s outside counsel, David Lillehaug of Fredrikson & Byron.
“All of our customers are asking, ‘Where are the ingredients coming from?’ ” says Victor Barsky, of the New York-based Chenango Valley Pet Foods, which makes dry pet food for 35 companies. It, too, is dropping China-made ingredients, Barsky says.
“Pet food maker Royal Canin USA has also said it won’t use vegetable proteins from China. Pet food maker C.J. Foods has said it’ll nix protein sources from “exotic” locations.”
http://www.latimes.com/busines.....ome-center
LA Times May 18, 2007
“As the recall of tainted pet food mushroomed into an international scandal, two of the largest U.S. food manufacturers put out a blanket order to their American suppliers: No more ingredients from China.
“The directive from Mission Foods Corp. and Tyson Foods Inc., made quietly this month, underscored consumers’ and manufacturers’ fears about the safety of imported food ingredients after contaminated wheat products from China killed and sickened cats and dogs in the United States.”
http://www.merrickpetcare.com/.....Notice.jpg
“No raw materials used to make Merrick products originate in China.”
Menu Foods, Tyson, and Chenango are all PFI members, so exactly who is PFI speaking for, if not them?
Are you perhaps trying to defend the actions of another member, whose Chinese imports have been halted by FDA for both possible poisonous substances and possible salmonella contamination shown at the link below?
http://itchmoforums.com/news-r.....381.0.html
That’s one of your PFI members with the recent refusals, who’s been on the salmonella detention list since 2001.
Cook: “We can’t insult them. They’re our largest growing supplier of ingredients in the world.â€
When a statement is made like this, that the most powerful and free nation in the world has to get on its knees and grovel to a Communist country, the following comes to mind:
The US was able to win TWO World Wars without any dependence on Made In China–nothing needed to be imported from there for the war effort. Your statement says this country is finished, and has to beg for its needs. PFI has severely underestimated the will of the American people to keep their familes safe and to keep their citizens from having their jobs outsourced. Perhaps you, Duane-o, and the entire PFI staff need to seek employment at Mattel, where groveling like this is standard procedure.
US-sourced ingredients mean safety and jobs for US residents. Until ca. 1972, we were receiving virtually nothing from Communist China; we all were able to produce products sucessfully without them. Perhaps the profit margin/bottom line of some of your members needs to be redrawn. We consumers are willing to have that cost passed along to us–but we’re NOT willing to pay for lies and obfuscation about them.
What is PFI afraid of? That China will stop sending its toxic and hazardous products to the US? All of us can live without them, thank you.
Cook: “Have we figured out how to put a COOL label on a Hershey bar? It’s about 10 feet long.â€
The EU manages to produce standard size candy bars each and every day with COOL labels on them; they also manage to produce other goods with COOL labeling which are standard sized.
It’s also interesting that a food safety specialist spoke at the conference the day before PFI did–here’s some of her presentation:
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/c.....tid=171826
Patricia Wester, Reg. Operations - North America, SGS Consumer Testing Services
“However, Westler indicated “it may not be possible to eliminate all risks associated with all imported product.”
“Westler says she recognizes such initiatives don’t necessarily come cheaply. Another problem is the fragmented nature of the supply chain, as well as systems therein that rely upon “intervention rather than prevention,” she said.
“As for China, Westler says it faces a “monumental task” in improving product safety among its 350,000 to 400,000 manufacturers. “Counterfeiting and cheating are still a challenge,” she said. “We face a long road ahead.”"
No, Nancy, it’s NOT gonna stop at pet food–many of your own members have come out in favor of stopping their use of Chinese ingredients. So, again, who are you there to represent–the PFI members or PFI’s own private agenda which looks like it is pro-China and anti-COOL.
October 30th, 2007 at 11:14 am
(This is from here at the Forums—from purringfur having trouble posting here:)
Re: Are we having posting problems in blog section? 10/30/07 10:20 EST?
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Thanks, Carol. I’m still having difficulty posting the rest of my comment. Just tried it, and only a few lines are picked up…
I don’t know if someone else could post this for me & tie my two parts together?? I can’t for some reason??
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October 30th, 2007 at 11:17 am
hmmmm, I can’t get it to post either—-sorry purringfur
October 30th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Nancy Nutjob: You are too funny! When I was in Petsmart last week, the manager told me that they have so much Nutro backlogged that they’ve stopped ordering it. He also confirmed that sales of other brands are still off as well.
My cats are eating delicious food made in Thailand to EU human standards. I’m happy, they’re happy and healthy. And I’m done with you!
Liar, liar, pants on fire!
October 30th, 2007 at 11:20 am
What dream land is Nancy living in? Trust China. Sure and tell you what Nancy, how about sending me $250K and trust that I’ll not run off with the money. Perhaps she should volunteer to become a food tester.
October 30th, 2007 at 11:25 am
FYI, I did send an e:mail to PFI this morning about Nancy Cook’s statements including demanind that she step down. I sent it receipt attached and it was read, I just received the receipt. Come on gang, e:mail PFI and let them know what you think about this.
October 30th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Sounds like the so-called Pet Food Institute should be disbanded unless they live on Mars!
October 30th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
and the poisoning of children through toys isn’t even enough to wake people up… like when Mattel apologized to China for daring to point out they manufactured toys with lead paint. no apologies to the consumer. in some places it’s illegal to rent an apartment with lead paint to anyone with children and here we thank an entire corrupt, malicious country for doing the same thing,
October 30th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
As you’ve seen by the comments above, all of Purringfur’s post didn’t make it onto the blog. Purringfur did, however, post these comments on Forums, so here’s a link to ALL of what Purringfur wanted you to know:
http://itchmoforums.com/sugges.....5#msg31065
October 30th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Another of my infamous one-finger salutes to “Nancy Nutjob” (thanks 2Cat…..very appropriate) & Duane-o…….but he’s had many from me. NN deserves a two-handed, one-finger salute.
I would like to know where these “pet owners” are that have confidence in the safety & quality of pet food…….Mars? Certainly not on this planet.
Have you looked at the sales figures for the big pf companies? Are they showing you that “pet owners” have confidence enough to run out & buy some? Not in this life…….
October 30th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Sandi K, Please give us an e-mail llink to send to for people like me that are not yet as smart on the computer. Do you all think it might be a good idea to also send to the above cattlenetwork link about how we feel about things from china & also how a lot of us are buying organic meat?
On cnn they said that P&G stock is down, I hope that means their pet food also. Dems are also on saying what they are doing about lead in toys, bad food & drugs. Julie Valles for cpsc consuwer products safty commison just said they are given the consumers “good value for their money on safty” & doesn’t agree with the dems. Not holding my breath but just maybe something if even too little is happening.
I also agree with all of you that we are making a difference to the pfi. All $ count to them. I also home cook (use to it now) and do my very best to not buy from China. I’m with you all. My couple of hundred $ a month does not go to them.
October 30th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
I work at Petsmart as a trainer and I always steer people toward Nutro, Blue Buffalo or any of the organic options. I see lots of people buying Nutro, some Eukanuba but very little of the “grocery” brands like Pedigree etc.
Nutro has all it’s own processing plants and does not use any by products so I think they are pretty safe. I feed my cats the indoor cat formula and they are fine with it.
October 30th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
After all We’ve been through I will never forgive the PFI. and to expect us [The USA] to grovel for China- No way, I have never heard anything like this before. Be careful not to insult China? It’s a Communist country for Gods’ sake, and one that doesn’t give a damn about us or our pets.
I will be asking Her to step down too. and i’ll also write to everyone I can think of.
This is just the dumbest thing I have heard.
And all companies that sell china things are blaming the weather. -Please, give Me a break!
October 30th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
If it was not so serious—it would almost be funny how detached these people are!!! Open mouth insert foot Nancy Nutjob.
here’s the contact info:
info@petfoodinstitute.org
October 30th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
I think Nancy is really that widow in Nigeria. Sure I’ll believe her and jump on her band wagon. I like the comment somewhere above about Mattel apologizing to China rather than the consumers. Maybe it’s just me or us here, but I’m really not “getting it”.
October 30th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
“She also made a statement in reference to Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), “Have we figured out how to put a COOL label on a Hershey bar? It’s about 10 feet long.â€
My latest favorite chocolate is Theo from right here in Fremont, Seattle. In their single origin bars they have 2-3 origins: the organic cacao bean origins and the organic beet sugar from Sweden.
Perhaps it is time for all of us to start chosing those can easily comply (and are already complying) with telling us where their ingredients come from.
October 30th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Nancy Cook is whistling in the dark to try to remain calm while stocks continue to drop. Perhaps they set their poll of pet owners like FEMA did their fake press conference. No one on here or petconnection got polled. Maybe the first question was whether or not they had a pet poisoned in the recall. If you answered yes then they hung up and went to the next person on the call list. I would bet money their poll was manipulatively flawed. Hang in there Nancy and Duano…soon all this latest un bought food will have to be pulled from the shelves because it has expired while you have been saying your pet food mantra!
October 30th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
I wrote the pet food institute today and asked that Ms Cook step down. Just because you continuously repeat a foolish thing…well it is still a foolish thing. Thanks all of you for providing us with the numbers.
October 30th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
“Chaoslillith says:
October 30th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
I work at Petsmart as a trainer and I always steer people toward Nutro, Blue Buffalo or any of the organic options. I see lots of people buying Nutro, some Eukanuba but very little of the “grocery†brands like Pedigree etc.
Nutro has all it’s own processing plants and does not use any by products so I think they are pretty safe. I feed my cats the indoor cat formula and they are fine with it.”
If Nutro had its own plants, why was it listed here?
http://www.nutroproducts.com/mfproductlist.shtml
Menu Foods Recall Product List
October 30th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
I think these globalists including apparently those at PFI think they can ship ingredients into various countries before bringing product here and thus obfuscate the new COOL labels and play games with Distributed by, Distributed in, Made for, Assembled in, and … And maybe they think everything is back to status quo and we’re just going to HAVE to buy their tainted imports? Well, we have a surprise for them! The products can sit on the shelf and gather DUST until the retailer returns it to the distributor as unsold or tosses it and doesn’t order more. THAT’S OUR SURPRISE! We’re buying local and from other places that are honest, reliable, human grade pet foods. And if we have to, we will make our own pet foods. No Chinese food or pet food or pet treats or pet toys or toys, until this mess is completely cleaned up, period! The consumer is willing to play hard ball… don’t put quality ingredients in it, don’t label or inspect it properly and we’ll let it sit on the shelves unsold. Don’t eliminate the taints and the stockholders aren’t going to like the earnings being down from poor sales. Consumers don’t have to spend.
I love the Hersheys bar example. IF it takes 10 feet of label to explain where everything came from that is in that bar, then we don’t need to be eating it. I bet Hersheys doesn’t agree with that example. And I am sure they don’t want to be dragged into the tainted pet food debacle.
Enjoy Christmas and the retailer unsold taint returned back to the distributors and importers! The American consumer is awake and aware NOW.
I just recently looked at a video snippet where there was an AAFCO rep’s admission that dead pets could be in the pet food. We’re not buying any product like that again, EVER. Human grade ingredients only. http://mflegal.com/files/deaddogsinfood.avi
October 30th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
One (of MANY) things about the recall that made me insane was I knew MANY people who looked on the label of the pet food for Menu Foods and when they did not see it—they thought the food was okay! Of course this was because as we know now, stores were very slow in pulling it off the shelves. Using computers to get the names and brands was not possible for everyone. Imagine if it had said MenuFoods on the label—think of how many pets would have been saved by just that one little thing! Menu Foods was being mentioned everywhere on the news , but not found on the pet food! (In my case it was Menu’s phone number on the label but not their name and address)
October 30th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Menusux: You rock…..
Dennis says: “don’t put quality ingredients in it, don’t label or inspect it properly and we’ll let it sit on the shelves unsold.”
Dennis: You rock, too…..
October 30th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
I think what most folks fail to realize is that most Chinese companies doing business in the US are nothing more than fronts for US companies. The companies buying shoddy products from China are often buying from themselves the products they themselves intentionally produced as inferior.
So, yeah, it’s hardly any wonder they don’t want the gravy train to stop running. Every dime that goes off shore is a dime that is harder to track.
The improvement in my pet’s overall condition since switching to homemade has been remarkable. Their coats have improved. My long haired cat hardly ever gets hairballs since switching. What were apparently food alergies have disappeared. And they aren’t hitting the litter box 3 times a day to eliminate sawdust or whatever indigestible crud is being put in the food.
It’s been something of a shock to see how bad commercial pet food is even when it isn’t poisoned outright. Years of minor problems I had been helpless to identify a cure for vanished overnight. The really pathetic part is I’m not paying much more for quality ingredients than I was for the recycled garbage marketed as pet food.
Paying more isn’t the solution. Buying something else with the same money is. I’m done playing Russian Roulette with commercial pet food.
October 30th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Chaoslillith: Menusx is right on this one. Nutro makes their own dry food, but both their pouches and cans were on the recall list.
Know how I know? Cause my cats GOT NAILED TWICE by those B-sr-rds! Even when they recalled the pouches, they wouldn’t answer any inquiries about the cans, until Menu Foods confirmed that they were bad as well. That was about two weeks later - how many illnesses and deaths could they have prevented if they had been just a teenie, tiny bit proactive?
I have no problem with Blue Buffalo - the minute they heard that American Foods (did I get that name right) had added grain to their nongrain products they pulled all their wet food even though not a single illness had been reported. That’s the way you handle a problem.
October 30th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Just because we pet owners have “returned to our normal purchasing habits” doesn’t mean we feel secure, it just means that we don’t feel we have viable alternatives.
Frankly, I have not returned to normal habits entirely. Even though none of the foods I use were on the recall (I feed my cats a grain-free diet and no wheat gluten allowed), nonethess, two of the brands (Wellness and Nature’s Variety) were packaged at Menu. I threw away the cases packaged during that time period, and stopped feedign those brands for several months. I also starting using Merrick (not canned at Menu) and Feline’s Pride (raw, prepared, commercial). Although because of specific dietary considerations (a diabetic early CRF cat) I have started feeding Nature’s Variety again, my mind is CERTAINLY NOT at ease in doing so.
I have bought a new food processor that should be able to handle meat, and as of this week, I will be making home-made cat food based on a recipe specially formulated through paid consultation with a veterinary nutritionist. It will be cheaper, and I will know everything that is in the food.
For info on making your own cat food, see:
http://www.catinfo.org/makingcatfood.htm
This is the website of the veterinarian I consulted with. It sounds more complicated than it is. I am doing a bone-free formula so I don’t need to worry about grinding bone; instead I will add calcium carbonate.
Aside from the melamine and acetaminiphen contamination that has recently come to light, there are other problems with commercial canned food. One is the chemical they use to coat the inside of the cans, which has been associated with increased incidence of hyperthryroidism in cats.
We simply do not know what is in there, we never will.
I am the OPPOSITE of a “happy home-maker” type and I almost never see the inside of a kitchen if I can help it, but I have been inching toward learning to make cat food myself. And this week I take the plunge.
I think they are lying about consumer confidence in pet food. Sales may be up, but I think we are — and always will be — uneasy and mistrustful.
Stefani
The Toonces Project
http://www.TheTooncesProject.com
“Is Your Pet Safe at the Vet?”
October 30th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Chinese consumers can track where their products come from, and we can’t implement the same technology. Go figure.
Oct. 29 Google news search: bar codes food safety China
October 30th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
Don’t expect commercial food to get any better.
In fact, pf companies are developing new palatability enhancers, breed specific formulas, novel ingredients, and nutrigenomics.
IMHO, these “improvements” are aimed at putting flavored junk in a package and calling it pet food.
http://www.petfoodindustry.com/
October 30th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Nancy Nutjob should have looked at her own website before speaking me thinks!!
October 30th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Chaoslillith says:
October 30th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
I work at Petsmart as a trainer and I always steer people toward Nutro, Blue Buffalo or any of the organic options. I see lots of people buying Nutro, some Eukanuba but very little of the “grocery†brands like Pedigree etc.
Chaoslillith, right after the recalls we had called and called and called both Menu and Nutro to let them know our kitty died 4 days before the initial recall but they wouldnt listen because her food “wasnt in a pouch” (even though it did have wheat gluten in it). It was the 3 oz cans. Then in April, the petowner and vet in California had the same flavor of Nutro food in the 3 oz can tested after her cats fell ill and it tested positive for melamine, etc. Over a month went by from March to April that they did nothing, if they had listened, other pets could have been saved during that time. Do everyone a favor and steer everyone away from Nutro for the rest of your life.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Nutro. Never again in this house.
My cat got sick in April and has had 3 bladder infections since and now we are dealing with crystals. Is this the residual effect of 2 years on Nutro food? He’s only 2. Their insurance company, Hartford Insurance, has refused my claim because my cat didn’t die (thank-god) and didn’t have kidney failure. He was healthy, then he was sick and now he’s still sick. Only ate Nutro.
I hate Nutro.