Thanks so much for posting that email! You have no idea how much that means to me.

I have been searching for this kind of thing to add to my file.
Would you be kind enough to send me an email? I need your permission to use this document from NB. My email addy is over at petfoodlist.com. I’m registered as Ziggy.

If anyone else has an email from NB where blatant lies are told, please, please send me an email. Thank you

Also, I need someone’s screen cap from NB web page (before they took it off) claim of all USA ingredients except Venison.

Annie

forgot to include the email:

Hello,
Please know that our dry and canned formulas are “co-packed” at a separate facility in the United States. Our dry formulas are co-packed at Diamond in California, and our canned formulas are co-packed at American Nutrition in Utah. What this means, is that we use their machinery to manufacture our OWN products. We also have our OWN quality control over seeing any manufacturing/production of our products. Further, all of our products are tested prior to production, after production, and then once again at our facility before the product ever leaves for distribution. Also we do not use wheat gluten in our dog or cat formulas. However, we do have whole wheat flour in our Dog Rolls and Roll-A-Rounds, in which this ingredient does come from the United States and is human grade. We do not get any of our ingredients from China. If you should have any further questions or concerns please feel free to contact me via e-mail or phone. Have a good day.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Freeman, B.S., R.V.T.
Animal Nutrition
Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc.
800-829-4493

Hello,
Please know that our dry and canned formulas are “co-packed” at a separate facility in the United States. Our dry formulas are co-packed at Diamond in California, and our canned formulas are co-packed at American Nutrition in Utah. What this means, is that we use their machinery to manufacture our OWN products. We also have our OWN quality control over seeing any manufacturing/production of our products. Further, all of our products are tested prior to production, after production, and then once again at our facility before the product ever leaves for distribution. Also we do not use wheat gluten in our dog or cat formulas. However, we do have whole wheat flour in our Dog Rolls and Roll-A-Rounds, in which this ingredient does come from the United States and is human grade. We do not get any of our ingredients from China. If you should have any further questions or concerns please feel free to contact me via e-mail or phone. Have a good day.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Freeman, B.S., R.V.T.
Animal Nutrition
Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc.
800-829-4493

They out and out lied about using products from China!

So disgusting!

Hope this helps.

Voluntary Recall of Spa Select Kitten Dry Food
Dear Pet Parents:

The Blue Buffalo Company has undertaken a voluntary recall on one production run of our Spa Select Kitten dry food. The production code on the recalled product is:

“Best Used By Mar. 07 08 B.”

We have taken this action because the rice protein concentrate used for this one production run was obtained from Wilbur-Ellis, the same company who supplied this ingredient to Natural Balance. Test results received late last evening (4/18) indicated that this rice protein concentrate tested positive for melamine. This is the first and only time our manufacturing partner sourced an ingredient from Wilbur-Ellis, and we had no knowledge that they had imported the ingredients from China.

We have advised the FDA of this finding and will be working closely with them on this issue.

Of the 4,752 bags produced in this one run, we were able to prevent the majority from ever entering retail distribution. We are working closely with our retail partners to remove this product immediately and will be re-stocking the shelves with Spa Select Kitten dry food that was produced without any rice protein sourced from Wilbur-Ellis as soon as possible.

f you currently have a bag of Spa Select Kitten dry food, please check the code date and if it matches the one shown above discontinue use immediately and return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. If your cat has eaten any of the recalled food, please call your veterinarian immediately to discuss if there are any risks to your pet.

Should you have a specific question call our Customer Service Department at 1-800-919-2833 or email us at info@bluebuff.com. We understand your desire for immediate answers and we will be working to get back to you as quickly as we can.

No other Spa Select cat food or dog food, canned or dry, is included in this recall.

As a family owned company whose reason for being is to provide cats and dogs with the highest quality natural foods, we are extremely upset by this recall and can’t begin to apologize enough to our customers. From our perspective, it is unacceptable to produce even one bag of food with the potential to cause a pet to become ill, and we will further tighten our ingredient sourcing and quality assurance procedures as a result of this incident.

Sincerely,

Bill Bishop
President
Blue Buffalo

I read somewhere [on of today’s articles?] that Senator Durbin met with AvE. Anyone know what that was about?

Thanks for the Beneful info. Do you know what happened with the group from doggybling? Last time I checked in over there, they’d given Purina a deadline.

Sure is heartbreaking to see so many sick dogs and cats.

Thanks for posting that info. Man-O-Man, those FDA folks need to get up to speed, and fast.

http://marketnews.usda.gov/por.....af_dm=full

I notice that many of the Iams drys contain ‘brewer’s rice’ as one of their top ingredients. Is this actual rice, or is it possible that they’re using the rice protein stuff instead?

Anyone know?

Actually, for humans, barring allergies, wheat gluten is good as a meat substitute for vegans. The problem isn’t wheat gluten, it is wheat gluten made from GMOs or chemically tainted wheat gluten.

I WANT TO KNOW WHO ARE THE OTHER 4 COMPANIES IT WAS SOLD TO!!!!!