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Is melamine responsible for the missing bees?
2007-04-25 02:34:00 Natural Balance pet food said they ?believe the source of the melamine is a rice protein concentrate.? Companies that sell rice protein concentrates also sell bee pollen substitutes and those substitutes are made out of rice protein concentrate. Excerpts from the AMERICAN-STATESMAN, Beekeepers puzzled by vanishing hives, April 14, 2007 ?We have got commercial beekeepers who have ... More About: Pet Food , Melamine , Miss , Mine , Sing
At Food Safety Hearing, ChemNutra official Says It?s Not The First Time
2007-04-24 21:26:00 One of the surprises to come out of this morning’s Food Safety hearing is that this is not the first time that melamine has been mixed with wheat gluten to make it look like it had more protein. It first was discovered three decades ago. To which The Safe Pet Food Blog asks: Do ... More About: Time , Ring
Watch Today?s (Senate) Food Safety Hearing Featuring FDA and ChemNutra
2007-04-24 14:24:00 You can watch the video Tuesday, April 24 at 9:30 a.m. EDT live at: http://energycommerce.house.gov/membios/s chedule.shtml The Safe Pet Food Blog IsYourPetFoodSafe.com More About: Watch , Safety , Dogs , Cats
What is ?rice protein concentrate??
2007-04-24 14:19:00 Diamond Pet Foods offered a very concise answer: Rice protein concentrate is a by-product of the rice syrup industry. Unlike other rice ingredients, it is very high in protein. It is not the same ingredient as white rice, brown rice, brewers rice, rice bran or rice flour. The Safe Pet Food Blog IsYourPetFoodSafe.com More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets , Recall
ITCHMO is tracking foods with corn gluten and rice protein concentrate
2007-04-24 14:13:00 In light of strong suspicions that additional ingredients imported from China were contaminated with melamine (see Senator Dick Durbin’s letter) AND given that several pet food companies are not voluntarily issuing recalls, one blogger is keeping track of foods that contain those potentially contaminated ingredients. There are too many foods to keep track of here but ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets , Corn , Rice
Ah, Finally, China Allows the FDA Inspectors
2007-04-24 14:07:00 The New York Times is reporting that China has finally yielded to visa requests from FDA Inspectors. BEIJING, April 23 ? China on Monday has given American regulators permission to enter the country to investigate whether Chinese suppliers exported contaminated pet food ingredients to the United States earlier this year, leading to one of the largest ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Corn , Melamine
Breaking News: Two Senators Say A Second Importer of Tainted RCP (Rice Pro
2007-04-24 13:47:00 The Safe Pet Food Blog joins all other pet food advocates in advises DO NOT FEED your pets ANY pet food with wheat gluten, corn gluten, rice gluten or rice protein concentrate. Brown rice is okay, it is not milled. USDA brown rice (grown in the US) is even better. See my ... More About: News , Dogs , Cats , Breaking News , Pets
Do Pets Like Their New Natural Foods?
2007-04-24 03:49:00 Dr. Lisa Pierson, a holistic vet quoted elsewhere on this blog, says that it’s often hard to get kitties (and, I presume, dogs) to change from the cheaper foods because pet food companies use a little trick — they heavily flavor it to get them to eat it. And so, just like kids would rather ... More About: Dogs , Pets , Natural , Pet Food , Foods
FDA is Incapable of Protecting the Nation?s Food Supply
2007-04-23 14:40:00 The pet food recall crisis was a blessing to all Americans. By their own admission, the FDA is unable to protect the nation’s food supply and rely on producers to police themselves. Even when they know certain farms and plants have frequent contaminations and violations, they can do nothing. And so tomorrow, the House ... More About: Food , Nation , Prot , Capa , The Nation
Don?t Dump Pet Food That May Be Contaminated
2007-04-23 14:32:00 I haven’t seen this type of warning from ANY U.S. News Service, Blog, or Forum. So you are getting it from me, first. Please spread the word. South Africa is way ahead of us on this. Their news agencies have a huge campaign to alert people not to dump contaminated pet foods. Return it to Royal ... More About: Food , Pet Food , Recall , That , Nate
How to Transition Cats to New (Dry or Canned) Foods
2007-04-23 13:57:00 The following excerpt comes from Dr. Lisa Pierson, a holistic vet very interested in cat nutrition. She is not associated with HealthyPetNet but her article helps you transition your cat to a decent food. I very rarely hear of kitties who won’t eat Life’s Abundance or the canned, all meat Instinctive Choice, but ... More About: Cats , Cann , Foods , Trans , Anne
Her kitty died 30 minutes after eating a canned cat food
2007-04-23 04:34:00 I received a heartbreaking telephone call tonight from someone whose friend wished they had heard about our healthy pet food a week earlier. She picked up some canned cat food from a large discount store, fed it to her cat, and her cat started frothing at the mouth and died. I asked her to let me ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Food , Pets , Pet Food
Royal Canin Canada Recalls Additional Products - New contaminant
2007-04-22 19:27:00 Due to contaminated rice protein concentrate, Royal Canin has recalled the following cat and dog products from Canada on Friday, This is not a melamine contamination - this is a new contaminant, cyanuric acid, which is chemically related to but distinct from melamine. * Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Canine EARLY CARDIAC * Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Canine ... More About: Products , Dogs , Cats , Pet Food
A Listing of Ingredients from a Bad, Bad Pet Food
2007-04-22 17:18:00 Someone brought me a kitty for adoption last week. They brought the empty litter box, litter, and the leftover bag of cat food. I just want you to see the list of ingredients. If you are reading this blog, you are already aware of safe pet foods vs. unsafe pet foods. Still, it was shocking. I ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Food , Pets , Pet Food
FDA Update on Tainted Pet Food
2007-04-22 16:20:00 This listserv covers mainly Class I (life-threatening) recalls. A complete listing of recalls can be found in the FDA Enforcement Report at: http://www.fda.gov/opacom/Enforce.html April 22, 2007 Media Inquiries: 301-827-6242 Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA FDA?s Update on Taint ed Pet Food The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating an imported shipment of rice protein concentrate which has been found ... More About: Pet Food
What Do People Know About the Recall - A Personal Observation
2007-04-22 04:04:00 It was a beautiful day in Colorado. I was able to mow the lawn, do a little gardening, plant some lovely bulbs. My tulips and grape hyacinths are, as my little neighbor says, “gorgeous beyond words”. I’ve done so many news articles, I just really wanted to slow down and tell you the REALLY interesting stuff. ... More About: Personal , Dogs , Cats , People , Pet Food
Safe Pet Food For Non-Profits, Rescue Groups, Trap Neuter Release (TNR)
2007-04-21 22:43:00 I have spoken with a number of rescue organizations who have had to throw out all kinds of donated food because much of it was recalled. But not only do they need to feed healthy food to their fosters, but they continually need to raise funds to care for them. HealthyPetNet has an amazing ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Food , Pets , Pet Food
$2.1 Billion Dollars in Trade, Why Does China Continue to Block FDA Investi
2007-04-21 21:26:00 The Boston Globe reports that the Chinese government continues to block federal investigators from visiting the country to confirm the source of melamine. Even though reporters were able to quickly travel to China and determine that at least one supplier there openly shopped for melamine to artificially boost the protein content of its wheat gluten, FDA ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets , Pet Food
Yes, it?s true ? Melamine has made it?s way into hog food
2007-04-21 21:09:00 The Sacramento Bee is reporting that the chemical linked to cat and dog deaths on two continents has made it into pig feed and perhaps onto California tables, with state agricultural officials announcing late Thursday they’ve quarantined a Ceres hog farm where lab tests showed melamine in pig urine. The hog feed apparently came from a ... More About: Food , Recall , Melamine , Made , Mine
Menu Foods? Future Clouded by Recall
2007-04-21 17:48:00 The Toronto Star reports on the little-known business history of Menu Foods . Pet food in America is a $15.5 billion dollar a year industry, and Menu Foods has 90% of the $3.2 billion dollar wet food segment. The recalls have hit competitors, Del Monte and Nestle Purina. Small natural or organic companies will ... More About: Future , Pet Food , Recall
It?s Official - HealthyPetNet Confirms Use of Only Human-Quality Ingredient
2007-04-20 22:38:00 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Dear Trilogy / HealthyPetNet Field Representative, As many of you already know, a new wave of recalls has been announced in the last 24 hours. Evidence suggesting that a shipment of the ingredient ?Rice Protein Concentrate? contained melamine has come to light. Natural Balance, Royal Canin and Blue Buffalo have all announced recalls of their ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Human , Hype , Only
What?s the best thing to do with contaminated food? Return it for burning.
2007-04-20 18:14:00 No U.S. news service is carrying this story, yet… but South Africa has the answer. What should be done with all of this contaminated food? It should be burned. Hopefully, these pet stores and grocery stores will catch on to this. DO NOT PUT IT INTO DUMPSTERS. We do not ... More About: Food , Pet Food , Hat , Best , Burning
A Visit with Dr. Jane Bicks, DVM, Formulator of HealthyPetNet
2007-04-20 16:18:00 This blog has been filled with a spate of recall news as first Natural Balance, then Blue Buffalo, then Royal Canin — all very fine brands — reacted with voluntary, cautionary recalls. The culprit for these foods was a cheaper form of protein, “rice protein concentrate”. I sat in on a conference call last night ... More About: Hype , Healthy , Visi , Visit , Form
Royal Canin US Recalls Several Brands Due to Possible Contamination
2007-04-20 14:34:00 Royal Canin is recalling several formulations due to contaminated rice protein concentrate. No illnesses are confirmed in relation to these items. Royal Canin also recently recalled pet food in South Africa due to melamine found in corn gluten. The Royal Canin website says: Which products are being recalled? ROYAL CANIN SENSIBLE CHOICE® (available in pet specialty stores nationwide) Dry ... More About: Pet Food , Calls , Nation , Royal , Royal Canin
Blue Buffalo Pet Food Announces Recall of Spa Select with Rice Protein Conc
2007-04-20 00:29:00 Due to the melamine found in the Wilbur-Ellis rice protein, Blue Buffalo has recalled one production run of their Spa Select Kitten dry food marked ?Best Used By Mar. 07 08 B.? They were alerted quickly enough to prevent most of 4,752 bags from entering the market. read more | digg story More About: Food , Pet Food , Recall , Rice
South African Pet Food Companies Report Melamine Found In Corn Gluten
2007-04-19 20:46:00 While this is not a US Problem, YET, tests have confirmed that Vets Choice and Royal Canin dog and cat dry pet-food products contained corn gluten contaminated with melamine, says the manufacturer. The contaminated corn gluten was delivered to Royal Canin by a South African third-party supplier and appears to have originated from China. Posted on ... More About: Companies , Food , Pet Food , Corn , Melamine
Pet food recall expanded to all Rice Protein Concentrate by Wilbur-Ellis
2007-04-19 18:10:00 Wilbur-Ellis, who supplied Natural Balance with melamine-tainted rice gluten or rice protein concentrate, said it is urging all pet food manufacturers using rice protein concentrate supplied by it to recall any pet food that may be on supermarket shelves. They shipped to manufacturers in Utah, New York, Kansas, and Missouri. Watch for updates. Posted by ... More About: Food , Pet Food , Recall , Rice , Cent
HealthyPetNet and OhioPet - Domestic grains, No wheat, no rice gluten
2007-04-19 15:41:00 With the latest pet food recall involving a holistic brand, many people are wondering what pet food is safe. Let me just tell you that Life’s Abundance by HealthyPetNet is manufactured by Ohio Pet. Ohio Pet’s website states that they do not use wheat gluten, no rice gluten or rice protein concentrate, and they only purchase domestically ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets , Recall , Melamine
Top Holistic Vet on Rice and Gluten
2007-04-18 04:32:00 One of my favorite online vets, known as “Dogtorj“, advocates gluten-free diets for humans and pets. He, himself, has recovered from celiac disease and is an authority on this condition in pets. Here are some quotes from his paper, Gluten Intolerance in Dogs and Cats . Note that he praises rice, especially brown rice. ... More About: Pets , Holistic , Rice
Brown rice vs. rice gluten
More articles from this author:2007-04-18 04:07:00 The Natural Balance recall, along with news of possible future recalls of corn gluten and rice gluten products, has people nervous. I’ve already seen it in other forums and on this blog. Folks, holistic vets definitely say no corn or wheat, but they have been fine with BROWN RICE. And brown rice is not ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pet Food , Rice , Brown 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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