Pet Food Recall grows

The recall contaminated food grew again on Saturday, March 31, Nestle Purina Pet Care Co. recalled Alpo Prime Cuts in Gravy wet dog food on the growing list of pet food. Purina said a limited amount of food contained wheat gluten from China.

Hill's Pet Nutrition, late Friday, March 30, recalled its Prescription Diet m / d Feline cat food containing the same allegedly contaminated wheat gluten. Hill's is the only company so far that recalls a pet dryFood.

It seems that not even understand the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other experts, the real cause or fully affected as a pet owner looking for answers from both veterinarians and pet food to prolong their suppliers.

The same U.S. supplier of wheat gluten, a protein source, also sold to a Canadian company. So far, Menu Foods recalled 60 million containers of wet dog and cat produces for sale under nearly 100 brand labels.

So far, Chinese societyprovided that the allegedly contaminated wheat gluten, remains a mystery as Menu Foods refuses to allow the company name.

Last week the New York State Food Laboratory aminopterin, a cancer drug is also used as rat poison, identified as the likely culprit. The FDA said it could not confirm this conclusion.

Federal testing of some recalled pet food and wheat gluten used in their production, in determining the chemical melamine conduct. Melamine is busy in the kitchenware and other plastics.

According to Fox News, Menu Foods said the only certainty was that imported wheat gluten was the likely source of a man-PET, even if the actual contaminant remained in doubt.

What is the bottom line to pet owners who are unsure of what to feed your dog? The best thing to do at this stage is to check the ingredients and if your pet food contains corn, think seriously before serving for your beloved pet.

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