[vedo]

Does anyone know if Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul is part of the dog food recall? It is a part of "Diamond Foods."I am afraid to feed my dog any brand at this point

[Lorina]

Here's links with the listings of all recalled foods:
http://www.menufoods.com/recall/

[AndyVetra]

Originally Posted by Lorina

Here's links with the listings of all recalled foods:
http://www.menufoods.com/recall/

The interesting thing is that all of these brands are manufactured by the same manufacturer and that all of the problems involve one ingredient that is common to all of them. So much for the supposed huge differences in cheap and expensive brands!
Also of interest is the fact that the manufacturer was unable to detect a problem with either the incoming raw ingredient or the batches that it manufactured. Were all of these brands made from the same batch? Did this involve a different batch for each brand?
Whatever the answers it simply highlights the problems with quality of ingredients and manufacturing in the pet food industry and again focuses us on the importance of good nutrition in our pet's diets.

[cshellenberger]

Actually, if you look, all these brands are available at the supermarket. True premium foods, such as Wellness, Solid Gold, Eagle Pack, Innova, and Natural Balance are NOT included inthe recall because they don't use wheat gluten, the culprit in this case. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/17650075/

[AndyVetra]

Originally Posted by cshellenberger

Actually, if you look, all these brands are available at the supermarket. True premium foods, such as Wellness, Solid Gold, Eagle Pack, Innova, and Natural Balance are NOT included inthe recall because they don't use wheat gluten, the culprit in this case. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/17650075/

However, I'm sure you would agree that regardless of where these products are sold there are names on the list that purport to be "premium" though in fact are all churned out of the same place to virtually the same end result.

There are also many examples of non-supermarket sold foods that at best nutrition deficient and at worst potentially or actually harmful. Not being retailed in a supermarket does not exempt a food from the fact that the manufacturers self-regulate, decide upon their own labeling etc. Someone mentioned rendered deceased pets that end up in food. I know of at least one "premium" brand - not sold in supermarkets - that uses that.

[Captbob]

Originally Posted by cshellenberger

Actually, if you look, all these brands are available at the supermarket. True premium foods, such as Wellness, Solid Gold, Eagle Pack, Innova, and Natural Balance are NOT included inthe recall because they don't use wheat gluten, the culprit in this case. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/17650075/

Very true. The bad ingredient is a "filler", or just a cheap ingredient for the companies to use that isn't worth very much as far as nutrition is concerned.

[atldoglover]

I know just recently, there were two separate recalls- 1)Diamonds (www.msnbc.com- search dog food recalls) and then 2)The mass recall on canned foods...