Pet nutrition & pet food
Your pet is part of the family. Like any member of the family, you care about your pet’s nutrition and your pet’s food. Your pet deserves pet food that creates healthy pet nutrition. As with any other member of your family, you wouldn’t want to compromise their health with an uninformed or poor choice in pet food.
Poor choice in pet food results in poor pet nutrition, which can lead to health problems and even death. Check recall lists that are regularly updated by the Humane Society of Society of the United States as well as the FDA website for updates on all pet product recalls. If your pet’s food are part of the product recalls, immediately stop feeding the product to your pet. Pet food that has been recalled can be returned to the store it was purchased for a full refund. If the pet food is disposed of, be sure to place it in a secure facility away from other neighborhood animals. Recalled pet food can kill.
If your pet’s food seems to be harming the pet, contact a veterinarian with your concerns at once. Pet nutrition should be carefully monitored, both by checking your pet’s food on the recall lists and observing any adverse reactions in your pet. If your pet has eaten recalled pet food, have your pet examined by a veterinarian. Symptoms may not present themselves until it too late.
Sadly, there is no current regulation of pet food or the pet nutrition the food provides. The FDA has no authority to recall pet food. The public is left trusting the pet food companies to recall the pet food if it leads to poor pet nutrition. Since 2004, there has been on average one pet food recall every three months.
The Human and Pet Food Safety Act is circulating through Congress. It seeks to add safety regulations to pet food as well as human food. All pets deserve healthy pet nutrition and healthy pet food. Contact your congressional representatives and demand a change.
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December 1st, 2007 at 7:03 pm
I believe the only alternative to commercial pet food is homemade recipes.
December 5th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
I just wish they would have stricter guidelines when it comes to pet food. We should get some kind of petition going.
Cat Care
January 5th, 2008 at 9:36 am
The best diet for dogs is one that is home prepared, natural and preferrable from organic ingredients. More and more dog owners are switching to a BARF (bones and raw food) diet to make sure that their dog recieves the best nutrition. Last years pet food recall in the US was due to deliberate contamination of pet food ingredients for the sole purpose of boosting profits. Commercial dog food is more than ever under scrutiny revealing the industry as being more focussed on their bank balances than on the health and welfare of your dog.
marion