Update - melamine in Natural Balance food - more products pulled

"Sandy McDermin" wrote in message
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"buglady" wrote in message

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For pesticides the LABEL is the LAW. For pet food the LABEL is a LIE.

buglady
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I still don't see rice in it:

http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/cat...d.html#Venison

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When Buglady said "the label is a lie" she meant that the label might not
accurately reflect what is in the food.

Once upon a time, about 15 years ago, this happened to me with spaghetti
sauce. I would always read the label to make sure the sauce didn't contain
any cheese. One time, I bought a jar of a new brand sauce that I hadn't
tried before (which didn't contain cheese). My husband and I really liked
the sauce, so the following week, I bought another jar of the identical
thing. When I was cooking with it, I read the label and saw that it
contained cheese! I phoned the company to see what was going on and ask why
they had started to add cheese to the product. They told me they had in fact
actually *eliminated* the cheese from the product six months earlier, but
that labels were expensive to print, so they were using up the old labels,
and I must have picked up a jar with one of the old labels! They asked me
what was the serial number on the jar. When I told them, they confirmed that
I had picked up a jar with one of the old labels, and the sauce did not
contain cheese (in contrast to what it said on the label).... Even then, it
must have been illegal to do that, but the point is that that was for a
human food product. How much more so for a pet food!
Best regards,
---Cindy S.

"cindys" wrote in message
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I phoned the company to see what was going on and ask why
they had started to add cheese to the product. They told me they had in
fact
actually *eliminated* the cheese from the product six months earlier, but
that labels were expensive to print, so they were using up the old labels,

..........how many people bother to call? I guess I shouldn't be amazed that
this happened (still happens?) in people food too.

buglady
take out the dog before replying

"buglady" wrote in message
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"cindys" wrote in message
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I phoned the company to see what was going on and ask why
they had started to add cheese to the product. They told me they had in
fact
actually *eliminated* the cheese from the product six months earlier, but
that labels were expensive to print, so they were using up the old
labels,

.........how many people bother to call? I guess I shouldn't be amazed
that
this happened (still happens?) in people food too.
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I'm not sure if it still happens with people food as there are truth in
labeling laws, but the incident I described occurred a little over 15 years
ago, and I thought there were truth in labeling laws even then.
Best regards,
---Cindy S.

On Apr 18, 12:28 am, "cindys" wrote:
I read the label and saw that it
contained cheese! I phoned the company to see what was going on and ask why
they had started to add cheese to the product. They told me they had in fact
actually *eliminated* the cheese from the product six months earlier, but
that labels were expensive to print, so they were using up the old labels,

What would happen if someone had a severe allergy to cheese and it
wasn't on the label?! I have a very severe allergy to fish so I
always read the labels. I was going to buy a chicken and noodle dish
but they did list on the label that it had seafood in the sauce.

Now with this petfood recall, it is imperative that they have accurate
and current labels on all their food. Waiting 6 months to change the
label is totally unacceptable!