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We keep having discussions of various pet foods and ingredients they should
or should not contain. I'm getting more and more concerned with just where those ingredients come from. I'm pretty sure I've got a handle on beef lamb chicken and fish. Though it seems the part of the animals as well as the source could be open to interpretation. But where are they getting the venison and duck they are now using? What about all the added ingredients. Again many sources and origins are possible. Or the supplements. Where those come from and how they are made can vary and awful lot. Sorry, but I'm having one of those weeks when I don't feel like I can trust anything anymore. I think the trigger this time was someone mentioned fish oil. Do we always know where fish oil comes from and that it is safe and free of contaminants and non-allergenic? (Still having a hard time mentally processing the Organic Spinach fiasco as well as the current Tofu recall. Forget sprouts, they're deadly) Jo |
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We keep having discussions of various pet foods and ingredients they
should or should not contain. I'm getting more and more concerned with just where those ingredients come from. I'm pretty sure I've got a handle on beef lamb chicken and fish. Though it seems the part of the animals as well as the source could be open to interpretation. But where are they getting the venison and duck they are now using? China, probably. China has always reared vast numbers of ducks. The venison may well be from Mongolia originally, or other countries in central Asia - since it went capitalist, Mongolia's economy has more or less collapsed completely and they have been killing their wildlife on a massive scale (most of their large animals face extinction in a few years). ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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jofirey wrote:
(Still having a hard time mentally processing the Organic Spinach fiasco as well as the current Tofu recall. Forget sprouts, they're deadly) Tofu recall? This is the first I've heard of that. Off to Google... Joyce |
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"Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote in message ... We keep having discussions of various pet foods and ingredients they should or should not contain. I'm getting more and more concerned with just where those ingredients come from. I'm pretty sure I've got a handle on beef lamb chicken and fish. Though it seems the part of the animals as well as the source could be open to interpretation. But where are they getting the venison and duck they are now using? China, probably. China has always reared vast numbers of ducks. The venison may well be from Mongolia originally, or other countries in central Asia - since it went capitalist, Mongolia's economy has more or less collapsed completely and they have been killing their wildlife on a massive scale (most of their large animals face extinction in a few years). I'm afraid that's what I'm thinking too. I'd like to think the US would never import venison from elsewhere, and I know overpopulation is a problem with deer species here. But I didn't think commercial sale of wild game animals was allowed and didn't think domestic varieties were being raised either. Not to mention, wild game is all well and good. But its health and living conditions can be pretty variable. Jo |
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On Oct 5, 11:01 am, "jofirey" wrote:
We keep having discussions of various pet foods and ingredients they should or should not contain. I'm getting more and more concerned with just where those ingredients come from. I'm pretty sure I've got a handle on beef lamb chicken and fish. Though it seems the part of the animals as well as the source could be open to interpretation. But where are they getting the venison and duck they are now using? What about all the added ingredients. Again many sources and origins are possible. Or the supplements. Where those come from and how they are made can vary and awful lot. Sorry, but I'm having one of those weeks when I don't feel like I can trust anything anymore. I think the trigger this time was someone mentioned fish oil. Do we always know where fish oil comes from and that it is safe and free of contaminants and non-allergenic? (Still having a hard time mentally processing the Organic Spinach fiasco as well as the current Tofu recall. Forget sprouts, they're deadly) Jo I think a little paranoia WRT what your cat ingests is justified. I'm still getting updates on the friend-of-a-friend's cat who is basically dying of kidney failure due to the Menu Foods' fiasco. I don't think I'll ever stray from Purina Products, and I'll certainly think twice about *anything* imported from China. Actually, I bought a little cutting board the other day, unwrapped it, and the funkiest odor came off of it. Turned it over, and it said, "Made in China". I trashed it. It was the most bizarre smell, and I just didn't want any contact with any food any of us was going to eat. Sherry |
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