Not sure how old the link is, it just came up on my feed. Thought it was worth sharing regardless. I personally lost a fur baby due to poisoned Ol Roy treats several years ago.
@RiotDemon@sammydog01 Like suggesting my peanut butter shouldn’t have any insect parts in it, even though the FDA has set a permissible level of 350 insect fragments per 16 ounces. It’s an unfortunate, unavoidable effect of mass farming and mass food production.
@cocoabrioche I am not suggesting dead dogs in pet food is “just an unavoidable effect”. I am saying the claim of dead dogs and cats in pet food is unsubstantiated. I’m not saying it’s untrue, but to the best of my knowledge right now, the claim of dog and cat carcasses in pet food is speculation based on a couple things:
Lack of strict regulation in the industry
The presence of trace amounts of Pentobarbital in analyzed food (Pentobarbital is often used to euthanize animals)
It might be factual, but at the moment, I have not become aware of solid information which substantiates this rumor.
I am also saying confidently and without hesitation: Rumors of the pet food industry having nefarious purpose, that they are controlled by Evil Corp and the Illuminati in some twisted conspiracy to control the planet through murdering our pets… this is simply interwebs hokum.
Ack! I buy my dog super expensive frozen dog food, but even they had some contamination from a human grade provider once.
How does this keep happening?
@RiotDemon it baffles my mind.
@RiotDemon @tinamarie1974 the article is over a year old; par for the course for social media. (blog owner loves it while pretending not to)
@RiotDemon The Chicago Tribune said there were traces but not enough to cause problems. Gotta love the way the internet sensationalizes things.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-dog-food-recall-gravy-train-ol-roy-pentobarbital-20180220-story.html
@sammydog01 I think the issue is that there shouldn’t be any.
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 that’s how we like them cyanide apples now
@RiotDemon “Any” is a tricky thing with analytical chemistry the way it is.
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 Like suggesting my peanut butter shouldn’t have any insect parts in it, even though the FDA has set a permissible level of 350 insect fragments per 16 ounces. It’s an unfortunate, unavoidable effect of mass farming and mass food production.
@RiotDemon @ruouttaurmind I had peanut butter for lunch. With insect parts!
@RiotDemon @snapster thank you!
And when she says bottom, she basically means in the comments section…very meh of her!
@RiotDemon @ruouttaurmind @sammydog01 Are you saying dead dogs in dog food are just an unavoidable effect? They just keep showing up though: This past November, a lawsuit against Orijen was amended to include pentobarbitol.
A Tufts vet has said “it doesn’t come from outer space” and yes, any in our dogs’ food beyond grosses me out. https://iheartdogs.com/fda-investigating-report-of-euthanasia-drug-in-dog-food/
@cocoabrioche I am not suggesting dead dogs in pet food is “just an unavoidable effect”. I am saying the claim of dead dogs and cats in pet food is unsubstantiated. I’m not saying it’s untrue, but to the best of my knowledge right now, the claim of dog and cat carcasses in pet food is speculation based on a couple things:
It might be factual, but at the moment, I have not become aware of solid information which substantiates this rumor.
I am also saying confidently and without hesitation: Rumors of the pet food industry having nefarious purpose, that they are controlled by Evil Corp and the Illuminati in some twisted conspiracy to control the planet through murdering our pets… this is simply interwebs hokum.