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Petition to take dangerous treats off the shelves.
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Permalink Reply by F, Calla & Luca on
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Done.
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Permalink Reply by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on
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It's important to understand that it is not just jerky treats, it is all edible products made in China. There are no safe dog treats of any kind sold in Walmart, Kmart, Target, Walgreen's, most grocery stores, etc. Avoid the products made by the multinational corporations, almost all of them use ingredients imported from China.
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Permalink Reply by Bonnie and Kona on
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Thank you for helping us all make wise food/treat choices for our pets, Karen.
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What bothers me about this petition is that rather than trying to educate people about making better food choices, the focus is solely on jerky treats and asking the government to remove this one type of product from the shelves. But that won't solve the problem; these same people will continue to buy treats and foods at Walgreen's, Walmart, etc. and will purchase the next tainted product from these places, believing that whatever is still on the shelf is safe. They will still buy junky treats made by these same companies. The government, the stores, the manufacturers, are not going to remove every product made in China from the store shelves. Today it's jerky, tomorrow it's something else. Only when people educate themselves, question where ingredients come from, and learn to read labels will they be able to make safe food choices, not only for their pets but for themselves. The mentality of "if it's on the store shelf, it's safe" must end.
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Permalink Reply by Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*() on
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It's still a step in the right direction and maybe will make some people ask...if THESE are bad, what else is? Worse yet, a co-worker just put down her 3rd dog for cancer. When I asked her what food she fed, she said "oh really good food I get from the Vet, Science Diet". Well you can imagine the earful she got and I sent her to the dogfood analysis link right away. Her dogs were purebreds, dobermans, and all live relatively short lives, 8-9 yrs. would make me want to ask more questions.
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It's very discouraging, Sue. In the FB group, these same people whose dogs have actually died from Chinese jerky treats still continue to buy food & treats made by the same huge corporations and sold at the discount big box stores. They can't see past the "jerky" part of it.
I just can't understand why people don't get it. This is not a new issue. We've been talking about it in the Food Group for several years. There is no excuse for anyone who owned a pet during the massive recalls of 2007 to be uneducated on this subject.
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Well, welcome to my world of "why don't people get it?" when It comes to what they feed their infants. There are formula recalls all the time. The last one from Similac, due to rodent droppings found in the canned powdered formulas. And yes children do die from many things associated with poor handling and mixing of these formulas. But I understand that for the most part people want to do what they feel is best and sometimes what is best has to do with convenience and availability and in some cases lack of knowledge.
But with dog foods and formulas, I feel the same....you pay now or you pay later....in doctor bills and heartache.
Please don't take offense anyone, I was formula fed and it is what it is, but would like to think we are more educated now than we were 50+yrs ago.
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Getting down from soap box now.
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You really must read Pet Food Politics, because it also discusses the issue of melamine in the Chinese infant formula, too.
There is a very close link between what animals are fed and what people eat...the supply chain is all linked.
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Karen, I can't even get started on what is in formula that is misrepresented, misleading and just plan unsafe for most children. And we could spend hours on its role in obesity in our country. Considering the governents last statement on the cost of non-breastfed babies is 13 Billion dollars a year to our health care system and time off work to parents, and insurances, you'd think it would be against the law to mass produce formula! But I know that is absurd, and not everyone wants to BREASTFEED and everyone has a choice. As they do to buy Purina, Iams, SD.
And yes it is all linked and very politically driven. It's all about the money!
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It shouldn't surprise anyone (except maybe those who really believe that the U.S. has a wonderful health care system) that the United States is ranked 34th in infant mortality. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_mortality_...
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Permalink Reply by Pam & Trixie on
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While I know Science Diet is terrible. Loosing a 3rd Doberman to cancer cant be blamed on their diet. They are one of the top 5 breeds for getting cancer...
I lost 2 dogs of my 3 of the same breed to cancer & I know it wasnt caused by what I fed them. It was in their genes/breed : (
I got cancer & I dont eat Science diet :o
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