Purina law suit

[yellow dog]

Yes,,lol I edited my last post to add exactly that YD.

Especially when you see lists like this:

http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-recalls/

Wow a bunch of raw dog foods on the top of the list. I never thought I would see that since they are so healthy. Goes to show it can happen to any company and even more reason to shop and buy from a small reputable Canadian company.

[MikePal]

Wow a bunch of raw dog foods on the top of the list.

The list is done by date....not a Top 10...

With Raw food, there is always a heightened potential to be contaminated with Listeria and Salmonella.

[C.A. in TO]

And the Diamond recall summary includes 14 different brands -- many highly regarded

[C.A. in TO]

The list is done by date....not a Top 10...

With Raw food, there is always a heightened potential to be contaminated with Listeria and Salmonella.

Agreed on the raw risk.
The list has a link to sort by brand. More enlightening.

[yellow dog]

And the Diamond recall summary includes 14 different brands -- many highly regarded

Yes but that was a few years ago and they paid out for that .

[Gilroy]

Sure seemed like it when you write chicken carcases and my meat in the same sentence. You didn't identify what was in your meat that you are paying a $1.50 a day. I use to buy the frozen 50lb blocks of musher mix for $20.00. It contained beef,chicken,tripe, trout, liver and if the market changed horse meat. Every three months a bunch of us would put our order in and meet in Walefield Quebec for pick up. To this day a reliable source still makes the delivery to the people who are feeding raw. Now that's cheap.

You probably missed post #35

I feed my dog raw and he is as healthy as a horse.There is no big learning curve.Raw chicken carcass in the morning and a big chunk of raw meat in the evening.Whats in the raw meat,dont really know,muscle,liver,heart,bit of lung.Throw in a raw egg once a week,cut grate some raw carrots,cut up some raw kale,a little fish oil.Its not rocket science

[Gilroy]

[QUOTE=trimmer21;879438]My close friend and professor at OVC told me that the best pet food was leftover people food mixed with good quailty kibble for roughage and fiber.

Raw is digested in 6 hours and kibble in 12 hours,that is why its not real good to mix.Some kibble is never fully digested and that is why dogs take a second crack at it in the form of stoles.

[last5oh_302]

[QUOTE=Gilroy;880114]

Gilroy;879438]
Raw is digested in 6 hours and kibble in 12 hours,that is why its not real good to mix.Some kibble is never fully digested and that is why dogs take a second crack at it in the form of stoles.

According to my nutritionist friend, it's not a problem to feed both. I've read the debates from both sides however. Some say no and others say it doesn't matter. I feed both to my pooch and no problems. They digest everything just fine, or at least my dog does.

[Gilroy]

Sure seemed like it when you write chicken carcases and my meat in the same sentence. You didn't identify what was in your meat that you are paying a $1.50 a day. I use to buy the frozen 50lb blocks of musher mix for $20.00. It contained beef,chicken,tripe, trout, liver and if the market changed horse meat. Every three months a bunch of us would put our order in and meet in Walefield Quebec for pick up. To this day a reliable source still makes the delivery to the people who are feeding raw. Now that's cheap.

Did you factor into the math the time and gas for the drive to Quebec.

[last5oh_302]

Saugus man alleges Beneful pet food killed his dog

A Massachusetts man has filed suit against pet food maker Nestle Purina alleging that its Beneful food kills dogs.
It’s the second potential class-action lawsuit filed against the company in less than a month. Rumors about the dog food line have swirled around the Internet since at least 2007, according to the website Snopes.com, and Nestle Purina has consistently asserted that its product is safe.
The lawsuit, filed Feb. 27 in federal court in Boston, said that Saugus resident Paul Malcolm suffered “severe physical and emotional distress” after his Rotweiler-bulldog mix Ben died on February 26 after collapsing several times during the night of February 25 and the next morning. Although Malcolm rushed his 135-pound dog to Saugus Animal Hospital, the complaint says, the dog died en route.
Ben had been fed a diet of Beneful Healthy Weight for three to four years, which the complaint asserts had a “direct and proximate” role in the dog’s death. To support their claims, the attorneys offered 11 testimonials from pet owners culled from the Internet, as well as studies they claim prove the food to be toxic.
Malcolm’s attorneys said in a filing they were seeking over $5 million in damages for the entire class. Although they didn’t know how many people were affected, dog food maker Nestle Purina has said 1.5 billion Beneful meals were served to dogs in 2014.
Nestle Purina didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment left Monday morning. In past statements, the company has said its own tests have shown the food to be safe, including batches tied to claims of pet deaths. In a statement made to Snopes in February, the company called the California suit “baseless” and said two similar lawsuits had been dismissed.
“Bottom line: Consumers can continue to feed Beneful with total confidence,” the company told Snopes.
Earlier in February, a California man named Frank Lucido filed a class-action suit against Purina with similar allegations about the dog food after three of his dogs fell ill and one later died. Nestle Purina Petcare Co., a subsidiary of the Swiss conglomerate Nestle, is based in St. Louis, Mo.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business...kBN/story.html