Canidae?  I don’t believe it.

Another website is reporting that two types of Canidae dog food have tested positive for acetaminophen.  Frankly, I’m pretty skeptical.  Not only does Canidae claim that all their ingredients are from the US, they don’t use any of the “filler"-type materials found in foods which had problems during the pet food recall.  I seem to remember reading that Canidae runs their own manufacturing plant, too, so it’s not as if a sub-contractor could have changed the recipe.  The lab which reported the findings, Expertox, is the same one which found acetaminophen in pet food in June, but no other lab could repeat the findings.  It just seems awfully odd.  I’m not suggesting that anyone is deliberately doing something malicious, I’m just saying that there must be some sort of flaw in the testing process when only one lab is coming up with these results.  After the fiasco of the pet food recall, there’s no way a company like Canidae would risk their reputation by making substandard—and untested—food.

Anyway, I guess more information will show up in time.  I continue to feed Canidae Platinum to my two 100 lb., senior dogs as a “base food”, and then I top it with some homemade food as well.  I just can’t afford to feed the two of them a completely homemade diet, not with all the cats and the two small dogs, and I love the levels of glucosamine and chondroitin in Canidae Platinum.  I guess I’ll be able to ask the Canidae reps about these allegations directly, when we attend SuperZoo in two weeks. 

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September 29, 2007:  I’m updating this entry to add a link to a new blog entry where I relate what I was told by Canidae during my visit to SuperZoo.  You can read that entry here.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 09/04 at 11:51 PM

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  1. Hmm...I feed Felidae dry to go along with the Merrick wet, so I’ll be interested to hear what they say about the allegations when you ask them!

    Posted by Helena  on  09/05  at  08:00 AM

  2. Hi, Leigh-Ann! I keep my paws clean by walking round in the shower after Mom’s finished. I’ve been wonderin sumfing bout the pet food recalls: Ok, all these foods were recalled an the ingredients studied. Now what? Has Menu Foods, for instance, cleaned up an restarted? Them - probly not. But what of the ofurs with just one or two suspect products? You’d fink there’d be a media blitz bout how much they’ve improved the food, better than it was before. Better, stronger, faster! Or has it all been stopped all this time?
    Wul, affer all that finkin, I need a nap. Purrs!

    Posted by Victor Tabbycat  on  09/05  at  11:18 AM

  3. I certainly hope these allegations are not true.  Acetaminophen in dog food would be a very bad finding.

    Posted by Coll  on  09/12  at  09:29 PM

  4. Victor, I’ve got an inbox full of old blog comments I’m trying to catch up on!  I hope my reply to your comment is better late than never.

    From what I know, Menu Foods is back in production, but not all types of food they used to manufacture are being made.  For example, Petsmart’s own private label cat food was made by Menu, and certain flavours of it have never returned to the store shelves.  I’m quite sure some flavours and brands will just never return.  As for ingredients, many are being sourced differently, but the recipes haven’t changed.  I have to assume that a company like Iams still brings ingredients in from overseas because I don’t see them making any claims to the contrary.

    I get a magazine called “Pet Food Industry” (ooh, the excitement!), and the recall is barely mentioned anymore.  They’re mostly concerned with things like packaging.

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  10/26  at  03:56 AM
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