Problems with Beneful dry dog food?

Edited on Feb. 11th to add this link to Snopes.com, where they have a response from Purina.

I’m seeing scattered reports on various forums about problems with Beneful dog food, perhaps even an aflatoxin problem.  I can’t verify anything, there doesn’t seem to be any official report, and some of the forums discussing it don’t necessarily seem particularly reputable (or, in some cases, articulate).  However, I still feel like I should mention it here, because if this is just the beginnings of a larger issue, I’d feel terrible if I’d hadn’t said anything.

Long story short, there are rumours flying around about Beneful making dogs sick.  They’re just rumours at this point.  If you feed your dog Beneful, keep this in mind, and be sure to take your dog to the vet if he/she stops eating, is vomiting, or is otherwise “just not right”.  There may be nothing at all to the story (there are lots of people online who get their jollies from scaring others), but just be aware.  If you feed your dog a corn-based kibble you should always be aware of the potential for aflatoxin, in any case.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 02/04 at 12:48 AM

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  1. Thanks for the info. Doggie food here uses rice but one can never be too careful with the lives of animals you are fortunate eough to have in yours.

    Posted by Roxie, Sammy & Andy  on  02/04  at  07:14 AM

  2. http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_beneful_dog_food.htm

    smile

    Posted by Hillary  on  02/08  at  09:35 AM
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