Wheat gluten importer in Las Vegas

We’re so proud… the importer of the contaminated wheat gluten is right here in Las Vegas!  The company is called ChemNutra, and yesterday they issued a press release stating that the contaminated wheat gluten they imported from China was sent to three pet food manufacturers, and one distributor who supplies the pet food industry.  They didn’t name any of the companies the wheat gluten was sent to, instead telling consumers to check the FDA website for a list of all affected pet foods.

Y’know, this press release doesn’t make me feel that all the contaminated wheat gluten has been accounted for.  If we know that all recalled wet food products were manufactured by Menu Foods, then who are the other two manufacturers involved, and who does the pet food distributor sell to?  I guess one manufacturer would be whomever makes dry Science Diet m/d, but is that the only product they make which uses wheat gluten?  There must be so much more information that we’re not being told, and it’s scary.  It’s also scary that ChemNutra imports a number of other products from China, including taurine, so no matter what type of food we feed (even if we feed homemade), chances are, we’re putting imported and perhaps uninspected ingredients into it.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 04/04 at 01:55 AM

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