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We'll hope that one day China will get their act together and export only safe products. But until then, pet owners should be very aware and knowledgeable about where their pet food, treats, toys - anything that your pet could consume and any ingredient in them - comes from Or be ready to accept the consequences. My objective is not to frighten you - instead my intent is to motivate you to take notice of and find out where everything you give your pet is from. Chinese imported wheat glutens and corn glutens caused the largest and deadliest pet food recall in history one year ago this month. I subscribe to the FDA's recall email list - and I receive announcements almost every single day about a new recalled product (human products and pet products). Better than 60% of all of these new recalls are from imported products or an imported ingredient. Don't be complacent about what you feed your pet. Do not be misled into thinking that no new pet food recalls means all is well. Recalls happen almost daily mostly due to imported products. You don't want to be caught off guard - not knowing if your pet's food or treats contains some ingredient(s) from China or any other country that has inferior quality control than U.S. standards. I'm by no means 100% happy with the FDA or the CVM and their efforts to protect our pets (and our kids, and us!) - but we are head and shoulders above China.I think the FDA has a long way to go - and I am very hopeful they will continue to make changes to protect us and our pets. The one thing that is certain - for right now - the risk from Chinese imported products and ingredients is much higher than that of U.S. ingredients. Please take the time to find out where each ingredient in every product your pet consumes comes from. It should take no more than a ten minute phone call for each manufacturer. That ten minute phone call could be a life saver for your dog or cat. Take pro-active steps to protect the health of your pet. Ask the manufacturer if they use all U.S. ingredients. If you get a response similar to 'yes, we use all U.S. suppliers' - that is not the information you want. The 'supplier' could be a U.S. company, but the actual ingredient might come from China which was exactly the case with the contaminated wheat and corn gluten that caused the pet food recall last year. Ask specifically 'Does your pet food or pet treat contain ANY ingredient that is from another country other than the U.S.?' From my experience in questioning over 30 different pet food and pet treat manufacturers for Petsumer Report which provides this information to subscribers, often times you feel like an investigative reporter having to dig for the information. Be persistent, this is information that you need and deserve to know. Please know - it is NOT that all Chinese imported ingredients or products are dangerous to your pet.It is that they have a history - a scary history - that has proven to be potentially dangerous and shows no signs of real improvement. It's simply a huge risk to feed your pet a food or treat with ingredients from China. Article Source: http://www.articlewheel.com
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