I knew that there were companies who manufacture and sell several brands out of the same factory. When you buy the house brand from Safeway or Kroger's the food does not come from a Safeway or Kroger's factory. But I was astounded that 53 brands of dog food and 42 brands of cat food could come out of just one humongous multi-national factory.
So why does anyone buy the so-called better brands?
Why on earth would we buy Alpo or Nutro Max when the Complements or Foodtown pet food is apparently made on exactly the same machine and with exactly the same ingredients? And of course why would anyone at all buy Pepsi or Coke when the house brand comes out of the same factory with the same ingredients? And do you really think that one hand bag is worth a thousand times another simply because someone named Paris or Brittany prefers the ridiculously expensive version?
Why on earth would we buy Alpo or Nutro Max when the Complements or Foodtown pet food is apparently made on exactly the same machine and with exactly the same ingredients? And of course why would anyone at all buy Pepsi or Coke when the house brand comes out of the same factory with the same ingredients? And do you really think that one hand bag is worth a thousand times another simply because someone named Paris or Brittany prefers the ridiculously expensive version?
And what the heck is wheat gluten?
And why on earth would we be buying it from China? I thought that America was exporting food to Asia. I thought that China was making noodles and buns from Canadian Durham wheat. Apparently a portion of that flour is processed, mixed with as much as 6% melamine and shipped back to the USA for dog food. Outrageous!
The part that no-one wants to think about. Do you really think that in all of China this was the only batch of wheat gluten mixed with melamine? Apparently the shipment responsible for the animal deaths comes from one exporter; and apparently that one company (Xuzhou Anying) makes something like 10,000 tons a year and ships about 1 percent back to North America. It is only common sense that something stinks in China.
I am sure when the dust all settles on this story we will find that there was thousands of tons of contaminated food sold in China for humans. I would also be astounded if the contamination only happened in one batch last winter. Luckily for me and my pet i always thought that the chunks and gravy wet dog foods always seemed like an expensive way to buy water and gravy. So I have never fed my dog that crap. So far at least I am thankful that he is healthy. But I will continue to wonder what other food contaminations is going on. A hundred years after Upton Sinclair wrote his discoveries and exposures apparently there is a lot being adulterated and hidden from public view.
And why on earth would we be buying it from China? I thought that America was exporting food to Asia. I thought that China was making noodles and buns from Canadian Durham wheat. Apparently a portion of that flour is processed, mixed with as much as 6% melamine and shipped back to the USA for dog food. Outrageous!
The part that no-one wants to think about. Do you really think that in all of China this was the only batch of wheat gluten mixed with melamine? Apparently the shipment responsible for the animal deaths comes from one exporter; and apparently that one company (Xuzhou Anying) makes something like 10,000 tons a year and ships about 1 percent back to North America. It is only common sense that something stinks in China.
I am sure when the dust all settles on this story we will find that there was thousands of tons of contaminated food sold in China for humans. I would also be astounded if the contamination only happened in one batch last winter. Luckily for me and my pet i always thought that the chunks and gravy wet dog foods always seemed like an expensive way to buy water and gravy. So I have never fed my dog that crap. So far at least I am thankful that he is healthy. But I will continue to wonder what other food contaminations is going on. A hundred years after Upton Sinclair wrote his discoveries and exposures apparently there is a lot being adulterated and hidden from public view.
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