Posted on 01/06/2015 4:14:22 PM PST by Morgana
Petco said Monday it has removed all remaining Chinese-made dog and cat treats from its website and stores nationwide because of concerns they have sickened thousands of pets and killed 1,000 dogs in the U.S. since 2007.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says initial tests have not connected the Chinese jerky and rawhide treats to the illnesses, but the San Diego-based company and its rival PetSmart vowed in May to ban the snacks.
Petco is the first national pet retailer to pull the treats from its 1,300 stores. Phoenix-based PetSmart Inc. said Monday that it plans to have them off shelves at its roughly 1,300 stores by March.
(Excerpt) Read more at abc7chicago.com ...
doggie and kitty ping.
a great move.
Thank you petco!
Well of course. Canibabilistic diets will make anyone sick.
Why are people still buying Chinese poisons to feed their pets? There’s no shortage of pet foods and treats made in the USA.
I make my own treats.
Dried sweet potatoes are a favorite.
I always read the label. If it’s not made in USA I don’t buy.
I bought a remote controlled mouse filled with catnip. She started sneezing right away. Cost a fortune to get her well.
BA
PetSmart, if you are smart you will follow in their footsteps.
cat developed a cough type thing a few years back...Cut one of those mouse things in 1/2 and it was filled with an asbestos like substance.Threw them out no more cough,took one to the local small pet store and showed the guy,got a ho hum back from him.
Nothing from China in my mouth ever and the cats for 2 years now.
Only toy mice that are hollow and rattle
I had a friend lose a dog to Chinese dog food; after that, I avoid Chinese brands (or all those which only say, “distributed by” and don’t list the country of manufacture).
I do buy foods made in Germany and the Netherlands.
Once the Chinese get some quality control, their food products may be OK; but that time apparently hasn’t arrived yet.
I guess the cat treats must be contaminated. What was wrong with the Chinese-made dogs though?
ONLY by USA made treats for your pet.
They deserve it.
Well good news about PetSmart because we buy our dry dog food there but every bag of treats on the treat Aisle is made in china so we don’t every buy any treats there.
Anyone that cares about their health would not eat anything packaged in China. Been there, seen that.
The article says they are.
A long time ago we outlawed containers trucks that carry food liquids (orange juice for example) from carrying other non-food chemicals, even with truck washing. China just does not have those standards.
You can bet a delivery of orange juice for packaging from a truck in China has plenty or residue from whatever was carried in the tanker truck on the previous load. And they are not meticulous about washing them out. I've seen the process first hand there.
Smart move. ANYTHING made in China is garbage. Product liability insurers in the West, and in the U.S. partyicularly are taking a huge hit if their insureds distribute any Chinese products (or if they are insane enough to underwrite a Chinese manufacturer directly). And, in the case of distributors, good luck going after the Chinese manufacturers or producers for ultimate indemnification or contribution.
The term “Chinese junk” was aptly applied to their native watercraft...and everything else coming out of that
sh!thole. They reverse-engineer everything, cut corners, and substitute their cheap components for the more stable Western-designed and manufactured ones.
Walmart survives because it has very good risk transfer agreements with its distributors. In other words, Walmart has contracts that pass all liabilities off on to their distributors, who eagerly sign those contracts because of the volume Walmart deals in. And those distributors are often subsidiaries of Western holding companies that tell their own insurers that if they want to underwrite the good Western business they also have to underwrite the shit Chinese stuff. That worked for awhile, when the insurers could make some money on the cash flow through investments, but those days are over, and the insurers are taking a bath on the Chinese crap.
I know of what I speak, because I deal with this every day.
partyicularly = particularly (obviously). That’s what comes from using on such a small keyboard.
This past Christmas I bought a bunch of wrapping paper and gift bags from the 99 Cent store in my area and to my shock I looked at the candy canes and chocolate Santas on their shelves and they were made mostly in China and Mexico. Wherever I buy food I always check the labels to see where it was made and packaged and if it’s from China or some other Asian or Latin American country I won’t buy it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.