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Enough Denial…Surrender

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C’mon Evanger’s. Wave the white flag. It’s time to surrender.

It just keeps getting more and more insane. Someone’s beloved pet died. Lab results definitively linked the Evanger’s Hunk of Beef pet food as the cause. Lab results definitively proved two varieties of Evanger’s Pet Food – made 6 months apart – contained a euthanized animal. The FDA spent 4 weeks performing an inspection at the pet food plants finding very unfavorable conditions and found no evidence of any human grade meat in any Evanger’s pet food. But somehow, for some reason, Evanger’s refuses to accept reality.

“We didn’t even know the word pentobarbital until this past Sunday”

Evangers stated in a video published on 2/7 “we didn’t even know the word pentobarbital until this past Sunday” (2/5/17).

The reality: The FDA began their inspection of the Evanger’s Pet Food plants on January 10th – 3 1/2 weeks before Evanger’s claims to have first heard the word pentobarbital. In fact, when the video was made – FDA was at the plant at the same time (perhaps that’s why the video looks like they are filming in a bathroom stall). It is impossible that the FDA did not inform Evanger’s of the positive pentobarbital testing results until Sunday February 5th.

Continued at: http://truthaboutpetfood.com/enough-denial-surrender/
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Re: Evanger recall, pentobarbital found in "one lot" of dog food - fallout
« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2017, 02:37:14 PM »
I still get emails from the specialty pet food store where I used to get Pookie's food.  They sent one today telling their customers that they have decided to no longer carry Evangers.  Note in the second quote that Weruva and Wild Calling, who were using Evanger's facilities, are looking to find alternative production facilities and there may be a shortage of those brands until they find new facilities.

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We have read the articles concerning the recall in Food Safety News, received Evanger's letters regarding the recall, watched the videos that the owners of Evanger's have made public, visited the recall portal on the FDA site to track the FDA postings and inspection results, and read the Q&A from the FDA on The Truth About Pet Food website. The links to all follow at the end of this email. In addition, we received word that two canned dog food brands whose cans are manufactured in Evanger's NutriPak facility will look to have their cans manufactured elsewhere. After digesting all this information and giving it careful consideration we have decided to discontinue all the Evanger's products we currently carry.

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There may be upcoming shortages of Wild Calling and Weruva dog food cans as both these companies utilize Evanger's manufacturing facilities and have announced that they are both looking to find alternative can production facilities. We will keep you advised of any shortage issues with Wild Calling or Weruva and provide you with alternative options if you are currently feeding those cans as well.

Evanger's also provides production facilities for other brands of dog and cat food. If these brands decide to have their cans manufactured elsewhere, there may be shortages of these other brands. You will hear from us as soon as we have any information.
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Re: Evanger's Joel Sher = Ewwww!
« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2017, 04:52:09 PM »
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COMPLETE DENIAL OF RESPONSIBILITY

Throughout the Evanger scandal, in which the owners of Evanger’s continually deny responsibility, the most horrifying denial came to light during an interview in Pet Food Industry Magazine over the issue regarding the Pug that died after being fed Evanger’s pentobarbital laced dog food. In it, Joel Sher, the vice-president of Evanger’s, noted that “the adulterated pet food didn’t technically kill the Pug“:

“The one that didn’t survive was a 13- or 14-year-old Pug that had some health issues,” said Sher. “The decision was made to euthanize the fourth Pug.”

I don't now whether to vomit, cry, or be angry. 

http://www.poisonedpets.com/evangers-expands-recall-denies-pentobarbital-killed-dog/
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Re: Evanger recall, pentobarbital found in "one lot" of dog food
« Reply #18 on: March 07, 2017, 07:19:42 PM »
They are disgusting people, those Shers. I wonder how the original owners are feeling.  In case anyone isn't aware, the Sher's have only owned Evanger's for 15 years.

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The ongoing saga where they are still trying to throw off blame:

http://truthaboutpetfood.com/the-type-of-meat-evangers-really-used/

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It was more than inedible, the meat supplier Evanger’s Pet Food purchased from was a dead animal carcass processor. A company that removes dead animals from farms – including euthanized horses – and processes the meat from those dead animals for sale to pet food.

Some background. In Evanger’s lawsuit against meat supplier Bailey Farms, LLC – it states:

Bailey represented to Evanger’s that its plant was APHIS certified; when Bailey delivered its beef to Evanger’s, each pallets on which Bailey shipped the beef had a tag that contained Bailey’s APHIS certificate number “WI.-BLO-0004.” This same designation “APHIS #WI.-BLO-0004” was included on bills of lading and invoices Bailey sent to Evanger’s.
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Re: Evanger recall, pentobarbital found in "one lot" of dog food
« Reply #20 on: May 03, 2017, 04:46:44 PM »
People have been denying that dead zoo animals, dead farm animals, road kill, etc ...all included in pet food.  They just got caught. 
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Re: Evanger recall, pentobarbital found in "one lot" of dog food
« Reply #21 on: May 03, 2017, 10:35:57 PM »
People have been denying that dead zoo animals, dead farm animals, road kill, etc ...all included in pet food.  They just got caught. 

 :o  Dead ZOO animals?!?!?!   :o :o :o  I've never heard that one before . . .  :(
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