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My main thought after reading this article: Is Evanger's going to now sue their supplier and claim ignorance to what the ingredient supplier was doing (thus get off scot-free)? Or, are there some discussions between the 2 companies that would implicate Evanger's just as much as the supplier?

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Rare in pet food, one ingredient supplier is facing criminal charges for selling misbranded and adulterated ingredients to pet food manufacturers. We can thank Purina Pet Food for opening this can of worms and the Missouri legal system for holding one supplier accountable.

Back in 2014, Purina Pet Food filed a lawsuit against competitor Blue Buffalo claiming Blue’s ‘no by-product’ advertising was false – that Blue Buffalo pet foods actually contained “substantial amounts of poultry by-product meal“. One of the things discovered through this lawsuit was that pet food ingredient giant Wilbur-Ellis had sold Blue Buffalo a lesser quality by-product meal that was labeled as a higher quality chicken or turkey meal.

Filed in the Eastern District of Missouri courts on March 6, 2017 – Wilbur-Ellis is now facing four counts of criminal charges for their sale of mislabeled/misbranded pet food ingredients, an employee of Wilbur-Ellis is facing an additional four counts of criminal charges.

United States of America, Plaintiff v. Wilbur-Ellis Company and Henry R. Rychlik, Jr., Defendants

Pet food ingredient supplier Wilbur-Ellis was charged “with four misdemeanor counts of introduction of adulterated food into interstate commerce and four counts of introduction of misbranded food into interstate commerce.” The company and an employee was “issued a summons Tuesday to appear in court March 14.”

More at: http://truthaboutpetfood.com/pet-food-ingredient-giant-wilbur-ellis-facing-criminal-charges/
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Re: Pet Food Ingredient Giant Wilbur-Ellis facing Criminal Charges
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2017, 06:00:34 PM »
I'm having a hard time with "Thank Purina Pet Food"....  *barf*
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