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Purina Beneful Walks Away from Accountability
« on: November 21, 2016, 03:48:52 PM »
A lawsuit against Purina linking the illness and/or death of 1,400 dogs to Beneful Dog Food has been dismissed. Another pet food…walks away, responsibility free.

The FDA began receiving a concerning number of consumer complaints of Beneful Dog Food in 2012, an average of three complaints of sick or dead pets per month. In 2013 the FDA had received so many complaints against Beneful the agency initiated an investigation/inspection of three Beneful pet food manufacturing plants.

The FDA found…

* Six samples of Beneful Dog Food tested above legal limits for cyanuric acid and melamine (the very same poisonous combination responsible for the 2007 pet food recall).

* Six samples of Beneful Dog Food tested to contain ethoxyquin which was not listed on the label (it is illegal for a pet food to include an ingredient but not list it on the product label).

* Purina refused to provide FDA with copies of records.

* Purina refused to disclose the safety tests the company performs on ingredients to FDA.

* Purina refused to disclose the actual contents or weights of individual ingredients that went into lots of foods consumers had reported killed or sickened their pet.

* Purina refused to allow FDA to take photographs of manufacturing plants.


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« Last Edit: November 21, 2016, 03:51:36 PM by DeeDee »
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Re: Purina Beneful Walks Away from Accountability
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2016, 05:41:44 PM »
One wonders how much the pay off cost them.

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Re: Purina Beneful Walks Away from Accountability
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2016, 09:41:40 PM »
One wonders how much the pay off cost them.

I wish thinking along the same lines . . . how much did Purina pay the FDA to look the other way?   >:(
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Re: Purina Beneful Walks Away from Accountability
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2016, 04:36:11 PM »
What was the BS reason for dismissing the lawsuit? 
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Re: Purina Beneful Walks Away from Accountability
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2016, 06:01:44 PM »
What was the BS reason for dismissing the lawsuit? 

Something in there about the vets not being experts on the same damned subject that PFI would have us believe that our vets know more about nutrition than us.
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