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This was posted on another forum - it seemed important enough to pass along....
"A friend bugged me until I sent samples of the dog foods I feed (Canidae &
California Natural) to be tested. The lab called with preliminary results
Friday and said not to feed either food until they ran separate tests on the CA
NAtural (lamb & rice puppy & adult) and Canidae (Original and Lamb/Rice).
They had mistakenly combined my two separate samples and run one test instead
of two. Got the final results yesterday--the Canidae is contaminated with
acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol. Acetaminophen is immediately
fatal in cats and if fed to dogs over a period of time will cause terminal liver
& kidney damage. I'm still in shock. If you know anyone who feeds Canidae,
have them look closely at the dates stamped on the bottom of the sack.
It's hard to find. Here's what's stamped on the sacks I had tested: Canidae
Original RM 7/7/07, use by 7/7/08; Canidae Lamb & Rice L&R RM 7/6/07, use by
7/6/08. Perhaps someone else will pay the big price ($250/test) to test the
original and lamb/rice separately to see if either or both are contaminated."
"A friend bugged me until I sent samples of the dog foods I feed (Canidae &
California Natural) to be tested. The lab called with preliminary results
Friday and said not to feed either food until they ran separate tests on the CA
NAtural (lamb & rice puppy & adult) and Canidae (Original and Lamb/Rice).
They had mistakenly combined my two separate samples and run one test instead
of two. Got the final results yesterday--the Canidae is contaminated with
acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol. Acetaminophen is immediately
fatal in cats and if fed to dogs over a period of time will cause terminal liver
& kidney damage. I'm still in shock. If you know anyone who feeds Canidae,
have them look closely at the dates stamped on the bottom of the sack.
It's hard to find. Here's what's stamped on the sacks I had tested: Canidae
Original RM 7/7/07, use by 7/7/08; Canidae Lamb & Rice L&R RM 7/6/07, use by
7/6/08. Perhaps someone else will pay the big price ($250/test) to test the
original and lamb/rice separately to see if either or both are contaminated."