Diamond Pet Foods- Makes Chicken Soup for Dog Lovers Soul

[Yorkie Mum]

Thought I post this here too.

http://www.chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com/
Scroll to the bottom of the page it is at the very end of the page.

http://www.eskie.net/dog/food/
Yes, the Chicken Soup for the Soul(and Pet Lover's Soul) folks have decided to add their own brand of food to the market, obviously marketing heavily off the success of the books they've published. These foods are actually made by Diamond Pet Foods. Check the Chicken Soup site for more information!

Just a heads up not sure it is involved in the recall but worth looking into.

Joy

[Lucky's Mom]

Chicken Soup was not part of the recall.

[Yorkie Mum]

I am not sure I would feel at all comfortable risking my fur kid till we know for positive that the whole company is not infected.
Things are still coming to light and a safe then sorry approach may be better or not.


Joy

[Lucky's Mom]

What products are NOT included in the recall?

Although certain pet foods produced at the Gaston facility have been voluntarily recalled due to potential aflatoxin contamination, a wide range of the plant's products are perfectly safe and still can be purchased from retailers.

Gaston products NOT part of the recall include:

All Premium Edge products
The complete Chicken Soup product lines
Diamond Lamb and Rice Adult
Diamond Large Breed Adult 60+
Diamond Large Breed Puppy
Diamond Senior 8+
Diamond Kitten
Professional Lamb and Rice
Professional Reduced Fat Chicken & Rice Dog Food

[Lucky's Mom]

Originally Posted by Yorkie Mum

I am not sure I would feel at all comfortable risking my fur kid till we know for positive that the whole company is not infected.
Things are still coming to light and a safe then sorry approach may be better or not.


Joy

Ya, I know what you mean. I had been thinking about switching to Chicken Soup until this came about, but now I think I will wait for awhile if I even do it.

[Yorkie Mum]

Not trying to start a fight but we are going to trust a company that is in trouble.
Do we know for positive that the planets making these other brands are self contained and stuff is not cross shipped to other planets.
Have the planets making the other foods been checked out.

Sorry worry wort

Joy

[Lucky's Mom]

I have no idea. I just got that info from their website, just to give some insight on the situation. I totally understand your point of view & I agree! I don't plan on buying Chicken Soup right now!

[Yorkie Mum]

It worth watching and the reason I posted is that one pup here is pooping funny and eats Chicken soup food.
I Hope more info comes to light and we can all feel more sure.
I just hate thinking about people lossing pets and all they did was feed them.
Sad so very Sad.

Joy

[Lucky's Mom]

Yes, it is very sad! I think I read somewhere that the toxic substance in the food only grows on corn, which is in the Diamond food, but I don't think Chicken Soup has corn in it. I'm not totally for sure on this though.

[Yorkie Mum]

Now that is intresting. that is good info.
Will have to try and find the ingredients list for chicken soup.

Joy

[Lucky's Mom]

Found it! These are the ingredients for the Chicken Soup Adult Dog Formula:

Chicken, turkey, chicken meal, turkey meal, whole grain brown rice, whole grain white rice, oatmeal, potatoes, cracked pearled barley, millet, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), duck, salmon, egg product, flaxseed, natural chicken flavor, kelp, carrots, peas, apples, dried skim milk, cranberry powder, rosemary extract, parsley flake, potassium chloride, salt, choline chloride, dried chicory root, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.

[Lucky's Mom]

I found this about the toxic substance:

Aflatoxin is a naturally occurring toxic chemical by-product from the growth of the fungus Aspergillus flavus, on corn and other crops. The fungus develops on crops during years with severe high temperature stress and drought.

[Yorkie Mum]

"corn and other crops."
Ok now other crops is not specified.
The rice be ok as it is a water grown planet so that leave just the oats which seems not to be involved in this case.

Joy