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Originally Posted by marcerella02  true but what about all the recalls? And all the dogs that died from kidney failure? Those were all lower end foods.... their standards aren't high enough. |
Natural Balance was recalled.
Foods made at Diamond were recalled because of aflatoxin...and there was something online about them putting things through that they shouldn't have leading to this. That killed several dogs. Canidae is now manufactured there as is Chicken Soup, I believe and lots of other big names. I would really hesitate to feed any food made there.
I wouldn't want to give anything where any of the ingredients are from China (although that's about impossible with vitamins). That wheat gluten issue was because of that. As for quality control in general, I would sooner pick a company like SD because they have the money to do more testing on their foods. Not saying I am recommending it but I think there can be benefits when feeding food from a larger company. Of course this isn't always the case because look at Mars and Nutro...
And hasn't Merrick had three recalls?
One for metal in the food, one for possible salmonella and one when they were manufacturing a food for someone else and dogs started dying (could be wrong)?