Taste of The Wild has never been part of any Diamond recall that I am aware of. I have nothing but rave reviews of it from our use. It is the only food besides icky Purina EN (prescrip. diet) that my Silky can eat without colitis/bleeding issues. He has no more flares anymore. My yorkie loves it as well.
I did email them a while back regarding the ethoxyquin and they said that the fish meal is preserved with it (from their supplier), it is a US Gov req evidently. But the cooking process is supposed to remove it. The do test the food to insure it stays below 5ppm (gov level is 75 according to email). They say all pet foods, regardless of brand, that has fish meal has the ethoxyquin in it.
However, if their was another good grain free food that had no fish meal I may switch. But, as for now the boys do great on it. Rico loves it a little too much
Getting away from the Purina EN vet diet was a much better decision though.
This is the email response that I got from Taste of The Wild,
Thank you for your inquiry.
Taste of the Wild Pet Foods does not add ethoxyquin to any of the formulas.
Fish meal is required by law to be preserved with ethoxyquin. Ethoxyquin is most effective at preventing rancidity in the highly volatile fish meal. Rancidity in ingredients can lead to severe illness.
Most of the ethoxyquin is destroyed in the cooking process, requiring other preservatives to be used. Tests for ethoxyquin are run routinely on Taste of the Wild products. The results are typically less than 5ppm. The amount allowed, and considered to be safe, by the FDA is 75ppm.
I’m not sure how sensitive your dog is to ethoxyquin, but if the allergy is severe, you will need to find a food that does not contain any fish meal because there will be traces of ethoxyquin in the finished product. All of the Taste of the Wild formulas contain fish meal.
Sincerely,
Dr. Brookshire