I was going to suggest this as well, I feed Milo the Natural Balance LID and he loves it he has been on it for 3 years now without a problem. What I can tell you is that one of the MAJOR chains that sells it around here always has expiered bags on there shelf. And they do have quality control and testing of there foods they put this in place after all the recall
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All you have to do is go to there site to look. While I am very sorry your dog is sick, (Milo just had a stomach but he picked up at doggie day care)
so I understand how upset you are. We also bear a responsibilty to everyone on this site not to jump to conclusions about things.
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Originally Posted by viviansnickers  Did you happen to check the expiration date on the bag before throwing it away by chance? I was cleaning out Snicks cupboards over the weekend and noticed that some of his food was expired. I would never have known unless I checked dates. None of it smelled old or rancid, but I would never feed anything expired and we really need to be on the lookout. I'm so sorry your pup got sick. I really hope she is ok.
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