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Originally Posted by LilMissy

Missy loved Solid Gold "Wee Bits'" too (we tried a sample bag), but I had to stop giving it to her because I found out it contains ethoxyquin.

Wellpet - Nutrition - Commercial Pet Food - Ethoxyquin in Pet Food

Ethoxyquin reduces the blood plasma level of Vit E, it also impairs Selenium (vit E keeps selenium at the +2 oxidation state and selenium reduces Vit E once it has been oxidized,thus 'recycling' it) Ethoxyquin also reverses active transport of glucose, causes cancer of the kidneys, liver, esophagus and stomach, caueses cycling problems in bitches, and motility in intact males, cardiomyopathies, skin and coat problems and 'trashes' the liver. In an internal memos from the FDA from 1959 (bless the freedom of information act) it was declared a poisonous and deleterious substance, but then a special ammendment to the Food and Cosmetic Act was passed in '59 and it was allowed in animal foods.

The scarey thing is...

Even if the label doesn't list ethoxyquin (a carcinogen used, among other things, as a rubber preservative), it could still very well be in that food. "Because of labeling law loopholes," says Anitra, "many pet foods containing ethoxyquin do not have to list it on the label. If the food you buy already has ethoxyquin in the fat, it doesn't have to be listed on the label, because the food manufacturer didn't actually put it in.

Here is a link to a thread where we just recently discussed Ethoxyquin use in dogfood. On that thread, I copied and pasted a list of foods that are "safe" or "unsafe". I just thought that I'd share with you what I have learned.

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...dog-foods.html

Wow, thank you for letting me know this, now I am in search of a new food for my pups..
something that they will actually eat, we did Natures variety, Innova and blue buffalo without any sucess.. finally they were eating solid gold, now i guess i am in the road again..
hugs,
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