Beneful dog food..BUGS???

[Harley_chik]

Would you mind telling us where she bought the food? If you know that is. I used to buy dog food at Walmart(I know better now) and it seems like a lot of there stocking crew get carried away with the box cutters. It wasn't the least bit unusual to see dog food bags covered in duct tape. I never bought one of those bags b/c I was afraid of going through what your daughter is right now. Sometimes you had to move about ten 20lb bags just to find one that was "safe." I once went to grab a bag of pedigree of the shelf the whole thing split open. Someone had cut it and them put it one the shelf where you couldn't see the cut. One of the employees had the nerve to give ME a dirty look. Who ever put that bag out on the shelves after it was cut open and no longer suitable for sale was at fault not me. That was the last time I bought pet food there and I try not to buy much else from them either. I now buy a better quality food from a feed store.

[stovesj]

I just realized I posted the wrong link about the bugs in beneful dog food. Here is the correct one:

Re: little white bugs in my dog food

[DukesMommy]

Originally Posted by stovesj

Thank you...that's what I thought at first but I think they are grain mites. I had time to look into it further and Beneful had problems with this last year. From what I've read they never did a recall on the food even though pets were getting sick. This makes no sense to me at all. I'm going to try to get a hold of my daughter later and have her save any receipts that have to do with this infestation. BTW, my daughter doesn't like bugs and is totally freaked out by this.

If anyone is interested, this is a link to one article about Beneful:

snopes.com: Beneful Dog Food

Oh Yuk! I don't blame her, I can't stand bugs either, I couldn't imagine seeing them all on the walls and everything.
I can't believe they didn't recall the food.

[PANAMA69]

scary!!

[fufufashions]

sounds like weevils to me. Weevil eggs stay dormant in the wheat and will hatch out when the temp gets just right. So many of the commercial dog foods get old in the stores from sitting in warehouses and then on shelves.
I hope you will find a better quality food for your babies too.
Check the ingredients and make sure there is no corn, no wheat or soy, and no by-products.

[katrn]

hint to kill weevles: freeze your grain product first(flour, corn meal,mixes ect)
I guess if you have a big enough freezer you could freeze a bag of dog food

[chachi]

Originally Posted by stovesj

I just realized I posted the wrong link about the bugs in beneful dog food. Here is the correct one:

Re: little white bugs in my dog food

Wow that is really bad that there have been other cases of it. With things like this happening and food recalls its hard to know what brand to trust

[stovesj]

Originally Posted by Harley_chik

Would you mind telling us where she bought the food? If you know that is. I used to buy dog food at Walmart(I know better now) and it seems like a lot of there stocking crew get carried away with the box cutters. It wasn't the least bit unusual to see dog food bags covered in duct tape. I never bought one of those bags b/c I was afraid of going through what your daughter is right now. Sometimes you had to move about ten 20lb bags just to find one that was "safe." I once went to grab a bag of pedigree of the shelf the whole thing split open. Someone had cut it and them put it one the shelf where you couldn't see the cut. One of the employees had the nerve to give ME a dirty look. Who ever put that bag out on the shelves after it was cut open and no longer suitable for sale was at fault not me. That was the last time I bought pet food there and I try not to buy much else from them either. I now buy a better quality food from a feed store.

I finally got ahold of my daughter. She purchased the food at Safeway and plans to contact them. My understanding is that Purina's response is this is not serious enough for a recall. I don't get this as it's costing many consumers time and money to get rid of these pests. Oh, and they are grain mites.

Would this be allowed if these mites were in human food? I also wonder if they are in Beneful and the food is stored in the back room until the store puts it on the shelves could these mites be infesting human food nearby? YUK

BTW...my daughter doesn't usually buy Beneful...just did so to tide her over til she could get to the pet store. I can assure you...she'll never buy it again!!

[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by stovesj

I finally got ahold of my daughter. She purchased the food at Safeway and plans to contact them. My understanding is that Purina's response is this is not serious enough for a recall. I don't get this as it's costing many consumers time and money to get rid of these pests. Oh, and they are grain mites.

Would this be allowed if these mites were in human food? I also wonder if they are in Beneful and the food is stored in the back room until the store puts it on the shelves could these mites be infesting human food nearby? YUK

BTW...my daughter doesn't usually buy Beneful...just did so to tide her over til she could get to the pet store. I can assure you...she'll never buy it again!!

NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH FOR A RECALL???
There are BUGS in their food and they won't recall it?
It appears like they really don't care at all.
to Purina.

Did your daughter talk to Purina/where did you find out that they said they won't recall it?

[katrn]

Originally Posted by stovesj

I finally got ahold of my daughter. She purchased the food at Safeway and plans to contact them. My understanding is that Purina's response is this is not serious enough for a recall. I don't get this as it's costing many consumers time and money to get rid of these pests. Oh, and they are grain mites.

Would this be allowed if these mites were in human food? I also wonder if they are in Beneful and the food is stored in the back room until the store puts it on the shelves could these mites be infesting human food nearby? YUK

BTW...my daughter doesn't usually buy Beneful...just did so to tide her over til she could get to the pet store. I can assure you...she'll never buy it again!!

The bag of Iams that I bought and had weevils in it was from a grocery store as well. I wonder how long they were sitting on those shelves, most people will buy dog food at a retail store d/t cheaper prices. I wonder how old our food was.