Surge Of Pet Deaths Linked To The Most Common Pet Food Ingredient
Pet Owners plead with FDA to go beyond recall.
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CLEARWATER, Fla., Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Truth About Pet Food.com reports that since late December 2020, hundreds of pets have died due to contaminated pet food; the deaths could have been prevented through proper monitoring of ingredients and pet foods. In the same timeframe – but only after pets died - 60 million pounds of corn-based dog and cat food were recalled containing deadly levels of aflatoxins, poisons produced by molds on agricultural crops.
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A friend recently consulted me about the declining health of her parents’ cat, Rose. The pampered feline, who was only seven years old, had been losing her eyesight and exhibiting behavioral issues. When I asked my friend what her parents were feeding their furry companion, the likely source of Rose’s issues became clear. As it turns out, the middle-aged cat had been eating a nutritionally inadequate high-carbohydrate diet full of commercial cat treats for years. The next time I spoke to my friend, Rose had gone totally blind, and just a couple of months later I learned that her health had deteriorated so dramatically that my friend’s parents had the cat euthanized. This unnecessary tragedy occurred well before Rose had even reached her senior years, and, in all likelihood, was preventable had species-appropriate nutr