Melamine Found in Dog and Cat Food

The FDA has issued another list of tainted dog and cat food, this time with melamine, a chemical used in manufacturing plastics, and sometimes used as a nitrogen-rich fertilizer.

The theory is that it was used to fake higher protein levels in wheat gluten, corn gluten, and rice protein concentrate. The source is (unfortunately) once again China, and the FDA is now sampling both rice protein and wheat gluten being imported from China. The affected corn gluten was found in South Africa.

I have listed a few comprehensive articles below that pretty much cover the details.

theory is that it was added to fake higher protein levels.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/2007-04-19-pet-food-usat_N.htm

melamine; what caused the deaths; pet food standards
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1607483,00.html

FDA tainted pet food main
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01615.html

FDA tainted pet food list
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/petfoodrecall/

Our Switch to the Raw/BARF Diet

I have recently added a page to the website concerning our switch to a raw/BARF diet. I do highly recommend a raw/BARF diet and will eventually post my basic guidelines, but for now I will only recommend that you to do some research on your own.

If feeding raw meat is too gross for you, you should still consider a homemade diet, one that is low in grains and contains raw vegetables. Raw foods contain valuable enzymes that are killed during cooking and processing.

I will post additional recommendations shortly.