Commercial Pet Food

Commercial pet food recalls and warnings have become commonplace. For those of you interested in making your own dog food, here is dog food recipe book 1 and dog food recipe book 2. If you still want to purchase commercial food, I would proceed with caution. The first thing you need to look out for is the quality of ingredients in commercial dog food. Dog food companies are in it to make a profit, and typically dog food ingredients are very low quality. Equally as important, are incidents of dog food contamination from salmonella to poison. Public health officials are now warning dog owners to wash their hands immediately after handling commercial dog food and treats, due to cases of salmonella reported. There have been outbreaks of salmonella in many states proven to be caused by dog food. You can read more about the salmonella poison in dog food at the website for the US Dept of Health and Human Services. Diamond Pet foods has announced it's recalling of 19 of it's dog and cat foods due to contamination with aflatoxin. It is a toxic chemical used to prohibit the growth of fungus.

The list includes:

Diamond Premium Adult Dog Food
Diamond Hi-Energy Dog Food
Diamond Maintenance Dog Food
Diamond Professional for Adult Dogs
Diamond Performance Dog Food
Diamond Puppy Food
Diamond Low Fat Dog Food
Diamond Maintenance Cat Food
Diamond Professional Cat Food
Country Value Puppy
Country Value Adult Dog Food
Country Value High Energy Dog Food
Country Value Adult Cat Food
Professional Chicken & Rice Adult Dog Food
Professional Puppy Food
Professional Large-Breed Puppy Food
Professional Reduced Fat Cat Food
Professional Adult Cat Food

All of these pet food brands tested positive for the melamine poison in wheat:

Cat Food

Americas Choice, Preferred Pet
Authority
Best Choice
Blue Buffalo Spa Select Kitten dry food
Companion
Compliments
Demoulas/Market Basket
Doctors Foster & Smith
Eukanuba Cat Cuts and Flaked
Eukanuba Morsels in Gravy
Fine Feline Cat
Food Lion
Foodtown
Giant Companion
Hannaford
Hill Country Fare
Hill's Prescription Diet
Hy-Vee
Iams Cat Slices and Flakes
Iams Select Bites
J.E. Mondou
Laura Lynn
Lick Your Chops Lamb Meal, Rice & Egg Cat Food (3 lb. packages with April 29, 2008 use by date)
Li'l Red
Loving Meals
Medi-Cal
Meijer's Main Choice
Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea dry cat food
Nutriplan
Nutro Max Gourmet Classics
Nutro Natural Choice
Nutro Products
Paws
Pet Pride
Pounce
Presidents Choice
Price Chopper
Priority US
Publix
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet
Save-A-Lot Special Blend
Schnucks
Science Diet Feline Cuts Adult
Science Diet Feline Cuts Kitten
Science Diet Feline Cuts Mature Adult 7+
Science Diet Feline Savory Cuts Can
Sophistacat
Special Kitty Canada
Special Kitty US
Springfield Prize
Sprout
Stop & Shop Companion
Stop & Shop/Giant Companion
Tops Companion
Wegmans
Weis Total Pet
Western Family US
White Rose
Winn Dixie
Your Pet

Dog Food

ALPO
Americas Choice, Preferred Pet
Authority
Award
Best Choice
Big Bet
Big Red
Bloom
Bruiser
Cadillac
Champion Breed Lg Biscuit
Champion Breed Peanut Butter Biscuits
Companion
Companion's Best Multi-Flavor Biscuit
Companion/Giant Companion
Companion/Giant Companion/Tops Companion
Companion/Tops Companion
Demoulas Market Basket
Doctors Foster & Smith
Nutra Nuggets Lamb Meal & Rice Formula
Dollar General
Eukanuba Dog Bites in Gravy
Eukanuba Dog Chunks in Gravy
Food Lion
Giant Companion
Giant Companion/Tops Companion
Gravy Train
Grreat Choice
Hannaford
Happy Tails
Hill Country Fare
Hy-Vee
Iams Dog Chunks
Iams Dog Select Bites
Iams Dog Small Bites
Jerky Treats
Laura Lynn
Loving Meals
Meijer's Main Choice
Mighty Dog
Mixables
Natural Balance Venison and Brown Rice canned and bagged food and treats
Natural Life
Natural Way
Nutriplan
Nutro
Nutro - Ultra
Nutro Max
Nutro Natural Choice
Nuture
Ol' Roy
Ol' Roy 4-Flavor Lg Biscuits
Ol' Roy Canada
Ol' Roy Peanut Butter Biscuits
Ol' Roy Puppy
Ol' Roy US
Paws
Perfect Pals Large Biscuits
Pet Essentials
Pet Life
Pet Pride / Good n Meaty
Presidents Choice
Price Chopper
Priority Canada
Priority US
Publix
Roche Brothers
Royal Canin Sensible Choice
Save-A-Lot Choice Morsels
Schnuck's
Shep Dog
SmartPak LiveSmart Weight Managment Chicken and Brown Rice Dog Food
Springfield Prize
Sprout
Stater Brothers
Stater Brothers Large Biscuits
Stop & Shop Companion
Stop & Shop Companion/Giant Companion
Tops Companion
Wegmans Bruiser
Weis Total Pet
Western Family US
White Rose
Winn Dixie
Your Pet

All I can say, is make your own dog food at home.