This includes pet food, jerky treats and dog biscuits... for the time being
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html#recall

Warning: you will not like what you read.

- Pet Food: The Inside Scoop

- Dec 2005: Diamond Pet Food Recalled Due to Aflatoxin

- April 2006: Letter from the FDA to the manufacturer of Diamond food

- Feb. 2002: FDA Report on the risk from pentobarbital in dog food

- June 1998: FDA qualitative analyses for pentobarbital residue in dry dog food samples

Would You Eat This? Dog and cat food. What is really in the bag? It's convenient, but when you look into what goes into it, you realize its not so healthy. To get to know what is healthy for your pet, get my book at http://www.veterinarysecretsrevealed.com/__vsr.php Most of what makes up dog and cat food comes from the rendering plant. When food animals are slaughtered for food, usually only the lean muscle is cut off for human consumption. This leaves about 50 percent of a carcass left over. These leftovers are what become what we so commonly find on pet food labels, such as "meat-and-bone-meal" or "by-products." So basically, what pets eat are the unwanted leftovers: lungs, ligaments, bones, blood and intestines. In some of the lower quality foods, other very unhealthy products have been found. Spoiled meat from the supermarket, Styrofoam wrapping and all Road kill that can't be buried on the roadside Dead, dying, disease and disabled Food Animals. Rancid restaurant grease Euthanized companion animals This alone should make you want to change your pet's diet, but there are more unhealthy compounds. One concern is bacterial endotoxins. When dead animals from cow pastures are picked up, they may not be rendered until up to a week after they are dead. Because of this, it is estimated that E. coli bacteria contaminate more than 50 percent of meat meals. The rendering process destroys the bacteria, but it does not eliminate the endotoxins bacteria release when they die. These endotoxin, which can cause sickness and disease, are not tested for by pet food manufacturers. When all this comes to the rendering plant, it's put in a huge vat and shredded. Then it's cooked at 220 to 270 degrees for 20 to 60 minutes. After it cools, the grease is skimmed off the top. This is "animal fat." The rest is pressed and dried. This is "meat and bone meal." Dogs wouldn't eat this stuff in the wild, so why will they eat it out of their bowls? Their noses are tricked by the smell of it. The smell of animal fats for dogs and fish oil for cats is sprayed on the dry, bland kibble bits to make them appetizing. These flavors usually come from rendered restaurant grease, animal fat, or other oils unfit for human consumption. If you are still feeding a "popular" unnatural commercial pet food, then for the sake of your pet stop."

Also from Dr. Andrew Jones: AAFCO certifies Pet Food in the U.S. "This is what can be found on the label: "Our pet foods are made following AAFCO guidelines and must pass stringent testing." This sounds good, until we take a close look at the AAFCO test guidelines.   "The Testing Protocols For Providing An Unqualified Representation of Nutritional Adequacy For A Dog Or Cat Food" are.. * 8 dogs older than 1 yr. must start the test. * At start all dogs must be normal weight & health. * A blood test is to be taken from each dog at the start and finish of the test. * For 6 months, the dogs used must only eat the food being tested. * The dogs finishing the test must not lose more than 15% of their body weight. * During the test, none of the dogs used are to die or be removed becasue of nutritional causes. * 6 of the 8 dogs starting must finish the test. That's all there is to it. Buyer beware . . . you may be buying a pet food advertised as being a nutritionally adequate diet for all dogs because it passed "stringent" AAFCO testing ... when only six to eight dogs ate that food for 6 months and survive with no more than an "acceptable" 15% loss of body weight."