I do not have the bag still as I typically open bag and put into large plasitc container that is air tight and keep for freshness.
I bought this on Easter Sunday.I am sending contents to testing labs that have been recommended. Meeting went well with Petsmart manager and I have been given time with GM tomorrow. I have spoken with him on the phone already and he does seem genuinely alarmed of the items he already has been informed of. I will let you know. Spoke with a reporter from consumer affairs today about letter I had sent to them and they posted. She wanted some additional information and was extremely helpful.

Thanks

Someone on one of my lists just asked me if the one you were feeding was Natural Choice? I told her I would ask you for sure which one you were feeding and if you have lot/use by numbers, that would be great too :)
BTW, how did the meeting with Pet Smart go?

Thank you and I am so sorry for the lost of your beloved companion. I have put the post here on my forum with a link back to hear. If you have any additions or corrections you want done, or extra links, let me know and I will add them.
http://www.animalsspeak.org/20......html#1126

Feel free to Post my information and corrected date on what has transpired with my dog and his sudden passing.
Regarding the discussion above, my point on Vets and information is not to blame them or make them the ultimate culprit of responsibility. What I think they truly need to be though is proactive about a pet, not only in life, but in death as well.. We have human doctors that communicate constantly regarding higher numbers of patients with certain symptoms or sickness they are experiencing. When that information is shared and ,ultimately examined, most times a common denominator is established on the cause of illness.

We all would be infuriated if a extremely contagious disease or other was being transmitted and our medical community allowed it to continue without it’s own investigation or not letting the public be informed and advised. Yet with our animal care system, we seem to not expect the same due diligence be rendered?
What makes this even more ironic is the expenses we all incur with any type of family pet. Just think how much you have paid a vet for your current pets care or past? Very few of us would say no to some emergency procedure to save a pet’s life regardless of cost. All that money being generated is, for the most part, out of our own pocket and not through medical insurance like human healthcare is. (In other words, cash on the spot!)
My point to all that is , Vets expect and get money up front, that day, in full. Any human doctor’s office would call that a dream scenario. Most vets refer to our pets as ‘your child’. What good parent would allow ‘their child’ to die and accept the possibilities that it could have been prevented by awareness through communication?

Again, I am not in any form ‘bashing’ any Vet or vet hospital. These people have put extreme time and energy to get where they are today. Many do not follow items I have listed above because it is not expected.

The only way to enhance certain established protocols is to change the low expectations we allow to persist and make all parties be held to a simple standard-

Accountability.

Pete B

May I have your permission to put the post you corrected the date on, in its entirety on my forum in the Nutro Board and then put a link back to here, for the continued reading and updates to the thread?

Although the reality — in the absence of any official reporting agency — is that things tend to pop up first on VIN because veterinarians share information there, I wouldn’t think it fair to ask a small business to take on a government agency or trade group’s work.

In not sure it’s a trade group’s job, either, so the AVMA may not be a good choice. Not to slight the AVMA (who ended up doing a pretty good job during the recall), trusting ANY industry group to monitor a public trust is problematic at best, given their first responsibility is to their members and that they work closely with industry “stakeholders.”

Personally, I think it has to be a function of the Centers for Disease Control.

Not only to track emerging healthy issues for pets, but also to protect PEOPLE, since health crises (hello Avian Flu) often emerge in animal populations first, and would be spotted by veterinarians.

Veterinarians are an essential part of our national security system, and we honestly don’t understand why the government is so reluctant to see this.