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	<title>Comments on: FDA requires Evanger&#8217;s to get emergency permit</title>
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		<title>By: Joy</title>
		<link>http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/04/24/fda-requires-evangers-to-get-emergency-permit/comment-page-2/#comment-484928</link>
		<dc:creator>Joy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://efoodalert.blogspot.com/2009/06/evangers-filling-in-blanks.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://efoodalert.blogspot.com/2009/06/evangers-filling-in-blanks.html" rel="nofollow">http://efoodalert.blogspot.com.....lanks.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Leslie K</title>
		<link>http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/04/24/fda-requires-evangers-to-get-emergency-permit/comment-page-2/#comment-484923</link>
		<dc:creator>Leslie K</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is anyone really surprised ? It&#039;s been at least 3 years of problems and investigations for this pfc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is anyone really surprised ? It&#8217;s been at least 3 years of problems and investigations for this pfc.</p>
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		<title>By: Carol V</title>
		<link>http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/04/24/fda-requires-evangers-to-get-emergency-permit/comment-page-2/#comment-484918</link>
		<dc:creator>Carol V</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://petsitusa.com/blog/?p=3139</description>
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		<title>By: Suze</title>
		<link>http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/04/24/fda-requires-evangers-to-get-emergency-permit/comment-page-2/#comment-459286</link>
		<dc:creator>Suze</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gary, This problem is unrelated to the &#039;07 melamine/CA recall.  Botulism is a very scary disease. (The CDC website has a lot of info.) Up until the 1970&#039;s, there were occasional outbreaks from commercially canned food.  The laws were made tougher, and there were no outbreaks until the chili and bean recalls of summer, 2007. 

The paperwork is very, very important in my mind. Once stuff is canned, and if it has not been heated high enough, long enough, a couple of botulism spores can grow and produce enough toxin to put an adult on a respirator for months. Companies have to be able to prove the food cooked long enough at a high enough temperature to kill those spores.

Personally, I consider the risk too high. I gather that they haven&#039;t found spores, but that doesn&#039;t mean they&#039;re not there. Once it&#039;s canned, they don&#039;t open the cans and test them; they ship them out.  The other issue I have is the law says you must have that paperwork. They have had a year to rectify the situation, and the FDA is saying they haven&#039;t.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gary, This problem is unrelated to the &#8216;07 melamine/CA recall.  Botulism is a very scary disease. (The CDC website has a lot of info.) Up until the 1970&#8217;s, there were occasional outbreaks from commercially canned food.  The laws were made tougher, and there were no outbreaks until the chili and bean recalls of summer, 2007. </p>
<p>The paperwork is very, very important in my mind. Once stuff is canned, and if it has not been heated high enough, long enough, a couple of botulism spores can grow and produce enough toxin to put an adult on a respirator for months. Companies have to be able to prove the food cooked long enough at a high enough temperature to kill those spores.</p>
<p>Personally, I consider the risk too high. I gather that they haven&#8217;t found spores, but that doesn&#8217;t mean they&#8217;re not there. Once it&#8217;s canned, they don&#8217;t open the cans and test them; they ship them out.  The other issue I have is the law says you must have that paperwork. They have had a year to rectify the situation, and the FDA is saying they haven&#8217;t.</p>
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		<title>By: Gary Kuipers</title>
		<link>http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/04/24/fda-requires-evangers-to-get-emergency-permit/comment-page-2/#comment-459237</link>
		<dc:creator>Gary Kuipers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do these have anything to do with the recalls in 2007?  Switched to this food during the scare and have dogs have been doing excellent on it!!!  And I feel very good now that I switched them to a food that has everything made in america.  A paperwork issue?  I guess that makes sense, because certainly all of the ingredients they use must go through inspections too if they&#039;re from america also, right???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do these have anything to do with the recalls in 2007?  Switched to this food during the scare and have dogs have been doing excellent on it!!!  And I feel very good now that I switched them to a food that has everything made in america.  A paperwork issue?  I guess that makes sense, because certainly all of the ingredients they use must go through inspections too if they&#8217;re from america also, right???</p>
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		<title>By: Leslie K</title>
		<link>http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/04/24/fda-requires-evangers-to-get-emergency-permit/comment-page-2/#comment-458801</link>
		<dc:creator>Leslie K</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry Gina,this shill is following me all around the net.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry Gina,this shill is following me all around the net.</p>
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		<title>By: Gina Spadafori</title>
		<link>http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/04/24/fda-requires-evangers-to-get-emergency-permit/comment-page-2/#comment-458796</link>
		<dc:creator>Gina Spadafori</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK ... well, you&#039;ve both had your say on what seems to be a nasty personal argument on another forum. So take it back there, now. 

Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK &#8230; well, you&#8217;ve both had your say on what seems to be a nasty personal argument on another forum. So take it back there, now. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Carlisle</title>
		<link>http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/04/24/fda-requires-evangers-to-get-emergency-permit/comment-page-2/#comment-458795</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Carlisle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LeslieK, first to dig up the past.

I, for one, would not take the advice from a person who tried to extort money from the company she is slamming.  (Her itchmo signature says it all....)
Been using Evanger&#039;s for years and stand by them 100%
!!!!!!!!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LeslieK, first to dig up the past.</p>
<p>I, for one, would not take the advice from a person who tried to extort money from the company she is slamming.  (Her itchmo signature says it all&#8230;.)<br />
Been using Evanger&#8217;s for years and stand by them 100%<br />
!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Leslie K</title>
		<link>http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/04/24/fda-requires-evangers-to-get-emergency-permit/comment-page-2/#comment-440913</link>
		<dc:creator>Leslie K</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 14:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just an FYI, I was contacted yesterday by the OCI [office of criminal investigation for the FDA] the Evangers reinspections didn&#039;t go very well and they are interested in speaking to anyone who has had trouble with any foods Evangers makes.They don&#039;t want their name &amp; # published,so call the FDA .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just an FYI, I was contacted yesterday by the OCI [office of criminal investigation for the FDA] the Evangers reinspections didn&#8217;t go very well and they are interested in speaking to anyone who has had trouble with any foods Evangers makes.They don&#8217;t want their name &amp; # published,so call the FDA .</p>
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		<title>By: Marcy</title>
		<link>http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/04/24/fda-requires-evangers-to-get-emergency-permit/comment-page-2/#comment-373531</link>
		<dc:creator>Marcy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t buy it anymore, as I kept seeing cans on the shelves starting to &quot;bulge.&quot;

I immediately took them to the manager of the pet store, and their reply was, &quot;oh my goodness, thank you!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t buy it anymore, as I kept seeing cans on the shelves starting to &#8220;bulge.&#8221;</p>
<p>I immediately took them to the manager of the pet store, and their reply was, &#8220;oh my goodness, thank you!&#8221;</p>
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