Petco Pulls All Chinese Pet Jerky Treats from Shelves

[kpete]

Source: NBC

Petco Pulls All Chinese Pet Jerky Treats from Shelves
BY MONICA ALBA

Petco became the first pet retail store to remove all China-made dog and cat treats today when it announced that it would stop selling the products in its more than 1,300 locations nationwide by the end of the year.

The move by one of the nation's top two pet retailers comes just days after the FDA announced that jerky treats, mostly imported from China, have now been linked with more than 1,000 dog deaths and nearly 5,000 illnesses in dogs, cats and, for the first time, even people.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/petco-pulls-all-chinese-pet-jerky-treats-shelves-n110191

[secondvariety]

1. Good news but

it's been known for seven years that the Chinese treats were dangerous.

[valerief]

3. I guess they had to wait until people stopped buying them before pulling them. nt

[magical thyme]

25. with all the publicity, I don't understand why people keep buying them

and I don't understand what is taking so long for stores to look for better sources.

I wonder how many people will have to die before we stop shipping chicken to China to be processed and shipped back as "chicken nuggets."

Seriously, the waste of energy and the pollution caused by shipping back and forth so Chinese slaves can make our stuff...it's sickening. what a fucked up country we are.

[TeamPooka]

2. never too late to do the right thing. nt

[closeupready]

7. If one's dog or cat died after ingesting toxic jerky treats, it certainly is too late.

[TeamPooka]

15. I know it's all about you here but the fact is it's not too late for everyone's else's pet.

In case you want to think of others here.

[closeupready]

19. What is all about me, and why? ???

At any rate, plenty of dogs and cats were harmed by toxic jerky.

Just in case you wanted to think of them.

Anyway, if you are trying to pick a fight with me today, that's all you're getting; putting you on ignore.

[geardaddy]

4. We either make our own

or buy Newman's Own

[jmowreader]

21. Or find something else to give your dog

Milk Bones still work...

[geardaddy]

23. yep, they do.

She gets those occasionally too.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Which American companies were still importing them from China?

and, why did it take Petco so long?

[bigworld]

6. Probably to stop people from suing them <nt>

[closeupready]

8. When I look at processed foods, "Made In China" = "Back On Shelf".

At least in my world.

[Fla Dem]

17. I did the same with cat litter. God only knows whats in Chinese produced cat litter.

Those crystal litters make me very nervous. They are definitely some type of chemically made substance. How do I know what effect they'll have on my kitty cat. I now only use natural litter produced here.

[closeupready]

20. Oh, sure - when they clean themselves, they are ingesting whatever residue

is left on their paws and fur from scooping around in the litter, so yeah, I think you're being smart.

[Enthusiast]

35. Me too.

I looked at sardines in a can the other day. It said, "a product of China." They stayed on the shelf.

[elfin]

9. Finally! I switched to bits of baby carrots years ago in the last scare

My Westie loves them just as much. Have also switched his food to grain free and this 15 year old acts like a pup.

[TBF]

13. I've switched to grain free

But never thought of giving them carrots. I will give it a try.

[Benton D Struckcheon]

24. Ours loves green peppers.

Milk bones, green peppers, and "Greenies", a green bone that smells foul but they love (made in KC, MO. Just checked). Probably because it smells foul...

[tofuandbeer]

10. It only took them a decade. :/

[dbackjon]

11. I refuse to buy any Chinese made toys or food for my dogs

Gladly will pay more for quality American-made SAFE products.

[tridim]

12. Chinese made or not, they're all choking hazards, IMO. nt

[onehandle]

14. Human or pet, don't eat Chinese foodstuff. nt

[TeamPooka]

16. +1000

[City Lights]

18. +1! nt

[tblue37]

32. China is now allowed to send us unmarked chicken.

New regs allow the label to say, "Made in the USA," even if the chicken was processed in China. We no longer have a right to know that we are buying chicken from China.

[Enthusiast]

37. Hey! That's real freedom!

Soylent green cannot be far away.

[closeupready]

38. Soylent green is a CHEMICAL, like H2O, or NaCl. Don't worry.

Be happy.

[Enthusiast]

39. Soylent green is people!

[closeupready]

40. People, Schmeeple. Let's not get hung up on that technicality.

[Cryptoad]

22. WTF is Gramma going to eat now???????

[RebelOne]

26. My Chihuahua is 5 years old

and I have been giving her the duck jerky treats that are made in China since she was a puppy. And she has not had any adverse effects. Maybe there is something in the chicken jerky that makes dogs sick.

[Sunlei]

28. could do a DNA test on the 'meat' and see if it really is duck. I would not trust the label.

Some of the problems were bogus additives, chemicals that for example slowly damaged dogs kidneys until the dogs developed renal failure and died.

That's the same country where bogus protein was added to infant formula and many infants were sickened and some died.

[rickyhall]

27. About time

I read about it at least a year ago. And I believe it was the chicken flavor.

[blkmusclmachine]

29. ,

,

[PasadenaTrudy]

30. There are many jerkies

made in the USA. My local shops sell many different brands.

[L0oniX]

31. Duh! Never feed your pet anything from China. Never buy toys made in China for your pet

[Kablooie]

33. Finally. What took them so long?

It must be a profit making move, not a humanitarian one or they would have done this years ago.

[madville]

34. I keep running across more Chinese food on the shelves

Be careful with mushrooms in the can or jar, many are from China now. I inspect anything pickled closely as well, India and China are popular origins. I even quit buying water chestnuts and bamboo shoots, always loved them but all from China.

I've across frozen broccoli lately also from China. I've also sworn off any farmed seafood from Asia, they rarely get any kind of inspection. Places like Canada and Japan are banning imports of Asian farm-raised seafood left and right and the US barely even looks at 1% of the imports. Other countries require large percentages of the imports to be evaluated and tested.

[stillwaiting]

36. This is good. Still we should shop local pet stores.

We need to support our local businesses EVEN WHEN the big ones do the right thing on a single issue.

They are still solidly against our financial interests, and they have way too much power right now.