Surprising Statement from Blue Buffalo Pet Food

[tencats]

Yesterday (October 14, 2014) Blue Buffalo announced some of their pet foods did contain by-products, with blame pointed towards an ingredient supplier. Blue stated a supplier “mislabeled” some ingredients selling numerous pet food brands including Blue Buffalo a chicken meal that was actually a by-product chicken meal.

In the midst of a major lawsuit (Purina suing Blue Buffalo claiming Blue used by-products in their foods), Blue Buffalo made a surprising statement.

“Blue Buffalo has recently learned from Wilbur-Ellis, a major U.S. Company that supplies ingredients to us and many other well-known brands of pet foods, that a Texas pet food ingredient processing plant they own had mislabeled some of the ingredients they shipped to their customers. So while their customers were ordering and paying for 100% chicken meal, at times they were receiving shipments that contained poultry by-product meal.”

“Since this Wilbur-Ellis plant was the source of some of our chicken meal, we may have received some of these mislabeled shipments, and there likely are numerous other pet food companies who also received these mislabeled ingredients. The FDA has been informed of this situation, and you may rest assured that this mislabeling poses no health, safety or nutrition issue. And while this is comforting, since the health and well-being of our dogs and cats comes before anything else, the fact that any Blue Buffalo food could include a mislabeled ingredient is totally unacceptable. As a result, we have stopped doing business with this plant.”

Purina’s ‘beef’ with Blue has been the company advertised no use of by-products in their foods when Purina’s testing confirmed the use of by-products. With this surprising statement from Blue, it appears Blue is admitting some of their products did indeed contain by-products – though they are declaring it is no fault of their own. Blue is passing ‘the by-product buck’ on to the ingredient supplier Wilbur-Ellis.

Read more here at http://www.google.com/url?q=http://truthaboutpetfood.com/surprising-statement-from-blue-buffalo-pet-food/&sa=U&ei=A7o-VLGxEJGiyASUpoBY&ved=0CBQQFjAA&usg=AFQjCNEmMO_T_-cIfLkspRMs-gjtx2R-mA

[Curmudgeoness]

1. This is surprising

and probably unprecedented. Faced with a lawsuit, they are willing to be open about it. Incredible. Although it sucks that people were paying a higher price for the Blue Buffalo (and other) foods, it sounds like Blue Buffalo was also paying the higher prices. I have to give them credit for admitting this. I am shocked.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. There is a site which rates all dog food by careful analysis

and which is why we buy Blue Buffalo.
http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/

"Blue Buffalo Life Protection Dog Food earns the Advisor’s second-highest tier rating of 4 stars."

The Tractor Store in town carries it.
Last month they had a sale, but when we opened the bag it smelled of rancid fat gone bad.
So Mr. dixie took it back, was worried they would not accept it without the receipt.

No problem, they switched him out with a fresh bag and said they would dump the on-sale bags.

[hollysmom]

2. they still are not using Chinese food products

hence the melamine poisoning that occurred in a lot of dog food was not possible. i.e. Purina products among others, I could not believe one woman in the store a few days ago, I mentioned that I don't buy stuff from China for my dog and she called me a bigot.