Hello Everyone,
Having a difficult time trying to decide what foods to feed your fur babies and how to go about picking one?? Perhaps this will help point you in the right direction.
When it comes to a decision about which food to pick to feed our fur babies, I always recommend that each person reads the ingredients of any foods which are being considered.
Then, I suggest that one asks the company where these ingredients (including meats) are obtained from.
I strongly encourage that one do research and read all about the company and their their practices, such as, who manufactures their foods and where they are manufactured, what other *involvements* the company may have, which may help in determining the *mind set* of a company, in general.
Examine the FDA list of recalls http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/petfoodrecall/ and see if the companies who make the foods you are considering feeding, were involved in any recalls. If they were, find out why their products were recalled.
Especially look to see if they were involved in the 2007 recalls ! If they were involved in the 2007 recalls, examine how they performed during that time. Did they respond appropriately to consumers and their needs at that time?
When you ask certain questions of a Pet Food manufacturer, such as, who manufactures your wet and dry foods, and/or where do your ingredients come from, or where do you obtain your meats from, do they play the proprietary card? If they do, I would have to ask myself, “What are they hiding and why” ?
Regardless of how far you choose to take your research, the bottom line is, always examine the ingredients for the really bad things that may be in the foods and choose a food that has none of those.
You can do individual research on various ingredients, and/or you can go to my forum, to the Evaluating Pet Foods and Ingredients area, and find a long list of ingredients, both good and bad, along with their definitions and explanations of why they are being put in the pet foods. http://www.letstalkpetfoods.org/evaluating-pet-food-and-ingredients-f20.html You will also see two boards with lists of many, many Food Brands, and Pet Food Manufactures, some of which I have done extensive research on and others I am still working on, but still have much info on.
You can also find a lot of other great info here on my forums main link, http://www.letstalkpetfoods.org/
Scroll down to where it says Pet Foods-Manufacturing and Evaluating. There are 4 boards there that have to do with Pet Foods.
Feel free to email me anytime and if you have any questions or suggestions 
Quote from various consumers! “I called the Pet Food Company and they said their foods are 100% safe”
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