Thursday, October 24, 2013
by
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Editor of NaturalNews.com
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(NaturalNews)
Thousands of family dogs across the USA have been sickened by pet jerky
treats made in China, and nearly 600 dogs have died. The FDA has
issued a warning over the deadly jerky treats but has not forced any sort of product recall.
So
far, the cause of the fatalities remains a mystery. The FDA says it has
tested jerky treats for heavy metals, pesticides, antibiotics,
chemicals and even
Salmonella but cannot find the cause. The
agency is warning pet owners to watch their pets for symptoms of
poisoning which may include "decreased appetite, decreased activity,
vomiting, diarrhea (sometimes with blood or mucus), increased water
consumption and / or increased urination."
Click here to view the FDA's fact sheet on contaminated jerky treats.
According to
USA Today,
the deadly jerky treats "come mostly from China," and the number of
dogs sickened or killed by these treats has been rising all year.
The treats causing this epidemic of death, says USA Today, are "made of chicken, duck, sweet potatoes or dried fruit."
Beware of pet treats made in China
Most consumers do not fully realize that
pet treats do NOT have to list their country of origin.
Many pet treats are highly deceptive on their packaging, sometimes
showing a logo of the continental USA and claiming to be "made with beef
from the USA" even though the treats themselves are manufactured in
China using toxic chemicals.
The
FDA
has not issued a recall on the brands it suspects are causing these
deaths. This is one of the problems with the agency: it already knows
which products are killing dogs, but it has so far failed to release
that information to the public. As a result, as more and more people
learn about this,
all pet treat manufacturers will suffer because consumers will shun the entire product category.
