On Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 9:51:23 AM UTC-4, trader_4 wrote:
On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 8:21:37 PM UTC-4, bob haller wrote:
On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 8:09:11 PM UTC-4, Tony Hwang wrote:
bob haller wrote:
I have fed my dogs beneful forever, perhaps 20 years.

anyhow my dogs were acting wierd, throwng up a lot and lethargic.

saw on the network news that beneful is killing dogs. So I changed food, we had a bunch of sample packages.

within 2 days dogs were back to normal.

called my vet and they said they are getting bscattered reports of these same symptoms, that clear up when beneful is discontinued....

I have 3 30 pound sacks, one just opened.

So I called beneful they were very nice. I asked them if they want a sample, sure they said.

but they only do a visual inspection no tests for chemical containments.

this makes no sense at all.....

Some idiot in the distribution system could use a needle to inject rat poision into dog food. and beneful says we test each batch at the time of production.

purina beneful and nestle are all the same company. apparently they never heard of tylenol contamination...

in any case i will see what it will cost to get the opened bag tested, join the class action suit, not for money but to get them to address the issue.

I will miss nestle candy, since i will quit buying any roducts from their organization.

they claim its not a problem its all social media driven hype

Hi,
Wonder if it is made in China now? Our dog is always on "Blue" dog food.
So far sso good.

maybe its made by the same chinese company that makes flooring for lumber liquidators.

benefuls lack of concern bugs me a lot. theres far too many defective products being sold where the manufacturer either ignores the issue or worse actively covers it up.

like Chevy cobalt ignition switches. we had one of those that fit the profile exactlly. short overweight driver with heavy key ring. wifes car quit often for no apparent reason.

now take takata air bags, toyota run away cars, going back awhile bad firestone tires...

feds need a law, forward all safety defects on to consumer product safety agency, who would track troubles, manufactures would be required to self report problems.

attempted cover up? CEOs go off to prison, companies fined 5 years worth of profits.

make cover ups or ignorance so expensive its not worth it.....

after 1 or 2 ceos are lead off in shackles to prison all products would be safer for consumers

You are quick to condemn the company here, but apparently have unshakable
faith in the govt. If the govt is so smart and capable, why haven't they
figured out what the problem here is? If it's as simple as just sending
some samples off to a lab, the govt has that capability too as well
as it's own labs.

Another aspect that argues against coverups, willful ignorance is this.
Let's assume for the sake of argument that the Purina execs are a bunch
focused on their profits and they don't care about the pets at all.
This has been going on for a long time now. If they know what's causing
it, or even if they had an idea what might be causing it, eg they know
they added an ingredient, or changed suppliers just prior to the problems
being reported, what would they do? If they are just out for profit, does
it make more sense to continue to ship the stuff as is, or fix the
problem? By shipping it, your whole brand is almost certainly going to
go down the tubes. On the other hand, you could just eliminate whatever
you had any inkling might be causing the problem. If some supply of
whatever is contaminated with something, Purina has a lot to lose by not
fixing it, ie the Purina brand and all their customers.