Have you read the book foods pets die for which explains what a rendering plant is? I certainly would not want to find out with my dog about stomach cancer that is for sure but i find it odd two dogs eating merrick both have stomach tumors and he has a rendering plant on his land. Also if you google it there is information that he is lobbying for rendering parts to be put in his pet foods.
The food recall had nothing to do with rendering parts it was to do with the rice product so foods with the rice product from china were affected.
The rat poop was found in a vet food purina ha and when i called the company they said send it to us and i did and never heard back and they sent me coupons to buy more of their vet food. The food is white and there was a brown rat poop with little grey hairs coming out of it - they asked if it was a kibble from another food and i said with grey hairs coming out of it hardly. This can happen in human foods too as well. Disgusting but i am stuck with feeding this food due to health concerns and thousands of dollars later i have no choice.
This is why i am looking into home cooking and reading alot on it and on several nutrition groups as i do not trust pet food any longer after this whole recall stuff
How do you sue for stomach cancer that would be hard pressed to sue this company for that but if it occurs enough there can be a class action lawsuit.
below is the information on this company
http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=merri...amp;FORM=MSNH11
It is so hard to know what company to trust anymore but this one I do not trust at all - why is he lobbying to put the rendering stuff into his dog food? It is not illegal to use rendering parts in animal food either and why they do it and put meat by products in other dog foods. by products are all the parts not used in human consumption and can be diseased.