Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a scaremonger as: “one inclined to boost or excite alarms particularly needlessly“.
The CDC and the FDA Middle for Veterinary Medication (CVM) undoubtedly use scaremonger ways concerning uncooked pet meals; particularly needlessly inflicting concern concerning one particular fashion of pet meals. As instance, the FDA CVM not too long ago retweeted a CDC warning about uncooked pet meals.
The FDA CVM and CDC particularly warns pet homeowners about one (and just one) fashion of pet meals stating “Uncooked pet meals could make pets and other people sick.” These federal businesses additionally instantly advises pet homeowners: “Don’t feed pets uncooked pet meals or raw meat“.
As a substitute of scaremongering, let’s look at documented historical past of pet meals dangers with dangerous micro organism…
Per information from FDA Enforcement Stories, from January 1, 2012 by way of September 12, 2022 – of all pet meals remembers on account of pathogenic micro organism contamination:
- 157,520,659 kilos had been kibble pet meals
- 2,390,937 kilos had been treats
- 1,979,445 kilos had been uncooked pet meals
- 224,328 kilos had been dehydrated or cooked pet meals
To restate this documented information in one other means, from January 1, 2012 by way of September 12, 2022 – of all pet meals remembers on account of pathogenic micro organism contamination:
- 97% was kibble fashion pet meals
- 1.4% was treats
- 1.1% was uncooked fashion pet meals
- 0.1% was dehydrated or cooked fashion pet meals
The CDC web site gives documentation of human sickness linked to pet merchandise. We discovered the next documentation:
- 154 human diseases linked to pig ear canine treats in 2019
- 62 human diseases linked to kibble pet food in 2007
- 49 human diseases linked to kibble pet food in 2012
BUT…the CDC web site gives no reviews of human sickness linked to uncooked pet meals (at the very least we couldn’t discover any documented instances on the company web site).
Why do these federal businesses proceed to scaremonger pet meals shoppers towards uncooked pet meals when the entire documented proof does NOT assist their ‘scare’? Why do federal businesses ignore the documented dangers of different kinds of pet meals?
We will’t reply these questions, however we did file a Freedom of Info Act request with CDC asking for the scientific proof to validate their direct warning towards one fashion of pet meals.
When a response is acquired, it is going to be shared.
Wishing you and your pet the very best –
Susan Thixton
Pet Meals Security Advocate
TruthaboutPetFood.com
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