I believe there is an AAFCO (or is it FDA?) requirement to list ALL the ingredients contained in a pet food on the packaging label. Now, it could be Natural Balance is just woefully behind in updating their website to reflect recent formula changes (note: there are other changes in the ingredients besides the addition of rice protein concentrate.) Conversely, it could be Natural Balance is trying to do a quick CYA. Perhaps some pet parents who purchased the recalled food can take a look at the packaging labels and let us know whether or not the suspect ingredient, rice protein concentrate, appears among the list of ingredients. If not, then this is clearly a violation by Natural Balance of both labeling laws and consumer trust.
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Since I started sniffing around about this someone has told me that they are allowed 6 months or something to change their ingredient list to reflect the true contents of their food...
I can't remember if I posted this, but the contaminated rice protein was sold to five companies, not just Diamond for Natural Balance. This was reported to USA Today - quoted from the head of the US broker of the rice protein.
Also, a Natural LIFE product was added to the recall.
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