Pet Food Recalls Information from Tambi Renee

In a recent study of pet foods, the FDA declared that, across all of the samples tested, they found contamination almost exclusively in raw pet foods, with one exceptional case in a dry cat food sample. Animal rights activist Tambi Renee has taken a closer look at the study, however, and concluded that there is something suspicious afoot over at the FDA. After examining the time period during which the samples were taken, Tambi Renee concluded that there was not a single raw pet food recall. Processed pet foods did not fare so well.

Rather than the single case of dry cat food contamination reported by the FDA, Tambi Renee found that during the period of the study, the United States was faced with the largest recall of pet kibble in its history due to salmonella contamination. This recall, says Tambi Renee, affected numerous pet food brands, including Diamond Dog and Cat Food, Natural Balance Dog and Cat Food, and several others.

Tambi Renee thinks that clearly something is wrong with the numbers here, or the FDA has found itself in an awful lot of confusion. As Tambi Renee points out, either the FDA has failed to follow its own rules with regard to zero tolerance for salmonella by not recalling those raw pet foods, or they did not, in fact, inspect those pet foods cited in the study. Similarly, did they forget about the massive pet food recall when tracking the statistics on pet kibble? Perhaps there is some forgetfulness afoot, but more likely, says Tambi Renee, is government blowback against raw food diets.

Tambi Renee on Raw Diets for Your Pets

Recently, the FDA released a report steering pet owners away from feeding raw diets to their pets. Raw diets, claimed the FDA, saw a far greater incidence of bacterial contamination than other pet food products. According to animal rights activist Tambi Renee, however, this warning is misguided. Raw diets are, in fact, at a much lower risk for contamination and also provide better nutrition. Additionally, raw foods, says Tambi Renee, do not contain salvage food products that have been unequivocally declared unfit for human consumption, and should also not be fed to pets.

According to Tambi Renee, raw food diets can be prepared at home and can leave your pets with healthier skin and fur, as well as cleaner teeth. Pets eating a raw diet consisting of meats, fruits, and vegetables also typically have more energy. Tambi Renee counters claims by the FDA that raw pet food diets also pose a risk to human handlers and may result in unbalanced diets for pets, noting that humans should only be handling meats that they would otherwise eat themselves, and that it is not difficult to establish a healthy raw food diet in consultation with your pet's veterinarian.

In contradiction to the study by the FDA, Tambi Renee notes that there have been no recent food recalls of raw pet food (some pet owners choose to purchase pre-made raw diets), while there have been significant recalls of processed pet foods. Tambi Renee asks, if raw pet foods were so dangerous to our health and the health of our animals, why hasn’t the FDA recalled any of them? Perhaps because, as Tambi Renee argues, these foods are not nearly as dangerous as they are made out to be.

Tambi Renee Reports on Salvage Food and Your Pets

As pet owners, we all aim to feed our pets high quality food that will meet all of their nutritional needs. What most of us have never considered is the fact that processed pet foods for sale in supermarkets and pet stores could be putting our pets at risk. Tambi Renee has shed light on the dangerous state of pet food today and the use of salvage food products by pet food manufacturers with little to no oversight by the state or national government.

According to Tambi Renee, there are salvage food companies that work to resell what are known as “distressed” food products and turn a profit for themselves and the company where the products originated. Distressed food products have been exposed to temperature extremes, smoke, water, or other potential contaminates that have made them unsuitable for human consumption. They may also have lost their labels and become unidentifiable. What Tambi Renee points out is that these foods, through salvage companies, remain in the pipeline as food products for pets.

What is particularly disheartening about the resale of distressed food products, says Tambi Renee, is that pet food companies don’t have to label their products to note that they contain what is essentially waste. Tambi Renee says this is a fraud against consumers and a crime against pets. Now is the time to carefully look at what you feed your pet, says Tambi Renee. What are the ingredients? Where did they come from? If you can’t answer those questions, Tambi Renee says, it may be time to change pet foods or embrace a raw diet for your pets.

Tambi Renee Wants Consumers to Remain Aware of Food Recalls

You are what you eat. How many times did you hear that growing up as a child? Of course, if you eat a lot of string cheese you are not going to become a stringy cheesy monster, but too much imbalance does impact overall health. What is more, the quality of food you consume impacts health, too. Years ago, the United States and other countries developed regulations and organizations to ensure food manufacturers use real food products and practice safe food practices.

Food contamination is a great concern, especially as people go outside the home to eat. You may be suspicious if you get sick after eating out that something about the food was bad. But it doesn’t take a restaurant to create food safety hazards. Tambi Renee tells people that bad food can come straight from the slaughterhouse. 

Tambi Renee asks people to pay attention to all cases of food poisoning. Oftentimes, widespread cases make media news, but Tambi Renee suggests people go online and look for any food recalls as often as possible. Food warnings and recalls aren’t necessarily tied to meat, either. Tambi Renee points to the cantaloupe that led to the hospitalization of many people.

For safety’s sake, Tambi Renee asks people to take food recalls seriously. It is easy to think bad things happen to other people and not yourself, but Tambi Renee knows those people thought the same things about themselves. Tambi Renee also asks consumers to pay attention to pet food recalls too.

Pet Food Concerns Matter to Tambi Renee

There are many social matters Tambi Renee remains aware of but one of her recent concerns is the frequency of recalls in pet food due to confirmed or potential Salmonella poisoning. Food safety is important to Tambi Renee because it affects the quality of life for people and animals. Just recently, hundreds have been affected by the chicken processing plants in California. The Salmonella contaminated chicken has made over two hundred people sick and was consumed by both people and animals.

 Tambi Renee remains focused on a whole issue of pet food matters. One of her focuses is the type of food people feed their animals. Obviously, the healthier foods are those that most closely resemble the animals’ natural diet. For some, this means more animal protein and less of the animal-byproduct people have become increasingly aware of. Similarly, Tambi Renee wants people to know that giving treats to animals is fine, but human foods should not be given as treats because some may be potentially hazardous. 

The quality of food truly does matter. Humans want to eat the best quality foods possible and the same would be said for animals. Tambi Renee hopes pet owners pay attention to pet food recalls. If there is a health concern tied to pet food, pet owners should heed all warnings. Some of the products recalled in the last year include: dry dog food, heartworm medication, pet jerky, and frozen pet food. Tambi Renee wants pet owners to be aware of pet food recalls because across the nation, there is a recall nearly every month of the year.

Health Issues Hold Significant Importance to Tambi Renee

Anyone who has ever suffered from food poisoning doesn’t want to suffer the pain or agony again. People are often at the mercy of food processors and handlers when it comes to certain foods, but some measures can ensure food safety. Equally important for consumers is the health of animals and the quality of food put into their animals’ pet food. 

Tambi Renee takes food safety for both humans and pets seriously. With cases of food poisoning every year, it is disheartening to know that even modern facilities cannot or do not do all in their power to prevent food contamination. Even organizations meant to regulate the food handling process differ in their individual practices. Recently, a nationwide Salmonella outbreak based on a California factory has poisoned hundreds of people.

Tambi Renee once took for granted the quality and safety of her food. However, the more she researched into the subject matter, the more she came to realize the gaps and problems in our food safety system. With concerns about the quality of both human and pet food, Tambi Renee knew spreading information about the subject was important. 

Few things impact us as much as the cleanliness and quality of our food and water. Every year there are cases of Salmonella poisoning and Tambi Renee believes this is unacceptable. We do much as a society to equate nutrition with health and while diet plays a large part, the quality of food is equally important. Tambi Renee encourages people to pay closer attention to food safety issues. In terms of pets, she encourages people look at what is in pet food and check to see if there have been any recent recalls.

Tambi Renee Warns Against Corn in Pet Food

When it comes to pet food, there are many health risks and concerns that pet owners are often unaware of. Tambi Renee is an advocate for greater knowledge about pet food and how it is affecting your animals. One major issue with pet food is corn content and Goss’s Wilt. This bacterial infection occurs in corn, and as Tambi Renee asserts, it is found in pet foods more often than you may think. Tambi Renee believes that pet owners should inform themselves about Goss’s Wilt and avoid buying pet foods with high corn content to keep their animals safe.

What is Goss’s Wilt?

Goss’s Wilt is a type of bacterial infection that occurs in corn. While genetic engineering should keep corn safe from Goss’s Wilt, this harmful infection has been spreading in Midwestern corn crops recently. Tambi Renee knows that many pet foods contain corn ingredients, and the prevalence of Goss’s Wilt could be extremely harmful to your animals. Goss’s Wilt is linked to aflatoxins, which can contaminate your pet food and cause serious health problems, even leading to death.

Furthermore, as Tambi Renee has found, Goss’s Wilt has also been linked to glyphosate, a chemical that Monsanto uses in its products for weed control. This means that if corn produced by Monsanto ends up in your pet’s food, the consequences could be deadly. Tambi Renee recommends avoiding all pet foods that contain corn to keep your animals safe. According to Tambi Renee, pet owners should always check the labels on their pet’s food very carefully before purchasing.

The Truth About Pet Food Flavor: Tambi Renee

When buying pet food, pet food owners often seek out specific flavors that they know or believe their pets will enjoy. Tambi Renee has recently learned more about poor practices in the pet food industry when it comes to flavoring. As Tambi Renee has found, pet food flavors are often made with potentially harmful chemicals. In addition, pet food flavors are intending to entice pets into eating food that does not actually provide the proper nutrients. Learn more about pet food flavoring and how it could affect your pets.

Chemicals to Trick Your Pets

As Tambi Renee states, one of the main issues with pet food flavoring is the chemical additives used by companies to entice pets into eating cheap food. Many companies use additives such as pyrophosphates, which is used in cat food, to trick your pets into thinking that they are eating real food. According to Tambi Renee, this keeps your pets addicted to food that is not nutritionally valuable and could even be harmful to them.

For example, pyrophosphates are potentially harmful chemicals that can lead to a variety of health issues in humans such as vomiting, skin irritation, nosebleeds, and respiratory problems. Tambi Renee believes that if an ingredient is not good for humans, it should not be used for cats. For dogs, Tambi Renee has found that manufacturers focus on the dog’s sense of smell to entice them. This causes dogs to react positively to food that actually has little nutritional value, making owners such as Tambi Renee assume that the food is good.

Tambi Renee On Real Meat in Pet Food

There are many types of pet foods out there that advertise “real meat” in their products. However as Tambi Renee has found, this advertising is often misleading. From a survey conducted of a variety of pet food companies that use the “real meat” label, Tambi Renee found that the word “real” appears to mean something different for each and every company.

Tambi Renee saw that while some companies use “real” to mean no artificial products, others use “real” to refer to muscle tissue, meat meals, or no by-products. While consumers such as Tambi Renee may see the words “real meat” and assume their pets are getting food with the same quality of meat that humans eat, this is simply untrue.

Beware of False Advertising

When it comes to pet food with “real meat,” Tambi Renee states that you should always beware of false advertising. For example, while Blue Buffalo uses “real meat” to indicate actual meat rather than meat meals or by-products, Science Diet uses “real meat” simply as a marketing tool. Tambi Renee believes that false advertising such as this is incredibly harmful to pets because it means that pet owners are purchasing a product for their animals based on false assumptions about its health benefits.

Call Your Pet Food Company

Before feeding your animals any type of pet food that states “real meat” on the label, Tambi Renee asserts that you should always call the pet food company to find out what “real meat” really means. Tambi Renee states that if they respond evasively, you will know that their pet food is not up to par and should not be fed to your beloved pets.

Tambi Renee: Keeping an Eye Out for Heartworms In Cats

Although heartworms were once thought of as an infection that only affected dogs, pet owners and vets are realizing more and more that heartworms are an issue for cats too. Tambi Renee, a cat-owner herself and a proponent of animal health and wellness, offers the following information about heartworm in cats so that cat lovers can watch out for the disease in their pets. 

Why Catching Heartworm Early Is Important

Heartworm is a parasitic infection that can quickly become serious and lead to long-term and life threatening health consequences. The parasites invade the blood vessels of the heart and lungs and can cause significant respiratory distress in cats, as well as an immune response that is also potentially fatal. If not caught early, heartworm can quickly reach a point where it is no longer treatable.

Heartworm Symptoms to Watch Out For

In cats, heartworm can be fairly difficult to detect, which is one of the reasons why it was thought to only rarely affect felines for so long. However, with a close eye, it is possible to determine if your cat has heartworms. Serious symptoms to look out for include vomiting, coughing, difficulty breathing, disinterest in food, and depression and lethargy. Unfortunately, some cats may not exhibit symptoms at all, which is another reason why it is important to take your cat to the vet for regular wellness exams. 

Treating Heartworm In Cats

If you discover that your cat has heartworm, it’s important to use a treatment option that is specifically designed for cats, as the medications made for dogs will not work and can even be harmful for cats. Take your cat to the vet immediately if you think that she might have contracted heartworm. Your vet can prescribe medication, such as a corticosteroid, or a heartworm-specific option to treat the disease.

Tambi Renee: Reacting to Pet Food Recalls

As a pet owner, it can be terrifying to find out that your beloved pet’s food is in the midst of a recall due to contamination or any other problem. Tambi Renee has seen firsthand how pet food recalls can affect owners and pets alike and has the following suggestions for responding to a pet food recall. 

Be Aware of Recalls and Check Food Often

The first step to reacting, of course, is learning all that you can about the pet recall. Find out exactly which products have been recalled and try to discern whether or not there are any methods of identifying specific batches that were a problem.

Switch to Another Food

Stop feeding your pet the recalled food immediately and switch to something safe. While it may be tempting to switch to another brand entirely, know that many pets might have bad reactions to undergoing a sudden food change. If the brand that you already use has a type of food that has not been recalled, it may be worth it to use that instead of transitioning your pet to a different diet immediately. 

Pay Attention to Your Pet’s Health

Once you’ve ascertained that your pet might have been exposed to contaminate or damaged pet food, keep a very close eye on him or her to make sure that they are not suffering any ill effects. If your pet experiences changes in behavior, seems to be lethargic or in pain, or suffers any symptoms, such as vomiting or bleeding, call your vet immediately. 

Contact the Company

Many pet food companies will offer compensation for any food that has been recalled. While compensation is probably the last thing on your mind when your pet’s health is at stake, it can be useful to be in touch with the company to learn about any new developments in the recall too.

Why Pet Food Recalls are On the Rise with Tambi Renee

A long time pet owner and lover of animals, Los Angeles businesswoman, Tambi Renee, is passionate about ensuring that pets eat nutritious, natural diets that help them stay active and healthy throughout their lives. Tambi Renee has been disheartened to see that pet food recalls are on the rise. Here are two of the main reasons why it is important to be aware of pet food recalls and why they are becoming increasingly common.

Contamination of Pet Food

One of the most common causes of pet food recalls involves salmonella, the infectious disease that humans should always be careful about when handling raw meat and eggs, as well as some other foods that can be contaminated by poor irrigation and bad manufacturing processes. Pet food that is infected with salmonella can cause serious gastrointestinal problems for pets, leading to long-term health issues and even death if it is not caught quickly. Pet food might also be contaminated with toxic chemicals, due to spills or even intentional sabotage. The contamination of pet food is, of course, closely related to the other cause of recalls - poor manufacturing standards. 

Poor Manufacturing Processes

Another big cause of pet food recalls is the fact that manufacturers don’t have to abide by the strict standards that are applied to the creation of food for humans. This means that errors are often not caught and debris and other harmful items might make their way into food during the manufacturing process. For example, a recent pet recall happened because the mixture of vitamins in the food was incorrect, meaning that pets who ate that food were at increased risk for deficiencies and health problems. Poor manufacturing, however, might also lead to recalls as with another recent instance, where pieces of plastic were found in the food, or due to other problems, like spoilage because of bad sealing in cans.

Tambi Renee on Choosing a Healthy Pet Food

Animal lover and wellness enthusiast, Tambi Renee, is committed to making sure that animals live healthy, happy lives. One of the ways that Tambi Renee does so is by educating people about animals’ diets. With more research going into what pet food actually contains, Tambi Renee has put together a few guidelines for helping pet owners avoid foods that are made from poor quality ingredients that might harm your animal’s health

Read Ingredients Labels Closely

Unfortunately, it can be very hard to figure out which pet food is healthy and which isn’t based on the label. Claims of “all-natural” and “human quality” are not actually backed by any true industry standards and tell you little about what is actually in the food that you’re feeding your pet. That’s why looking at the ingredient list itself is key for being absolutely sure that only the ingredients you want are in your pet’s food. 

Avoid Chemicals and Fillers

Speaking of ingredients, it’s always best to go with the product that has the shortest list of ingredients. If you can pronounce all of them easily, that’s an even better bet. Try to stick to pet food for cats and dogs that, at least, do not contain grains, as cats and dogs are naturally carnivorous and process and use nutrients from meat better than nutrients from plants. Avoid any chemical fillers, preservatives, or additives. 

Stick to Whole Foods

Even if you can locate a pet food that’s completely free of additives, it may not come with high quality ingredients, as the FDA allows pet food to be made from meat that comes from dead or diseased animals and has poor oversight of manufacturing. Sticking to whole foods that you prepare yourself is a good option for pet owners who want to feed their animals only the very best quality ingredients.

What’s Really In Pet Food by Tambi Renee

Tambi Renee considers animal health and wellness to be one of the most important aspects of her life. From caring for her own pets to volunteering at animal shelters, Tambi Renee has a considerable devotion to helping animals. Lately, Tambi Renee has been focusing on education surrounding pet food as a way to help animals. Tambi Renee offers the following information about what you might really be feeding your pet in order to help you make informed decisions about pet food.

Poor-Quality Ingredients

Most of us wouldn’t want to eat pet food simply because it’s pet food and not very appetizing - but what comes as a surprise to most is that pet food is, literally, not fit for human consumption according to standards put forth by the FDA. The ingredients in pet food can come from a wide variety of sources that would never make it through standards for human food. Meat might come from dead or diseased animals picked up from farms, ranches, and even animal shelters, it might come from animals with diseases (that could be transferred to your pet), or it might be waste products from the slaughter of animals for human consumption.

Chemical Additives

Pet food tends to be heavily processed and can contain many chemical additives and preservatives, as well as fillers that offer your pet nearly no nutrition. These additives may cause cancer and expose your pet to toxic chemicals at worst and, at best, they simply provide your pet with food that is more empty calories than real nutrition.

Lax Manufacturing Standards

While it’s not physically in the can or bag of pet food, most commercial brands are full of poor manufacturing standards that make it easy for food to become contaminated with bacteria, toxins, or debris that can harm your pet. Because pet food does not follow the FDA’s Good Manufacturing Standards, there is little oversight in this area.