Disadvantage of centralization, certainly. On the other hand, I'm going to ask a question which got my head bitten off in a pet food community: since we don't know exactly what was wrong with the wheat gluten, isn't it possible that natural/organic pet food could be made with contaminated ingredients? It might just be chance that this happened to a large mainstream manufacturer as opposed to a small alternative one.
Yeah, but my point is that whether it's got wheat or rice or potatoes or just plain meat, food can get contaminated. If it's rat poison, we don't know if this was a mistake in food storage or pest control, or deliberate tampering. That kind of thing can happen to any ingredient at any company.
There are plenty of other good reasons to feed organic and biologically-appropriate pet food, but I don't think it would necessarily keep a pet safer from batch contamination.
Unless that smaller-business sitch makes it easier for them to batch-test for contamination. Also, mold, maybe, but sh*t..no rat poison would be involved with organic raw materials, methinks.
I'll give you this: I'll be @#$ed if I'm going to trust big name manufacturers' 'organic' offerings as more and more of them jump on the bandwagon. F*ck 'em, the Johnnie-come-latelies.
I would agree that a lot of smaller businesses are probably more conscientious about that sort of thing. And if it's deliberate tampering, a bigger company would be a more tantalizing target.
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There are plenty of other good reasons to feed organic and biologically-appropriate pet food, but I don't think it would necessarily keep a pet safer from batch contamination.
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I'll give you this: I'll be @#$ed if I'm going to trust big name manufacturers' 'organic' offerings as more and more of them jump on the bandwagon. F*ck 'em, the Johnnie-come-latelies.
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