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Old 20-02-2009, 12:43 AM
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Re: Orijen food recall pet deaths

Dear Mr. Muhlenfeld,

I would like to ask a few questions, and I would really appreciate an answer.
representatives of your company (Clark on Itchmo and Michelle on catWorld) were giving some contradictory answers an then Clark disappeared and Itchmo was down so there were no more answers to the questions.

1. What is the progress, if any, on establishing exact cause for the problems in irradiated food? Any additional information would be of great help for treatment of affected cats, and last information was that Champion has been talking to one of top toxicologists as well as other scientists.

2. Would you consider covering fully veterinary expenses of affected cats? There aren't that many of them, and you have a moral and ethical obligation. Considering previous cases of other pet foods, if matter comes to court you will likely have a legal obligation as well, and by postponing o do what is right until you have to, you will just be losing trust and customers.

3. Are you going to publish test results for Orijen? Your info releases do not actually contain any numbers. Can you comment on the fact that Clark claimed that Al levels in Orijen are below 50 ppm, my own testing result was a bit over 60 ppm. Although Al i generally considered nontoxic, there are some concerns about Al in cats and its role as a vaccine adjuvant in vaccine associated sarcoma, and 60 ppm is a bit high.

4. Can you comment on issue of BHA and BHT traces in your food (mentioned by your representative Clark Stride on Itchmo)?

5. Do you regularly test your ingredients shipments? If yes, what do you test for? Is every shipment tested, or random samples are selected?

6. Do you clean equipment between running different foods through your production line and if so, how?
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