Very sad to hear that kitties are still dying from irradiated food. Furry hugs to my Aussie friends and their kitties who have been affected by this horrible and unnecessary tragedy.

Thanks for your hard work in dealing with the Champion debacle.

The FOI documents are very interesting.

In addition to irradiation issues, it apparently reveals that Champion was using ingredients from US rendering companies ((Griffin Industries and (blacked out) International))

How "inedible" rendered US ingredients go to Canada and become Canadian "human grade" pet food ingredients (according to the Orijen bag in 2007), is a mystery to me.

Champion has much more explaining to do, IMO.



References from FOI documents:

http://www.letstalkpetfoods.org/download/file.php?id=88

1. Page 25: May 1, 2007 Certificate of Origin

"To Whom It May Concern, (blacked out) International"

2. Page 32: April 26, 2007 Certificate of Origin

"All fresh materials of animal origin (blacked out) are collected from USDA inspected plants and are for inedible purposes only. Animals were slaughtered in the USA under USDA inspection . . . "

3. Page 34: April 24, 2007 Processing Time & Temperature Verification Certification of Compliance

"are sourced from USDA/FSIA inspected processing plants in the United States"

"Company: Griffin Industries, Inc.
Address: 4221 Alexandria Pike Cold Spring KY, 41076"