Well, the thing is, these brands are practically the same brand. Cargill makes both Purina and Nutrena. Purina makes Producer's Pride and Dumor. It's the same with all major brands, they're owned by the same few companies just with different names.
Yes the people having issues should not be immediately dismissed, especially when are making the observation that simply changing feed has fixed the problem. This is not an unreasonable assumption by any stretch of the imagination. I don't get the hostility. This is how recalls of specific lots/batches start. On top of that, because everybody is desperately trying to cut costs by any means, I wouldn't put it past intentional either. There is more water and less food in the cat food cans for my cat now; why is it unreasonable to think other animal foods can't be similarly affected?
I think Purina is actually 2 separate companies: Purina and Purina-Ralston. But whatevs.
But the folks NOT having problems are getting dismissed, too.
I have learned in this discussion that there are indeed 2 branches of Purina, one being the petfood company, owned by Nestle
Ralston Purina merged with Nestle, who owns Purina.
This could also be whomever these companies use to compound/mix/make the food batches. I'm not familiar with animal food manufacturing processes, but when I worked in human food manufacturing we were just the compounder and used whatever formulas the brand wanted. We made a brand name product and a cheaper competing company's product using the same forumulation and same raw ingredients with no actual difference in product. We had a recall once because the 3rd party company who made the packaging for the product (purchased/ordered by the brand/our customer) had a lot with a defect that was allowing minute amounts of water/air inside the packaging.
Ok. Like I said, I don't really have a dog in this as my hens are laying great on TSC feeds. I am just the only person who is willing to put up or shut up.
Obviously not every single person using the feed has had the problem, only some. This does not mean there is no problem and this does not mean they are all problematic. Were you able to find a potentially affected batch?
Not yet. Working on it. No one around here is complaining about it.
