Blue Buffalo Pet Foods Were Documented With Lead Levels at 200 Ppb
A new pet food lawsuit filed against Bluish Buffalo states the dog food contained "a staggering 840 ppb of pb". Unfortunately, the suit volition probably not get too far because of incredible loftier levels of pb immune in pet food.
Another consumer class action lawsuit has been filed. The newest one is against Bluish Buffalo Pet Food for "negligent misrepresentation" citing lead content of the pet food was as high equally 840 parts per billion.
Excerpts from the lawsuit:
Plaintiff is, and at all times relevant hereto has been, a denizen of the state of California. Plaintiff purchased the Contaminated Dog Foods as the chief food source for his canis familiaris, a four-year-year old cocker spaniel-poodle mix named "Coco." Coco experienced kidney failure.
As the result of Defendant'south deceptive comport every bit declared herein, Plaintiff was injured when he paid the buy toll or a price premium for the Contaminated Dog Foods that did not evangelize what information technology promised. He paid the above sum on the supposition that the labeling of the Contaminated Dog Foods was accurate and that it was rubber to feed his domestic dog the food. Plaintiff would non have paid this money had he known that the Contaminated Dog Foods contained an excessive degree of lead.
As a result of Defendant's omissions, a reasonable consumer would have no reason to doubtable the presence of lead in the Contaminated Dog Foods without conducting his or her own scientific tests, or reviewing third political party scientific testing of these products.
That is exactly what Plaintiff did here. Plaintiff's independent lab testing of the Contaminated Canis familiaris Foods institute that Bluish Wilderness Chicken Recipe for Pocket-size Breed Developed Dogs contains 200 ppb of atomic number 82; Blue Freedom Grain-Gratuitous Chicken Recipe for Small Breed Adult Dogs contains 140 ppb of atomic number 82; and Blue Basics Grain-Gratis Turkey & Irish potato Recipe for Adult Dogs contains a staggering 840 ppb of lead.
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The lawsuit states FDA has established a maximum permissible lead content in drinking water as 5 parts per billion (ppb), merely the adapt gives no FDA established maximum for maximum level in pet food. Questions were sent to FDA regarding an established maximum for atomic number 82 in pet food, and the FDA was a little evasive stating "Although the FDA has non issued specific guidance or set levels for pb in pet food, information technology doesn't prevent the bureau from taking action where necessary. The FDA handles these situations on a case-by-case basis, reviewing the relevant facts and current scientific literature earlier reaching a determination. As part of its assessment, FDA scientists look at the level of contagion in the nutrient, the physiology of the particular animal the food is intended for, how much of the food the animal is likely to eat over the grade of a lifetime, and other potential exposures that might add together to the fauna'south overall dose. The FDA too utilizes documents developed by the National Enquiry Quango (NRC) of the National Academy of Science to review heavy metal contamination on a case-past-case basis. The NRC 2005 Mineral Tolerances for Animals provides maximum tolerable levels of minerals in brute feed for several species."
The FDA source – NRC 2005 Mineral Tolerances for Animals states – under the section "Maximum Tolerable Levels – Lead" – "dogs tolerate x mg pb/kg nutrition without changes in functional indices in hematopoiesis or kidney function." Ten mg/kg equates to x,000 parts per billion of lead. The NRC provides no maximum tolerance of pb for cats.
The lawsuit confronting Bluish Buffalo compares established maximum levels of lead in bottled water to pet food – mistakenly. The 840 ppb of lead found in Blue Basics domestic dog food (as reported in this lawsuit) is well beneath the NRC established maximum tolerable level for dogs. Only…
Is 10,000 parts per billion of lead truly safe for our pets?
The FDA has established a maximum level of pb in bottled water of 5 ppb. On a Q&A page from the FDA website regarding lead, the FDA answers the question "Why doesn't the FDA apply the aforementioned level (five parts per billion) it ready for bottled water for all foods?" The FDA's response: "We focus on limiting exposure to lead to the greatest extent feasible for dissimilar types of foods, and we do and then past determining what is doable when the nutrient is processed nether good manufacturing practices. For bottled water that level is 5 ppb, but that is non the case for many other foods."
FDA has established a "guidance level" for lead in candy "likely to be consumed frequently past small children" at 100 ppb.
Another "guidance level" for fruit juices at 50 ppb.
And the agency has established an Import Alert for "certain dried fruits establish to incorporate pb higher up 100 ppb."
Again…is ten,000 parts per billion of pb truly safe for our pets? If 100 parts per billion of pb for 'frequently consumed candy' is the established maximum for children, why the dramatic jump to 10,000 parts per billion for pets for daily consumed pet food? A ten pound true cat or 20 pound dog would be consuming much more pet food than a small child with 'often consumed processed'.
Heavy metals such as atomic number 82 accumulate in the body. The NRC 2005 Mineral Tolerances for Animals states "Cardiovascular, hematological, and neurodevelopmental signs of lead occur at the lowest levels of exposure, and renal, gastrointestinal, hepatic, and immunological signs occur with higher doses or lengths of exposures."
With regards to 'length of exposure' – in 2012 the Department of Pathology and Animal Health of School of Veterinarian Medicine of Naples performed necropsy on 38 dogs that had died from a multitude of causes. Half of the dogs were household pets, the other one-half were strays. Their testing found levels of lead in liver and kidney tissues from every single dog.
Quoting the study: "a correlation with diet could be supposed for lead exposure too. In fact, dogs living in urban or rural habitat fed with commercial feed showed higher liver lead residues than dogs fed with homemade feed or a mixture of commercial and bootleg feed probable due to non fairly controlled canned feed (López-Alonso et al., 2007). In fact, it is well known that diet could be a source of different contaminants, non just heavy metals but likewise polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides and brominated flame retardants (Sonne et al., 2006; 2008; 2010)."
"Heavy metals concentrations detected in tissues of dogs included in the current report were by and large low and unable to exert toxic effects. Withal, a prolonged exposure leading to a bioaccumulation of metals in creature tissues could be expected, so chronic toxic furnishings could not exist excluded."
Dr. Peter Dobias DVM suggests a liver detox once or twice a year for dogs. "The liver is an important organ in about every aspect of your canis familiaris'southward organ function and good health. I take my dog Skai through a good liver cleanse twice a year. You will see a regular cleansing has a very positive effect on your canis familiaris's health, namely in their overall free energy level, mobility, digestion, endurance and stamina, skin and glaze health, immune system function and cancer prevention." Once again for dogs, Dr. Jean Dodds has a well documented liver cleanse diet found here: http://world wide web.nutriscan.org/knowledge-middle/cleansing-diets.html
(My apologies to cat owners – I could not find detox diets for cats. All the same, great resources on nutrition options for cat parents are the website CatInfo.org from Dr. Lisa Pierson and LittleBigCat.com from Dr. Jean Hofve.)
FDA will be questioned about the current 10,000 ppb of atomic number 82 at the upcoming AAFCO meeting (Baronial 10, 2017). A business firm and lower maximum level for heavy metals in pet food (true cat and domestic dog nutrient) needs to be established in regulation. When more is learned, it will be shared.
Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,
Susan Thixton
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