Will chinese pet food production ever be safe?

According to Business Standard, today, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture are shutting down several poultry farms in the Shandong Province where excessive amounts of antibiotics are routinely given to live chickens before slaughter. Chickens are given these excessive amounts of antibiotic drugs, including amantadine and ribavirin, in order to survive unhealthy and overcrowded living conditions.

Bi Meijia, the chief economic engineer and spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, told reporters, “In the following steps, we will enhance supervision over the entire poultry raising industry, raise the quality of the industry and notably scale up the crackdown on those who feed animals excessive amounts of antibiotics and veterinary drugs.”

Time after time after time, Chinese manufacturing practices have proven to be unreliable, even unsafe – and now the health and safety of our pets is in question. What may appear on the surface as a series of isolated incidents, when viewed in the big picture, is actually an entire industry that is failing us.

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The Chinese government makes claims of safety and quality, yet the farmers and manufacturers show us otherwise. Until the Chinese take preemptive action, stiffer laws, increased factory audits, and create an atmosphere in which farmers and factories are required to do the right thing, we will continue to choose American-made products for our families – including the furriest family members.

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