Dave-o Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I've had numerous reports of coloured pieces of plastic being found in Applaws It's All Good (both dog and cat). It seems a lot of bags have been affected, so if you feed the food it's definitely worth having a close inspection. They haven't made an official recall or made any attempt of notifying consumers :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willem Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Thanks for the heads-up! I use different kind of kibbles and fill them into transparent plastic containers - did this with Applaws approx. 10 days ago after buying it from WW...didn't notice any plastic parts but will check again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Rusty Bucket Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I once found a bit of coloured plastic in one bit of kibble from black hawk. Not good. And I also found bits of chicken bone (cooked) in nature's gift treats. I don't feed either any more. Stopped feeding the black hawk because it was too powdery, like feeding the dog flavoured flour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ish Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 My sister asked one of the dog food companies about coloured plastic bits she found in dry food and their answer was its probably pieces of ear tags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westiemum Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Or council let tags.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashka Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Small multicoloured plastic balls are fairly normal in Blood & Bone fertiliser. Cattle / Sheep ear tags are not taken off before animal parts are rendered down at the freezing works. I'd expect them to be in beef or lamb based kibble too. Edited January 24, 2016 by Ashka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheena Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 When you see the rubbish that dog's eat everyday, that is not a normal diet, then you wouldn't be too worried about tiny bits of plastic. I would assume they would pass straight through unless they were big enough to obstruct & then they would be quite noticeable. When I give my dogs a meaty bone out on the lawn, it gets consumed along with all sorts of foreign matter & if they decide to bury it for later.... Of course it would be much better if they wern't in the food & it's not the sort of thing I would expect to find in a top quality kibble. I always find bits of bone in VIP Chunkers which are a cooked product. I once found a rat's tail in a Snowy River meat pie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airedaler Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 No doubt the plastic improves the nutritional value of the food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 No doubt the plastic improves the nutritional value of the food! it is there as an intestinal scrubber , didn't ya know? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodoggies2001 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 No doubt the plastic improves the nutritional value of the food! it is there as an intestinal scrubber , didn't ya know? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-o Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 It turned out the plastic was within the chicken meal from their supplier, who they've ceased to use completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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