This week’s voluntary recall of certain lots of dry cat food by Nutro made a lot of people happy. They used it to tout their own products.
Not me. I’m not a Nutro fan, have never used it, it’s not my pet food of choice. So perhaps it’s even more unusual for me to come out in their favor.
This was a precautionary recall only due to the wrong values of zinc and potassium in the pet food. I’m not a vet, can’t say whether or not they would do harm. No harm has been reported, according to the press release.
But honestly, passing news along like this is not a free pass to become self-serving.
I’m not perfect, my attitudes on building my own sideline pet food business and blogging have evolved over the last three years. I’m sure I’ve erred. I hope I’ve grown up a bit.
But folks, there are relatively few reasons to boycott companies and to ruin their good names. Sending your friends to your own pet food company is certainly NOT a reason.
In this case, no pet illness has been reported. Let’s not force Nutro or any other company down a path of dishonesty and hiding the facts because they are afraid of a massive consumer pull-out over a mistake.
Filed under: Holistic Pet Food | Tagged: Cat Food, nutro, Pet Food, pet food recall
