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The FDA has warned against feeding grain-free dog food due to damage it causes to dog hearts.
Has the CDC weighed in yet?The FDA has warned against feeding grain-free dog food due to damage it causes to dog hearts.
Sales of grain-free diets fell when the FDA began investigating the cause of a rising number of DCM cases in dogs. However, no research to date has uncovered evidence of a direct correlation between grain-free diets and DCM.
One recent study looked at data from more than 67,000 DCM cases and determined that the average incidence rate was 3.83% from 2000 to 2019. And from 2011 to 2019, sales of grain-free pet food were up 500%. They uncovered no relationship between DCM and grain-free diets nor any significant increase in DCM cases over time...
...Lastly, a partnership between Hill’s Pet Nutrition and the canine genomics company Embarkis working to conduct genetic testing on more than 1,000 dogs with DCM, including both pure and mixed breeds. The results could help with early detection and recovery, as well as identify nutritional and non-nutritional genetic risk factors for the disease.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued what the agency referred to as an “inflection point” Nov. 3, in which the FDA confirmed it has no definitive information indicating that certain diets are inherently unsafe. Specifically, the statement issued from the FDA said the agency “has not taken regulatory action against or declared any specific pet food products unsafe or definitively linked to DCM....
...“What we at CVM have learned since these cases first started coming to our attention is that DCM is a scientifically complex, multifaceted issue,” Solomon said. “… And I want to be clear: we at CVM currently do not view this as a regulatory issue. We have not requested any recalls. We have not taken any compliance or enforcement activity.””
Aflatoxin in corn. Very bad stuff.Wasn't there something about smut on corn in chow killing dogs?