Why are so many kinds of pet foods recalled?
Many companies that sell pet food do not make the food. Instead, they give their formulation, or recipe, to manufacturing firms. The manufacturer mixes ingredients according to the recipes to make a wide variety of pet foods for companies to sell under many different brand names. Because one manufacturer may produce many kinds of pet foods at the same facility, a contaminated ingredient can get into many of these foods. Not all of the recalled foods were contaminated, but companies acted out of caution because of the potential that contaminated ingredients got into the pet food.
