The fda is investigating more than 500 reports that appear to link dog foods that are marketed as grain free to canine dilated cardiomyopathy.
Grain free dog food bad fda.
This alarming trend led the us food and drug administration fda to launch an investigation into whether diet and other factors are putting pets at.
This dog food is one the top dog foods as its number one ingredient is buffalo.
What did the fda find.
The fda received 515 reports of dcm in dogs between january 1 2014 and april 30 2019.
In july 2018 the fda announced that it had begun investigating reports of canine dilated cardiomyopathy dcm in dogs eating certain pet foods many labeled as grain free.
Fda grain free dog food warning.
In the fda s july 2019 update on diet and canine heart disease they examined labels of dog food products reported in dcm cases to determine whether the foods were grain free defined as.
16 dog foods correlated with dcm dog food by meg marrs 8 min read june 26 2020 18 comments dog owners have been in a frenzy since june 17 2019 when the fda released a report pointing out a link between certain brands of grain free food and heart problems in dogs.
The fda s investigation of grain free dog food and heart disease many of the cases of dcm have involved dogs that were fed grain free diets suggesting that diet may play a role in this disease.
Noting that the fda s probe focused on ingredients in grain free pet food the agency has not identified any established link between certain ingredients and incidents of dcm the industry group.
The second ingredient in this dog food is lamb meal which is considered as a meat concentrate and has almost 300 more protein than the fresh lamb.
Nevertheless i feed her only grain free dog food.
Since 2018 the fda has been investigating more than 500 reports of canine dilated cardiomyopathy that appears to be linked to dog foods marketed as grain free.
Updated june 27 2019.