Comments on: Nature’s Variety withdrawals freeze dried pet foods http://www.petsitusa.com/blog/?p=2171 pet sitting, pet sitters, dog walkers, & dog daycare, petcare, and pet sitting business. Pet sitter blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:18:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Laurie http://www.petsitusa.com/blog/?p=2171&cpage=1#comment-290126 Laurie Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:18:00 +0000 http://petsitusa.com/blog/?p=2171#comment-290126 I agree Robert. I was being sarcastic when I posed the question.. And I too am not only speaking about Nature's Variety. Something is definitely wrong with many of these pet food companies quality control departments. Or maybe they don't even have one.... I agree Robert. I was being sarcastic when I posed the question.. And I too am not only speaking about Nature’s Variety. Something is definitely wrong with many of these pet food companies quality control departments.
Or maybe they don’t even have one….

]]> By: Robert http://www.petsitusa.com/blog/?p=2171&cpage=1#comment-290121 Robert Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:57:28 +0000 http://petsitusa.com/blog/?p=2171#comment-290121 @Laurie....I think the answer is test before shipping from the manufacturer. This way if any issue arise, the public is never aware (nor is there a need to be since any issue is handled internally and it doesn't impact customers - standard QC processes) and the company image isn't tarnished. You save money by not having to bring food back from either off the shelf or from distribution channels and you don't lose sales when people begin not to trust you and you don't have to spend money trying to fix your image. My comment (also known as "good business practice") is for any manufacturer, not just NV @Laurie….I think the answer is test before shipping from the manufacturer. This way if any issue arise, the public is never aware (nor is there a need to be since any issue is handled internally and it doesn’t impact customers – standard QC processes) and the company image isn’t tarnished. You save money by not having to bring food back from either off the shelf or from distribution channels and you don’t lose sales when people begin not to trust you and you don’t have to spend money trying to fix your image.

My comment (also known as “good business practice”) is for any manufacturer, not just NV

]]> By: Laurie http://www.petsitusa.com/blog/?p=2171&cpage=1#comment-290023 Laurie Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:20:34 +0000 http://petsitusa.com/blog/?p=2171#comment-290023 So which would be the most cost effective for any pet food company? To test the food prior to shipment or to end up having to withdraw the food from the market? Nature's Variety has now had three food issues in a little over a year. Thank goodness to my knowledge they have not been anything serious. But why so hard to get it right?? So which would be the most cost effective for any pet food company? To test the food prior to shipment or to end up having to withdraw the food from the market? Nature’s Variety has now had three food issues in a little over a year. Thank goodness to my knowledge they have not been anything serious.
But why so hard to get it right??

]]> By: Robert http://www.petsitusa.com/blog/?p=2171&cpage=1#comment-290009 Robert Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:33:08 +0000 http://petsitusa.com/blog/?p=2171#comment-290009 Yep - I do wonder who is next to have some sort of manufacturing issues. Although I am glad NV did pull the product back, I do wonder why don't they properly test before shipping to distributors (at least that is how I read their statement)? It seems a waste of time and money to send food to distributors that could accidently give the food out and it hasn't been cleared yet. And they are having to bring the food back now. I would prefer to know that any food leaving manufacturing has been tested before being shipped. Plus it saves money and the company image when something goes wrong in manufacturing. If something goes wrong in production, you destory the food and no withdrawel from the market....cause it never got there to begin with. That is a better way of working in my view. Yep – I do wonder who is next to have some sort of manufacturing issues.

Although I am glad NV did pull the product back, I do wonder why don’t they properly test before shipping to distributors (at least that is how I read their statement)? It seems a waste of time and money to send food to distributors that could accidently give the food out and it hasn’t been cleared yet. And they are having to bring the food back now. I would prefer to know that any food leaving manufacturing has been tested before being shipped. Plus it saves money and the company image when something goes wrong in manufacturing. If something goes wrong in production, you destory the food and no withdrawel from the market….cause it never got there to begin with. That is a better way of working in my view.

]]> By: lesliek http://www.petsitusa.com/blog/?p=2171&cpage=1#comment-289977 lesliek Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:36:00 +0000 http://petsitusa.com/blog/?p=2171#comment-289977 Well we now have the Evangers problem & the FDA not allowing them to ship out of state, the Nutro "voluntary recall" [as if there was a mandatory 1 !] and the Nature's Variety withdrawel. Anyone else feeling like we're back in 2007 ? They all came out on Fridays too,so they don't have to answer any safety questions from pet parents. Well we now have the Evangers problem & the FDA not allowing them to ship out of state, the Nutro “voluntary recall” [as if there was a mandatory 1 !] and the Nature’s Variety withdrawel. Anyone else feeling like we’re back in 2007 ? They all came out on Fridays too,so they don’t have to answer any safety questions from pet parents.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.petsitusa.com/blog/?p=2171&cpage=1#comment-289953 Laurie Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:45:24 +0000 http://petsitusa.com/blog/?p=2171#comment-289953 Hmmm. Voluntary withdrawl. How much ya wanna bet more companies will be using that phrase in the future instead of "voluntary recall". :( Hmmm. Voluntary withdrawl. How much ya wanna bet more companies will be using that phrase in the future instead of “voluntary recall”. :(

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