Taste of the Wild Pet Food Class Action Lawsuit

Thank you for what you do. This is a scary world and thanks to your attention, it saves pets.

This is so upsetting. I’ve been feeding my dog this brand and this flavor for years. I chose ToW because they’ve stayed out of the news, at least as far as I could tell. I’m so pissed.

Does this affect their cat food? I’ve been feeding my cat Taste of the Wild for years.

Class action suits against pet feed manufactures might be the only was to get the FDA and Ag departments to listen to the consumers rather than the pet feed industry

We quit using T of W when they had that really big recall, I saw they have a new one called Prey, would not touch that one either.

Unfortunately, EVERY pet food is going to have some amount of heavy metals and what we consider toxins, because those things are *naturally* present in our environment. Your apples contain arsenic – are you going to stop eating those? No. Because it’s in tiny amounts, and the benefits are more than the risk, which is little to none. If you’re going to attack Taste of the Wild for not being biologically appropriate as it’s implying, you might as well sue every damn kibble maker out there! NONE are biologically appropriate for your pet. Period.

I bought some taste of the wild for my dogs they smelled and walked off they won’t eat it or anything made by diamond or American Journey

This is the same questionable data being used in the champion lawsuit, without any evidence. Another scare tactic by (most likely) the big kibble makers of true garbage to sully the manufacturers that are trying to provide real nutrition to pets instead of 4d meats. I’m sure it’s just a matter of time before the reports come out that raw food causes cancer.

I posted this on another forum, but it think it’s very important to share it here too:

This has absolutely nothing to do with Diamond in particular– the same allegations could probably be levied against 9 out of 10 brands sold in the US in both the high and low end. It’s one of the many false advertising suits that have been sprouting like weeds because they’re pretty lucrative. I’m all for improving the food supply chain and improving dog food, but this is an industry wide issue (and a food-supply wide issue).

1. We had a thread just a few months ago going over heavy metal results in lots of brands — and Champion was also sued for this same stuff (Orijen, Acana).
https://www.petfoodindustry.com/arti…pion-pet-foods

Their response at the time was the the review site doing the testing may possibly have had a flawed protocol, but I never saw an update on that. My hunch is that the testing isn’t flawed — the heavy metals are quite predictably coming from fish. The EPA has long said that nearly all fish in the U.S. has at least traces of mercury, and some has more than mere traces. We are now told to limit consumption of certain species of larger fish that bio-accumulate pollution and limit all fish consumption to a few servings a week….so it should not be surprising to find dog food with fish meal in it to have mercury contamination.

2. Acrylamides are used industrially, but they’re also naturally produced from certain food substances when heated in the presence of sugar. It’s created in the browning process that makes your french fries and roasted potatoes so delicious. It’s also in roasted coffee beans. Many plant-based foods can produce acrylamide! However, it may be carcinogenic (though studies have been inconsistent) — it’s also largely unavoidable unless you eat a raw diet yourself or only lightly cook food (not letting your toast brown, eating soggy potatoes, etc.–no more crispy food!). No one could possibly be surprised that kibble contains acrylamides. That one is basically a “no duh” kind of result.

3. BPA is apparently likely to be lining all dog food bags. It may be hard to avoid if you feed kibble — unless you feed a brand like Wysong that uses unusual mylar packaging. If BPA were to be removed from kibble packaging, they’d just be replacing it with BPS, and that’s just as bad. (That’s what happened with some canned human food manufacturers who advertise “BPA-free” — they’re just using BPS, and early testing on it is ugly.) This is a processed food supply issue all across the food chain (canned food still has it lining cans — both canine and human food). Unless they start selling canned food in tetra packs ($$$$), if you feed canned food, I’m not sure what they could do to get rid of BP* lining. Oh, and when you bought your dog food and picked up the cash register receipt, you got a very high load of BPA all over your fingers (much higher than can linings), and it may absorb through skin (so wash your hands promptly). It’s extremely hard to avoid in daily life.

4. Pesticides and herbicides are also unavoidable unless you buy organic. The recent news about Quaker oats being full of Roundup tells you what our grain supply looks like. Rice grown in the U.S. is almost certain to also contain arsenic (because it was in fertilizer a long time ago and persists in soil) — that’s why humans are supposed to limit themselves to just a few servings of rice a week. This isn’t a dog food issue — it’s a food supply-wide issue.

Now, if law suits cause more pet food brands of food start buying organic grains to create a much bigger market for them, so that thousands more acres are forced to convert to organic — I’m all in. If law suits cause industry to pressure governments to clean up fisheries over time, again, that’s swell. If law suits improve pet and human food packaging innovation so that better materials are used than BP* linings, great. The reality is that none of that will happen — there will be a coupon settlement giving consumers a few bucks, the lawyers will get a few hundred thousand dollars for their trouble, and that will be that.

My sisters and I had been feeding TOTW salmon to our puppies since they were just a few weeks old. Around last December they all started getting sick and refused to eat the kibble. I wrote to TOTW and spoke with their vet. All they would do is refund me my money. They sent me info on where to get the food tested, but they wouldn’t test or recall the food that we had. They insisted it wasn’t from their food! We switched brands and they are all fine now.

I remember the first time my husband and I discussed switching from TOTW. Our two pups just flat refused to eat their food. (And they love food!) Bry did some research and found that a large percentage of people were reporting their dogs having a variety of symptoms, from loss of appetite, to GI issues, and even the heartbreaking stories of seizures and death. There was never a direct link to something in the food but out of an abundance of caution we threw out the rest of our food and switched to Victor. We told our family and friends to do the same. No one should have to worry about whether or not the food they give to their fur kids will kill them. This is so sad and despicable. My heart breaks for those that have lost their beloved animals because of trust in a company that cut corners and endangered the lives of so many.

We have a standard poodle puppy on TOTW her whole life. Switched her from high prairie puppy to salmon puppy and she is losing weight and /or not maintaining and growing well. We have been supplementing and switched her off this weekend. A discussion on cooking dog food lead to this article post today! No wonder she is not thriving!

I have had My Shiloh Sheapard on TOTW for over 3 years, the last 2 I have been having to deal with a rash on his stomach, its ran me into the hundreds to figure what the problem is, as of the last 2 weeks I have changed up his diet, to another brand with the help of anti biotics, I will be pissed if I spent all this money on a supposablly high end food, and have been hurting him the whole time, there are those of us that take this irresponsibility very VERY PERSONAL!!!!!

I am assuming this includes Kirkland Grain Free dog food name by Diamond. I have been using this for years with no issues.

In 2007 my chihuahua was fed this brand of dog food. I thought I was feeding her the best food ever. One day I woke up to her having diareah and committing and convulsions non stop. I RUSHED her to her veterinarian. They did blood work, stool test, gave if fluids, anti nausea medicine, they stabilized her body. I cried so much. I felt like it was all my fault. 3,000k vet bill. She was hospitalized for a month 3 to 4x a week straight non stop. They would send me home tell me watch her and I kept bringing her back. I immediately stopped feeding her this food and I did research and found this was on the recall list.i was so devestated. My dog managed to pull through and survive this ordeal. But now I am out 3k. I don’t know how to sue this company or file lawsuit. I still want to. Although my dog is now 8 years old(will be 9 yr old in December) she suffers so much from it. I began toncook rice with chicken brother and chicken breast at home. She reluctantly took time and from then on ibwas terrified to buy ANYTHING from the pet store. I would walk yhenisles and look at the ingredients and the people that work at the pet stores will tell me and recommend me foods that have poison in them. I bought wellness dog food and indidnt last 1 week. I returned it and found bill and had dog food. She liked that for a while but I just kept getting so scared and fearfully so I stopped feeding her any dog food from any pet stores. I found An Jan feed pet and supplly. I found Fromm dog food. I feed her this. But just this week I changed all of my dogs diet to RAW. Instinct raw dog food. It is sold at Petco. I read the ingredients and it looks good and it has nothing bad in it. To my knowledge. My dogs stopped eating their Fromm brand line and natural balance kibbles. I purchased the salmon and whitefush prepared food. It’s called fresh pet. I am not 100% sure if it is ok to give to my dogs. Please tell me if that is ok. I never feed them beef or chicken. Only lamb and salmon and venision.i find that lamb and venison is the most expensive dog food to buy. Raw feeding is more expensive. The reason I didn’t do raw all this time is because it was too expensive. I got a new job that gives me benefits and now I will be able to afford raw foods for them. Since I cha he’s their diet to raw lamb and salmon, they are now excited about food and feeding time. Every morning they wait for me and sit in the living room. They sit so nicely all 4 of them and look at their food mats and look at me! They love raw lamb meat and salmon. My boston terrier loves itbso much he steals my Chihuahuas raw lamb meat. I have to crate him now when I feed my eldest dog. She is only 6 pounds at 8 years old.
Please tell me if that I am feeding my dogs today is good for them and does not have any poison or carcinogen in it. I am very wary and at my ends sits with what to fees my pack. I hope that Instinct raw is the way to go and I want to continue but only if it truly is healthy and good for them.

A “UG” is a microgram.
Its .0000000001 grams.
You need a million of them to equal a sugar cube.
The chart says 39 micrograms for these things. Thats not contamination. Theres more than that in the air.

And this is why I feed raw food! XD

Thank you for this update.
I have been feeding this food exclusively for 3 1/2 years. How do I join this case action suit?

i am highly concerned due to my one year having ongoing growth problems that have required 5 veterinary visits…..high metals…do they use euthanized pets with collars on in their food as I have been told by a reliable source

Oh I’ll be contacting Chewy alright. They should pull this crap from their shelves. I’m going to post everywhere I can to stop the sale of this food. I also contacted lawyer (TR) working with this case earlier today.

We have only used the lamb formula. Has anyone had issues with the Sierra Mountain lamb dry?

https://www.consumerreports.org/content/dam/cro/magazine-articles/2012/November/Consumer%20Reports%20Arsenic%20in%20Food%20November%202012_1.pdf

Read this article before you jump to conclusions about heavy metals and contaminants in food in general. I am vegan and I am very cognizant of what I put in my body and what I put in my animals’ bodies. The chart in this article will show you that most rice that we eat as people contain comparable or even higher levels of arsenic, cadmium, lead than what these lab results for TOTW indicate. I’m not really sure what people expect from companies making food to do when it comes to the fact that all of our natural resources have done level contaminants and heavy metals because they come from the planet, which is made up of contaminants, heavy metals, etc. I think it’s good that people are concerned with their animals’ health and what they feed them, but be realistic, if you buy any food from any company whether you or your animal is eating it, you will never find food that is 100% safe, and on top of that the notion that your animal died from eating a certain brand of food after or short period of time or even a prolonged period of time cannot conclusively argue that they died from say arsenic poisoning. If your dog ate 3 days worth of this food and developed kidney failure due to arsenic poisoning, and you eat for example rice 4 times a week and you have not developed kidney failure from arsenic poisoning, I think the more realistic rationale is that you don’t know why your dog developed a sickness and as anyone would want, you want to find a reason why this happened and get closure. I’m only writing this because I think that this panders to people’s fear of being lied to by companies and doesn’t really inform people about what is actually going on to give them a reasonable level of understanding so they can make the best decision possible for their dog. Also look around the internet, you won’t find a brand of dog food that hasn’t ever had a recall or claims made against them regarding their quality.

Hello, the link to the law firm doez not appear to be working. TuanTh

Has anyone fed the salmon kibble variety of TOTW and had their dog develop prostate, pancreas or bladder cancer?

I have 4 shepherds and breed from time to time. I pride myself in having above healthy dogs, and strive to keep that reputation as well as that benefit for my beloved dogs!!! I have fed totw for years, mixed with raw meats, and I have not had any issues, but this rather concerns me, and would be a detriment to what I am striving to accomplish here! So could you please send me a list of dogfoods that do not contain any toxins, because THERE ARE NONE, that I can find. I am also a hunter and I have gotten sick twice in the past two years from the deer I harvested and I also got mercury high levels and had to self detox from fish I ate out of the river…so it is hard to find anything that is not contaminated by “us” humans!!!