Turtle Food Safety info (long) - OK to Cross post

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Hi turtle and tortoise keepers,Bellow are several information about turtle food safety I got from other group that I think we all will find very valuable. I combined it in a long post.Hope this helpedBarbarawww.veggiechild.comhttp://pets.DFWTurtleandTortoiseClub/------- FYI Statement Regarding Tetra Turtle Foods- Posted by: "Tortoise Aid" tortoiseaid tortoiseaid Wed May 2, 2007 2:27 pm (PST) Feel free to crosspost to other lists. Hi everyone, Shortly after the pet food recall started, I contacted Tetra (manufacturers of Reptomin Floating Turtle Sticks) and other manufacturers of turtle foods, to find out if Chinese imported wheat gluten was used in any of their products. As I receive confirmation regarding other products, I will post them here for all of you. Annie Annie Lancaster Director TortoiseAid Int'l Inc. Apple Valley CA 92307 USA http://tortoise- aid.org This is the response I received rom Tetra: US Tetra Consumer [Consumer@ ...] Wednesday, April 11, 2007 6:44 AM tortoiseaid@ ... > RE: TW -- General Contact Us Request Hello, The Tetra foods containing Wheat Gluten are safe. Tetra does not use, nor have we ever used, Wheat Gluten imported from China. Also Aminopterin is not used in the cultivation, harvesting, storage or process of the wheat. Best regards, US Tetra Consumer Relations * Melamine spiking of animal feed (and human food ) Posted by: "Tortoise Aid" tortoiseaid tortoiseaid Wed May 2, 2007 2:29 pm (PST) TortoiseNutrition, "TortoiseAid International, Inc." <tortoiseaid@ ...> wrote: Hello everyone, This matters to all of us. Please take a few moments to read it, and other pertinent information found at a wonderful blog called Itchmo. This is a most excellent blog to keep up to date on what the media isn't exactly giving headlines... http://www.itchmo. com http://itchmo. com/read/ melamine- spiking-of- food-goes- back-decades- in-us-and-china_20070430 Annie Lancaster Director TortoiseAid Int'l Inc. Apple Valley CA

92307 USA http://tortoise- aid.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ "It's an international devouring of natural resources," -Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (regarding the export of American Turtles as food to Asia) * Safety Statement-Ectotherm Products Posted by: "Tortoise Aid" tortoiseaid tortoiseaid Wed May 2, 2007 2:39 pm (PST) In TortoiseNutrition, "TortoiseAid International, Inc." <tortoiseaid@ ...> wrote: Ectotherm [ectotherm@ ...] Monday, April 23, 2007 11:25 AM Quality Assurance of Ectotherm Products April 23, 2007 To Our Valued Customers: None of Ectotherm's products contain ingredients from China. The rice flour used in our Sulcata Gold is human grade and is made in the

USA. Our biologists have conducted years of research to ensure that we are producing the highest quality, safest foods available that will stay fresh from our plant to your home. Please feel free to contact us with any questions that you may have. We will continue to manufacture the highest quality reptile diets available and we look forward to a long, healthy future with our customers and their pets. Sincerely, Brent Seegers Staff Biologist Ectotherm, Inc. 877-274-5499 Ph 877-895-5140 Fx info www.ectotherm. com Innovative products for Extraordinary Animals! * Mazuri Product Safety Information Posted by: "Tortoise Aid" tortoiseaid tortoiseaid Wed May 2, 2007 3:01 pm (PST) TortoiseNutrition, "TortoiseAid International, Inc." <tortoiseaid@ ...> wrote: Hello everyone, Three weeks ago I emailed Mazuri and asked for a detailed statement regarding product ingredient origin of Mazuri Zoo diets. I've also tried calling repeatedly, but phone lines have been busy. Mazuri is a division of Purina, and they have been bombarded with dog and cat owner questions. I was finally able to get through to a customer service representative today, and suggested they place a statement on their web site that can be copied and pasted (to groups like this one) Mazuri stated to me (verbally) that NO ingredient in any Mazuri product is sourced from China. Currently, there is a small notice at the home page of http://mazuri. com. Hopefully they will add a more detailed statement soon. BTW, please feel free to forward safety statements I have posted on to other groups if you think it would be helpful to other reptile keepers. I suspected weeks ago that there may be issues with some herp foods, but it seems so far (with the companies I've contacted) the companies I've listed have "dodged the bullet." (Thank goodness!) Annie ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ Annie Lancaster Director TortoiseAid Int'l Inc. Apple Valley CA 92307 USA http://tortoise- aid.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~

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