Petco has become the first national pet specialty retaile to completely remove all dog  and cat treats made in China from its store shelves and website.Officials have yet to determine the exact cause of the contaminated pet treats, but reports of sick pets have been logged for years as pet owners believe that treats originating from China were the culprit. In fact, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration （FDA） started issuing warnings as early as 2007. Through May 2014, the FDA had received nearly 5,000 reports of pet illnesses suspected to be the result of eating jerky treats--chicken, duck or sweet potato variations--all made in China.

 

    “As a trusted partner for pet parents, we believe this is the right thing to do, and we're proud to take this step in the best interest of pets,” said Jim Myers, Petco CEO. “What we feed our pets matters, and this milestone supports the company's steadfast commitment to putting our customers, partners, animals and the communities we serve first.”

 

    Prior to the removal of these products, Petco stores had chosen to not carry China-made dog and cat treats for several years. Now, the pet retailer has ample opportunity to expand their offering of safer, healthier treats made in the U.S. as well as Australia, New Zealand and South America--regions that Petco believes are committed to pet health

 

    上面的新聞，講的是美國第二大寵物食品用品零售商Petco在其近13000家門店及網(wǎng)店全部下架中國產(chǎn)的狗和貓的零食。轉(zhuǎn)而向美國本土，澳大利亞，新西蘭和南美采購。

 

    事情的源由于最早在2007起陸續(xù)有寵主反映吃了中國產(chǎn)的雞肉條，鴨肉條或都地瓜炒肉的產(chǎn)品后，寵物因此生病或死亡的事件，到2014年FDA收到近5000例此類報(bào)告。

 

    寵物病癥主要有：食欲減少，活動(dòng)量減少，嘔吐，腹瀉，飲水量增加或排尿多。嚴(yán)重的病例被診斷為胰腺炎，消化道出血、腎功能衰竭或相似的一種罕見的腎相關(guān)疾病范康尼綜合癥。

 

    這么多年來，美國FDA也不間斷地對(duì)產(chǎn)自中國的雞肉條產(chǎn)品進(jìn)行多方面的監(jiān)控：沙門氏菌、重金屬元素（如砷、鎘和鉛等）、輻照劑量、殺蟲劑、抗生素、抗病毒藥物如金剛烷胺等、霉菌和真菌毒素、滅鼠藥、腎毒素（如馬來酸、百草枯、乙二醇、二甘醇，有毒的碳?xì)浠衔铩⑷矍璋返龋⑵渌瘜W(xué)物質(zhì)和有毒化合物。FDA官方也到中國的加工企業(yè)進(jìn)行過全方位的檢查，均未發(fā)現(xiàn)有任何的問題。

 

    FDA再三聲明“雞肉條是安全的”，即使有某些來自中國的雞肉條被檢出抗病毒物，但是這個(gè)抗病毒藥物只是說沒有被美國批準(zhǔn)用于禽類但是并不能證明是有害的。

 

    從去年開始，美國有一部分反中的民眾在社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)上宣稱要抵制中國產(chǎn)的寵物食品。而如象petco等寵物食品用品零售商為吸引眼球，制造短期效應(yīng)，去年就作出在2015年年初全面下架中國產(chǎn)的寵物零食的聲明。所以此次付諸實(shí)踐，乃是意料之中的事。而且基于市場競爭需要，短期內(nèi)還有其它的商家會(huì)跟隨Petco的這一做法，連鎖反應(yīng)會(huì)給我國的寵物食品加工企業(yè)帶來負(fù)面影響。但筆者認(rèn)為這種情況不會(huì)持續(xù)太久，主要是因?yàn)椋?/div>     禍兮福所依，通過此次被下架事件，國內(nèi)的寵物食品加工企業(yè)應(yīng)該反省自己，要在國家商檢局的監(jiān)管下從原輔料的采購，過程的控制，產(chǎn)品的檢驗(yàn)檢測方面都要嚴(yán)格按照國家標(biāo)準(zhǔn)及出口國的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)把好質(zhì)量與安全關(guān)。作為規(guī)范的出口寵物食品企業(yè)，在產(chǎn)品的標(biāo)簽標(biāo)識(shí)，工藝配方等細(xì)節(jié)上也要多關(guān)注合規(guī)性。打鐵還須功夫硬，只有提升自身的產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量與安全，方能贏得市場，校正中國制造的寵物食品在海外的形象。 

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