At some point in everyone’s life, a decision is made, to be a decent person, or a lying, conniving, piece of worthless skin jerk.
To utilize integrity is a principle that is stood upon, and the price paid, because it is the right thing to do, or abandoned because the price is to high.
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Integrity means :

1 : firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : INCORRUPTIBILITY
2 : an unimpaired condition : SOUNDNESS
3 : the quality or state of being complete or undivided : COMPLETENESS
synonym see HONESTY

That the pet food companies have acted with less integrity, than desired is no reason that we have to be compromised.
It is not to little to demand, full and complete disclosure.

Corn Gluten is also now being implicated.

Friends, I think we are still at the tip of the ice burg.
It is incomprehensible to me, that the other 4 companies have not yet come forward…

SUPPLIER SHIPPED RICE PROTEIN TO UT, NY, KS & MO PLANTS 04/19/07

Wilbur-Ellis, the San Francisco-based distributor of the melamine-laced rice protein concentrate, states that in addition to Diamond, they shipped the RPC to four other plants, located in Utah, New York, Kansas and to two in Missouri. Here’s what Howl 911 can offer, in terms of speculation:
Utah: American Nutrition is located in Ogden, Utah and is a large contract manufacturer of pet foods. Natural Balance contracts with A.N. for production of their wet foods. A.N. also makes their own labels, which include Atta Boy, Atta Cat, Basic Plus, Vita Bone, Vita Snacks and Harmony Maintain Chunks.
Both Menu Foods and Hill’s have plants in Kansas - Menu Foods in Emporia, Kansas and Hill’s in Topeka, Kansas
Nestle Purina is based in St. Louis, Missouri; whether they also have an active manufacturing plant there, we do not know. Perhaps some of our readers who have knowledge of this will email us to let us know. Edit to add: Royal Canin USA, located in St. Charles, Missouri, is a subsidiary of the Royal Canin Group, a leading worldwide supplier of nutritional pet foods to the specialty segment. Royal Canin USA manufacturers and markets the nutritional brands Size Nutrition, Feline Nutrition, Natural Blend, Sensible Choice, Excel, and Kasco. (Thanks, Brigitte!)
New York: We do not know which plant or plants are based in New York.

HT: Howl 911
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