"ALPO, AW HELL NO"- The Recall on Pet Food

All across America, old women men and children are mourning over the sickness or death that has crept upon their pets. Last week, a Canadian Based pet food company said it would recall 60 million cans of dog and cat food after several dogs and cats died after taste testing. After this, cases all across the country came forward. Cats and Dogs who ate the food with a bad ingredient suffered from kidney failure, nausea and fatigue. As a of this, 40 brands of cat food and 51 brands of dog food were recalled due to contamination. This recall has triggered a panic across the US with pet owners frantically calling vets and figuring out what to feed their pets.

The sudden eruption of contamination in pet food seems such a big shock to us here in the year 2007, however, during the progressive era, or the early 1900s, there were no food regulations. People that worked in the meat packing industry were among the filthiest, lowest paid workers with the worst working conditions. In many cases, fingers and other limbs were cut off in the machines that were usedto make canned meat and such. With UPton Sinclair's "The Jungle", America finally got to read first hand of the horrors that went on in these factories.Consumers started to question the true quality of their food. In Return, The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection act were passed to ensure quality food was being placed on the market.