I gingerly approach this one, mostly to avoid a panic from misunderstanding. I am a dog lover and former owner and I like to be factually pragmatic too. I am not rendering an opinion or otherwise making any other suggestions on the OP, but please be careful of what you read on the web (or anywhere else) and to keep things in context.

The newspaper article mentioned (re-published in Nov2007) can be seen on the newspaper’s web site www.star-telegram.com where the issue was overfeeding, not contamination, albeit during the contamination alert times.

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Overfeeding jerky treats may pose danger DIANE C. LADE South Florida Sun-Sentinel Consumers buying chicken jerky pet treats soon may notice something different on the package labels: suggestions on how many such snacks a day they can safely give to their dogs. Some manufacturers and retailers, responding to complaints that Chinese-made treats were making dogs sick, are developing feeding instructions tailored to an animal's weight, similar to what is required on pet foods designed to be a primary nutrition source. The move is based on anecdotal reports that... Published on 2007-11-19, Page E9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)

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The link in the OP is to an online forum, not the newspaper, which, like even this forum, might contain material which you should do your own due diligence on. Forums contain opinion and seldom provide scientific basis. Again, I am not making any assertions, just advancing pragmatism and prudence. Then again, that's just my opinion!


-- Edited by RVDude at 13:04, 2008-04-19