I promised some information on Orijen. I was waiting for some clarification from a Champion Foods rep, on some aspects of the conversation that was had, by a himself and a store manager/owner, but due to the Holidays, I do not expect that to be forthcoming within the next few days or maybe not until after the holidays are over, which is certainly understandable.
So, in view of that I have decided to go ahead and post the information and various pet store owners and consumers can go ahead a call and ask Orijen themselves if they so choose to do so, or wait until I receive a response from the rep and post the information on my forum, at which time I will notify you all <G> In the mean time, I think it important to get the info out so people can choose for themselves what they want to do about it.
Below the line,(on the forum) is what I heard from a phone conversation and am waiting for more clarification on a few things, such as the info on the *dried chicken*!
I am a bit confused by this, as Clark has posted a link to their free range FRESH chicken suppliers web site. So not sure how these *preservatives* got into the chicken then! Hopefully he will clear that up for us also!
It is a definite, however, that BHA and BHT are in the Chicken product foods! That much has been clarified already, by the Clark, and that these are in the Chicken products in the US as well as the ones in Australia! When I arrived back home and I went on Itchmo to see if he had posted this information there, I found that he had *mentioned* the BHT and BHA, and admitted they were found in the Chicken *product* foods, but did not go into as much detail as he had done on the phone with the store owner/manger, so I asked him to clarify for me please, so .........now we wait.
Clark is the International Sales Manager for Champion Foods, which owns Orijen. Most Pet Food Stores have a direct phone link to him, so they can easily find out and clarify this information directly from him.
I posted to him on Itchmo, yesterday, as he is a member there and has been for sometime and has been very forthcoming in trying to explain the various issues associated with all of this, so far, so I expect he will respond as soon as time allows him to. You can read the post and questions I asked him on the forum. You not have to join to read this as it is open to the public.
http://www.animalsspeak.org/orijen-food-in-us-regards-bha-bht-in-some-product-t1376.html
