Thanks. Being a holistic nutritionist does give me a leg up on the terrible situation. The thing that really bothers me is the number of horribly suffering pets because the majority of pet owners do not have , from what I have read, 4 , 5 or 6000.00 to spend attempting to save Fido or Puss. Misinformation can be just as dangerous as no information. Just think of someone feeling safe with their choice of food because RICE GLUTEN is not on the list of ingredients because it was not the culprit nor does such a byproduct food exist. Then the dog drops dead ! See if you can get your friend to delete the misleading gluten reference. ~S gsdlady28@xxxxxxx wrote: Well, I would expect you would know more than anyone then, but it was not my info, got it from someone else who had posted it in the middle of a bunch of info on recalls, but I figured she had missed it so I reposted it in response to her question....visit the link below for full article (I C&P part of article below) http://www.howl911.com/petfoodrecall_list.htm DISCLAIMER: The foods listed below are not under recall. However, they all have been reported to contain rice protein concentrate (a.k.a., brown rice protein; rice gluten). While some companies are claiming their RPC is "safe" and/or is not from the same supplier involved in the Natural Balance recall, we advise against using these products until the FDA has completed its investigation and emphatically declared all RPC, be it from China or elsewhere, as 100% free from contamination. I was curious myself, as we all are now reading the labels more than ever! From what I understand brewers rice, rice bran, rice flour and brown brewers rice is ok. See more info from Diamond on the rice protein concentrate at this website http://www.diamondpet.com/vet_notes/dogs/95/ Maggie Marshall Aeval German Shepherds http://hometown.aol.com/gsdlady28/index.html Website Updated 03/21/2007 -----Original Message----- From: ssthunderpony@xxxxxxxxx To: gsdlady28@xxxxxxx; willowlakegsd@xxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] rice protein concentrate .AOLPlainTextBody { margin: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000; background-color: #fff; } .AOLPlainTextBody pre { font-size: 9pt; } .AOLInlineAttachment { margin: 10px; } .AOLAttachmentHeader { font: 11px arial; border: 1px solid #7DA8D4; background: #F9F9F9; } .AOLAttachmentHeader .Title { font: 11px arial; background: #B5DDFA; padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px; } .AOLAttachmentHeader .FieldLabel { font: 11px arial; color: #000000; padding: 1px 10px 1px 9px; background: #F9F9F9; } .AOLAttachmentHeader .FieldValue { font: 11px arial; color: #000000; background: #F9F9F9; } .AOLAttachmentHeader a, .AOLImage a { color: #2864B4; text-decoration: none; } .AOLAttachmentHeader a:hover, .AOLImage a:hover { color: #2864B4; text-decoration: underline; } .AOLWebSuiteCompose .AOLPicturesFullSizeLink, .AOLWebSuite .AOLPicturesFullSizeLink { height: 1px; width: 1px; overflow: hidden; } body { background-color: white; font-family: "Verdana"; font-size: 10pt; border: 0px; } .AOLWebSuiteCompose p { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; } img.managedImg { width: 0px; height: 0px; } img.placeholder { width: 275px; height: 206px; background: #F4F4F4 center center no-repeat; border: 1px solid #DADAD6 !important; } No such thing as rice gluten. Rice is a gluten free grain . Just ask any of the unfortunate folks that suffer from Celiac Disease. ~S gsdlady28@xxxxxxx wrote: rice protein concentrate, aka rice gluten, brown rice protein Maggie Marshall Aeval German Shepherds http://hometown.aol.com/gsdlady28/index.html Website Updated 03/21/2007 ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 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