Saturday, October 18, 2014

#PrimalPet Primal Pet treats molded way before expiration


So a month ago I was contacted by Chewy and offered a package of Primal treats to review. Sadly they weren't really loved, so they sat in my treat cupboard for a while and I didn't touch them. On Wednesday I thought I would give some to The Crew to nom on while I was at work.  When I got home they were all gone, so I decided to do the same thing on Thursday.

I opened up the package and was kind of distressed to see this.. 


You can see I left the desiccant in the package to keep the moisture levels down. There were no instructions on how to store this, so I assumed in the dry cabinet where I keep my other cat treats was as good a place as any. What is so distressing about this though is the expiration date on this product.. 


to me that reads 01/02/16. Maybe it is supposed to be 15, but even still we are still squarely in 2014 and fairly far from 15.

I was reluctant to buy these treats myself because the less than stellar consumption by The Crew, but I am even more so now consider this.. I'm just glad that no one got sick from the treats I fed the day before.. (well that I know of..) 

One quick note: I would far rather a product mold than never mold, because to me that indicates it is real food and not laden with preservatives and additives, but I really would have liked an expiration date that was a little more realistic, because if it had a 11/1/14 date, I would have taken a closer look at it the first time I gave it out this week.

7 comments:

  1. Mold.................yuck

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  2. Yikes! That makes me want to pay close attention to the treats I give out!

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  3. The Primal Treats we got (the turkey liver) are still fresh - and tasty!

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  4. Anonymous12:03 PM

    Oh wow. Really, a dried meat product that has an expiration date THAT far into the future? Hmmmmm......

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  5. We also got samples for this, and the Camp Leaf cats were not impressed. Ours also had a weird smell, like formeldahyde, almost. I threw them out. Bad batch, maybe? I have generally been impressed with the primal products.

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  6. Well, that's too bad. We wonder if you should let the company know.

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  7. We too think you should let the company know. Perhaps it was contaminated somehow?

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