As the Lincolnwood [IL] couple who own Evangers Dog & Cat Food Co., Inc., prepare for an Aug. 17 court date in which they are accused of stealing almost $2 million in gas and electricity to run their business, they are also defending themselves against allegations about their products.
Joel and Holly Sher [...] now face the scrutiny of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after inspectors analyzing some products [..] found cans of pet food that did not contain what they claimed.
Specifically, the FDA informed the company that there was no duck in the “grain-free duck” product and no lamb in the “lamb and rice” — although there was beef, which wasn’t listed on the label. If your pet is allergic to beef… sucks for you, I guess.
Evanger’s does claim to be Kosher, notes the Lincolnwood Review (“a Chicago Sun-Times publication”) but … has anyone checked with the rabbis?
As for the company, well, they say it’s all a lie, and besides, it was only a couple of cans, really:
“Recently the FDA notified Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Company that out of 300 different types of products, two production runs consisting of a total of four pallets of finished product manufactured in 2010, may have been misbranded by the FDA’s definition.
“Evanger’s has supplied information to the FDA which supports its assertion to be inaccurate.”
Evanger’s is a “high-end” product (“super premium” as it so modestly refers to itself) that turns up in a lot of boutique pet stores, and it picked up some sales when people were desperate to find something safe during the 2007 pet-food recall. If you were one of those people, you might want to rethink your decision.
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