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The FDA's Investigation into DCM
Posted on 05.18.2023Taken at face value, this warning is alarming, to say the least. However, when you look more closely, it becomes clear that there is very little hard evidence about what connection the ingredients might have to DCM—if there is any connection at all.So the overall point here is that it’s really easy for today’s news to become over sensationalized and when faced with a lack of clear information from the FDA we should all take a collective deep breath and see what the future brings for us. That said, please see your vet with any odd behavior in your pet and read our article on understanding if a grain free diet is for you or not. Original Post: August 15, 2018 About a month ago, the FDA made a statement that they were opening an investigation into certain grain free kibble diets and how they may be related to a specific type of heart disease called dilated cardiomyopathy, or DCM. We now have three responses from major pet food manufacturers and we felt it was time for a quick update.
Recap
- The FDA has officially stated that they are aware of an increased occurrence of DCM related deaths in dog breeds that have not historically suffered from DCM.
- The FDA is investigating grain free kibble diets as one possibility for the increased occurrence of DCM deaths.
- The FDA opened this inquiry after the CVCA (a practice of 19 veterinary cardiologists in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area) passed along information showing that they have seen an increase in DCM related deaths and that it may be related to grain free pet food
- The CVCA made this correlation based on questioning 150 people that recently experienced DCM related pet deaths.
- No specific pet food companies have been named at this time.