COSTCO and NORMERICA - STOP SELLING TOXIC DOG TREATS !!!
Normerica Inc. warehouse workers claim the Ontario-based pet product company had employees routinely switch pet treats between different brand name packages and re-date them after they were imported from China and Thailand.
They claim mouldy and stale pet treats were sent out to stores for sale.
Duck, sweet potato and chicken jerky treats imported by the company and sold by Loblaw, Costco and other retailers are among brands suspected of making dogs ill.
The accusations from former employees came after CBC's Go Public revealed Costco is continuing to sell pet jerky treats from China, despite being warned by a pet owner whose veterinarian believes treats purchased there killed her puppy. The treats are imported into Canada by Normerica Inc.
"A bunch of times we would get product and there were bugs in the containers," the former employee said. "Nothing got thrown out."
They said all the repackaging happened long after samples were sent to a Canadian lab for testing. Most of the products
were never tested, they said, and were then interchanged in packages under the Vitalife, Canyon Creek and President's Choice labels.
"There were multiple brands in each [shipping] container," the first source said.
"They would unpack and repackage the stuff in different brand name packages," said the other source. "I would repackage and then down the line they would be re-dated."
