What happened to Crave Dog Food?

Crave Dog Food suddenly broke out in China in December 2018 with several reports [Hurry to hide the euthanasia ingredient "pentobarbital" in cat and dog food]. Basically, They are all secondary interpretations based on external Internet incident analysis articles; they mainly point out that the heavy metals in Desire dog food exceed the standard and are detected to contain pentobarbital (the drug used for euthanasia). The arguments mainly include three points:
1. Aspiration and Ikena were sued for excessive heavy metals and containing pentobarbital
2. The manufacturer responded and admitted that it contained pentobarbital
3. Gravy Train, which was found to contain pentobarbital in canned dogs, seems to be the same as Champion Pet Foods (the same company as Crave and Icanna) are the same supplier.

Does Crave dog food really contain pentobarbital?

In May of the same year, Crave discovered that an ingredient supplier their US factory cooperated with provided a batch containing a small amount of pentobarbital. Pentobarbital-containing beef, Champion terminated cooperation with the supplier after discovering the problem. The problem was found to be Gravy Train’s canned dog. No pentobarbital was found after the Craving product was submitted for inspection. According to relevant policies, the Craving food sold in the Chinese market comes from Canadian factories, and it was revealed that it was suspected of containing pentobarbital. Pentobarbital is an ingredient in dog food products produced in American factories.
Beef fat raw materials containing a small amount of pentobarbital are only included in the red meat series and are not allowed to be imported into China, so parents who are currently feeding the Craving series in China do not need to worry so much.

Is it true that heavy metals in Crave dog food exceed the legal limit?

In the United States, Crave was once sued by consumers due to heavy metal issues. According to some test reports, some of the products you desire do contain heavy metals, but the content does not reach the maximum safety limit stipulated by the FDA. The reason why heavy metals exceed the standard is because the formula contains fish meat, and the heavy metal content in some marine fish is relatively high. So if you are very worried about heavy metals, we suggest that you change cat and dog food with different meat formulas and flavors at intervals, and feed dry food/wet food (try to choose staple food cans instead of snacks) alternately.