April 2007

To: The Great Canadian Dog Food Retailers               

You are surely being inundated with questions concerning the safety of the dog food you are selling. It is of major concern to most dog owners and to help you answer the queries, here is some information about The Great Canadian Dog Food.

All of our ingredients are accessed from local farmers and local processors. The only exception is
lamb and rice plus some of the vitamin and trace minerals.  These particular products are simply
not available from Canadian manufacturers in a reliable form.  We purchase locally, not for a cost
advantage, but to have confidence in exactly what we are purchasing.  This enables us to know
were it comes from and the process it goes through before it comes to our facility.  Our finished
products are on the shelf in our stores within days of manufacturing.

We guarantee the safety and freshness of all our products

Wheat gluten is the common ingredient in all of the recalled dog foods. It was sourced from
China and appears to be contaminated with melamine. We DO NOT use wheat gluten in
any of our products.

Spectrum Feed Services Ltd. uses several dog nutritionists with masters or PhD designations. 
Our primary concern is what is the best nutrition for the dog. 

Many of the fancy ingredients other dog food suppliers add to their food are outside the area of
nutrition.  To us, it is excessive marketing trying to establish product differentiation or
justification for higher selling price.

Although the science of nutrition is not a simple concept, it is well understood and documented. 
We have owned German Shepherd dogs as family pets for over 20 years.  What we want for our
dog is a balanced diet with no bells or whistles making sure that we are not compromising
nutrients that science says she needs.  Spectrum Feed Services makes feed for many
different animal species from elephants in the zoo to cows on the farm. We are adamant
that the science to making feed for them is proven and documented.

We encourage you to field questions from consumers and ease their fears about the safety of the food they are feeding their beloved pets. Please contact us if you are stumped by any questions and we’ll try to help you provide the answers.

Best regards,

Dave Flaherty
President, Spectrum Feed Services Ltd.

Email Contact: John Inglis, Sales Manager

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