On 1/18/08 I received the following email:

Good Morning Louis,

I have read the blog of emails regarding formaldehyde and have a few important points to bring up:

First of all and most importantly, Mazuri products are made with US based ingredients only. All ingredients in all Mazuri products are sourced in the US, nothing is imported. We may pay more for our ingredients being US based but by doing so, we know there are regulations in place and we avoid situations such as this one.

We take the manufacturing of our products very seriously and have extreme quality measures in place. We spend a fair bit of time and money testing testing each batch of ingredients being used and then the finished products we produce. After all, we are feeding highly endangered exotic animals and pets! (Many smaller companies making "custom" diets do not have the manufacturing knowledge required or the quality measures in place that we are able to have.)

Mazuri is the leading exotic animal nutrition company in the world for a reason. We take pride in our products and stand behind each ton of our very own manufactured feeds. Very few (if any other) exotic animal feed companies have the capability to manufacture feed. We have a strong team of in house nutritionists developing diets, doing research with many of the leading zoos, aquariums, and private collectors/breeders in the world, and we have our own manufacturing plants controlling the manufacturing of each diet we develop.

Unfortunately there are a lot of misconceptions regarding nutrition and animal feed out there. Thank you for taking the time to come to us with questions. Please let me know if you have any further concerns regarding our products. I'd be happy to help you.

Have a wonderful day.
Carrie

Carrie Kuball, M.S.
Mazuri Exotic Animal Nutrition