I'm a orijen customer. I'm a lil bit paranoid when i get to know about this issue.

First i was surprise that there's a pet rescuer feed orijen to 170 cats? wow.. i never come across that at all. that pet rescuer must be coming from very rich sponsor then.

Secondly, i agree with Mako the Champion food distributor, people cannot simply accuse and pretend to have the problem straight away after 2 cats in australia died. If you have problem with your cats, and wanted to sue or refund... fist go to your vet and ask for approval. You cannot simply use the word come from your mouth to blame the company and distributor.

So now, before you putting bad name to other people, get you prove from the vets, a letter showing that 170 cats is suffering illness due to eating ORIJEN. Then call Mako so mako can send that vet approval letter of illness to Orijen Canada for immediate action.

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as i surf the net today i found this PDF letter by Champion PetFood Manager. You can download it here - http://www.championpetfoods.com/orijen/Aus...mer_Release.pdf

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Orijen people posted:

Q: WE'VE HEARD NEWS OF POSSIBLE CONCERNS WITH CATS IN AUSTRALIA
A: this concern affects the AUSTRALIAN MARKET ONLY and is associated with IRRADIATION applied to ORIJEN upon arriving in Australia. The process and concern is unique to Australia and does not affect ORIJEN products sold anywhere else in the world.

Q: IS ORIJEN IRRADIATED ANYWHERE OTHER THAN AUSTRALIA?
A: No. The irradiation process is unique to Australia.

Q: WHY DOES AUSTRALIA IRRADIATE ORIJEN?
A: The Australian government is concerned about the IBVD virus present in fresh chicken meat. Foods cooked at less than 100C for at least 30 minutes require gamma irradiation at 50 kGrays when entering Australia. As ORIJEN is made with large amounts of fresh meats, irradiation is required upon arrival in Australia.

Q: HAVE ANY OTHER FOODS HAD A PROBLEM WITH IRRADIATION?
A: Our research department has uncovered a study linking "possible nutritional, metabolic, or toxic causes" among cats fed a major brand of irradiated cat food. A summary of the study is available on the internet. LEUKOENCEPHALOMYELOPATHY IN SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE CATS
http://www.vetpathology.org/cgi/content/full/44/6/912

Q: ARE THERE CONCERNS FOR ORIJEN IN ANY OTHER MARKET?
A: Absolutely not. Australia is the only country that irradiates ORIJEN and is the only location where any concerns are reported.

Q: WHAT ACTION HAS CHAMPION TAKEN?
A: We have removed ORIJEN cat foods from Australian shops and have stopped all future shipments.

the orijen sold in malaysia is import direct from CANADA or AUSTRALIA?