May 06, 2011
I'm interested in your Honest Kitchen dehydrated food. I heard that dehydrating raw meats creates a large amount of bacteria. How long is the expiration date?
Full Question:
I was very interested in the fact that you are offering dehydrated Chicken based food for dogs. I have been feeding raw for about 8 years and the only time it presents a problem for me is when we are camping so the idea of being able to purchase chicken dehydrated for camping sounds great but I have a question about it.My understanding is that when dehydrating raw meats a large amount of bacteria is generated due to the low heat of the dehydrators and leaving the meat in the dehydrator for extended time does not generate enough heat to kill it off. Therefore I am very interested in any comments you may have on that and the process of dehydrating this product.
How long is expire date on the product?
Thanks for any info you may be able to provide.
Carol
Cindy's Answer:
I don’t worry about bacteria, dogs eat all manner of bacteria infested things (road kill, deer poop, etc) they lick their own behinds too! If you already feed raw, I would think you wouldn’t have a bit of concern about the bacteria as a healthy dog will have no problems with it. I don’t know that I can answer the question about the bacteria load (if there is one) in the Honest Kitchen products as we don’t manufacture it here.
The shelf life of the HK products are 12 months (before re-hydration)
The shelf life of the HK products are 12 months (before re-hydration)
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