Some time ago, a TV program broke out law enforcement officers focused on investigating and dealing with the manufacture and sale of fake brand-name dog food events, and the unscrupulous vendors in a treasure or gold diamonds, crown-level business, a time for many pet owners worried, so how to identify the authenticity of the dog food? This article introduces a few ways to do this.
Figure 1 The authenticity of the dog food is related to the dog's health
First, choose the trustworthy merchants
1, the entity to buy
For accustomed to the entity to buy the spoils of the owners, in the choice of the store on the issue, pay attention to the first, the business license and other relevant certificates should be complete, the department concerned
1, the business license should be hanging on the wall, the business license and other relevant documents, the business license and other relevant documents. The regulations business license should be hung in the store in a conspicuous place, so the pet owners should pay attention to view, and to pay attention to its business scope contains the sale of pet merchandise; second in the surrounding circle of pets whether the reputation is good can also be the basis for judgment; second, the general big brands will be issued by the certificate of authorization.
2, buy online
Somewhere in the environment is too mixed, as mentioned above, the reputation of such a good store are in the production of fake, so if you do not have enough confidence to identify the authenticity of the pet site is still recommended to go to a large pet website to buy, after all, open a large website investment than to open a certain treasure store is much larger than the first to say nothing of the production of fake sales of fake brought about by customer base The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular pets in the world, and you'll be able to do that with your favorite pets.
Second, the price of dog food
While the general brand in the selling price of the seller will only specify the maximum price, and the minimum price due to the different channels of purchase, is not to do rigid provisions. But the same sales channel merchants, its selling price should be about the same, unless the occasional store celebration and other discount promotional situation.
Three, dog food packaging
The big brand of dog food packaging should be a clear font; printing color bright; neat seal; the product description is complete; factory and shelf life date is clear; anti-counterfeiting mark is obvious and marked anti-counterfeiting query phone. Scratch the anti-counterfeiting mark, its anti-counterfeiting code should also be clearly visible, the pet friends had better call its anti-counterfeiting query phone to identify the authenticity.
Fig. 2 Generally, big brands of dog food have anti-counterfeiting marks
Four, imported dog food
For imported dog food, because there is no direct way to query the domestic, and therefore need to be a comprehensive judgment of the pet friends, first of all, the regular way of imported goods must be glued to the product description of the Chinese, and, secondly, the packaging of the barcode of the first few digits of the barcode is the first few digits of the barcode, the barcode is the first few digits of the barcode of the barcode. Secondly, the first few digits of the barcode on the packaging for the origin code, according to which to determine the origin of dog food. Finally, the general foreign brands in the country have a prescribed agent, and its official website will be posted on the list of agents and links, pets can go to consult the selected business before buying whether the agent has business dealings with the agent. The best thing about buying directly from an agent is that many of them don't do retail sales.
Figure 3: Imported dog food with Chinese instructions
Fifth, according to the dog food to judge
Based on the dog food to judge is the most direct method.
Generally large brands of dog food, the shape, size, color of the same variety of dog food is a provision that allows for a certain degree of deviation, but if you find a bag of dog food, the shape of each of its particles, color, size differences are obvious, that at least shows that it should not be from the production process requirements of rigorous large brands. And big brands of dog food of the same species of the formula is fixed, so its starch, protein, fat content is relatively fixed, and its properties will not be due to different batches and large changes. In addition, the surface of a good dry food should be obvious pores, good degree of expansion, after breaking open the inside is solid. Of course, if the brand has changed its formula and production line, then there is no guarantee that it will look the same as the previous dog food.
Figure 4 Big brand dog food. Their appearance are uniform standards
The second smell, a good dog food smell should be a soft food aroma, and not pungent, fishy, or even unpleasant smell.
Three taste, of course, the dog to taste, if their dog has been fond of a brand, when found on the new buy the brand of dog food sniffing away, then the owner should realize that they are likely to buy a fake.
Six, other notes
1, some pets in the new business to buy dog food, will first pick a small package, and then use a variety of methods to identify its authenticity, once it is determined to be the real thing, the next time you buy will buy a large package, and will let down the guard. This is actually a big misunderstanding, some businesses are likely to exist to use small packages of authentic products to gather popularity, while using large packages to earn huge profits. The right thing to do, therefore, is to identify all new dog food purchases together.
2, some pet friends will be greedy for cheap and choose bulk dog food. Not to mention the fact that bulk dog food is a sure thing, and even if it is the real deal, it may be contaminated because of the distribution process.
3, the purchase of dog food must be asked to business invoices and other purchase vouchers, the purchase of the above items should be consistent with the information you buy dog food. These vouchers should be kept.
4, when found that the dog ate the newly purchased dog food and physical discomfort, you should be the first time to seal the dog food, and take the dog to the regular pet hospital for medical treatment, to retain the case record, so as to future rights.
Figure 5 If your dog is not feeling well after eating dog food, seek medical attention