Pet industry news, today, a self-media reported that Xu Cuihua cat litter ingredient list is untrue, and there is the latest authoritative development: the local market supervision bureau said in the information disclosure reply that it has received the report and verified, and the result is that the product identification meets the relevant regulations and will not be filed.
On October 15, the pet food brand Gao Yejia issued an announcement saying that a self-media account reported to the market supervision department where the "Xu Cuihua" production and sales enterprise was located in the name of consumers, and the company's local market supervision department conducted a door-to-door verification of the content of the report.
Recently, the market supervision department completed the verification, and Gao Yejia applied for government information disclosure and published the "Hangzhou Linping District Market Supervision Bureau Government Information Disclosure Reply".
The report shows: "On September 24, 2024, the Bureau received a report on the falsification of the ingredient list of cat litter that "the ingredient list of Xu Cuihua plant cat litter is suspected of concealment, opacity and fraud", and after verification, the manufacturer of "Xu Cuihua plant cat litter" is Hangzhou Gaoyejia Small Cannon Pet Products Co., Ltd., and the product label complies with the relevant provisions of the Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China. The above circumstances do not meet the conditions for filing a case as stipulated in Article 19 of the Provisions on Administrative Punishment Procedures for Market Supervision and Administration, and the Bureau has decided not to file the case."
In addition, in the statement issued by Gao Yejia, a third-party production process verification report issued by Beijing CTI Food and Agriculture Certification Service Co., Ltd. was also announced.
The report shows that after the verification of the on-site production process, Hangzhou Gaoyejia has a lot of cat pet food Co., Ltd. entrusted Hangzhou Gaoyejia Xiaocang Pet Products Co., Ltd. to produce 20240910 batches of plant cat litter products (specification: 2.5kg/pack) of the "Xu Cuihua" brand, no other adhesives other than starch are added in the production process, and the production process conforms to the claim that "the product does not add other adhesives other than starch".
The report clearly states that no additional adhesives have been added to its products, which in a sense means that formaldehyde is avoided at the source.
Event recap
Looking back on the formaldehyde cat litter incident, it can be traced back to August this year, the topic of excessive formaldehyde in cat litter has sparked heated discussions on major social media platforms, and a network map revealed that a number of big-name cat litter brands have detected formaldehyde.
In fact, the problem of "formaldehyde cat litter" has appeared two years ago, and the well-known evaluation blogger Dad Evaluation has released a video to explore whether tofu cat litter contains formaldehyde.
With the passage of time, the topic of "does tofu cat litter contain formaldehyde" has recently returned to the public eye and has become the focus of debate.
Contradictions intensified
In view of the different standards of self-testing, some evaluation bloggers began to choose to send cat litter to professional institutions for evaluation, among them, pet blogger "Lao Yang diagonally opposite" revealed that there are four types of cat litter detected by the results of the wide test, but all of them meet the group standard of "General Technical Specifications for Pet Cat Litter" initiated by the Shandong Pet Industry Association.
At the same time, pet blogger "Love Cat" also posted the test results sent by himself, revealing that the cat litter of Xu Cuihua's plant under Gao Ye's family contained formaldehyde.
Subsequently, Aimao has successively released a number of public account articles and Xiaohongshu notes, revealing that the SC/T 3025-200064.2 detection method of the China Guang Testing Agency detected the formaldehyde content of Xu Cuihua cat litter at 6.49mg/kg.
In addition, Aimao also asked about the production process and raw material use of plant cat litter in Xu Cuihua's online store, and the customer service responded that it relied on "the torsion and viscosity of plants" to make cat litter particles shape.
On October 12, the cat himself issued a document with his ID card to report Xu Cuihua's cat litter fraud to the Hangzhou Municipal Administration for Market Regulation and Xiaohongshu officials.
On October 15, the reply from the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau showed that the report had been received, the information had been verified, and the result was that the product was compliant and the case was not filed.
Written at the end: The turmoil before Double 11 has brought an educational opportunity for the industry and consumers to re-examine the safety of cat litter, and I hope that the controversy between you and me will eventually bring more benign product competition to the pet industry and bring consumers a more reassuring shopping experience.