Examine baked and kibbled foods for the presence of burned spots on the biscuits. The presence of a single burned biscuit is not sufficient evidence alone to indicate that a food lacks nutritional adequacy. But, the presence of large numbers of burned biscuits may indicate that the food has been cooked at too high a temperature, in which case nutrients are apt to be destroyed.

Eliminate from your list any baked or kibbled food in which more than 25 percent of the biscuits have burned spots on them. Do not buy them again. If dry products are damp, soft or stale, it may mean that they have been improperly processed, gotten damp in transit, gotten damp during storage, or that they are old.

Dry products that become damp quickly deteriorate from the action of mold and eventually bacteria. Sometimes the only indication that mold is beginning to attack a dry food is the musty odor smelled when a bag is opened. At other times it may be seen as a white, hairy beard or a bluish-green or black velvety coating over the food. Any food found to be moldy should be destroyed immediately and never fed to dogs.

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