Warning re: Easter food toxic to dogs & cats

[IlonaM]

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/dog-dies-hot-cross-bun-b2316001.html

'Vets Now said it had seen a 262% increase in hot cross bun ingestion cases from last year.

Dave Leicester, Vets Now’s head of telehealth, said: “All grapes, raisins, currants and sultanas can be poisonous to dogs.

“And potentially poisonous to cats, and the dried versions of the fruits are more frequently associated with severe symptoms.

“Recent research has suggested that it may be tartaric acid that causes the toxic effect.

"More research is needed before we can confidently provide a toxic dose, not least because the tartaric acid content of grapes and raisins is highly variable.'

[OutOfFocus]

Hot cross buns are good Friday food, not easter food.

Sorry to be a pedant

[IlonaM]

The ingredients, raisins, currants and sultanas, also occur in traditional Easter cakes and breads, or maybe you do not eat simnel cake or colomba di pasqua (to name but two which contain dried fruit).

[Alan Medic]

Hot cross buns are good Friday food, not easter food.

Sorry to be a pedant

 

But Good Friday is part of the Easter Triduum, so doesn't that mean the buns are easter food?