Major recall on dog/cat food

[CarolsCritterCare]

I just saw this. LOTS of brands including Nutro. Too many to list
here. The foods have been linked to kidney failure and death.

http://www.menufoods.com/recall/

[keith]

Thank you for posting this, Carol (here for Dogs, as well as the recall you posted in the Cats Forum).

Heard about this in a 'news preview' on the weekend and never caught it on the news. Wonderful to find it right here on theBubbler!

Regards,
Keith

[CarolsCritterCare]

No problem Keith. Things like this I like to get the word out. I have a friend with more critters then I and she had not heard of the recall. I faxed her everything and it turns out she is feeding 7 of those different brands to her critters. She said one has been very ill and now she's a bit worried. Hope her little dog will be ok and it's just coincidence.
Carol

[CarolsCritterCare]

From Nutro's website:

Nutro Products Orders Removal of All Wet Pet Food Products Made by Menu
Foods with Wheat Gluten

Nutro Dry Foods, Biscuits and Treats are NOT manufactured by Menu Foods
and are NOT Affected by Recall

City of Industry , Calif. (April 10, 2007)- Earlier today, Menu Foods
expanded its recall of wet pet food products to include additional wet pet
foods suspected of containing melamine from Chinese supplied wheat gluten.

Given this new information and the confusion in the marketplace, Nutro has
ordered ALL Nutro wet pouched and canned foods made with wheat gluten be
removed from store shelves regardless of the date of production and asks pet
owners to stop feeding those products to their pets. Nutro is taking this
action even though the Menu Foods press release indicates that only certain
dates of production at its plant were affected.

"Pet owners are fed up with confusing information regarding the Menu Foods
recall," said Dave Kravis, President and CEO of Nutro Products. "I had
previously ordered a broader recall of affected products than what Menu
Foods had suggested. Given this new information from Menu Foods, I have
ordered all wet pet food products containing wheat gluten to be removed from
store shelves. Our dry pet food is not made by Menu and remains unaffected
by the recall."

As a result of this new information, Nutro has suspended all shipments to
retail stores of Nutro's wet canned and pouch products that contain wheat
gluten until Nutro is able to confirm their safety.

Nutro Products is asking all customers who have the following Nutro wet pet
food products (which are made by Menu Foods and contain wheat gluten)
regardless of "best by date," to immediately stop feeding the products to
their pets.
All Cat Pouch Food Products
Listed Cat 3.0 oz can products
All Dog Pouch Food Products
Listed Dog 12.5 oz Canned Products

Nutro's products are 100% guaranteed and all returned product will be
refunded. Customers should return products affected by the recall to the
retail location where they purchased the product.

The Menu Foods wet pet food recall does not include Nutro's dry pet food.
Nutro's dry pet foods are not produced by Menu Foods and do not contain
wheat gluten. Nutro's dry pet foods, biscuits and treats - over 90% of the
pet food Nutro sells - are not involved in the recall and remain safe for
pets to eat. Menu manufactures only wet, canned and pouch products for
Nutro.

Nutro customers may check Nutro's website ( www.nutroproducts. com ) or
contact Nutro's Consumer Hotline (800) 833-5330 for further information
about its products. Nutro's website will be updated as more information
becomes available.

[keith]

I was just reading Thursday or Friday's (the 11th or 12th of April) Wall Street Journal. Now they're saying the recall has been expanded.

From http://www.menufoods.com/recall/:

Recall Information

1-866-895-2708

As a result of adulterated wheat gluten there have been several additional pet food and pet treat product recalls that are not part of the Menu Foods recall. For information on these additional pet food recalls please go to
www.fda.gov

Here's a more direct link I found:

http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/...drecallup.html

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The actual link is http://www.fda.gov/cvm/default.html

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If you change your pet's diet, do it over a few days, introducing the new food while feeding some of the old to avoid gastrointestinal distress. The Wall Street Journal gave a link to http://vet.osu.edu/1851.htm

The wheat gluten that caused the problem (16 confirmed pet deaths so far, probably more unreported) came from China and included an industrial by-product that has no business being in a food product.

I don't understand how we can be getting that food from China when we're the 'bread basket of the world'. How can it be cheaper to get wheat from China?

Regards,
Keith

[CarolsCritterCare]

This is all so sad. The list just keeps growing and growing. The dingo chews also are on recall now.

You know, the terrorists ever wanted to get us again all they'd have to do is hit our food chain.

Carol

[CarolsCritterCare]

http://www.itchmo.com/read/natural-b...rmula_20070415



This is yet another recall. NATURAL BALANCE DRY DOG FOOD


Carol

[keith]

Thanks for posting pet food recipes. Gives us all alternatives.

We go through a lot of fresh and canned peas and carrots and other vegetables mixed with dry dog food and other appropriate stuff (my wife does the cooking) to make pet food and we have for years. Some treats - and they're organic.

Regards,
Keith

p.s.: Awesome posting for pets, Carol. Congrats on the Moderator job.

[CarolsCritterCare]

Originally Posted by keith

Regards,
Keith

p.s.: Awesome posting for pets, Carol. Congrats on the Moderator job.

THANKS KEITH!!


I've been cooking a lot for the animals here.....
Carol