Pet food recall!
Eeek!
Sorry, not to be an alarmist but really, eeek.
The company issuing the recall "....makes pet food for 17 of the top 20 North American retailers. It is also a contract manufacturer for the top branded pet food companies, including Procter & Gamble Co."
Below is a list of cat and dog food brands affected by the recall. For more info go here or call 1-866-895-2708
Cat food
- Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
- Authority
- Best Choice
- Companion
- Compliments
- Demoulas Market Basket
- Eukanuba
- Fine Feline Cat
- Food Lion
- Foodtown
- Giant Companion
- Hannaford
- Hill Country Fare
- Hy-Vee
- Iams
- Key Food
- Laura Lynn
- Li'l Red
- Loving Meals
- Meijer's Main Choice
- Nutriplan
- Nutro Max Gourmet Classics
- Nutro Natural Choice
- Paws
- Pet Pride
- Presidents Choice
- Price Chopper
- Priority
- Save-A-Lot
- Schnucks
- Sophistacat
- Special Kitty Canada
- Special Kitty US
- Springfield Prize
- Sprout
- Total Pet, My True Friend
- Wegmans
- Western Family
- White Rose
- Winn Dixie
Dog food:
- Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
- Authority
- Award
- Best Choice
- Big Bet
- Big Red
- Bloom
- Bruiser
- Cadillac
- Companion
- Demoulas Market Basket
- Eukanuba
- Food Lion
- Giant Companion
- Great Choice
- Hannaford
- Hill Country Fare
- Hy-Vee
- Iams
- Key Food
- Laura Lynn
- Loving Meals
- Meijers Main Choice
- Mixables
- Nutriplan
- Nutro Max
- Nutro Natural Choice
- Nutro
- Ol'Roy Canada
- Ol'Roy US
- Paws
- Pet Essentials
- Pet Pride - Good n Meaty
- Presidents Choice
- Price Chopper
- Priority
- Publix
- Roche Bros
- Save-A-Lot
- Schnucks
- Shep Dog
- Springsfield Prize
- Sprout
- Stater Bros
- Total Pet, My True Friend
- Western Family
- White Rose
- Winn Dixie
- Your Pet
Updated 3/18/07
News excerpt:
Menu Foods, the Ontario, Canada-based company that produced the pet food, said Saturday it was recalling dog food sold throughout North America under 48 brands and cat food sold under 40 brands including Iams, Nutro and Eukanuba. The food was distributed by major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Kroger and Safeway.
An unknown number of cats and dogs had suffered kidney failure and about 10 died after eating the affected pet food, the company said.
Two other companies — Nestle Purina PetCare Co. and Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. — said Saturday that as a precaution they were voluntarily recalling some products made by Menu Foods.
2 comments:
I just spent a roller coaster of a last 8 days with my cat Simon, after taking my cat to the vet after 3 days of not eating, lethargy, and vomiting. Find out that there has been a recall of the Iams food that I was feeding to Simon. He only ate one or two pouches and became super sick. I was told by regular vet that he had severe kidney failure and needed immediate attention by the emergency animal hospital. I then took him to Frendship Hospital for Animals.
His kidney's were enlarged with levels of Creatine and another chemical that were 5 times the normal amount. He was place on an aggressive treatment of IV fluids, received an ultrasound, and blood pressure medicine. On his last night in the hospital, he had somewhat of a seizure where he urinated, defecated, and went berserk. The vet believes it is a residual effect of what has happened to his kidneys.
Many times I was told that he was close to dying and could die overnight. Simon is only 8 years old, and sever renal failure is not common for such a young cat, nor are such high levels
Fortunately, I was able to bring him home today, but need to continue with 3 different medications and a daily IV drip. And will need continue such care for about 3 months.
His total medical bill is about $3,000 so far. I have been on hold for IAMS for over 30 minutes now.
OMG, that's horrible. I hope Simon continues to improve.
There was NOTHING up at my supermarket about the recall, which struck me as irresponsible. They sell Iams (and others on this list I think) and even if they pulled the specific lots that were part of the recall off the shelves, it's likely if they sell it someone might've bought some of the recalled product there. It seems there should be a warning/info about the recall at the store.
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