Saturday, March 17, 2007

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


Dog food:
  1. Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
  2. Authority
  3. Award
  4. Best Choice
  5. Big Bet
  6. Big Red
  7. Bloom
  8. Bruiser
  9. Cadillac
  10. Companion
  11. Demoulas Market Basket
  12. Eukanuba
  13. Food Lion
  14. Giant Companion
  15. Great Choice
  16. Hannaford
  17. Hill Country Fare
  18. Hy-Vee
  19. Iams
  20. Key Food
  21. Laura Lynn
  22. Loving Meals
  23. Meijers Main Choice
  24. Mixables
  25. Nutriplan
  26. Nutro Max
  27. Nutro Natural Choice
  28. Nutro
  29. Ol'Roy Canada
  30. Ol'Roy US
  31. Paws
  32. Pet Essentials
  33. Pet Pride - Good n Meaty
  34. Presidents Choice
  35. Price Chopper
  36. Priority
  37. Publix
  38. Roche Bros
  39. Save-A-Lot
  40. Schnucks
  41. Shep Dog
  42. Springsfield Prize
  43. Sprout
  44. Stater Bros
  45. Total Pet, My True Friend
  46. Western Family
  47. White Rose
  48. Winn Dixie
  49. 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:

Anonymous said...

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.

PFG said...

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.