ALL POSTS RE: PET FOOD RECALLS GO HERE IN THIS THREAD

[Cleo]

MERGING THREADS & POSTS:

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:08 pm
by Auntie Debbie
http://www.purina.com/company/press/2007/MightyDog.aspx

I've emailed Whiskas and 9-Lives. I hope to hear from them in a couple of business days

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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:40 pm
by Auntie Debbie

Mars Inc that produces Cesar, Pedigree, Whiskas, and Sheba claim their products are okay

http://www.mars.com/global/home.html

[mamaof4soon]

http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/purina03_07.html

I have checked and rechecked and can not seem to find any Purina on those lists so I am posting this to let you all know. Purina voluntarily recalled this as well and please note that this is also one.

I sent out this list and the other to every one I knew and they did the same because some had no clue . Hopefully we can save some lives.

[Cleo]

Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:58 am
Auntie Debbie

FDA Menu Reall FAQs

http://www.fda.gov/cvm/MenuFoodRecallFAQ.htm
Interpreting Pet Food Labels

http://www.fda.gov/cvm/petlabel.htm

Interpreting Pet Food Labels-Special Use Foods

http://www.fda.gov/cvm/labelint.htm

[Cleo]

CONTINUING TO MERGE. PLEASE KEEP ALL UPDATES & INFO IN ONE ONGOING THREAD

PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:41 am
Post subject: They found rat poison to be the Menu Foods toxin
by Auntie Debbie

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=29759 ... =1&US=true

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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:44 am
Post subject: FDa found melamine in dry foods
by Auntie Debbie

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17870750/

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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:04 am
Post subject: Re: FDa found melamine in dry foods
by Marty

This just keeps getting worse and worse... Buffy was on Iams before we adopted her. And now I'm even wondering about Winnie...

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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:27 am
Post subject: Re: FDa found melamine in dry foods
by Auntie Debbie

I'm so sorry about them...but it does get worse. Lots of folks have been claiming their pets have been getting sick on dry as well. They are not saying who the dry food company is, though IAMS seems to be the leader in the complaints.

Here is a link on Melamine; be sure to click onto "urea" in the second paragraph

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-melamine.htm

[Cleo]

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:21 pm
Post subject: IAMS Overweight Pet Food Warning
by Tambrey

STILL ANOHTER PET FOOD WARNING!!


and here is the entire story in case it disappears

Iams warned about food for overweight pets
1:15 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has issued a warning letter to Iams Co. that says some of its diet pet foods contain an unapproved substance.

Eukanuba Veterinary Diets Optimum Weight Control/Canine dry, Optimum Weight Control/Feline dry, Restricted-Calorie/Canine dry and canned, and Restricted-Calorie/Feline dry and canned contain chromium tripicolinate, which is not an approved food supplement, the FDA said.

The warning follows a recall of nearly 100 brands of pet food made by Menu Foods after animals suffered kidney failure. That recall included some Iams products made under contract by Menu Foods.

New York state's food laboratory last week identified aminopterin as the likely culprit in that recall, which involved "cuts and gravy" style dog and cat food.

The new warning letter urged Iams to remove chromium tripicolinate from the products but did not ask for a recall.

In 1996, the FDA said it would not block the use of low levels of chromium tripicolinate as a source of supplemental chromium in diets for pigs. But that did not apply to other animal food. Chromium can affect the metabolism of glucose in animals.

Iams requested that that decision concerning swine be extended to its products for overweight pets, but FDA said it denied the request. It said a 2006 letter from Iams did not contain sufficient information to address safety concerns.

Iams will remove the ingredient from its Veterinary Diets cat and dog food, spokesman Kurt Iverson said. The products are sold by prescription only for overweight pets. They have used chromium tripicolinate as a metabolism enhancer, Iverson said.

The letter is part of an "ongoing dialog" with the FDA, Iverson said.

The FDA considers chromium tripicolinate to be genotoxic, meaning it can damage DNA and cause mutations and tumors.

The letter was dated Jan. 8 and posted on the FDA's Web site Thursday.

[Marty]

Alpo Special Cuts in Gravy, canned, recalled today (Sat)

http://www.purina.com/company/press/2007/MightyDog.aspx

[anneryan]

DelMonte has recalled numerous products, including cat and dog treats. Please check their website, www.delmonte.com (the recall information is up at the top of the page) to be sure that you are not using any of these products.

Hope everyone is OK....

Anne (and Mia)

[Marty]

Here is a good link for recalls and info. It seems to be kept very up-to-date and thorough. Bookmark it if you like it, before it gets lost in this thread.

http://www.itchmo.com/go/tagged/safety/

[Auntie Debbie]

Like the energizer bunny, it just keeps on going and going and going....

Sunshine dog biscuit press release-wheat gluten again

http://www.sunshinemills.com/press_release.html

FDA release on Pet Chews-salmonella *sigh*...again

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01600.html

Yep, another day, another recall

[Auntie Debbie]

And today's recall is brought to you by our friends at Del Monte

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/sit ... ewsLang=en