Massive Dog/Cat Food Recall

[eticket109]

I know we tend to live under a rock sometimes so I wanted to post this in case anyone missed it.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/17/petfood.recall.ap/index.html

It seems to only affect wet/pouch type foods.

[Skoal]

Re: Massive Dog/Cat Food Recall

Thanks bro. If anything happened to Ozzy I would have to make a trip to the manufacturers and have a little chat.

[Lambeaus]

Re: Massive Dog/Cat Food Recall

It is actually pretty serious. I actually have a friend's cat in critical condition from this.

Stay away from these brands....

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

Meijers Main Choice

Nutriplan

Nutro Max Gourmet Classics

Nutro Natural Choice

Paws

Pet Pride

Presidents Choice

Price Chopper

Priority

Save-A-Lot

Schnucks

Science Diet (The recall affects only 3-ounce and 5.5-ounce cans of Kitten Savory Cuts Ocean Fish; 5.5-ounce cans of Feline Adult Savory Cuts Beef, Chicken and Ocean Fish, and 5.5-ounce cans of Feline Senior Savory Cuts Chicken.)

Sophisticat

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

Mighty Dog (The recall affects only 5.3 pouch products that were produced from Dec. 3, 2006 through March 14, 2007.)

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

Springfield Prize

Sprout

Stater Bros

Total Pet, My True Friend

Western Family

White Rose

Winn Dixie

Your Pet

For more information, visit Menu Foods Recall.

For more information, call Menu Foods Recall at 1-866-895-2708.

add these to the list

— Diamond Premium Adult Dog Food
— Diamond Hi-Energy Dog Food (Sporting Dog)
— Diamond Maintenance Dog Food
— Diamond Professional for Adult Dogs
— Diamond Performance Dog Food
— Diamond Puppy Food
— Diamond Low Fat Dog Food
— Diamond Maintenance Cat Food
— Diamond Professional Cat Food
— Country Value Puppy
— Country Value Adult Dog Food
— Country Value High Energy Dog Food
— Country Value Adult Cat Food
— Professional Chicken & Rice Adult Dog Food
— Professional Puppy Food
— Professional Large-Breed Puppy Food
— Professional Reduced Fat Cat Food
— Professional Adult Cat Food

here are more links

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

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/6560787.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/03/17/petfood.recall.ap/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10743413/

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/31/earlyshow/living/petplanet/main1172326.shtml

[eticket109]

Re: Massive Dog/Cat Food Recall

cool. thanks for the list. I'm at work and hadn't had a chance to compile it.

[Lambeaus]

Re: Massive Dog/Cat Food Recall

The dogs seemed to know their food was deadly. "Some dogs were stealing food from the kitchen counter," Center said. "Others just stopped eating the food and begged for treats. Unfortunately, some owners used gravy and other mixers to entice their dogs to consume what they thought was safe, quality dog food."

[Mhurron]

Re: Massive Dog/Cat Food Recall

Ya it sounds sad now that you know that the dog food was tainted, but at the time it probably seemed like just another day where the dog is in a mood and doesn't want to eat it's food.

It's also worth noting that the recall does not effect every lot of every brand. So if you're in an area where your choices are limited you can get details on exactly what is recalled and safely choose cans not from that lot. Also, most effected brands and cans should have already been pulled from store shelves.

[Lambeaus]

Re: Massive Dog/Cat Food Recall

Ya it sounds sad now that you know that the dog food was tainted, but at the time it probably seemed like just another day where the dog is in a mood and doesn't want to eat it's food.

It's also worth noting that the recall does not effect every lot of every brand. So if you're in an area where your choices are limited you can get details on exactly what is recalled and safely choose cans not from that lot. Also, most effected brands and cans should have already been pulled from store shelves.

right, I had my dad call me Saturday morning and have me check, done lots of reading up on it. We are going to stop feeding Austin canned food for a little while just to be safe, and stick with the dry food

My wife would be devastated if anything happened to our little pug.

[Nakti]

Re: Massive Dog/Cat Food Recall

The MSNBC link is for an older recall which was on dry food. That recall was for aflatoxins which affected the liver.

About 3 years ago, our dog lost her appetite and was losing weight rapidly. We took her to the vet's immediately. It turned out her liver was failing. She's now been on a special diet with medication and while I wouldn't say she's "healthy", she's at least happy and as energetic as she can be for an 11 year old German Shepherd.

Although we weren't feeding her dry food which was ever recalled, it makes me wonder if she was affected by it. The source of her liver cirrhosis has always been a mystery.

Edit: the link I'm referring to is one in Lambeaus' post

[eticket109]

Re: Massive Dog/Cat Food Recall

that Menu Foods link: http://www.menufoods.com/recall/index.html has all the links to specific product codes and sub-brands etc