Recalled Pet Food

[Blathach]

In response to this thread: http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=38574

Recall threads

Pet food recall : DANGER !!!

Menu Foods new Press Release, March 26th

Any Canadians whose pet has died from recalled food?

Rat Poison in Menu Foods?

Iams cans and the recall

Canada NEEDS a Pet Food Law

Futher thoughts re: pet food recall

Wellness and NV using Menufoods?

Solid Gold responds to my email...

Recall extended

Today i was the recall food police!


Yikes, anyone seen Menu foods suggestion?


Great write up in local paper


Melamine the culprit in Menu Foods?

Compliments canned cat food

FDA confirms dry food reports. Please Read.

Dry Food Now Added to Recall

Hills prescription dry food recall!!!

Now Purina Prime Cuts in Gravy added to recall

Pet Food NOT on the recall

Menu foods has new stuff on their site..

Del Monte Recalling Treats now..

Purina and the expanded recall

And yet another recall

Itchmo link to suspected surce of wheat gluten....

[Prin]

Another one...
FDA bars wheat gluten used in recalled pet food
http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=38645

[Prin]

New recall
http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=38669

[White Wolf]

Pet Food Companies

New Recall: Sunshine Mills Inc. Recalls Dog Biscuits

Menu Foods Expands Recall To Include More Dates 04/05/07

[rainbow]

I found this information on another site:

More information on Pet Food recalls. Please cross post. This information from my vet!

http://www.vin.com/WebLink. plx?URL=.../ 7alerts.html

http://www.vin.com/promo/ News/Recal...bursement. pdf

http://www.menufoods.com/recall/PRES...007% 20CAN.htm

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...151.html<br />
http://cahfs.ucdavis.edu/

http://cahfs.ucdavis.edu/pet_food.htm

[White Wolf]

I tried to make the links work. All but the last two don't.

[rainbow]

I hope they work this time:

http://www.vin.com/WebLink.plx?URL=h...m/7alerts.html

http://www.vin.com/promo/News/Recall...mbursement.pdf

http://www.menufoods.com/recall/PRESS%20RELEASE%2004052007%20CAN.htm

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...s/4691151.html

http://cahfs.ucdavis.edu/

http://cahfs.ucdavis.edu/pet_food.htm

[White Wolf]

Other Recalls (Salmonella) - Food and Treats

Food and Treats NOT on recall

Menu Foods CFO sells off shares before recall

Private lab test on cat food - non FDA recall

Menu Foods Expands Recall - Again

Medi-cal on recall list

[loreli26]

Here is the list I found, the file is for Excel, hopefully everyone can view it somehow

http://www.fda.gov/ora/fed_state/recalls/Recall.xls

Hope this helps more people that need to view the exact information on each product and dates.

[White Wolf]

Natural Balance Recall:

Just got off the phone with VP of Natural Balance

Natural Balance Venison Dry Dog Food Warning

Get Food Recall/Safety Alerts Emailed to You

Melamine in NB?

Info Up On Natural Balance Site

[rainbow]

Menu Foods just added Natural Life to their recall list.

http://www.itchmo.com/read/menu-food...-list_20070417

[White Wolf]

Foods That Contain Rice Protein Concentrate, etc.

More food recalls to come

Statement by Nutro Products on RPC

April 18 - Update: Hill's products not affected by rice protein concentrate recall

Possible Corn Gluten Alert

Now South Africa: 30 pets die from contaminated food - the source? CHINA

Voluntary Recall of Spa Select Kitten Dry Food

Response from Eagle Pack

[Speedy's Mom]

http://www.royalcanin.us/

"ALL PRODUCTS WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE OF APRIL 19TH, 2008
ARE MADE WITHOUT CHINESE SOURCED VEGETABLE PROTEINS AND ARE SAFE.

April 19, 2007

Dear Royal Canin USA Customer,

It is with sincere regret that I inform you of a new and unfortunate development with some of our pet food products.

Although we have no confirmed cases of illness in pets, we have decided to voluntarily remove the following dry pet food products that contain rice protein concentrate due to the presence of a melamine derivative.

ROYAL CANIN SENSIBLE CHOICE® (available in pet specialty stores nationwide)

- Chicken Meal & Rice Formula Senior
- Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Puppy
- Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Adult
- Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Senior
- Rice & Catfish Meal Formula Adult

ROYAL CANIN VETERINARY DIET™ (available only in veterinary clinics)

- Canine Early Cardiac EC 22™
- Canine Skin Support SS21™
- Feline Hypoallergenic HP23™"

[White Wolf]

Probable Further Recalls: Keep Your Proof Of Purchase!!!

Solid Gold foods MAY BE NEXT

WOW! 5575 Pet Food Products (as of 4/19) Recalled per FDA

Royal Canin RECALL

New Contaminant in Royal Canin

Royal Canin Transition Diet Recommendations

Second company likely imported tainted Rice Protein from China

[rainbow]

Full Info:
http://www.itchmo.com/read/smartpak-...alled_20070424

SmartPak recalled LiveSmart Weight Management Chicken and Brown Rice Dog Food on April 20.

[rainbow]

Full details:
http://www.itchmo.com/read/drs-foste...alled_20070425

Drs. Fosters & Smith Products Recalled Due to Rice Protein
April 25th, 2007

Another pet food maker - Drs. Fosters & Smith - is issuing a recall due to the use of Wilbur-Ellis rice protein (scroll down the page). Oddly, the manufacturer says they received the recall advice today, not last week.

Rice protein concentrate has been indicated as a possible source of melamine recently found in pet food products. As a precautionary measure Wilbur-Ellis company, the supplier of rice protein concentrate, is voluntarily recalling all lots of rice protein concentrate. We received notification from the manufacturer today, April 25, 2007, suggesting we issue a precautionary recall.

[geisha]

itchmo.com announces more pet foods recalled canned foods. Diamond pet foods, Chicken Soup for the Kitten/Puppy Lover's Soul, Kirkland & Lick Your Chops canned. Be safe everyone & read those labels carefully please!!!

[rainbow]

Full details at:
http://www.itchmo.com/read/blue-buff...reats_20070427

BREAKING NEWS: Blue Buffalo Recalls All Canned Dog and Cat Food, As Well As Treats

Blue Buffalo just announced another expansion of the recall covering:

* All Blue brand can dog foods
* All Spa Select brand can cat foods
* All Blue Health Bar treats.

The release indicates that rice protein was added without their knowledge to these products. Blue Buffalo attributes this to "tampering" by their contract manufacturer American Nutrition, who was connected to several other recalls on Thursday.

[White Wolf]

Diamond Pet Foods has announced it is withdrawing a limited number of canned products

Companies that recieved contaminated rice protein identified

FDA Announcement

More Recalls

Canadian researchers find link between pet food & kidney failure

more recalls: Kirkland, Diamond, Chicken Soup

American Nutrition Inc Recall

Recall - Scary thought...are we next?

The trouble with China...

DVP Natural Balance,Breaking Voluntary Recall News: Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Melamine Spiking

[rainbow]

I hope Walmart gets sued for this!!!

Full story:
http://www.itchmo.com/more-recalled-...-wal-mart-2463

Yesterday we posted about Sheri McComber, an Alabama cat owner, who bought recalled Special Kitty cat food from a Wal-Mart store. She claims that four of her cats are sick from eating the recalled cat food.

This was not just an isolated incident in one Wal-Mart store. There is still more recalled cat food on shelves in another Wal-Mart store. A TV news team in Alabama went to the Clanton Wal-Mart and found dozens of Special Kitty Pouches just like the ones McComber had purchased.

Initially, the product code checks out as safe, but if the sticker is peeled off, there is another product code underneath. The original UPC code underneath the sticker matches the ones on the pet food recall list.

Because the stickers are over the recalled product code, the items can be purchased by consumers. The news investigator left one of the stickers off of the packages. When the cashier scanned the label on the package, it said do not sell and the cashier would not let him purchase it.

[rainbow]

After checking further I found this:

http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-and...n-shelves-2485

I think they should have added somewhere on the packaging that the food is now safe.

And, I still will never buy any wet food that is in a gravy because of the future possibility of it being contaminated again.

[rainbow]

OTTAWA, March 13, 2008 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Rollover Premium Pet Food Ltd. are warning consumers not to purchase or use the Roll Over Pork Tenders Premium Dog Treat described below. This product may be contaminated with the bacteria responsible for salmonellosis in humans.

See full article here....

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/...0080313e.shtml

[DougG]

FYI - I noticed this bit of news this afternoon concerning Orijen in Australia.

[Love4himies]

Thanks DougG.

[growler~GateKeeper]

The info re Australian Orijen is posted here: http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=58511

[DougG]

Originally Posted by growler

The info re Australian Orijen is posted here: http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=58511

Missed that, thanks Growler.

[Aston]

This is what I received today from Champion petfoods:


Dear ORIJEN CONSUMER – there are news reports from Australia linking ORIJEN cat foods to health problems to a number of cats in the Sydney area.

Two weeks ago Champion Petfoods removed ORIJEN cat foods from shops in Australia and last week we issued a voluntary recall to collect any remaining cat food. Please know this recall is specific to AUSTRALIA ONLY and does not impact any ORIJEN food other than what was exported to Australia. As ORIJEN is made with fresh meats cooked at low temperatures, the Australian government mandates our foods be irradiated. This process is unique to Australia and we believe is the cause for health concerns in cats in the Sydney area. We have since stopped all ORIJEN shipments to Australia.

This problem does not originate from our factory or from our ingredients. All foods (including those shipped to Australia) have been tested thoroughly in the past few weeks and the results are perfect. We have recently uncovered research connecting irradiation to health problems in cats and have since ceased all shipments to Australia http://www.vetpathology.org/cgi/content/full/44/6/912

We are completely (100%!) confident in ORIJEN foods.

You will likely receive calls from your distributors or retailers. Please see the attached letter which helps explain the situation. In order to provide our retail customers confidence in our foods, it is important for us to be proactive and provide quick and accurate answers. Please feel free to email or call Michelle or I with any questions you cannot answer. Unfortunately both of us are travelling today so it may be difficult to reach us. I arrive back in Edmonton this evening and will check emails and messages upon my arrival.



Thank you,
Peter

Peter A. Muhlenfeld

Champion Petfoods Ltd.

T 780.939.6888

www.championpetfoods.com

AND THIS CONSUMER RELEASE:

[bendyfoot]

Thanks for posting. I wonder what irradiation is doing to the food...and if it's having that effect on kitties, what's it doing to people???