More Poisoned Pet Food?

[Ashka]

In addition to the wet food recall from Science diet, Iams, Euk, Nutro and many, many more.

Dry food is now being tested.

Personally I'd stop feeding any US / Canadian pet food till this mess is sorted out.

Washington Post:

The Food and Drug Administration has identified contaminated wheat gluten from China as the likely cause of poisoned pet food that has sickened a number of dogs and cats, and the agency is investigating to determine whether dry pet foods have also been affected, officials said today.

In a news conference, Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, said FDA and independent laboratories have found a chemical called melamine in pet food samples, imported wheat gluten and urine and tissue from diseased pets. He said melamine is used in fertilizer in Asia and in plastic products but is not registered as a fertilizer in the United States.

“Melamine is an ingredient that should not be in pet food at any level,” Sundlof said. Nor does it have any approved use in food for humans. He said the FDA is not aware that any of the contaminated wheat gluten went into human food, but said he could not confirm this “with 100 percent certainty.”

Sundlof and FDA investigative officials said a company that was found to have imported the contaminated wheat gluten manufactures dry pet food as well as “wet” or “moist” food similar to that previously identified as the source of the illnesses. However, they said, investigators have not yet determined whether any of the wheat gluten has been used in any dry pet food.

The officials declined to name the pet food company or the supplier pending the outcome of the investigation.

Edited March 30, 2007 by Ashka

[my_sibe_owns_me]

People just have to stop feeding their dogs the cheap/low quailty dog food.

They are now saying it may be in one brand of dry dog food - they wont release the name yet

AND their saying it was caused by some kind of plastic and it may have also gott'n into human food too......its a mess.....

[Ashka]

Next news bulletin:

Hills Pet Nutrition recalls dry cat food

Updated Fri. Mar. 30 2007 7:19 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

Officials in the U.S. now believe contaminated wheat gluten distributed by an unnamed U.S. company may have spread to dry pet food, despite assurances the problem was contained.

Hill's Pet Nutrition, a division of Colgate-Palmolive Co., recalled its Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry cat food on Friday.

The food included wheat gluten from the same supplier used by Menu Foods; however, Menu Foods is not affected by the latest recall because the company only manufactures wet pet food products.

It's not the cheap stuff

Edited March 31, 2007 by Ashka

[shoemonster]

bloody hell, I give my cats the TD

Is there a site that keeps updated with the recalls?

[ShesaLikeableBiBear]

Nutro is not affected by this latest development, this is taken from their website:

"our dry pet foods contain NO wheat gluten and NONE of our dry pet foods are manufactured by menu foods"

[Ashka]

bloody hell, I give my cats the TD

Is there a site that keeps updated with the recalls?

Sorry

The best one I've found:

http://www.petconnection.com/index.php

Edited March 31, 2007 by Ashka

[Ashka]

Nutro is not affected by this latest development, this is taken from their website:

"our dry pet foods contain NO wheat gluten and NONE of our dry pet foods are manufactured by menu foods"

Menu don't make Dry food.

BUT: Menu did made Nutro's WET food with wheat gluten.

The latest one is Hill's DRY Prescription diet for cats.

Edited March 31, 2007 by Ashka

[shoemonster]

Thanks Ashka

The TD doesn't have wheat gluten in it so thats good but then neither does the md that they are recalling

Arggg

[border14]

Nutro is not affected by this latest development, this is taken from their website:

"our dry pet foods contain NO wheat gluten and NONE of our dry pet foods are manufactured by menu foods"

Hi Hesapandabear

I need to buy Duke some more Nutro today

As far as I can understand, the dry food from Nutro sent to Australia is not affected

Just want to double check

Thanks

[ShesaLikeableBiBear]

Ashka, the discussion here is on the possible recall of DRY food and whether or not those dry foods contain wheat gluten.

Border14 Nutro does NOT use wheat gluten in their dry foods.

Any information concerning these recalls should be avail. on the various websites.

Nutro's website is: http://www.nutroproducts.com/ and you will find that the question concerning the recalls is on their front page.

[border14]

Thanks Hesapandabear

[TeamSnag]

I Really hope royal canin is ok still

Its ok i just rang royal canin n it dose not effect royal canin...Woohoo

Edit cos i answer my own question lol

Edited March 31, 2007 by Daxhound

[Ashka]

Ashka, the discussion here is on the possible recall of DRY food and whether or not those dry foods contain wheat gluten.

mmmmm I know, I started the thread and posted two up to date articles for others info.

Have a good day.

[shoemonster]

Why are Hills recalling MD feline when it doesn't have wheat gluten then?

[cavNrott]

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Edited June 7, 2009 by cavNrott

[shoemonster]

Oh ok

After losing one of our cats suddenly last week with no reason, I am abit paranoid

[ShesaLikeableBiBear]

Here is a link concerning the recall of Hills m/d

http://www.hillspet.com/menu_foods/Menu_Fo...02007_en_US.htm

Edited March 31, 2007 by Hesapandabear

[morgan]

Here's a US vet's comment on the Hills recall -

And now the supposed " Global Leader in Pet Nutrition", Hills is

recalling a prescription veterinary diet.

It is a diet used for weight loss and diabetes in cats.

At my practice we only special order in Hills prescription diets,

and we have no current clients feeding it ( fortunately).

Here is the details of the expanded recall...

Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc.Recalls Single Product,

Prescription Diet m/d Feline Dry Food, Only Product Containing Wheat

Gluten.

Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Prescription Diet

m/d Feline dry food from the market. Hill's is taking this precautionary

action because during a two-month period in early 2007, wheat gluten for

this product was provided by a company that also supplied wheat gluten to

Menu Foods. U.S. Food and Drug Administration tests of wheat gluten samples

show the presence of a small amount of melamine.

Recalled products U.S. & Canada UPC* Size

Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food 52742 42770 4 lb. bag

Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food 52742 42790 10 lb. bag

Why is a company who is supposed to have the highest quality of ingredients,

and the strictest quality control and testing, using the same source of

wheat gluten used by all of those inexpensive supermarket brands?

This is a prescription diet- only sold to veterinarians who are told it is

of the "highest standard and quality".

Yet again, another large pet food company is outsourcing to get the most

inexpensive ingredients..and now more pets' lives are affected.

[Ashka]

Couple of New Recalls guys

Del Monte wet food and treats

Purina wet food.

Still only Hills Prescription Diet m/d Feline DRY food so far.

[larry]

it will be interesting to see what other manufacturers are affected as time goes on ....

people have been buying food produced in the USA, but now they are finding that it may be using ingredients from china...... It would be interesting to find out what USA brands use ingredients from china ??

I have read that more USA factories,some of which that make dry and wet pet food have also been buying from the same supplier of the poisoned wheat gluten…

Del Monte , Hills and Nestle affected :

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-0...od-recall_N.htm

http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=48323

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/i....xml&coll=7

http://www.huliq.com/17173/alpo-cuts-in-gr...tionwide-recall

http://www.northcountrygazette.org/article...nerAnxiety.html

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

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070331/ap_on_...pet_food_recall

Edited April 2, 2007 by larry