Pet Food Recall

[chickwhorips]

60 million containers of pet food recalled
A major manufacturer of dog and cat food sold under Wal-Mart, Safeway, Kroger and other store brands recalled 60 million containers of wet pet food Friday after reports of kidney failure and deaths.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17650075/from/ET/

[mimitabby]

gosh, i saw that. how creepy. what the heck was in that stuff?

I am hoping that it's not friskies... I feed my cats mostly expensive organic cat food, but i give them a small amount of canned friskies as a treat every day.

[xeney]

Gah! My cats mostly eat dry food, but I always give them canned, and I always buy the same kind, but last week I bought the Safeway store brand. Which is on the list.

[chickwhorips]

what the heck was in that stuff?

no idea, but it makes you wonder.

[KnottedYet]

I feed Stinky-Butt-Dog expensive organic food, but last week I bought him ONE can of Iams, cuz they had it at the grocery store and I was out of dog food.

DANG!!

He ate it, didn't get sick. I don't think I'll do that again, anyway!

[LBTC]

I've read about what's usually in pet food and it is gross. As bad as the ingredients sound, I don't think I've ever seen a recall before! Yikes! Of course, I've read the ingredients on Eukanuba and Iams and I actually think Friskies is better for my cat. Go figure! So, yes, I hope it's not Friskies, too!

Hugs and butterflies, and extras to all your furry kids that they are safe,
~T~

[smilingcat]

This is a different recall. Second one in about two month or so.

The other one was an e-coli contamination of frozen raw cat food.

Thank you for the information, I will be passing this information to the cat rescue groups I work with. We've fostered maybe 20 or more new born kittens over the years. And found loving home for each one. And yes I do cry when they go to a new loving home which I approve.

http://www.purrfectpartners.com/
http://www.peopleandcats.com

Sincerely,
Shawn

[wannaduacentury]

I had 2 cans of dog food left over and it's Purina, so I hope it's ok. I need to find out which my parents use for their dogs.

[LBTC]

To check which products are being recalled, click here:
http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_cat.html

Luckily Friskies and Purina are not on the list.

Be careful out there everyone!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[mimitabby]

wow, this is terrible. we're talking premium cat food here, not just walmart and other generic brands. Good thing for my kitties that I don't feed pouches!!

[KnottedYet]

Dog food list: http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_dog.html

We'll be sticking to our expensive organic dog food (they make a canned version, too) or homemade if we want to give our beastie some soft food. There are too many umbrella brands in that list, I'm not sure I could avoid the correct foods.

Sorry, pup! It's turkey burgers and scrambled eggs for you!

I'm just amazed that one company makes all those same foods. Cheap ones and expensive ones. Are they all the same recipe, too?

One of the articles somewhere mentioned the possiblility of contaminated wheat gluten (aka vegetable protien). Maybe dog should be on a celiac diet with me!

Actually, his current dog food doesn't have any grain in it. Maybe I should be eating HIS diet... (uh, no.)

[btchance]

Am I right that it's only the pouches that have been recalled. I feed my cat Special Kitty canned food, mainly because I haven't found anything else she will eat. It looks like only pouches, but I'm worried to feed her the canned, i mean, there's not much difference between the two.

[Eden]

I feed my kitties one of those foods!!! - and its one of the premium ones. I looked at my food yesterday and it says on the pouch that its made in the US so I wasn't worried, but they must contract out the pouches.

there is very little information on the site about what the effects might be so now I'm worried.....

both of them have been OK

[LBTC]

BT, it sounds to me like the recall was caused by a particular ingredient - wheat gluten. Read the ingredients of your pet food and see if it's in there. This ingredient is not listed on the canned Friskies that my Teddy cat gets. I suspect it is used only in the types of foods that have gravy - I think they use the wheat gluten to thicken the gravy.

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[makbike]

If you think you fed your pets one of the recalled foods or you have any questions please contact your vet ASAP. Kidney failure is a terrible thing for any owner to have to watch or any pet to have to go through. If you have any doubt it might be wish to have your vet draw blood for a panel to check kidney function. Peace of mind is a great gift to oneself.