Nutro Cat Food Recall

[Freedom]

http://www.nutroproducts.com/



Franklin, Tennessee (May 21, 2009) -- Today, Nutro Products announced a voluntary recall of select varieties of NUTRO® NATURAL CHOICE® COMPLETE CARE® Dry Cat Foods and NUTRO® MAX® Cat Dry Foods with “Best If Used By Dates” between May 12, 2010 and August 22, 2010. The cat food is being voluntarily recalled in the United States and ten additional countries. This recall is due to incorrect levels of zinc and potassium in our finished product resulting from a production error by a US-based premix supplier.

Two mineral premixes were affected. One premix contained excessive levels of zinc and under-supplemented potassium. The second premix under-supplemented potassium. Both zinc and potassium are essential nutrients for cats and are added as nutritional supplements to NUTRO® dry cat food.

This issue was identified during an audit of our documentation from the supplier. An extensive review confirmed that only these two premixes were affected. This recall does not affect any NUTRO® dog food products, wet dog or cat food, or dog and cat treats.

Affected product was distributed to retail customers in all 50 states, as well as to customers in Canada, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Israel. We are working with all of our distributors and retail customers, in both the US and internationally, to ensure that the recalled products are not on store shelves. These products should not be sold or distributed further.

Consumers who have purchased affected product should immediately discontinue feeding the product to their cats, and switch to another product with a balanced nutritional profile. While we have received no consumer complaints related to this issue, cat owners should monitor their cat for symptoms, including a reduction in appetite or refusal of food, weight loss, vomiting or diarrhea. If your cat is experiencing health issues or is pregnant, please contact your veterinarian.

Consumers who have purchased product affected by this voluntary recall should return it to their retailer for a full refund or exchange for another NUTRO® dry cat food product. Cat owners who have more questions about the recall should call 1-800-833-5330 between the hours 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST

[catmandu]

Not Nutro Max, thats supposed to be among the best!!!
Does noone care anymore about what they are doing????????????

[happylabs]

Not Nutro Max, thats supposed to be among the best!!!
Does noone care anymore about what they are doing????????????

Apparently not!
I remember last year, or was it the year before, when we had that scare about the cat food and some died. I thought my cats were eating the recalled ones and I went into a MAJOR panic mode. I was about to throw all of the cat food out when my brother called and cleared up the confusion for me. I wasn't feeding the recalled ones THANK THE LORD!!!

I have been feeding Purina Naturals for about a year now and the cats seem to be doing well on it.

[columbine]

This looks more like a welcome INCREASE in caution. It's not that the food was adulterated with poison by a foreign supplier to make it read higher on inaccurate protein testing and jack up the price, like the last big scare. Nutro got the supplement proportions wrong, tested it, noticed that they got it wrong, and put the word out themselves. I think this speaks well of Nutro.

Love, Columbine

[kb2yjx]

Freedom!!! Thanks for this info!!! I have several friends that feed their cats Nurto dry food!!! I will call them ASAP!!!