4 DRY foods recalled today

4 dry dog foods are on today's recall list:

The following dry pet foods are involved in this recall action:

*DOCTORS FOSTER & SMITH LAMB & BROWN RICE FORMULA ADULT DOG FOOD, NET WT. 6 LBS. (UPC 25141 28244), 15 LBS. (25141 30074), and 30 LBS. (UPC 25141 06043); Date Codes: Best By Feb 09 09 and Best By Feb 26 09;
*SHOP RITE REDI-MIXT DOG FOOD FOR DOGS, NET WT. 25 LB. (UPC 41190 00555), Date Code: Code C7107;
*LICK YOUR CHOPS KITTEN & CAT FOOD, NET WEIGHT 4 LBS. (UPC 32976 25915), and 18 LBS. (UPC 32976 25925); Date Code: Best Used By April 29 08;
*SHEP chunk style dog food, NET WT. 20 LBS. (UPC 41498 14142); Date Code: Best By March 14 08;
*8 in 1 Ferret ULTRA-BLEND ADVANCED NUTRITION DIET, NET WT. 20 LBS, UPC 26851 00413, Code: C7072;
*Bulk Lamb & Brown Rice Formula Dog Food, Date Code: Feb 09, 08, sold to one consignee SmartPak.
*Health Diet Cat Food Chicken & Rice Dinner NET WT. 1.81 kg/4 LB (UPC 78198 01594), 4 kg/8.8 LB (UPC 78198 01599), and 8 kg/17.6 LB (UPC 78198 01585); Code C7072;
*EVOLVE KITTEN FORMULA, NET WT. 3 LBS. (UPC 73657 00250) and 7 LBS. (UPC 73657 00251); Date Code: Best Used By Sept 13 08. Evolve has recovered 99.5% of the product from its distributors and is working with dealers to recover the remaining inventory.


http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/chenango05_07.html

Sheesh, you lot aren't having much luck with dog foods lately are you?

I haven't really read up why they are being recalled, I just sort of noticed the thread titles. Being an ignorant Brit, I'm gunna ask now what has managed to get into these dog foods that is causing them to be recalled?

Melamine was apparently added to wheat gluten and rice protien by a company in China to make their product appear to be richer in content. It was then imported by an American company who in turn sold it to feed manufacturers for use in their product. It appears that it may have been originally imported in August of last year and the companies started using the product in September or October 2006. Presumably no one who examines imported goods, nor any of the companies involved were aware of the presence of the melamine, until cats started getting sick in December 2006 or January 2007(my assumption is that because they are the smallest of the animals involved they were the first to show signs of the contamination). It then took at least a month for everyone to figure out why so many pets were getting sick. During that time, more and more contaminated food was being manufactured and sold. :(

Ah right.

I know the UK had a major food scare a couple of years ago because of a chili powder or something that had small amounts of sudan 1? in it, a red dye that has been linked to cancer. This stuff had been used in alsorts of food and loads had to be recalled and taken off the shelves. It only applied to human food though, not pet food.

This is the problem with importing so much stuff from abroad in countries that don't have such strict regulations on these things.

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Originally Posted by Canis-Lupess

This is the problem with importing so much stuff from abroad in countries that don't have such strict regulations on these things.

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I think you are right. Of course there was a screaming about the company in China being aware of the dangers, but I am not sure what ever happened with that (if anything).

Well shoot, now I'm freaking out.

The food I feed my ferrets is 8in1 Ultra Blend Select Complete Nutrition Ferret Diet. The UPC code on this package is 2685100406...this is a 5 pound bag....I wonder if the recall only covers the specific 20 pound bags for some reason??? :( So worried.