Reported Deaths - Update Post #15 Page 1 (Cats More Effected)

[momcat]

Hi fellow PTer's!! The news seems to just get worse on pet food. On the news tonight reports are saying the problem has narrowed down to melamine, a chemical used to make plastic. According to something I just read on the internet, cats are much more sensitive to this chemical than dogs and get sick or die more often from this.
What makes this whole thing so much worse is we love our pets and do all the right things to keep them happy and healthy. We make sure they get to the vet for regular check-ups as well as when they don't feel well. We feed them what we believe to be the best food which is often recommended by our trusted vets. In many instances we keep our kitties indoors to protect them from injury,accidents and the countless risks out there.
But now we're afraid to fill up their food dishes because we don't know for sure what's going in those dishes. A news report also said that healthy cats and dogs were getting sick and dying during taste testing done by Menu. Kind of makes one wonder what they knew and when they knew it!
At times like this I'm grateful for having PT and all the wonderful people who come here. Until this situation is over and completely resolved, the best we can do is keep each other updated on the latest developments.
Prayers are being prayed for every kitty to get food that is safe!

[Craftlady]

Since this is a trillion dollar (just guessing) industry (pet food) the FDA is going to get pressured to regulate and test food more often.
This should never of happened. Up until now, FDA didnt give pet food a priority. Sad

[catfamily]

I trust fully
www.naturalbalanceinc.com
I've been using it for years and have noticed an overall remarkable improvement in their health ,fur,eyes,teeth,just everything including seeming happy because of their health.
It's really the best food for them,In my opinion though.
But of course when bringing in skin and bones cats that need fast food to fatten them up I was using the recalled food...and gave some to the others as treats.
They seem Ok right now...but gosh....All I do, all the money I spend trying to keep these guys as healthy as possible and I make those few mistakes of giving them cat treats with poisoned recalled food!!!!Treats...meaning those recalled foods (I call those foods like going to MacDonald"s)because there's so much fat salt whatever in it to taste good.
I'll never buy any other cat food again except:
Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance cat Food

[momoffuzzyfaces]

There is a story on Yahoo today about how this stuff is lots more deadly for cats! The story is from the AP. Here is the link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070401/...et_food_recall

[Catlady711]

It's difficult for a person to rely on the statistics from any source particularly when they've been thrown together in a hurry.

Earlier this week we had someone call wanting a telephone interview with my boss (head vet) about the pet food recall. My boss refuses to do ANY type of interviews with anyone unless it is in person AND it's someone he knows. He's had times in the past, and known of it happening to others, where a reporter skews what a person says to make the article more 'dramatic' or just outright misprinted something.

It would be difficult to nail down a statistic based soley on kidney failure. We've had cats suffereing from kidney failure for years from various causes including :age, disease, and injury. It would be difficult for any veterinarian to narrow down that a tainted food specifically caused it without an autopsy and prior lab work to indicate that the pet was not already suffering from kidney problems.

I don't put much faith in statistics alone. I don't put much faith in the FDA or the EPA for that matter.

Honestly in todays global, mass production society, the only way anyone can be even reasonably assured of food quality (whether our own or our pets) would be to grow our own veggies, raise our own cows/pigs, and grow our own wheat/rice/corn and process it all yourself, which isn't feasable for to do anyways. Even then, you'd never know whats in your soil, water or floating around in the air around your home either. Nothing in this world is guaranteed.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Just found this on the 9 Lives web site:
Del Monte Pet Products Voluntarily Withdraws Specific Product Codes of Pet Treats and Wet Dog Food Products
SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, 2007—As a precautionary measure, Del Monte Pet Products is voluntarily recalling select product codes of its pet treat products sold under the Jerky Treats®, Gravy Train® Beef Sticks and Pounce Meaty Morsels® brands as well as select dog snack and wet dog food products sold under private label brands. A complete list of affected brands and products is below.

The Company took this voluntary recall action immediately after learning this morning from the FDA that wheat gluten supplied to Del Monte Pet Products from a specific manufacturing facility in China contained melamine. Melamine is a substance not approved for use in food. The FDA made this finding as part of its ongoing investigation into the recent pet food recall.

The adulteration occurred in a limited production quantity on select product codes of the brands below. This recall removes all Del Monte pet products with wheat gluten procured from this manufacturing facility from retail shelves.

No other Del Monte Pet Products treats, biscuits or wet dog food products are impacted by this recall, and no Del Monte dry cat food, dry dog food, wet cat food or pouched pet foods are subject to this voluntary recall. The affected products comprise less than one-tenth of one percent of Del Monte Pet Products' annual pet food and pet treat production.

Del Monte Pet Products has proactively engaged and fully cooperated with the FDA since the start of its investigation. The adulterated ingredients were used in limited production over the last three months for those items identified by specific product codes. Del Monte Pet Products has not used wheat gluten from this manufacturing facility in China in any other pet products except those described below.

Consumers should discontinue feeding the products with the Product Codes detailed below to their pets.

Del Monte Pet Products are 100% guaranteed and all voluntarily recalled products will be refunded.

Del Monte Pet Products customers can contact our Consumer Hotline at (800) 949-3799 for further information about the recall and for instructions on obtaining a product refund. If consumers visit our website, they can click on the "Contact Us" button and submit the Contact Us form, including UPC number, product name, Best By Date, and manufacturing code information (located under the Best By date). Consumers may also write to us at:
Del Monte
P.O. Box 80
Pittsburgh PA 15230-0080.

BRANDED Production Code/Best By Date
Jerky Treats Beef Flavor Dog Snacks Code:
Best By: TP7C05
Aug 05 08 TP7B07
Aug 07 08 TP7B08
Aug 08 08 TP7B09
Aug 09 08 TP6B10
Aug 10 08
Code:
Best By: TP7B15
Aug 15 08 TP7C05
Sep 02 08 TP7C06
Sep 03 08
Gravy Train Beef Sticks Dog Snacks Code:
Best By: TP7B19
Aug 19 08 TP7B20
Aug 20 08 TP7B21
Aug 21 08
Pounce Meaty Morsels Moist Chicken Flavor Cat Treats Code:
Best By: TP7C07
Sep 04 08 TP7C12
Sep 09 08

PRIVATE LABEL Production Code/Best By Date
Ol' Roy Beef Flavor Jerky Strips Dog Treats Code:
Best By: TP7B06
Aug 06 08 TP7B07
Aug 07 08 TP7C05
Sep 02 08 TP7C06
Sep 03 08 TP7C07
Sep 04 08
Code:
Best By: TP7C08
Sep 05 08
Ol' Roy Beef Flavor Snack Sticks Dog Treats Code:
Best By: TP7B19
Aug 19 08 TP7B20
Aug 20 08 TP7B21
Aug 21 08 TP7C08
Sep 05 08 TP7C09
Sep 06 08
Ol' Roy Bark'n Bac'n Beef & Bacon Flavor Dog Treats Code:
Best By: TP7C14
Sep 11 08
Ol' Roy with Beef Hearty Cuts in Gravy Dog Food Code:
Best By: BC6M21
Dec 21 09
Ol' Roy with Beef Hearty Strips in Gravy Dog Food Code:
Best By: BC7A19
Jan 19 10
Ol' Roy Country Stew Hearty Cuts in Gravy Dog Food Code:
Best By: BC6M15
Dec 15 09
Dollar General Beef Flavored Jerky Strips Dog Treats Code:
Best By: TP7C06
Sep 03 08
Dollar General Beef Flavored Beef Sticks Dog Treats Code:
Best By: TP7B20
Aug 20 08 TP7B21
Aug 21 08
Happy Tails Beef Flavor Jerky Strips Code:
Best By: TPY7B08
Aug 08 08 TP7B09
Aug 09 08
Happy Tails Meaty Cuts with Beef in Gravy Dog Food Code:
Best By: BC7A29
Jan 29 10

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