Royal Canin dog food recalled

[Vela]

This is all starting to make me feel sick. I'm afraid to feed anything anymore! Thanks for keeping us on top of all this Donna, I am watching like crazy in case Chicken soup is recalled

I would be careful as they are made by Diamond, who processed the Natural Balance venison in question. I hope it's not in there but it's just hard to know, especially since they haven't named the other 4 potential dog foods they are investigating. I used to feed it to mine too until I put them on EVO bagged and canned and raw.

This truly is a nghtmare. Soda seems okay and only ate part of a can of the recalled venison but this is horrible for all pet owners. I don't know where it will stop. I hope nobody here loses a pet to it!

[wolflady]

OMG! This is just getting rediculous now. I thought Royal Canin was out of the water. I only feed Royal Canin to both cats and dog. Should I feed it at all? Even though the particular type I feed (Royal Canin Mini -dog and Royal Canin Indoor - cat) isn't on this list, who's the say it won't be? Why wouldn't they all use similar ingredients? This is just so completely scary...I'm really wondering what to do at this point...

I have never heard of Blue Seal, what is it?

[Lady's Human]

Blue Seal a food company in the northeast of the US. They make several lines of food, and according to the company, all the food ingredients are US sourced, so they haven't had an issue with the ingredients.

[Jadapit]

Lady's Human, that's what Natural Balance said also but they still got the rice from China. I guess I will go with the Innova for now. I dont know what to do anymore. I pray that the corn gulten doesn't end up having the melamine in it also. Can you imagine if that happened?

[Lady's Human]

Jada, the difference is US SOURCED as opposed to acquired from a US company.If they're just buying it from a company in the US it can be sourced from anywhere.

That having been said, I shudder to think how widespread the incidents would be if the chemical in question was applied to corn.

[Jadapit]

Jada, the difference is US SOURCED as opposed to acquired from a US company.If they're just buying it from a company in the US it can be sourced from anywhere.

That having been said, I shudder to think how widespread the incidents would be if the chemical in question was applied to corn.

Thanks for the info Lady's Human. Here is some more intresting stuff if you want to read it. Melamine was found in the corn gluten in South Africa, it was imported from China. Why do the grains have to come from China? I'm sure it all comes down to cheaper prices.



FDA will not name companies until the companies say they used the shipment of rice protein in the manufacturing of foods.
Wilbur-Ellis started receiving shipments from the Chinese company in July of 2006
FDA has yet to test corn gluten after South Africa’s findings of melamine in corn gluten from China.
Blue Buffalo identified as one of 5 companies that received tainted rice protein.
Rice protein is less widely used as wheat gluten.
Rice protein will be screened at import.
Some contaminated products may have been used as pig feed.








List of Toxins Found in Pets Grows Longer, Pigs Fed Toxins
April 20th, 2007

If it wasn’t confusing enough, three more toxins were found in the urine and kidneys of sick pets.

Researchers in at least three labs found cyanuric acid, amilorine and amiloride — all by-products of melamine — in the crystals of animals’ urine, tissues and kidneys…

Finding cyanuric acid is the more significant finding, Hoff, Goldstein and Mullaney said, although they are not yet certain how toxic it is to animals.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Web site said, “When ingested (by humans) in large amounts, the substance may have effects on the kidneys, resulting in tissue lesions.”

Also, pigs that ate contaminated rice protein were slaughtered and sold before the government could quarantine them. It is not clear whether the meat made it into consumers’ hands. The pigs ate salvaged pet food from Diamond Pet Foods.

Researchers also ruled out aminopterin, previously announced by NY state. No explanation is given as to how this decision was made.

[cyber-sibes]

What a mess!!!! I just saw the recall on the dog side. Who's next, do you suppose? I guess the best outcome for all of this will be better standards for quality control of pet foods--fingers crossed.

I switched to Canidae, they don't use wheat, corn, or gluten...but they do use brown rice. I'll keep watching their site, just in case.