Recall list expands again! More added Fri. 4/27

[Sevaede]

Are there any safe foods?

Right now, I am not sure what to feeds my furbabies anymore.

[DrKym]

Aren't you glad I feed raw Penny? This is horrific, I feel so badly for so many owners and their pets. Such devastion brought by the almighty dollar

[Prairie Purrs]

Now Blue Buffalo has recalled all their canned food and treats:

All Blue brand can dog foods
All Spa Select brand can cat foods
All Blue Health Bar treats

Again via Itchmo, which is really staying on top of the recall news.

[Craftlady]

China is getting away with murdering our furbabies.
Companies will continue to buy wheat and rice from them because it's CHEAP.

[boscibo]

I am staying away from anything with corn, wheat or rice protein/gluten.

Wellness Core is a grain-free dry, and I've been feeding Merrick and Wellness canned. The Merrick canned, in particular, has been a huge hit with my cats. I had to look around a bit to find a place that sold these brands; places like Petsmart/Petco don't carry them, even. Merrick is available online.

They are expensive. I can't be freaking out about feeding my cats poison though, and I will not trust anything with gluten/protein concentrates no matter what the pet food companies say. At this point I am not trusting them when they say their food is safe...why are more foods being recalled every day? Why didn't they pull them immediately? There should be no more contaminated pet food son the shelf, yet more and more are being recalled every day. The pet food companies are lying to us, and innocent pets are dying.

[kb2yjx]

TO Starr's Mom: the only food that Hill's recalled was m/d. Imagine my shock when I found out that the Royal Canin's dry Hypoallergenic 23 was pulled because of the rice!! I have 2 cats that eat that along with canned z/d. What bothers me, is it takes so long to find out about what has been recalled. Royal Canin had not informed the vet, nor Agway that carries food of their that was recalled!! Thanks to the people that post here for keeping ALL of us up to date about what is going on!!! Sandra

[fragrancehound]

I want to scream. My cats have been on 3 different foods in the last 2 months. I am currently feeding them Blue Buffalo dry food but now I am wondering if I should switch them to Felidae? I want to continue giving them a holistic/natural brand but it is getting harder and harder finding a high quality food that is also convenient to buy.

[Catlady711]

TO Starr's Mom: the only food that Hill's recalled was m/d. Imagine my shock when I found out that the Royal Canin's dry Hypoallergenic 23 was pulled because of the rice!! I have 2 cats that eat that along with canned z/d. What bothers me, is it takes so long to find out about what has been recalled. Royal Canin had not informed the vet, nor Agway that carries food of their that was recalled!! Thanks to the people that post here for keeping ALL of us up to date about what is going on!!! Sandra

I don't know why your vet didn't recieve notice from Royal Canin. We got a fax from them, and they even voulunteered to pay for the lab work for concerned pet owners. Does your vet keep up his contact info with his food suppliers and the AVMA??

As to many of these recalls, mostly they concern the canned and pouch (which I've never liked pouch foods anyways, too much salt & preservatives) anyways, only a few are recalling dry food.

Many of these companies are pulling foods not because of any ACTUAL problem but as a PRECAUTION against any potential law suit happy pet owners.

I am feeding Hills Science Diet (Dry & some canned, no chunks) and Royal Canin Veterinary Diet (but not the recalled ones. I have had no problems and have no intentions of switching foods.

Out of our client base, we've only had a dozen kidney issues since this whole recall thing started, and in all the cases it was not caused by the food, but other health/age related issues. We only had one client with a sick cat that wanted lab work out of concern for the food, and the cat tested normally and the food she was feeding was not on the recall list past or present.

I don't know if we are just fortunate to not have been involved in shippments of the suspected foods, or if my instinct is correct that companies are getting jumpy and pulling food out of fear of being sued.

JMHO