Major "wet" pet food recall of dog & cat foods ~ NOW Includes Treets & Biscuits

[Reachoutrescue]

My cousin's cat used to eat iams soft food. She was jus put down a few days ago due to kidney failure. She was always healthy, but just stopped eating and drinking. It came on suddenly and there was not anything the vets could do. She was a fisty cat at the age of 12. That is still pretty young for a cat. Her name was Jingles. I am sure it was the food. So is my cousin.

[Craftlady]

There was case in our area of town. I had stopped in to say hi at our one local groomers, they are next door to my hair dresser. The client of theirs feed "Special Kitty" pouches and the cat just died recently within last couple days. The gals vet confirmed it was probably the food.

[ramanth]

I stopped by the post office last weekend and it turns out one of the mail carriers dogs was in critical condition from eating the recalled food. They were flushing his kidneys every day but the outcome didn't look good.

[tomkatzid]

new story I just got today in e mail

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2994975

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

Different Chemical, not Rat Poison Found in Tainted Pet Food

Friday, March 30 - 01:05:00 PM Tamara Slobogean

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - The US Food and Drug Administration says while recalled pet foods from Menu Foods contained a chemical used to make fertilizer, tests have failed to confirm the presence of rat poison. The USFDA has found melamine in samples of the food and in wheat gluten used as an ingredient.

Veterinary Chief Stephen Sundlof says the chemical was also found in some of the pets who have died. They blame these substances for the deaths of at least 16 pets, and it's believed this number could be in the thousands. The new finding comes a week after New York Agriculture scientists identified a rat poison as the likely culprit, which is a finding the FDA says it cannot now confirm.

The animal right's group PETA is tabling an alarming new claim, as they believe the tainted pet food may not just be limited to wet food.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals want some dry foods pulled from store shelves too. The groups says it has been getting calls from pet owners with cats and dogs sick from eating the dry stuff. At the dog park this morning, some pet owners take PETA's claims with a grain of salt, and others say every precaution should be taken.

PETA wants to Expand Pet Food Recall to Dry Food

Friday, March 30 - 06:22:00 AM Tamara Slobogean

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - The pet food recall may be much worse than first thought, as the animal advocate group PETA now wants to expand the recall. According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, dry food may be tainted too. The group says it has been getting calls from pet owners with cats and dogs sick off the dry stuff, and they want it pulled from store shelves.

For now, vets haven't noticed a spike in the number of visits that could be linked to problems with dry food. The US Food and Drug Administration says it has no plans to recommend a wider pet food recall. It is expected though, to release initial results of its investigation into tainted Menu Foods products, which are believed to have caused kidney failure and the deaths of over 100 pets.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Apparently this stuff is more deadly for cats!
Here is a link to the info that was on Yahoo this morning from the AP:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070401/...et_food_recall

[Zippy]

I usually don't agree with PETA but I did think about the dry food haveing problems when the wet was recalled that is why I switched brands.I do think they should recall the dry food that was sold during the same time as the wet.

[Roxyluvsme13]

They're recalling dry food, too? I wish Lily would eat Raw, because then I'd switch her and Roxy to it while this stupid food recall is in effect.

[Cincy'sMom]

We've been having a hard time with food lately, as our pet store is discontinuing the food we have been buying for Sadie and Spot (Sensible Choice by Royal Canin). We tried Eagle Pack Holsitic and that worked good, but was hard to find too. So I tried Nutro Natural Choice. We are on our second bag and Sadie and Spot have each thrown up twice, Spot once three days again, and again today. Sadie the two days in between. I have no clue if the food is to blame, but it is the only thing they have had that Cincy has not. They are acting fine otherwise, and there wasn't any food in what they threw up.

I'm not taking any chances. Nutro had some food recalled, and even though it wasn't dry, I am throwing out the majority of the 20 lb bag, and have replaced it with Eagle Pack. I also stocked up on more Raw Diet, Nature's Variety, which I add at dinner.

Scary stuff!!!

[jazzcat]

I feed all my guys Nutro Dry so I went to their site today and found this which gives me some sense of relief.

"If your dog and/or cat eats Nutro dry food, biscuits or treats, it is absolutely safe to continue feeding them any of these products. There are NO dry pet foods included in this recall, our dry pet foods contain NO wheat gluten and NONE of our dry pet foods are manufactured by menu foods."

I'm going to trust them when they say NONE of their dry pet foods are made by Menu Foods or contains Wheat Gluten.