Natural Balance Recalled

[elizabethann]

The Dogster Forum is saying some of Natural Balance has been recalled.

When will this madness end!

[buttercup132]

I feed my cats wet Natural Balance !

[elizabethann]

Here is a link that is on Dogster:
http://www.itchmo.com/

[Alysser]

I can't tell you how much times I've had to switch food because of this recall! UGH! I'm not sure if that's what she is on, now but it's "natural" something. I've switched food two times already, this might be the third.

[elizabethann]

Natural Balance isn't recalled because of Menu Food. It's that some of their foods have caused some gastric issues with pets.

I went to the pet food store yesterday and asked the owner if business has picked up since the pet food recall and he said business has picked up dramatically.

[Vela]

They aren't pulling it because of melamine in the product due to wheat gluten, thankfully. Some dogs perhaps got sick when eating it so they are trying to be safe. Hopefully they get to the bottom of it. MIne eat strictly raw at the moment, and I use EVO RM kibble when I use kibble.


Yeah my natural food store said the same thing hehe. I really hope this does raise awareness that we need to be careful what we feed our pets, and at least a good majority, hopefully, with switch to better foods, if they fed any of that other stuff before. Unfotuatnely what a sad way to get a better outcome=(

[Craftlady]

This mess with Menu had no boundries it effected cheaper quality foods to supreme quality foods for our animals. Example: store brand to Nutro, Science Diet.

[Kfamr]

There is nothing on their website about a recall, so I'd be a bit wary of that info. http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/

It's a horrible way for awareness to be brought but hopefully it will sway the general public away from foods like Science Diet, Ol Roy, etc.

[wolf_Q]

&*%^%$$$*(%^

Natural Balance Venison and brown rice is the food I feed Nebo. Venison based foods are the only ones that haven't made him sick all the time. Kay's right, it doesn't even say anything on the website about it....I guess I'm going to have to call them tomorrow.

[mugsy]

OK, I lied, I'm not quite done....

I just got to the store and this is the latest news from Natural Balance...what individual stores do is up to them...

Natural Balance will replace their venison formulas with any of their other formulas, but, will NOT support a refund or exchange for another food.

Mike has had calls all day about it. The people we have on it have said that their dogs and cats are fine and Mike told them to watch them.

Here's a thought...could it be that these animals that are showing distress are showing symptoms of the recalled foods from Menu Foods? They said that it could take from 6 to 8 weeks for symptoms to show up.

And as far as the FDA getting involved...Natural Balanced ASKED the FDA to set up an independent investigation....not the other way around. Also, Natural Balance took it upon themselves to ask that the foods be pulled out of concern for the animals, unlike Menu Foods who covered their poisoned foods up for MONTHS and the CFO sells 1/2 of his stock 3 WEEKS before the recall.... Let's keep it in perspective here people. Don't villianize Natural Balance. I still believe wholeheartedly that these are either symptoms of the recalled Menu Foods crap or the sudden switch upset their systems. At least Natural Balance was PRO active not RE active.

I wonder how many people have bothered to THANK Natural Balance for caring enough about pets to issue the pull themselves without waiting for the FDA (who wasn't planning on doing anything). Probably NO ONE!

Ok, NOW I'm done with this discussion...I've said my peace and if anyone listens, great. If not...oh well, I've done my part.

[Jadapit]

Mugsy,

I've been feeding my fur kids Timberwolf and raw at night. We live in a really small town, there is no good dog food sold here so I was ordering the Timberwolf online. It was costing us $72.00 a bag by the time we paid the shipping. I'm feeding three big dogs, the cost was killing us.

My husband had to go work in Aspen last week, they do have good pet food in that area. They didn't have the Timberwolf but the pet store owner told my husband Natural Balance was a very good food so he picked up two bags of the Natural Balance Ultra it came to $92.00. I could not believe my eyes when I saw Natural Balance had been recalled.

This is from USA today. It says that Melamine was found in the rice protein concentrate, a new ingredient used in the dry foods. I'm at my wits end here. Do you think they used the same rice in the Ultra food?

I dont know what to do about feeding my dogs the Natural Balance at this point and time. I feel like crying, I really do. What do you think?

Here is the link to USA today.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...recalled_N.htm

[Freedom]

So they have to recall because there is melamine in the RICE!

What the heck???

[Jadapit]

So they have to recall because there is melamine in the RICE!

What the heck???

I guess so! I was reading on a blog, a lady called NB today, they told her the rice they had used was only in the venison not any of the other brands. I just dont know what to believe.

[lizbud]

This today article was the latest about this natural Balence recall. It has
a link to the company's web site to check info .





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New Issue Forces Pet Food Recall
Natural Balance: Issue Not Related To Melamine

POSTED: 8:27 am EDT April 17, 2007


The Food and Drug Administration said Natural Balance Pet Foods is recalling two kinds of pet food after getting reports of animals vomiting and experiencing kidney problems.

The recall includes all date codes of Venison and Brown Rice Dry Dog Food and Venison and Green Pea Dry Cat Food. The company doesn't know the cause of the problem, but said it is focused on one particular lot.

Natural Balance Pet Foods said it is working with the FDA to investigate the matter and is urging consumers to not feed either product to their animals.


Last month, Menu Foods recalled 60 million cans of dog and cat food after the deaths of 16 pets, mostly cats, that ate its products. The FDA said tests indicated the food was contaminated with an industrial chemical, melamine. It is believed the contamination came from wheat gluten.

Officials said the Natural Balance foods did not appear to be related to the issue with menu foods.

The company provided a notice about the recall at


http://www.adn.com/24hour/business/s...12877827c.html

[mugsy]

I stand corrected and offer my apologies!

I just spoke to Natural Balance...

They tried a new rice protein and it was tainted with melamine.

This affects only the Venison and Brown Rice for dogs (dry, canned, and treats) and the Venison and Green Pea for the cats (dry only) for the batch labeled Sept 28, 2008.

They said that if the consumer wants to bring any of the Natural Balance food back the store should give them an exchange or their money back without question...even if they bring it back in a garbage bag!

Oh, and Timberwolf is excellent, however, there are a lot of great foods out there. Feel free to call the store at 260-483-0944 M-Th 10-7 10-6 Fri and Sat and 12-5 Sun EDT and talk to Mike about foods and he can check availability closer to you.