Serious recall of many dog and cat food brands

twitch · 03-21-07, 01:16

I know many of us have pets that we love dearly. If you have not heard yet Menu Foods the manufacturer of numerous popular brands of pet food, including Iams, Nutro and Eukanuba (as well as many store or "house" brands) have recalled items due to the potential of it causing renal failure and possibly death to cats and dogs.

For more information visit:

ABC News: Pets in Peril: Recognize the Signs of Poisoning

For a complete list of the cat products affected by the recall, please click here.

For a complete list of the dog products affected by the recall, please click here.

I know of one person whose dearly beloved dog died from kidney failure due to this.
Please pass the word to anyone who has pets.

Thanks

BigAl3 · 03-21-07, 01:19

thanks for posting this! we all love are pets, they're just like family...

Setec Astronomy · 03-21-07, 02:47

Has anyone seen reported what is in the food that causes the kidney damage?

AL-53 · 03-21-07, 02:56

Mike if I am not mistaken..I believe it was some sort of Bacteria that came in on one of the ingredients...sorta like the other recall on the corn fungus on the dry foods...

Al

twitch · 03-21-07, 04:14

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Originally Posted by bigal3

thanks for posting this! we all love are pets, they're just like family...

You're welcome.
TRUE! My g/f and I refer to our two as "kids". They are definitely family!

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Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy

Has anyone seen reported what is in the food that causes the kidney damage?

taken from ABC News: Pet Owners Report 241 Deaths from Food: Vet

"Thus far, the deadly contaminant in the food has not yet been identified. However, the pets who have been sickened and died show signs of kidney failure. The toxic food also appears to have more of an effect on cats than dogs."

Then they state:

"Monday, the Food and Drug Administration said it believes that the wheat gluten used in the pet foods may have somehow become contaminated with mold or another toxin. The ingredient was used in plants in Kansas City and New Jersey.

When the manufacturer tested the food from these plants on between 40 and 50 animals, 10 died."

Very sad news indeed! I can't imagine trying to nurse your sick animal from a sickness not knowing that the food you are trying to force them to eat is the poison that is killing them

themightytimmah · 03-21-07, 04:19

Thanks for the heads up - I sent an email home for this guy.

AL-53 · 03-21-07, 04:41

This is very sad ...this is the second toxic food recall in a year...I am not a big fan of grocery store brand foods...My dogs get a raw diet of chicken and lamb.. Yes they get raw chicken and lamb...and for dry food they get either Timberwold...Flynt River..Innova..Wellness..

they also get veggies...carrots..brocoli..string beans..Peas..Apples..either fresh or frozen..

My Vet also a teaching Doctor at Tufts School of Vet Medicine and is a big advocate of Raw diets..She said grains like corn and wheat are used as fillers and spoil fast in dry foods..and a dog or cat benifit more from a raw diet than poor processed foods....you would puke if you knew what went into dog foods..thats why I get food that is stated as human grade food..no meal..by products.road kill...just whole meat..but you pay for it also..

I hope very one checks thier foods and makes their dogs and cats safe....

AL

Accumulator · 03-21-07, 04:43

twitch- Glad you posted that. I'd assumed that everybody already knew but that was probably wrong.

This made me glad we switched brands, we had been buying Nutro until Accumulatorette did a bunch of research back when our one dog got cancer (which he beat). Interesting to me that the problem is related to wheat gluten...one of the things we decided following her research was that dog/cat food shouldn't contain *grains* period.

TexasTB · 03-21-07, 07:36

There were a handful of dogs that passed around this area from the food.....

grease · 03-21-07, 09:28

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Originally Posted by Accumulator

Interesting to me that the problem is related to wheat gluten...one of the things we decided following her research was that dog/cat food shouldn't contain *grains* period.

Id like to know more about this. Any links?

Pennypacker · 03-21-07, 10:39

So unfortunate. A coworker of mine had to put his 13 year old dog down over the weekend for kidney failure. He was being fed one of the brands on the list.

Interesting to hear that grains are to be avoided. I didn't know that.

Good-looking dog there mightytimmah!

Accumulator · 03-22-07, 12:12

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Originally Posted by grease

Id like to know more about [no grains in pet food]. Any links?

No, sorry. My wife did the research (a while ago) and she's out of town so I can't even ask where she found the info. The general gist of it is that in the wild felines/canines simply don't eat grains so we shouldn't feed them to our cats/dogs,but most commercial pet foods are very heavy on grain because it's cheap and easy to process. There are some pretty compelling arguments about how unhealthy grain-heavy diets are and my wife was doing good research (not just a "latest weird fad that sounds interesting").

We switched to Innova brand pet food, made by Natura. I bet there's some website of theirs that would give their $0.02 about it (and why their stuff is so wonderful, of course

), check out www.naturapet.com

Again, I'm sorry I don't have any better info for you. But with the astronomically high rates of cancer in domestic pets, hearing that the typical diet might be to blame sure got our attention and might be worth a little looking into.