You may have heard of corn gluten meal (or other gluten meals)
from the pet food recalls in 2007.
From pet food recalls to home prepared diets for dogs and cats, this book has many pearls of wisdom that are easily understood and highly applicable to pets owners worldwide.
Not exact matches
The massive
recall affected 95 different brands —
from generic, in - store labels for
Food Lion and Wal - Mart to so - called «premium»
pet chow like Iams and Science Diet.
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pets from recalled pet food products and bad ingredients.
The black eye that the
pet food category suffered
from the massive
recall in 2007 has yet to fade.
With the recent
recall of dog
food cans containing pentobarbita — a sedative used to put dogs down — and
recalls of dog
food for salmonella every few days, it's no wonder
pet parents are concerned about where the products they buy are coming
from.
All this occurred before the international awareness of
pet food manufacturers using genetically modified
food or poisoned ingredients
from China that killed thousands of
pets in 2007, spawning a
pet food recall of epic proportions [2].
Furthermore, all the other large
pet food companies already have in house labs, and have for years, and do their own testings on their
food (ie Hills, Walthams now Royal Canin, Science Diet etc) and that did not prevent toxins
from being in your and my
pet food which caused such a massive
pet food recall and deaths.
One
recall (
from a brand - name
pet store, no less) was because some of the
food contained bits of metal.
«
Pet food recalls force
pet owners to learn more, ask probing questions and demand accountability
from manufacturers,» Boniface said.
Even high - quality
pet foods can be
recalled for reasons ranging
from salmonella contamination to choking hazards.
Recall talk aside, hsve continued to feed my
pets this brandd even after moving on
from TSC because it really is the best
food for the money.
Additional manufacturers have voluntarily
recalled additional
pet food brands as a result of the finding of melamine contamination in the wheat gluten purchased
from a Chinese company.
In addition, many of the
pet food recalls in the last few years related to contamination of grains or ingredients made
from grains (such as gluten), not meats.
Most
pet owners are aware of the problems that have occurred in the past with certain
pet food recalls, so it is important that you choose
food from a company that has a lot of control over where it gets the ingredients for its
food; even better if it lists where it gets the ingredients.
There are
pet food recalls here
from time to time.
Their name says it all — their website gives you the truth about everything
pet food...
from pet foot ingredients to
pet food regulations,
pet food reviews,
pet food news and
recalls.
It's important to note that in the year and a half following the massive international
pet food recall in 2007 prices increased dramatically (ranging
from 20 % to as much as 70 %!)
The massive international
pet food recall in 2007 led to drastic spikes in
pet food prices (ranging
from 20 % to as much as 70 %!)
Central Veterinary Associates (CVA) is notifying all local
pet owners of the recent voluntary
recall from Evanger's Dog & Cat
Food.
Many
food companies that were involved in one of the largest and scariest
pet food recalls in 2007 (due to contaminated imported ingredients
from China) have since «cleaned up their act.»
Protecting your
pet from potentially harmful products and contaminated
foods is one responsibility that
pet owners are becoming more aware of since the massive
Pet Food Recall of 2007.
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FDA's lack of authority, coupled with its sometimes lax adherence to its
recall guidance and internal procedures and the inadequacy of some of those procedures, limited FDA's ability to ensure that contaminated
pet food was promptly removed
from retailers» shelves.
«I think the 2007
pet food recalls really brought the suspicion around Chinese ingredients to the forefront of the public psyche,» said Lucy Postins, founder of The Honest Kitchen, which produces cat and dog treats and
food, sourcing a majority of its ingredients in North America and none of them
from China.
Find the latest
pet food safety and quality articles, research and analysis
from the editors of Petfood Industry magazine to help
pet food manufacturers produce safe and healthy wet and dry dog and cat
food, understand how the latest
pet food regulations affect your operation, and stay up to date on the latest US and international
pet food recalls.
2007 was the year of the massive
pet food recall when over 8,500
pets died
from eating tainted
pet food.
Social media is a great way to stay on top of important updates
from your veterinary team, such as
pet food recalls or hospital closures.
WellPet, maker of Wellness
pet foods, announced a
recall of several canned cat
foods on March 1, 2011 (not that you would know it
from looking at their website now).
The Iams and Eukunba
pet foods involved in the
recall have been pulled
from shelves following the identification of positive results by the U.S. FDA of salmonella.
Have been giving my dogs waggin train chicken jerkey for awhile now, but today they both threw up an hour or so after eating them, did nt know about any
recall until i saw a post
from my local
pet food store that dogs were getting sick
from chicken treats
from china, def going to throw those out
From recalled food and treats to pollen levels and other
pet health concerns, Scripps Parkway Veterinary Hospital is a great resource for information about your
pet's health and well - being.
Pets face more serious health challenges than ever before,
from monthly pesticide drops to
pet food recalls.
# 6 An independent
pet food store owner shared with me late Monday (after my discussion with Diamond and after the latest
recall update) that Diamond is picking up (removing) all product (all products they manufacture, not just Diamond brand)
from distribution centers (not retail outlets... distribution centers).
The FDA has sent out a press release stating a voluntary
recall on dry
pet food from Pro-
Pet.
I have an even greater degree of sympathy for the challenges
pet food manufacturers face in securing affordable, healthful and safe ingredients
from multiple sources
from around the world, while at the same time avoiding costly
recalls and class action lawsuits when dogs and cats are sickened and even die
from consuming their «Scientifically Formulated» and often «Veterinarian Approved» products.
«We've never offered any
foods affected by those
recalls, so we were educating [
pet owners] right
from the beginning.»
Levy and Lehrer point out that during the now - infamous 2007
pet food recall Pet Food Express pulled all of the products from affected vendors off the shelves, not just the recalled items, so that consumers would not be confused and there would be no mistakes m
food recall Pet Food Express pulled all of the products from affected vendors off the shelves, not just the recalled items, so that consumers would not be confused and there would be no mistakes m
Food Express pulled all of the products
from affected vendors off the shelves, not just the
recalled items, so that consumers would not be confused and there would be no mistakes made.
The turning point came in 2007, when a rash of
pet deaths and illnesses associated with a contaminated ingredient sourced
from China led to mass
pet -
food product
recalls.
Popular
pet food brands from Iams, Eukanuba, Hill's Science Diet, Purina, and Nutro are included in the recall, and major retailers involved include Wal - Mart (Ol' Roy), Target, PetSmart, Kroger, Food Lion, Price Chopper, Publix, and Safe
food brands
from Iams, Eukanuba, Hill's Science Diet, Purina, and Nutro are included in the
recall, and major retailers involved include Wal - Mart (Ol' Roy), Target, PetSmart, Kroger,
Food Lion, Price Chopper, Publix, and Safe
Food Lion, Price Chopper, Publix, and Safeway.
Chris Stahl, operations manager at Wag N» Wash Natural
Food & Bakery, which has stores across the U.S., agrees, «One reason is
recalls of
pet and human products
from the last 10 years.»
The archived
pet food recall news updates and the
pet food recall news links have moved to a separate page in order to keep this page
from growing too large.
I'm sorry they told you such non-sense — we know that the chicken meal was purchased
from Wilbur - Ellis, the same company that provided BB and others with the melamine tainted wheat
from China to many
pet food manufacturers during the 2007
recalls.
Pet
food recalls are issued to protect
pets & humans
from harmful contaminants and manufacturing errors.
More than 5,600 products by dozens of
pet food makers — everything
from cheap supermarket brands to prescription - only
food — were
recalled in the process.
Last year, Menu
recalled 60 million containers of
pet food after it received complaints of
pets dying and ill after eating
pet food contaminated with tainted flour imported
from China.
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pets from recalled pet food products and bad ingredients.