However, cans of Kirkland Signature Premium were recalled in 2007 with
the large pet food recalls.
This keeps quality control in - house and is a huge selling point with us, especially after
the large pet food recalls!
This is one of
the largest pet food recalls in history, according to the Pet Food Institute, a trade association representing pet food manufacturers.
But public trust will be hard to regain after the debacle of
the largest pet food recall ever in the U.S. in the Spring of 2007 of some 60 million containers bearing scores of different manufacturer and supplier labels, including all the big brand names, that left an estimated 8,500 dogs and cats dead, and harmed hundreds of thousands of others.
The former Menu Foods, perpetrator behind
the largest pet food recall in U.S. history, now owned by Simmons Foods.
Not exact matches
Diamond is one of the
largest pet food manufacturers in the world and it has been affected my many
recalls in its history.
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.
With a
large number of commercial dog
food recalls in recent years, many owners are looking to alternative diets for their
pets, including the BARF option.
Recalled pet food Product: Red Flannel
Large Breed Adult Formula dry dog
food Size: 50 pound bag UPC Code: 4286900062 Best By Date: July 12, 2008 Best By Date Location: Back of bag Affected Stores: The stores are located in Reedsville, PA and Richlandtown, PA
You can also keep up with the news on TV and online, as
large recalls of
pet food are often reported.
In May 2012, during a
recall, it was shown that some of Wellness's
foods were being manufactured by a company called Diamond
Pet Foods, one of the
largest pet food manufacturers in the world.
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.»
A recently published review highlights the risks associated with heat - processed commercial
pet foods: «There were 11 major
pet food recalls in the United States between 1996 and 2010 that were due to chemical contaminants or misformulations: 3 aflatoxin, 3 excess vitamin D3, 1 excess methionine, 3 inadequate thiamine, and 1 adulteration with melamine and related compounds and an additional 2 warnings concerning a Fanconi - like renal syndrome in dogs after ingesting
large amounts of chicken jerky treat products.
At the time of the 2007
pet food recalls Del Monte was the second
largest pet food concern but there have been several mergers and changes in other
pet food companies since that time.
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.