At least eleven companies have now been included in the recall of
tainted pet food and treats: Menu Foods, Hill's, Nestle Purina PetCare Co., Royal Canin, Del Monte Pet Products, Sunshine Mills Inc., Natural Balance Pet Foods, Wilbur - Ellis, Cereal Byproducts, American Nutrition, and Chenango Valley Pet Foods.
This recall is not related to the melamine -
tainted pet food recalls.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) has received more than 17,000 complaints about
tainted pet foods related to these pet food recalls, and experts are concerned that the pet death toll could reach well into the thousands.
If you have a pet, chances are you remember the rash of
tainted pet food that was recalled in 2007.
Consider recent issues: Companion animals dying from
tainted pet food.
2007 was the year of the massive pet food recall when over 8,500 pets died from eating
tainted pet food.
When the news came out about
tainted pet food that was made in China I stopped giving him the chicken jerky treats.
This product is not on any list anywhere of
tainted pet food yet.
Congress required the FDA to use stricter safeguards for pet food after thousands of cats and dogs died from melamine -
tainted pet food sold by Menu Foods.
I lost two of my best friends to
tainted pet foods and my new cat throws up dry food all the time.
The massive recall of
tainted pet food in the U.S. is sparking a broader debate about the quality of the food Americans are feeding their pets.
The contaminant in the Chinese infant formula is melamine, which was found in
tainted pet food that sickened or killed thousands of dogs and cats in 2007.
Not exact matches
Veteran Assemblyman
Peter Abbate (D - Brooklyn) says Bharara's cryptic comments can unfairly
taint all the lawmakers since the public does not know who is under investigation and who isn't.
Scientists and government agencies home in on the cause of more than 100
pet deaths from
tainted food
Lead - laced toys, melamine -
tainted toothpaste and
pet - food recalls are a few incidents that come to mind.
The suspected culprit was melamine -
tainted wheat gluten, an ingredient in the
pet food obtained from a supplier in China.
In 2007, over 4,000 beloved American
pets died because they'd eaten
tainted doggie treats made in Chinese factories.
Tainted with a cleaning compound, certain rawhide dog chew products are being recalled after making some
pets ill.
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Providing good food that is full of quality protein and low on grains, corn and possibly
tainted meat by - products is paramount for your
pet to achieve a healthy digestive system and strong immune system.
After learning that rejected
pet food was fed to chickens and pigs, the FDA changed their tune — saying some amounts are just fine, while asking their own staff to take protective measures when inspecting possibly
tainted goods.
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So I learned more and became even more aware of where things came from - I look at it as a way to honor the many
pets that were poisoned by the
tainted products.
Buying
pet food made in the U.S. won't remove all risk of winding up with a
tainted product, but it will certainly improve your chances of keeping your
pet safe.
As a responsible
pet owner, it's up to YOU to protect your dog from negative interactions with other dogs or people, as well as preventing your dog from ingesting dangerous substances, such as antifreeze,
tainted food, and lawn chemicals.
Foods and treats were the first big
pet categories affected, thanks to the
tainted - food scares, but other
pet categories — such as toys, grooming products and supplements, for example — have also experienced an influx of natural and organic products.
Diamond is also asking consumers to return the potentially
tainted food.The calls from
pet owners or veterinarians regarding this issue have been centered in the Rochester, NY area.
Remember the thousands of
pets that died beginning in 2007 from
tainted dog foods coming from these manufacturers who stated they had the best dog food?
The owners of a Las Vegas - based company that supplied wheat gluten
tainted with melamine to
pet food makers have agreed to plead guilty in connection with the widespread scandal that may have killed thousands of dogs and cats in 2007.
You may have heard corn gluten meal discussed in 2007 with the
pet food recalls when it was one of the ingredients
tainted with melamine (especially in South Africa).
I would urge any of you who have a dog who you suspect is ill because of eating
tainted chicken jerky to have your vet file a
pet food safety report with the FDA.
The reality: With the dog treat recall and past dog food scandals, such as the melamine -
tainted food that killed thousands of
pets in 2007, it might seem that people food could be a better choice for your animal companions.
With all the
pet food recalls and
tainted food ingredients
pet parents are paying more and more attention to what they feed there
pets, but with all the information out there it can be hard to know where to start.We are not suggesting that the only way to make sure your animal is well fed is cooking for them everyday, the best diet for you and your
pet is best decided by you and your veterinarian, but we want to raise awareness about your
pets nutrition.
Liver cell destruction (hepatocellular necrosis), ingestion of toxic products,
tainted foods or medications (such as giving Tylenol to cats, medications at too high a dose or a unique reaction to a medication that your veterinarian could not have predicted), lack of liver blood supply (hepatic hypoxia), congestive heart failure and bile duct obstruction can all cause elevated GDH levels in your
pet.
«With all of the problems there have been with dog food recalls and
tainted food / treats, people want to be sure their
pets have products that will do no harm,» says Jolee Molitor, marketing director for Wapiti Labs, Inc., which makes all - natural elk supplements for
pets.
But sometimes a good thing can go too far, as a series of negative stories about potentially
tainted or dangerous raw
pet foods have proven.
Buy only food and treats made in the U.S. Buying
pet food made in this country won't remove all risk of winding up with a
tainted product, but it will certainly improve your chances of keeping your
pet safe.
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.
But even this inherently good venture had to be
tainted in some way sooner rather than later, and the incident where
Peter Molyneux raised $ 800,000 for his god simulator, Godus, and then handed over the project to a mobile developer, without returning to finish it, is an example of how Kickstarter can turn bad really fast.
Now, with the initiation of class action lawsuits against
pet food companies for sale of
tainted food, courts may once again revisit the matter of compensation for loss of companionship.
Pet food maker Menu Foods is ready to settle claims that its
tainted products killed or injured thousands of household
pets.
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.
Poisoned
pet food, toys with unsafe amounts of lead, defective tires,
tainted vegetables and dangerous prescription medications have all made the news in recent years — and all of them were defective products.