Pet Food Recall

[GiJane]

(CBS) Menu Foods is recalling dog food sold under 50 brands and cat food sold under 40 brands. The food was distributed throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico by major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Kroger and Safeway.

The recall is limited to “cuts and gravy” style pet food that was sold in cans and pouches.

A complete list of the recalled products along with product codes, descriptions and production dates is available from the Menu Foods Web site.

The recalled brands are:

Cat Food

* Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
* Authority
* Best Choice
* Companion
* Compliments
* Demoulas Market Basket
* Eukanuba
* Fine Feline Cat
* Food Lion
* Foodtown
* Giant Companion
* Hannaford
* Hill Country Fare
* Hy-Vee
* Iams
* Laura Lynn
* Li'l Red
* Loving Meals
* Meijer's Main Choice
* Nutriplan
* Nutro Max Gourmet Classics
* Nutro Natural Choice
* Paws
* Pet Pride
* Presidents Choice
* Price Chopper
* Priority
* Save-A-Lot
* Schnucks
* Science Diet Feline Savory Cuts Cans
* Sophistacat
* Special Kitty Canada
* Special Kitty US
* Springfield Prize
* Sprout
* Total Pet
* Wegmans
* Western Family
* White Rose
* Winn Dixie


Dog Food

* Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
* Authority
* Award
* Best Choice
* Big Bet
* Big Red
* Bloom
* Bruiser
* Cadillac
* Companion
* Demoulas Market Basket
* Eukanuba
* Food Lion
* Giant Companion
* Great Choice
* Hannaford
* Hill Country Fare
* Hy-Vee
* Iams
* Laura Lynn
* Loving Meals
* Meijers Main Choice
* Mighty Dog Pouch
* Mixables
* Nutriplan
* Nutro Max
* Nutro Natural Choice
* Nutro Ultra
* Nutro
* Ol'Roy Canada
* Ol'Roy US
* Paws
* Pet Essentials
* Pet Pride - Good n Meaty
* Presidents Choice
* Price Chopper
* Priority
* Publix
* Roche Bros
* Save-A-Lot
* Schnucks
* Shep Dog
* Springsfield Prize
* Sprout
* Stater Bros
* Total Pet
* Western Family
* White Rose
* Winn Dixie
* Your Pet

[mischiefnga]

Thanks Jane!

[coot]

Thanks Jane

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17650075/

Menu Foods: http://www.menufoods.com/recall/
Recalled dog product info: http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_dog.html
Recalled cat product info: http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_cat.html
Menu Foods recall information lines — (866) 463-6738 and (866) 895-2708

[Thunderhead]

After a list like that, there can't be any left on the shelves at all.

Thanks for the post.

[GiJane]

you're welcome......I feed my animals nutro natural choice...which is not cheap....and the suspected culprit is wheat gluten....which is used as a filler!

[GiJane]

(CBS/AP) Rodent poison has been found in pet food blamed for the deaths of at least 16 cats and dogs, a spokeswoman for the State Department of Agriculture and Markets said Friday.

Spokeswoman Jessica Chittenden would not identify the chemical or its source beyond saying it was a rodent poison.

State agriculture officials scheduled a news conference Friday afternoon to release laboratory findings from tests on the pet food conducted this week.

The deaths led to a recall of 60 million cans and pouches of pet food produced by Menu Foods and sold throughout North America under 95 brand names. There have been reports of kidney failure, some fatal, in pets that ate the recalled brands. The company has confirmed the deaths of 15 cats and one dog.

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[thirdchild]

[oldjoe]

Well that just sucks! I checked through all of my cat food but don't see any on the list.

[GiJane]

Mourning turned to outrage after owners learned that Menu Foods waited nearly a month before notifying the public, reports CBS News The Early Show veterinarian Dr. Debbye Turner. This means that unsuspecting owners were poisoning their pets.

"To find out they knew about this weeks ago, and that the cats they tested died!" former cat owner Dawn Marjerczyk told CBS. Marjerczyk's cat died after eating some of the tainted cat food. "Why wasn't it pulled off then? Why do so many people have to suffer right now?"

[willsanaughtyboy]

Now its looking more and more like rodent-icide (rat poison) was contaminating the wheat gluten supply that the company imported from China.