Dog and Cat Food recall

[Blacklabs]

Attached is the info on the recall and also from Nutro web site the list of their food that they recalling

Nutro Products, along with most dog and cat food manufacturers and retailers, was notified today by Menu Foods of a nationwide precautionary recall of wet pet foods.

Menu Foods is a major manufacturer of wet dog and cat foods in both cans and pouches. According to news reports, Menu Foods supplies 17 of the top 20 North American retailers as well as many branded pet food companies.

Menu Foods has indicated that their precautionary recall is limited to “cuts and gravy” style pet food in cans and pouches. Nutro is voluntarily participating in the Menu Foods recall. The following items are being recalled:


Cat Pouch Products
Affected Codes US & Canada: Best By DEC0308 through MAR0709
Date Format: MMMDDYY, where MMM=Month, DD = Day, YY=year
Nutro Max Cat Gourmet Classics Adult Beef & Brown Rice Platter Chunks in Gravy

Nutro Max Cat Gourmet Classics Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Entrée Slices in Gravy

Nutro Max Cat Gourmet Classics Adult California Tuna Supreme Dinner Chunks in Sauce

Nutro Max Cat Gourmet Classics Adult Salmon Entrée Slices in Sauce

Nutro Max Cat Gourmet Classics Senior Whitefish & Crab Platter Chunks in Sauce

Nutro Max Cat Gourmet Classics Kitten Chicken & Tomato Dinner Slices in Garvy

Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Adult Chicken & Liver Formula Chunks in Gravy

Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Adult Oceanfish & Tuna Formula Chunks in Sauce

Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Adult Salmon & Oceanfish Formula Chunks in Sauce

Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Adult Turkey & Giblets Formula Chunks in Gravy

Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Weight Management Chicken & Liver Formula Chunks in Gravy

Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Senior Chicken & Turkey Formula Chunks in Gravy

Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Kitten Chicken & Liver Formula Chunks in Gravy

Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Kitten Oceanfish & Tuna Formula Chunks in Sauce

Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Kitten Salmon & Oceanfish Formula Chunks in Sauce

Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Indoor Adult Chicken & Giblets Formula Chunks in Gravy

Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Indoor Adult Oceanfish & Shrimp Formula Chunks in Sauce

Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Indoor Adult Whitefish & Tuna Formula Chunks in Sauce

Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Indoor Adult Turkey & Liver Formula Chunks in Gravy



Dog Pouch Products
Affected Codes US & Canada: Best By DEC0308 through MAR0709
Date Format: MMMDDYY, where MMM=Month, DD = Day, YY=year
Nutro Natural Choice Chicken & Brown Rice Entrée Slices in Gravy (Adult)
Nutro Natural Choice Midwest Beef Stew Chunks in Gravy (Adult)
Nutro Natural Choice Savory Lamb Stew Slices in Gravy (Adult)
Nutro Natural Choice Turkey & Veggie Casserole Chunks in Gravy (Adult)
Nutro Natural Choice Chicken & Cheese Casserole Slices in Gravy (Puppy)
Nutro Natural Choice Yankee Pot Roast Entrée Chunks in Gravy (Puppy)


Dog 12.5 oz Canned Products
Affected Codes US & Canada: Best By DEC0309 through MAR0710
Date Format: MMMDDYY, where MMM=Month, DD = Day, YY=year
Nutro Max Large Breed Adult Beef & Rice Dinner Chunks in Gravy
Nutro Max Large Breed Puppy Beef & Rice Dinner Chunks in Gravy
Nutro Natural Choice Senior Lamb & Rice Recipe Chunks in Gravy
Nutro Natural Choice Puppy Chicken, Rice & Oatmeal Formula
Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Adult Chicken & Rice Formula Chunks in Gravy
Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Adult Lamb & Rice Formula Chunks in Gravy
Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Weight Management Chicken & Rice Formula Chunks in Gravy
Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Senior Chicken & Rice Formula Chunks in Gravy
Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Chicken & Rice Formula Chunks in Gravy
Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Rice Formula Chunks in Gravy
Nutro Ultra Adult Chicken, Salmon & Lamb Formula
Nutro Ultra Weight Management Chicken, Salmon & Lamb Formula
Nutro Ultra Senior Chicken, Salmon & Lamb Formula
Nutro Ultra Puppy Chicken, Salmon & Lamb Formula
Nutro Ultra Large Breed Adult Chicken, Salmon & Lamb Formula
Nutro Ultra Large Breed Puppy Chicken, Salmon & Lamb Formula


Consumers should immediately discontinue feeding these products. Please note that, according to Menu Foods, none of the pet illnesses or deaths reported were related to any of Nutro’s products and that Nutro has received no case reports of pet illness or deaths related to this recall. Further, no Nutro dry foods, biscuits, or treats are affected.

It is with an overabundance of caution and care for the health and well-being of our pets that Nutro is taking this action.

Please be assured that all Nutro products are 100% guaranteed and that all returned product will be refunded.

Menu Foods has set up a special website at www.menufoods.com/recall, effective Saturday morning. We will also be updating the www.nutroproducts.com website as more information becomes available.

[wisteriafarms]

I just saw that myself online and passed it along to a friend who uses some of the products listed on the menufoods recall list. Her German Shepherd has been having problems with wetting herself all of a sudden and they couldn't figure out why...she uses the dry food, but I told her to tell the vet anyway.

There are many more brands listed on the menufoods site, other than NutroMax, also MSN is running a story that lists some code dates and plant codes.

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17650075/?GT1=9145

[Blacklabs]

Below is the list of both cat and dog food recalled with # to call.

Here is the list of recall brands. Please forward to your doggy friends.
Recalled Dog Product Information
Recall Information 1-866-895-2708
1.. Americas Choice, Preferred Pets 2.. Authority 3.. Award 4.. Best Choice 5.. Big Bet 6.. Big Red 7.. Bloom 8.. Bruiser 9.. Cadillac 10.. Companion 11.. Demoulas Market Basket 12.. Fine Feline Cat, Shep Dog 13.. Food Lion 14.. Giant Companion 15.. Great Choice 16.. Hannaford 17.. Hill Country Fare 18.. Hy-Vee 19.. Key Food 20.. Laura Lynn 21.. Loving Meals 22.. Main Choice 23.. Mixables 24.. Nutriplan 25.. Nutro Max 26.. Nutro Natural Choice 27.. Nutro 28.. Ol'Roy 29.. Paws 30.. Pet Essentials 31.. Pet Pride 32.. Presidents Choice 33.. Price Chopper 34.. Priority 35.. Publix 36.. Roche Bros 37.. Save-A-Lot 38.. Schnucks 39.. Springsfield Pride 40.. Sprout 41.. Stater Bros 42.. Total Pet, My True Friend 43.. Western Family 44.. White Rose 45.. Winn Dixie 46.. Your Pet

[Allison]

It was rat poison in the food!!! WTH!?!?!

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070323/ap_on_re_us/pet_food_recall_27

Rat poison found in tainted pet food
By MARK JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 5 minutes ago



ALBANY, N.Y. - Rat poison was found in the pet food suspected of causing kidney failure that killed at least 16 cats and dogs, but scientists still don't know how it got there, state officials said Friday.

The toxin was identified as aminopterin, which is used to kill rats in some countries, state Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker said.

Aminopterin is not registered for killing rodents in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, though it is used as a cancer drug. State officials wouldn't speculate on how the toxin got into Menu Foods' now-recalled pet food but said no criminal investigations had been launched.

Scientists at the New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell and at the New York State Food Laboratory tested three cat food samples provided by Menu Foods and found Aminopterin in two of them. Hooker said they would test individual components of the pet food, as well. The early test results were released to give veterinarians a better idea of how to treat sick animals.

"Any amount of this product is too much in food," Hooker said.

Aminopterin, also used as a cancer drug, is highly toxic in high doses. It inhibits the growth of malignant cells and suppresses the immune system.

In dogs and cats, it can cause kidney failure, according to Donald Smith, dean of Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine.

The Food and Drug Administration has said the investigation into the pet deaths was focusing on wheat gluten in the pet food. Wheat gluten itself would not cause kidney failure, but the common ingredient could have been contaminated, the FDA said.

Bob Rosenberg, senior vice president of government affairs for the National Pest Management Association, said he had never heard of the substance before Friday.

"It would make no sense to spray a crop itself with rodenticide," Rosenberg said, though he said grain shippers typically put bait stations around the perimeter of their storage facilities.

The pet 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 several reports of kidney failure in pets that ate the recalled brands, and the company has confirmed the deaths of 15 cats and one dog.

Menu Foods last week recalled "cuts and gravy" style dog and cat food. The recall sparked concern among pet owners across North America. It includes food sold under store brands carried by Wal-Mart, Kroger, Safeway and other large retailers, as well as private labels such as Iams, Nutro and Eukanuba.

The company, already facing lawsuits, planned a media teleconference for later Friday, a spokesman said. It is majority owned by Menu Foods Income Fund of Streetsville.

A complete list of the recalled products along with product codes, descriptions and production dates was posted online by Menu Foods and is available at tinyurl.com/2pn6mm. The company also designated two phone numbers that pet owners could call for information: [phone] and [phone].

A spokesman for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said he was not aware of any criminal investigation involving the tainted food. FBI spokesman Paul Holstein in Albany said Friday he was not aware of any FBI involvement in the case.

"I don't know where we'll go from here," he said.

[bndranch]

OMG!!!!! I know that there is a vet here in Idaho that is saying the numbers are much higher then they think!!!

[wisteriafarms]

How horrible

...and I'm not even going to go into why are American companies IMPORTING wheat when we are paying our own farmers to NOT farm and so many are going bankrupt

[Blacklabs]

Here is a petition to sign if you would like to make pet companies financial responsible



www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/231907158#body

[riorita]

This is really scary and out of hand. For current updates check out www.petconnection.com. They have an ongoing blog from pet owners with dead and dying animals. I wonder since its found in the cat/dog food, what about the different farm animal feeds and the human foods as well. It seems the wheat gluten is in everything.

[Shannon]

Just wanted to let you all know that Hills m/d feline dry has also been recalled, as have Jerky Treats and all treats they provide as "store brands" and Punce cat treats. Also, some of the Dingo (8 in 1 inc.) rawhide chews have been recalled due to salmonella.

I'd just avoid wheat gluten altogether for now...