Pet food recall- Serious

[annie_so_pink]

Just found a few more sites with other/more info on the recall...
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html
http://www.dogchannel.com/dog-news/d...l-updates.aspx

[calgal]

It doesn't open now.

[Beryl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070410/..._food_recall_1

[Beryl]

The list grows more today.
http://www.itchmo.com/read/menu-food...again_20070410

[sunnyetal]

Originally Posted by TinyAlbinoDancer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070316/...et_food_recall

Can't get that address (for the pet food recall) to work for me. Would you please resend? Thank you!

P.S. I am new to the board. My name is sunnyetal.

[Beryl]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/11/pet....ap/index.html

2 other key points:
1. they still don't know exactly the cause of the deaths -- only that it is pet food related.
2. they don't know what OTHER products were shipped by the Chinese company which may have contaminated other foods.

http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsbur.../s_502101.html

[JasonMPA]

This website has a continuous update of the recalls. I've also been summarizing the recalls on my blog.

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/or...21273626.shtml

Jason

[TinyAlbinoDancer]

Thank you Beryl and Jason for the updated links!

[Beryl]

The recall list just keeps growing! Please keep your furkids safe!

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/

Natural Balance Recall - Press release
Admin | April 17, 2007 4:57 pm From the Natural Balance website:

Contact:
Consumer Inquiries:
(800) 829-4493
Media Inquiries:
Daniel Bernstein
310-275-0777

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Pacoima, CA -- April 17, 2007--

Natural Balance, Pacoima, CA, is issuing a voluntary nationwide recall for all of its Venison dog products and the dry Venison cat food only, regardless of date codes. The recalled products include Venison and Brown Rice canned and bagged dog foods, Venison and Brown Rice dog treats, and Venison and Green Pea dry cat food. Recent laboratory results show that the products contain melamine. We believe the source of the melamine is a rice protein concentrate. Natural Balance has confirmed this morning that some production batches of these products may contain melamine.

The recall was prompted by consumer complaints received by Natural Balance involving a small number of cats and dogs that developed kidney failure after eating the affected product.

Dogs or cats who have consumed the suspect food and show signs of kidney failure (such as loss of appetite, lethargy and vomiting) should be seen by a veterinarian. We recommend our customers immediately stop feeding our recalled venison products regardless of date code and return unused product to their retailer for a full refund.

The products are packaged in bags, cans and zip lock treat bags and sold in pet specialty stores and PetCo nationally.
No other Natural Balance products are involved in this voluntary recall as none of our other formulas include the rice protein concentrate.

Although the problems seem to be focused on a particular production period of the venison products, over the last four days we have notified our distributors and retailers by phone and e-mail to immediately stop selling and return all recalled Venison dog foods and treats and the Venison dry cat food. Venison canned cat food is not involved.

The source of the melamine appears to be a rice protein concentrate, which was recently added to the dry venison formulas. Natural Balance does not use wheat gluten, which was associated with the previous melamine contamination.

None of Natural Balance’s other dry formulas, none of our other canned or roll products and none of our other treats are involved with this voluntary recall.

We continue to work closely with the FDA in their ongoing investigation.

Consumers with questions may contact the company at 1-800-829-449 or email info@naturalblanceinc.com.

[cragarmom]

Just wanted to post additional info on the recall...

This is probably the most comprehensive page of information on the whole sordid mess I've seen to date:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_pet_food_crisis

It's a long read, but quite informative.
Cheers,
Joanne

[Beryl]

Thanks for that link, cragarmom. It is a good one.

This whole thing is a miss. I'm the most angry with US companies because we have plenty of food and don't need to import any grain from China.

[Beryl]

*Sigh*

http://itchmo.com/read/natural-balan...-risk_20070721
Natural Balance has announced that it is recalling it’s Natural Balance Eatables for Dogs due to a supplier’s recall. The affected formulas include 15oz cans of: Irish Stew, Hobo Chili, Chinese Take-Out and Southern Style Dumplin’s with Gravy. The supplier, Castleberry Foods, found one instance of botulism in improperly sealed cans.

[calgal]

I can't get the site to work.

[Beryl]

calgal - can you get to ichmo.com and navigate from there?
Otherwise, it is found here also.