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Nutro Cat Food Recall

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Nutro Premium Pet Food has announced a recall of certain types of dry cat food: Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care and Nutro Max Cat with expiration dates between May 12, 2010 and August 22, 2010. These products are available in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Israel. Why are these foods being recalled? During a routine audit, Nutro discovered that incorrect mixes of zinc and potassium had been added to certain dry foods in the Natural Choice Complete Care and Max Cat food lines. One mix had too much zinc and potassium; another mix … Continue reading →

Mars Petcare Dog and Cat Food Recall Announced

Mars Petcare US — makers of several brands of pet food — announced a voluntary recall of products manufactured at a specific plant on September 12, 2008. The food is being recalled because of a potential salmonella contamination. Affected brands include Pedigree, Retriever, Country Acres, Pet Pride, and Ol’ Roy. You can see a full list of recalled foods at www.petcare.mars.com. Salmonella can cause infections in pets and in humans handling pet food. Symptoms of salmonella poisoning in pets can include: Lethargy Diarrhea and/or bloody diarrhea Fever Vomiting Decreased appetite Abdominal pain If you believe that your pet has eaten … Continue reading →

Updates: HSUS Video Contest Winners and PETitionz.org’s Pet Food Regulation Progress

Do you ever see a story on the news and wonder how something ended up turning out? I do. I often wonder how the people or animals featured in whatever the story may have been are doing after whatever ordeal they endured. Well, I had a similar thing happen, except with two stories I wrote about earlier this year: PETitionz.org: Your Link to Voicing Pet Food Recall Concerns and Pet Projects: Make a Video, Write a Story, Nominate a Hero. I got to wondering how things were progressing or had turned out, so I decided to check it out and … Continue reading →

Pet Parent Alert: Pet Food Recall Expanded, Could Expand Even More

The Menu Foods Pet Food Recall that began back in March of this year is still an issue. Except, now some of the recalled food is not related to Menu Foods. Other manufacturers have fallen victim to tainted product supplies as well. What started with a recall of “wet, gravy and cuts” style foods has now been expanded to include some dry foods too. As recently as May 7, 2007, the ASPCA’s Pet Food Recall Resource Center added a new product: Doctors Foster and Smith Dry Dog Food. (Made by Chenango Valley.) Some of the more recent recalled foods don’t … Continue reading →

PETitionz.org: Your Link to Voicing Pet Food Recall Concerns

Are you upset about the recent Menu Foods pet recall and the continuing search for clues as to why it happened? Do you feel procedures should be reevaluated and/or upgraded so something like this can’t happen again? Want to do something about it? You’re not alone. Built in just five days, Ron Smith, together with the help of volunteers, launched PETitionz.org on April 1. I found out about it thanks to a comment Mr. Smith left on a Week in Review blog not too long ago. I contacted him and asked if he would consider being featured in a blog … Continue reading →

Diamond Pet Food Recall

Diamond Pet Food has recalled 19 varieties of dog and cat food that have been contaminated with a naturally occurring toxic chemical that comes from fungus on corn and other grains. The chemical, aflatoxin, causes severe liver damage in animals. At least 76 dogs have died nationwide from aflatoxin poisoning. The contaminated food has also been shipped to at least 29 countries. According to the Food and Drug Administration, if you purchased Diamond Pet Food with date codes “BEST BY 01-MARCH-07” and “BEST BY 11-JUNE-07” you should discontinue feeding this food to your pet immediately. If your dog or cat … Continue reading →