Pets Are Family Too

A new threat to our pet food supply has surfaced while we focus on the ever growing amount of pet food recalled from poisonous melamine and wheat gluten. Now, acetaminophen, the drug used in Tylenol and other over the counter pain medication has been detected in canned pet food by a testing lab in Houston, Tx. Experts are now warning that the contaminated pet food scare could be far worse than first thought.

The Doctor who runs the lab, Dr. Ernest Lykissa, believes that his findings of pet food contaminated with acetaminophen, and pet food contamination problems are far from over. This latest findings have started a new federal investigation into more contaminated pet food!

Acetaminophen is deadly to dogs and cats. One pill can kill a cat! According to Dr. Lykissa’s lab, EperTox, at least a half dozen samples of pet food tested, contained the drug! Read the rest of this entry »

Alert, check your Pet Food because Diamond pet foods announced that Nutra Nuggets 40lb. Lamb Meal and Rice Formula is being recalled because of cross contamination!

Pet owners, please do not become complacent about checking for pet food recalled for contamination from melamine, wheat gluten or any other poison that may be in your commercial Dog food or cat food! Even though there has been in a lull in the dog food and cat food recalls lately, there still may be a possibility that some dog and cat foods may still contain poisons!

Take these latest examples, where the dog and cat foods subject to the pet food recalls may be harmful due to cross contamination! Cross contaminations most likely would occur when a good batch of dog or cat food is processed using the same equipment and materials where the contaminated pet foods were processed! So, stay alert and keep informed about these pet food recalls to be sure your pet family members stay healthy!

In this latest case of Diamond Pet Foods Nutra Nuggets recall , the following products are subject to the pet food recall… Read the rest of this entry »

Okay, you have checked your pet food against the ever growing pet food recall list and yeah, it’s not on the list! Don’t get too excited and check that dog and cat food again!

Seems like every week there is more dog and cat food products being added to the pet food recall list. And this week is no different than the others because there have been another voluntary recall by one of the nations’ major pet food manufacturers!

Chenango Valley Pet Foods had already recalled dry pet foods manufactured with of rice protein concentrate from Wilbur-Ellis, that was contaminated with melamine, about three weeks ago. Now, according to the FDA, Chenango Valley Pet Foods is expanding it’s recall of pet foods that do not contain rice protein concentrate but were manufactured during the time the contaminated pet foods were made from the rice protein concentrate that contained the poisonous melamine. The products being recalled due to possible cross-contamination, as of May 17, 2006 are as follows: Read the rest of this entry »

As of May 3, 2007, SmartPak Canine voluntarily recalled it’s mail order portion pack dog food nationwide, according to the FDA! On 5/02/07, SmartPak Canine voluntarily recalled all lots of LiveSmart Adult Lamb and Brown Rice food which tested positive for the presence of melamine in a test received earlier that day.

The LiveSmart Lamb formula is only sold in “portion-paks” shipped straight to the consumer’s home each month. According to SmartPak, “there are no bags of potentially affected product on store shelves anywhere in the country.”

The focus of the recall has been informing affected customers via telephone, email, and letter. Ninety-nine percent of the roughly 220 pet owners feeding LiveSmart Adult Lamb via its portion pak pet food subscription service were contacted by live phone contact or message, and/or email. The company has had live contact with the majority of affected pet owners, and is continuing an aggressive outreach program to ensure that the notification has been received. To reduce likelihood of pet owners continuing to feed the food, replacement product is being shipped to affected customers free of charge.

Get more info on SmartPak from the FDA website and other Dog and Cat food recall products!

This seems to be a never ending saga, this pet food recall! Pet owners have to stay on top of the latest pet food recall news which is why I am writing to inform you that Menu Foods have added more products to the pet food recall list! Menu Foods is recalling the cuts and gravy and select other Dog and Cat food products manufactured at any of Menu Foods’ plants during the period that ChemNutra wheat gluten was used at that plant. The new pet foods added to the list have not been subject to a recall, but could be contaminated because of cross-contamination in the plants where ChemNutra was made. The list below show the brands of the pet foods added to the pet food recall list! For more info go to Menu Foods.

The list is includes major brands of Dog and Cat Food so be sure to go here to Menu Foods,Inc. and check it out now!

Remember, if you have any of the Dog Food or Cat Food in the bowls, discard it immediately and stop feeding it to your dog or cat! If your Dog or Cat becomes sick, take it to the vet! I would keep my receipts even if the contaminated dog food or cat food is returned to the store!

You had to suspect it! Our pet food supply was contaminated by poisonous a batch of wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate tainted with melamine, imported from China by Wilbur-Ellis and widely distributed to most of the nation’s major Pet food manufacturers. We had to guess that since our pet food is manufactured by many of the same companies who produce food for human consumption, there would have to be some cross contamination at some point. Like the hogs at American Hog Farms, that were fed pet food products left overs, sold from the pet food makers like Diamond Pet Foods. So far only American Hog Farms is the only known, “stated” supplier of food for human human consumption, who fed contaminated pet food products to it’s stock! The jury is still out on what other meat-processing plants they sold contaminated animals and meat to that produces food products for human consumption! Now there is another animal farm that has fed contaminated feed to it’s poultry, grown for human consumption!

According to the FDA and the USDA, there are about 30 Indiana broiler (chickens) farms that have fed their chicken stock, pet food byproducts(leftovers) contaminated wheat gluten imported from China. The very melamine contaminated wheat gluten, that killed our dogs and cats, are in chicken broilers that may be headed to our dinner tables!

At this time, the investigation indicates that approximately 30 broiler poultry farms and eight breeder poultry farms in Indiana received contaminated feed in early February and fed it to poultry within days of receiving it. All of the broilers believed to have been fed contaminated product have since been processed. The breeders that were fed the contaminated product are under voluntary hold by the flock owners.

As with exposure from hogs fed contaminated pet food and for similar reasons related to the dilution of the contamination, FDA and USDA believe the likelihood of illness after eating chicken fed the contaminated product is very low. Because there is no evidence of harm to humans associated with consumption of chicken fed the contaminated product, no recall of poultry products processed from these animals is being issued. Testing and the joint investigation continue. If any evidence surfaces to indicate there is harm to humans, the appropriate action will be taken.

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Here goes another one! They are falling like a house of cards, the pet food manufacturers! Diamond Pet Foods of Meta, Missouri, announced a voluntary recall of some of it’s canned dog food made by American Nutrition, inc. The recalled pet food products according to Diamond Pet Food are…

Diamond Lamb & Rice Formula for Dogs 13 oz. cans, Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul Kitten Formula 5.5 oz. cans, and Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul Puppy Formula 13 oz. cans.

Diamond Pet Food says, “No other Diamond brand or Chicken Soup brand canned or dry pet food formulas are affected by the American Nutrition recall. ”

American Nutrition, Inc. has found evidence of the rice protein concentrate contaminated with melamine in it’s pet food products that prompted their pet food recall yesterday! The Federal Food and Drug Administration urged American Nutrition to issue a voluntary recall of pet foods manufactured using Wilbur-Ellis rice protein. None of these pet food products are sold under the American Nutrition brand, but are sold through other independent companies. This is why we have to be on the look out for all commercial pet food ! Below is a list of the American Nutrition, inc., pet food recalled… Read the rest of this entry »