if you own a cat or dog, PLEASE read!

one company, called menu, has made pet foods associated with kidney failure and animal deaths recently. this company makes foods for many other labels. this is NOT a full list of the brands they sell, but is only a list of the brands that have had issues reported. these are WET foods, not dry foods, and walmart brands are on the list:

recalled cat foods

1. Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
2. Authority
3. Best Choice
4. Companion
5. Compliments
6. Demoulas Market Basket
7. Fine Feline Cat, Shep Dog
8. Food Lion
9. Foodtown
10. Giant Companion
11. Good n Meaty
12. Hannaford
13. Hill Country Fare
14. Hy-Vee
15. Key Food
16. Laura Lynn
17. Li'l Red
18. Loving Meals
19. Main Choice
20. Nutriplan
21. Nutro Max Gourmet Classics
22. Nutro Natural Choice
23. Paws
24. Presidents Choice
25. Price Chopper
26. Priority
27. Save-A-Lot
28. Schnucks
29. Sophistacat
30. Special Kitty
31. Springfield Pride
32. Sprout
33. Total Pet, My True Friend
34. Wegmans
35. Western Family
36. White Rose
37. Winn Dixie

http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_cat.html


recalled dog foods

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

http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_dog.html

Thanks, I was looking for that list... thankfully our brand isn't on there...:thumbsup:

Thankfully Liquorice is fussy and only eats IAMs lol

Regards,

Lee

IAMS is one of the foods they make as is eukanuba - those brands aren't on the affected list...

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Originally Posted by Lee

Thankfully Liquorice is fussy and only eats IAMs lol

Regards,

Lee

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wow that sucks.

I can see somebody getting sued.... a few thousand times over.

We've been feeding our pup human grade semi-raw food ever since learning that Iams/Eukanuba, Science Diet/Hills, and of course most of the popular brands names contain indigestible ingredients that over time can kill a dog.

Additionally IAMS allegedly tortures and kill dogs and cats in their "research".

We use Embark by The Honest Kitchen. It really seems to keep him healthy and lean:

http://www.TheHonestKitchen.com

My cat's food is on there. (Nutro Natural Choice). Looked it via the link you provided and its the pouches only. Phew, I use the cans. Thanks for the heads up. :)

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Originally Posted by Lee

Thankfully Liquorice is fussy and only eats IAMs lol

Regards,

Lee

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Iams is on both lists Lee. Check the link Patti put up.

I give my boys the Nutro canned food, but thankfully the dates on the cans don't match the ones in the cupboard.. which was a relief.

And, Yes, Lee, if you feed the IAMS/Eukanuba canned food, they are also recalling their food as a precaution.

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Proctor & Gamble announced Friday the recall of specific 3 oz., 5.5 oz., 6 oz. and 13.2 oz. canned and 3 oz. and 5.3 oz. foil pouch cat and dog wet food products made by Menu Foods but sold under the Iams and Eukanuba brands. The recalled products bear the code dates of 6339 through 7073 followed by the plant code 4197, P&G said.

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Thankfully i dont use any of those for my pussy!

We feed our dog Nutro, but the dry. Not the wet.

Thanks for the post. That is quite a large recall. :(

Mark

regarding IAMS and Eukanuba:

Proctor & Gamble announced Friday the recall of specific 3 oz., 5.5 oz., 6 oz. and 13.2 oz. canned and 3 oz. and 5.3 oz. foil pouch cat and dog wet food products made by Menu Foods but sold under the Iams and Eukanuba brands. The recalled products bear the code dates of 6339 through 7073 followed by the plant code 4197, P&G said.

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Originally Posted by Lee

Thankfully Liquorice is fussy and only eats IAMs lol

Regards,

Lee

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Isn't it nice to know that Menu Foods manufactures the crappiest generic food and the best expensive pet food in the same place. Our dogs have recently switched from Iams to Science Diet because of boredom. But now I'll be looking for a new brand that is truly better. Is it too much to expect that because we pay more for pet food that it IS actually better and not JUST marketed as more nutritious?

Anyone have a suggestion for a new brand of food? And can someone tell me why all dog foods has ash(!) as an ingredient? If they require ash in their diet, why don't I ever see them licking my ashtrays? ;)

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Originally Posted by basschick

regarding IAMS and Eukanuba:

Proctor & Gamble announced Friday the recall of specific 3 oz., 5.5 oz., 6 oz. and 13.2 oz. canned and 3 oz. and 5.3 oz. foil pouch cat and dog wet food products made by Menu Foods but sold under the Iams and Eukanuba brands. The recalled products bear the code dates of 6339 through 7073 followed by the plant code 4197, P&G said.

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Only the wet though, i should have said, she only eats the dry stuff.

For some reason, she decided at a very early age she didnt like anything 'sloppy' in her bowl [shrug]

Its funny watching her walk in to the family room sometimes though, she'll go to one of the corners and stockpile food there for a snack later in the day so she doesnt have to walk across the room in to the kitchen to eat LOL

Regards,

Lee

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Originally Posted by Xstr8guy

If they require ash in their diet, why don't I ever see them licking my ashtrays? ;)

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HAHAHA

When Liquorice was a puppy she used to steal my Marlboros.

Id wake up some mornings and whole packets of the things would have been chewed to bits with just the butts left intact :eek:

The best though was when we woke up one day and couldnt find Garys wallet, we found it eventually, contents intact, chewed to a pulp... Including the $500 or so that was in it :rolleyes:

Regards,

Lee

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Originally Posted by Lee

Only the wet though, i should have said, she only eats the dry stuff.

For some reason, she decided at a very early age she didnt like anything 'sloppy' in her bowl [shrug]

Its funny watching her walk in to the family room sometimes though, she'll go to one of the corners and stockpile food there for a snack later in the day so she doesnt have to walk across the room in to the kitchen to eat LOL

Regards,

Lee

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Both of our dogs eat the dry food too. And they also like to take mouthfuls of food and bring it over to where their daddies are to eat. Our office is in our dining area and all day long, all 4 of us are in the same area. The 2 dog beds are under our desk so they can be close at all times. It's sometimes a little TOO close.

I have two Bengal kitties that are almost a year old. I talked to the breeder and also did a bunch of research online when choosing the food for them.

The pet food the breeder recommended is Innova Evo. It is one of the only (or maybe THE only) dry pet food that has no grains and is not high in carbohydrates. They also make a canned food, which I have, but the cats prefer the dry food.

The ingredients label bears out that this is a good quality food... in order, the ingredients are turkey, chicken, chicken and herring meal, then stuff like apples, carrots, cottage cheese, tomato, and a large number of nutritional supplements (B vitamins, amino acids, minerals, etc.) No fillers at all. Sounds like it wouldn't be a bad diet for humans, either :)

I don't know about other cats or about dogs, but Bengals are about 1/8 wild Asian leopard and are a lot more muscular than normal housecats, so require a higher protein food. They also have very high metabolisms, and apparently the higher carb food often causes diarrhea. My girls have never had anything but Innova so I don't know how they would handle regular food.

I really don't know other than what I've read, but the Innova food seems to be a much higher quality food than most of the other stuff I've seen. It is relatively widely distributed, but you can't get it in discount stores, chain pet stores, or grocery places... you have to go to a feed supply or a specialty supplier. It's not cheap (15 pound bag is about $24) but I don't think it's really much more expensive than other premium foods.

The other one that came recommended by the breeder for non-Bengals is Royal Canin, and that is available in many formulas and is carried by the major pet chains.

Yeah this is only the WET foods....

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Originally Posted by Xstr8guy

Isn't it nice to know that Menu Foods manufactures the crappiest generic food and the best expensive pet food in the same place.

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I know!!!

With all this talk of some premium brands being made by the same company that makes the cheap brands, and super-premium brands at over a dollar a pound. I wonder how the nutritional benefits would compare if you just bought a $0.50 a pound chicken, dropped it into a pressure cooker, and cooked it till the bones went mushy. Chicken soup for you, chicken for the cat, and if your cat needs any more nutrition, they can just eat grass. (
Presently my cat eats canned low magnesium sophisticat, which I don't think falls under the gravy and bits heading.

It's interesting that this whole story could be summed up as all these companies partnering with the wrong affiliate for their cheap cat food business. Which in the end hurts their reputation.

I'm so happy that I feed my dog all natural dog food.

If anybody needs a replacement - check out Blue Buffalo - the only brand my family trusts.

We lost our baby last July. She was getting older, but never sick a day in her life. Food was her life!! One day she just stopped eating and had all of those symptoms that they are telling us about now.
She did eat that wet food that is bad now.
One wonders how long this has really been going on!!!:angry:

Ever since I had a dog that was continuously plagued by the farts with wet foods, every subsequent pet was raised on dry thankfully.

Thank g-d my boys only eat dry, i never got them on wet, but this is scary stuff.

Thanks for the list :)

Hi all

I guess I'm lucky when it comes to dog food, my little yoyo has to eat speical dog food from the vet. prescription dog food

What's so frustrating is to see this company making economy and premium brands of pet food. It really makes you wonder if it's coming from the same vat. Are we really paying for better pet food when we buy a Science Diet or IAMS, or are we just paying for a better marketing campaign than let's say "Special Kitty."

Michael

as i understand it, they make each food according to the recipe from the company it's made for but using batch ingredients when they are the same.

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Originally Posted by Dzinerbear

What's so frustrating is to see this company making economy and premium brands of pet food. It really makes you wonder if it's coming from the same vat. Are we really paying for better pet food when we buy a Science Diet or IAMS, or are we just paying for a better marketing campaign than let's say "Special Kitty."

Michael

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Originally Posted by basschick

as i understand it, they make each food according to the recipe from the company it's made for but using batch ingredients when they are the same.

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When we have been lied to about everything from weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to "more doctors smoke Camels," do you really believe it when some big, giant pet food company says they use a different recipe, that they do? Sorry, when profit is a factor, I become suspicious, especially in an unregulated industry.

Michael

there was RAT POISON found in that tainted pet food. if there is a small chance anyone you know is still using it and hasn't heard, please let them know!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070323/...et_food_recall