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just so you know, more pet foods are being recalled. alpo and mighty dog chunks and gravy have been recalled by purina, who apparently also bought wheat gluten from china:
http://www.purina.com/Company/Press/2007/MightyDog.aspx
and a dry cat food is also recalled - Hill’s Prescription Diet™ m/d™ Feline Dry Food:
http://www.hillspet.com/menu_foods/m...2007_en_US.htm
I think we've only just seen the tip of the iceberg on this
we put our little schipperke down in July after a month's sudden unexplained illness - she had never been sick one day in her 15 year life and the breed is known to be the longest living of all dog breeds - usually living to a healthy 18-19 years - her diet was consistant of Iams and Mighty Dog throughout her entire life
since she was cremated after death, there is no way to test her at this point in time -
makes you wonder how long these problems have been out there and undetected
next time, the diet will be limited to home made food....
Really does seem to just get bigger and bigger. And it makes me wonder about not only my own dog, but the dogs of friends and family members I knew one who kept having seizures and her owner would wrap her in a towel and warm her up till it passed. Now that that dog is gone, I wonder. The vet had blamed it on flea spray. But even after her owner discontinued use of it, the seizures would happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by A_DeAngelo
I am so glad I am skipping this but I know my mom has been really worried about it with her puppy. Almost makes you think about dishing out table scraps.
I only feed my cat dry Purina cat food, and from all reports, it's just the cuts-and-gravy food that has been tainted.Quote:
Originally Posted by A_DeAngelo
My little Masha is doing quite well, I'm happy to say. :)
my physical therapist told me this morning that her mom and dad just had to put down their 7 year old dog because of this horrible pandemic of nasty pet killer food - they autopsied the dog and it tested positive for that chinese, tainted additives - I hope the manufacturers get fried for this and get stuffed into little cans with easy-pull tab tops !
you know the worst thing is that not everybody is getting the word on this - if you can believe....
Now a brand of dog biscuits have also been added to the recall list:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070405/...et_food_recall
You know, after all of this I switched my cat food brand altogether.
I used to feed my cats Science Diet c/d because it's supposed to prevent kidney crystals. It was already pricy at $17 a bag, but I love my cats, so I don't care. When I heard that Hill's m/d was being recalled, I just thought, "That's it, you can't trust any of these big companies."
I talked to a girl at my Vet's office and she recommended FROMM. They're a small, family-run business. The food is made from people-grade meat in and people-quality facility. (Of course they could be lying, who knows.) But she has feed her animals this food for three years and has seen amazing results with the quality of their coats, minimal shedding, etc. And their food isn't made with any binders like wheat gluten.
They're going to cost you more that a $3.99 bag of Nine Lives, but my cats are worth it.
http://www.frommfamily.com/
Cheers
Michael
I learned something VERY interesting last week from going to the website of the people (NaturaPet) that make the food I use for my cats.
It turns out there is apparently only ONE canning company in the US (Menu Foods) that produces ALL of the canned cat and dog food sold, by every company. Menu Foods has multiple canning plants that service different companies, but everyone who sells canned pet food has it manufactured by Menu Foods.
NaturaPet has a lengthy video from their CEO in which they indicated why their food is not affected (they don't use wheat gluten in any of their products, and they use a Menu Foods facility where no problems have yet been reported) and they are apparently going to buy or build their own canning plant.
It was luck that I decided to feed my cats the Evo food made by NaturaPet (the breeder recommended it) but having read their comparisions of what's in their food compared with the contents of other food, I'm really glad I made that choice.
If anyone wants to see the video, it's at www.naturapet.com (bottom right)
IMPORTANT!
This chinese wheat gluten was FOOD grade! And it may be in our food supply. However, the FDA has resisted naming the US distributor of the wheat gluten.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/200...uffpost/044935
Can we trust that the FDA is really looking out for our best interests? Is the FDA the new FEMA?
Thank you George Bush and your cronies for keeping us safe.
Heck no. Think we'll all be getting check-ups by the time this is overQuote:
Originally Posted by Xstr8guy
and a brand of dog biscuits have been recalled :(
i don't wanna eat fucking plastic and neither do the cats!!!
And now I saw on the news last night that the recall dates have been moved back to the start of November 2006!!!
This isn't true. There are some smaller houses that create and package their own food. FROMM has no links with Menu Foods. FROMM is based in Wisconsin. There are a few others, and you can certainly buy canned food that is also produced from smaller houses outside the US, but is available in the US. But Menu Foods does seem to have its hand in every major supplier's business.Quote:
Originally Posted by gaybucks_chip
Also I'm not sure if Effem Inc deals with Menu Foods. They make Whiskas, Caser, and some other brands. Their food is unaffected by the recall according to their site.
Michael
I know this also pisses off our friends in Amsterdam....
http://www.bulldoghotel.com/
Actually, you're totally right. After looking at FROMM's site and re-watching the Natura Pet videos, I realized that what they actually said was there were no other canning facilities *they could make use of* which I guess means either nobody has capacity or nobody meets their standards or pricing or whatever. But it does seem that Menu Foods has the market mostly cornered except for the smaller "boutique" brands like FROMM and Natura Pet and one or two of the larger ones as you've said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dzinerbear
Just goes to show how consolidated things really are at the manufacturing level, not just with pet foods, but with appliances, electronics, and probably most everything else. The illusion of competition is maintained by keeping separate brand names but often the brand name is the *only* difference between a lot of different products.
My boss Farley is out today because he said his dog was throwing up all night. I'm so hoping that he wasn't feeding his dog any MenuFood items... He has the coolest dog.
We switched from IAMS to Happy Paws, a natural food produced here on the island... was interesting to note that their facility is inspected by five different agencies, including the USFDA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dzinerbear
Talked with our Vet who said what we were using was fine.. for now. That kind of scared us, so we switched. Now too, with all the other recalls for salmonella and other stuff in dog treats, its a rather frightening experience.
China says it didn't even ship any of the Gluten as claimed too, but then out of 94 recalls this year so far, over 60 are for products made in China. Makes you want to read the labels a whole lot closer.
There is also a claim on Anderson Cooper's site that I haven't seen anywhere else yet... someone is investigating whether the melamine was *intentionally* added. Cooper is reporting that melamine can be used as a protein enhancer and is questioning whether it might have been used to increase the price of the wheat gluten, since higher protein gluten sells for more.
what about the nation's human food supply -
makes me wonder about the fact that Sysco distributes A LOT of the food that is served in restaurants nation-wide, form high-end to low end - there trucks deliver food from California to Delaware and everyplace in between - could we be facing the same problems by limiting the number of sources that manufacture the foods we eat every day?
makes me wonder....
This whole thing is just crazy and very said. :(
Mark