if you own a cat or dog, PLEASE read!

[basschick]

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

[gaystoryman]

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

[Lee]

Thankfully Liquorice is fussy and only eats IAMs

Regards,

Lee

[basschick]

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

Thankfully Liquorice is fussy and only eats IAMs

Regards,

Lee

[samebb]

wow that sucks.

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

[Bec]

Thankfully Liquorice is fussy and only eats IAMs

Regards,

Lee

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

[MWCren]

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.

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.

[Xstr8guy]

Thankfully Liquorice is fussy and only eats IAMs

Regards,

Lee

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?

[Lee]

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

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

Regards,

Lee

[SPACE GLIDER]

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

I know!!!

[JamesXR]

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.

[Seth]

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

[chubbs]

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.

[Togm]

Thankfully i dont use any of those for my pussy!

[CorbinFisher_BD]

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