Animals
The news that dry food, made by an undisclosed pet food manufacturer, may also be contaminated with the substance causing kidney failure in pets, as well as troubling implications for the human food supply, overshadowed some of the medical news that came out of this morning’s FDA press conference. Investigators are onsite at the suspect plant, and the FDA promised to tell us anything they find out “as soon as possible”… a curious promise, since they currently know that the company purchased gluten from the same source as Menu did, and aren’t telling us what company it is, so as consumers we can make informed decisions.
Why is the dry pet food manufacturer undisclosed? We have the right to protect our pets by not feeding them poisoned food. By not releasing the name of the dry pet food manufacturer pet owners have no choice but to not feed ANY pet food to their pets.
The FDA is still only reporting 15 “confirmed” cases, those from Menu’s original test animals. Sundlof said that veterinary evidence needs to be collected before any other cases - and they’ve heard from over 8800 pet owners so far - can be confirmed. He said the FDA is sending consumers to the Menu website and fda.gov for information at this time.
'Veterinary evidence" what evidence do they expect to find now? Many of our pets died before the recall and before veterinarians knew there was a possibility our pets were being poisoned by their pet food.
- Pet Food Recall ~ Menu Foods Covers Their Assets
From North Country Gazette In another development, Menu Foods, the Canadian firm which initiated the biggest recall of pet food in the nation’s history in mid-March when it recalled 60 million containers of wet and pouched dog and cat food, has posted...
- The Usda Will Compensate Hog Farmers Affected By The Tainted Pet Food.
The tainted pet food scraps were sent to pig farmers as salvage by companies that have recalled pet foods. Elder said pigs that ate this contaminated feed will not be allowed to enter the human food supply. He emphasized, however, that "based on information...
- Dry Pet Food May Not Be Safe Fda Says
In a news conference, FDA officials said that the apparently melamine-contaminated wheat gluten also was shipped to a company that manufactures dry pet food, but they would not name the company. The FDA is attempting to determine if that company used...
- More Info On The Pet Food Recall
Whiskers died March 9th, 2007 of kidney failure after eating Special Kitty Pouch cat food. From CBS News An unknown number of cats and dogs had suffered kidney failure and about 10 died after eating the affected pet food, veterinarian and CBS News correspondent...
- Special Kitty Pouch Cat-food Killed Whiskers
Many of you who read my blog regularly know we recently lost out beloved cat Whiskers to kidney failure. Today I read in the paper that the Special Kitty Pouch Cat-food that he regularly ate was being recalled because it caused kidney failure in an unknown...
Animals
I have a headache ~how do we know what dry cat food is safe?
The news that dry food, made by an undisclosed pet food manufacturer, may also be contaminated with the substance causing kidney failure in pets, as well as troubling implications for the human food supply, overshadowed some of the medical news that came out of this morning’s FDA press conference. Investigators are onsite at the suspect plant, and the FDA promised to tell us anything they find out “as soon as possible”… a curious promise, since they currently know that the company purchased gluten from the same source as Menu did, and aren’t telling us what company it is, so as consumers we can make informed decisions.
Why is the dry pet food manufacturer undisclosed? We have the right to protect our pets by not feeding them poisoned food. By not releasing the name of the dry pet food manufacturer pet owners have no choice but to not feed ANY pet food to their pets.
The FDA is still only reporting 15 “confirmed” cases, those from Menu’s original test animals. Sundlof said that veterinary evidence needs to be collected before any other cases - and they’ve heard from over 8800 pet owners so far - can be confirmed. He said the FDA is sending consumers to the Menu website and fda.gov for information at this time.
'Veterinary evidence" what evidence do they expect to find now? Many of our pets died before the recall and before veterinarians knew there was a possibility our pets were being poisoned by their pet food.
- Pet Food Recall ~ Menu Foods Covers Their Assets
From North Country Gazette In another development, Menu Foods, the Canadian firm which initiated the biggest recall of pet food in the nation’s history in mid-March when it recalled 60 million containers of wet and pouched dog and cat food, has posted...
- The Usda Will Compensate Hog Farmers Affected By The Tainted Pet Food.
The tainted pet food scraps were sent to pig farmers as salvage by companies that have recalled pet foods. Elder said pigs that ate this contaminated feed will not be allowed to enter the human food supply. He emphasized, however, that "based on information...
- Dry Pet Food May Not Be Safe Fda Says
In a news conference, FDA officials said that the apparently melamine-contaminated wheat gluten also was shipped to a company that manufactures dry pet food, but they would not name the company. The FDA is attempting to determine if that company used...
- More Info On The Pet Food Recall
Whiskers died March 9th, 2007 of kidney failure after eating Special Kitty Pouch cat food. From CBS News An unknown number of cats and dogs had suffered kidney failure and about 10 died after eating the affected pet food, veterinarian and CBS News correspondent...
- Special Kitty Pouch Cat-food Killed Whiskers
Many of you who read my blog regularly know we recently lost out beloved cat Whiskers to kidney failure. Today I read in the paper that the Special Kitty Pouch Cat-food that he regularly ate was being recalled because it caused kidney failure in an unknown...