Some of this info may be duplication (my apologies), but better that than not knowing...it may well be in our (human) foods too. I may have too go veggies for a while until the dust settles.
Hi all,
There were many additional pet food recalls announced yesterday. Many of latest recalls are because the manufacturing plant added the tainted rice protein without notifying the pet food companies. This means the tainted ingredient did NOT appear on the pet food labels!
Thursday Recalls (most coming only hours after the FDA stated they didn't expect any more recalls...):
- Blue Buffalo recalled ALL Blue can dog food, Spa Select can cat foods and Blue Health Bar treats
- Dr. Foster & Smith recalled some dog and cat foods
- Natural Balance recalled some canned dog and cat food
- Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul recalled some cat and dog canned food
- Lick Your Chops recalled some cat food
- SmartPak realled another food
- CostCo recall some of their Kirkland canned food
- Diamond Brand recalled some canned food
Visit each manufacturer's website for more info on recalled products or check the postings at Itchmo (link below.)
So far, more than 889 separate items have been recalled under more than 100 different brand names
Leftover tainted pet food was fed to hogs on hog farms (and possibly one or more chicken farms, too) in at least 6 states. Several hundred of those hogs were slaughtered and shipped out. They're still trying to track where that pork went.
The FDA has decided to test the following imported raw ingredients as well as human and pet foods already manufactured that contain those ingredients:
- wheat gluten
- corn gluten
- corn meal
- soy protein
- rice bran
- rice protein concentrate
So this could easily continue to expand and expand and expand. Visit the PetConnection and/or Itchmo every day to make sure what you feed your pet isn't added to the recall list.
http://www.petconnection.com
http://www.itchmo.com/
http://www.labservices.uoguelph.ca/urgent.cfm
The FDA's latest death toll is " maybe 17 or 18." Every other source says it's at least 4,000 cats and dogs. Itchmo is asking owners of pets who died to mail postcards to the FDA and the media so they can no longer deny the true death toll. Visit Itchmo for more info on the postcard campaign.Spread the word so we can keep our pets safe. Permission to cross post granted.