Deadly Pet Food - Diamond Pet Foods

13 WHAM ^ | 12/22/05 | Mike Doria

[Cold Heart]

PING!

[Noumenon]

Yikes! We feed Diamond to our border Collies.

[SouthTexas]

Treatment includes a chicken and rice diet

First two on the recall list.

[chicagolady]

Your kidding!
If Sparky did not get a taco every Saturday morning I had hell to pay!!

He also loved it when I juiced vegetables!! He would it the pulp let over.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Every dog I've had loves Bil-Jac. It is fresh meat, and it must be kept refrigerated.

[Veto!]

Corn is not pet food, it's for cattle. At the very least, dogs fed corn develop a sort of "beefy" look. Not good.

My dog gets Nutro Senior, made with chicken and oatmeal along with some real meat that I simmer for her. Rice is OK too.

[Tunehead54]

Reference bump. Thanks! ,-)

[Calpernia]

Animal hospital confirms canine death due to dog food

December 21, 2005 - Three brands of dog and cat food manufactured by Diamond Pet Foods are being recalled because they may contain aflatoxin.

The food is sold under the Diamond, Country Value and Professional labels. It's distributed in 23 states, including Mississippi.

Our sister station, WIS in South Carolina, reported that a representative with Wateree Animal Hospital in Camden, South Carolina says they have one confirmed dog death due to dog food. The pet owner just got back toxicology reports and the cause of death was severe liver damage due to dog food. The dog was eating Diamond Dog Food.

Aflatoxin is a naturally occurring toxic chemical by-product from the growth of the fungus Aspergillus flavus, on corn and other crops. The fungus develops on crops during years with severe high temperature stress and drought.

The company has notified its distributors to hold the sale of all Diamond Pet Food products formulated with corn that were produced in its Gaston, South Carolina, facility. Products manufactured at other Diamond Pet Food facilities are not affected.

Mississippi is one of the states serviced by the Gaston, South Carolina facility.

The Gaston facility date codes are unique from other Diamond facility codes in that either the eleventh or twelfth character in the date code will be a capital “G” (in reference to Gaston). The range of date codes being reviewed are “Best By 01-March-07” through “Best By 10-June-07”. Diamond’s quantitative analysis records substantiate that its corn shipments were definitively clear of aflatoxin after December 10. As such, “Best By 11-June-07” date codes or later are not affected by this notice

o Gaston facility products removed from sale are:

Diamond Low Fat Dog Food
Diamond Hi-Energy Dog Food
Diamond Maintenance Dog Food
Diamond Performance Dog Food
Diamond Premium Adult Dog Food
Diamond Puppy Food
Diamond Maintenance Cat Food
Diamond Professional Cat Food
Country Value Puppy
Country Value Adult Dog
Country Value High Energy Dog
Country Value Adult Cat Food
Professional Chicken & Rice Senior Dog Food
Professional Reduced Fat Chicken & Rice Dog Food
Professional Adult Dog Food
Professional Large-Breed Puppy Food
Professional Puppy Food
Professional Reduced Fat Cat Food
Professional Adult Cat Food

All pet owners are urged to contact a veterinarian immediately if their animals show signs of illness including sluggishness or lethargy combined with a reluctance to eat, yellowish tint to the eyes and/or gums, and severe or bloody diarrhea.

For more information about the specified Diamond Pet Food products, call Mark Brinkman, Diamond Pet Food, 573-229-4203. For a list of dealers in each of the affected states, visit http://www.diamondpet.com.

Other states serviced by the Gaston facility are Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky (eastern), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Vermont and Virginia.

[Tunehead54]

Thanks so much for the additional info - we're in the WDC area for Xmas and have our dog, cat and two bunnies at a vet in the Tampa area - I've got a call in but haven't heard back yet. Again, thanks. :-)

[Calpernia]

I found a PDF file on this company that says it sells to private labels too.

I'm wondering if they sell to stores for store branding.

[Calpernia]

Update, Diamond sells to private labels.

Not able to locate any other info yet.

[HairOfTheDog]

I'd be curious about that.... We buy a Chicken and Rice food packaged for a local farm supply "Del's". We've thrown away the bag so I don't know how to look for who and where it comes from.

[Calpernia]

NOT that it helps; but this is the PDF I found that says Diamond sells to private labels:
http://www.janikltd.com/article1104.pdf

Diamond also has a pretty big distribution channel to farm and feed stores too.

I can't get through on the phone and am continuing to do searches.

[ecurbh]

You could always call and ask.

[Slings and Arrows]

Thanks - please ping me to any further info.

[HairOfTheDog]

I could... the Del's cat food says it's manufactured in Tacoma. I think the odds are slim that our stuff is coming from back east.. but if a list is found of the labels they sell to, I'd sure ping it again.

[porkchops 4 mahound]

Don't forget, "it's Bush's fault".

[Vaquero]

You know...
...my Chocolate lab/Pit bull mutt is spoiled....the only store bought food he will eat is Moist and Meaty. Back when I was single I had a Shepard who would eat just about anything....I fed him dry food for the most part with an occasional piece of meat or juices over the food....

.....I have even seen my Lab/Pit bull turn down MEAT!

but NEVER and I mean NEVER, has he turned down a brimmin bowl full of Venison scraps.....

[apackof2]

I feed my Maddie Sensible Choice however
if you find out more information please ping me thanks

[Calpernia]

I would never turn down Venison scraps either! :)