Complete freefall in progress. It is abudantly apparent the pet food industry is unable to control it's own product safety and quality in any sort of a timely manner once a problem is encountered.
After three weeks Menu Foods still cannot isolate it's poisoned pet food. More and more bad food is still being fed to pets.
April 10, 2007
NOT FOR RELEASE OVER US NEWSWIRE SERVICES
Attention Business/Financial Editors
Prompted by reports from the US Food and Drug Administration as to the presence of melamine in cans of cuts and gravy pet food produced in Menu Foods’ Canadian production facility, Menu Foods undertook an accounting of all recalled wheat gluten supplied by ChemNutra Inc. to Menu Foods in the United States.
As the result of that review, Menu Foods has identified a single interplant transfer of the ChemNutra supplied wheat gluten, shipped from Menu Foods’ plant in Emporia, Kansas, to its plant in Streetsville, Ontario. This wheat gluten was subsequently used in the production of pet food in December, 2006 and January, 2007, which is being recalled by Menu Foods.
The new varieties in the United States and Canada have been added to the recall list. The latest recall group is listed below, and a complete list of recalled products, including the new items can be reviewed at www.menufoods.com.
Brand Look For This Date On The Bottom of Can or Back of Pouch Variety Description Can / Pouch Size UPC
Americas Choice, Preferred Pet
Jan/2/10 Flaked Tuna 3oz Can 3oz 54807-59114
Your Pet
Dec/19/09 Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz Can 3oz 72036-29026
Jan/24/10
Nov 06 09 Sliced Variety Pack 3oz Can 3oz 72036-40013
Pet Pride
Dec/19/09 Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz Can 3oz 11110-86264
Jan/24/10
Nov 06 09 Sliced Variety Pack 3oz Can 3oz 11110-86003
Dec 05 09
Dec 06 09
Jan 23 10
Jan 24 10
Laura Lynn
Jan/2/10 Flaked Tuna 3oz Can 3oz 86854-02407
Dec/19/09 Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz Can 3oz 86854-02406
Nutriplan
Dec/19/09 Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz Can 3oz 41130-06755
Price Chopper
Dec/19/09 Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz Can 3oz 41735-12828
Publix
Jan/2/10 Flaked Tuna 3oz Can 3oz 41415-08327
Dec/19/09 Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz Can 3oz 41415-08827
Jan/2/10
Jan/24/10
Stop & Shop Companion
Jan/2/10 Flaked Tuna 3oz Can 3oz 88267-00286
Winn Dixie
Dec/19/09 Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz Can 3oz 21140-19419
J.E. Mondou
Jan/2/10 Flaked Tuna 85g Can 85g 71127-54202
Medi-Cal
Jan/8/09 Dissolution Formula 170g Can 170g 70705-21280
Nutro Products
All Dates Chicken Cacciatore 3oz Can 3oz 79105-35205
All Dates Orleans Seafood Jambalaya 3oz Can 3oz 79105-35206
All Dates Beef Ragout 3oz Can 3oz 79105-35207
All Dates Alaskan Halibut/Rice 3oz Can 3oz 79105-35221
All Dates Kitten Chicken/Lamb 3oz Can 3oz 79105-35202
All Dates California Chicken 3oz Can 3oz 79105-30011
All Dates Lamb/Turkey Cutlets 3oz Can 3oz 79105-30014
All Dates Salmon/Whitefish 3oz Can 3oz 79105-30013
All Dates Beef/Egg 3oz Can 3oz 79105-30015
All Dates Turkey/Chicken Liver 3oz Can 3oz 79105-30016
All Dates Seafood/Tomato/Bisque 3oz Can 3oz 79105-30017
All Dates Hunters Stew with Duck 3oz Can 3oz 79105-30018
All Dates Hunters Stew with Venison 3oz Can 3oz 79105-30019
Unfortunate Ping
TANKS,,,ain’t got to the baad part yet...
Haven’t seen much on ‘tha whirld newz’ about this. Interesting that the public has to educate themselves on this one. But at least we know who Anna Nicole’s baby’s daddy is. That’s the iportant thing.
But it’s freeeee trade. Be happy.
The more doctrinaire Muslims, plus, large percentages of other non / anti Western peoples, including some old school Chinese, are very anti pet. They proscribe the keeping of pets. They view them strictly as outdoor / farmstead varmint controls. Add to that, the prominent role pets play particularly in American society. Who knows. There may be more than negligance in the mix.
It gets worse, ping!
bump
Another pet food recall ping!
Can a whistleblower at the FDA please stand up?
Nutro Recalls All Canned Food With Wheat Gluten
April 10th, 2007
We applaud this move by Nutro to remove all wet foods that contain wheat gluten and we agree with Nutro CEO’s sentiments. Checking UPC codes, dates, etc. only causes confusion in stores as well as homes. Customer-centric companies should do us all a favor by removing entire lines of products, not just certain dates or codes.
We’ve heard too many reports of recalled food still sitting on store shelves because of all the confusing information that’s been dribbling out over the last month. Simple instructions like this help us save our pet’s lives.
“Pet owners are fed up with confusing information regarding the Menu Foods recall,” said Dave Kravis, President and CEO of Nutro Products.
Just released:
“As a result of new information received from Menu Foods late yesterday, Royal Canin Canada is recalling Medi-Cal Feline Dissolution Formula canned diet because one production lot (January 08 2009) contains contaminated wheat gluten. This product is produced for Royal Canin Canada by the Menu Foods Ontario plant. Medi-Cal Feline Dissolution Formula canned diet is Royal Canin’s only wheat gluten-containing canned product. This is the only Royal Canin or Medi-Cal product being recalled.”
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2007/10/c3593.html
The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) today issued an urgent alert to pet parents that if they have not already done so, it is imperative for them to discontinue use of the recalled foods immediately.
“More than three weeks into the pet food recall, recent intakes at the ASPCA’s Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital (BMAH) in New York City show that some pet parents have unwittingly continued to feed their pets the contaminated, recalled foods. Just last night, we admitted a cat into our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) that is in severe renal failure, and has been consuming one of the recalled product codes all this while,” said Dr. Louise Murray, director of medicine at BMAH.
“This is obviously a matter of great concern to us,” continued Dr. Murray. “It is possible that this scenario is being replicated across the country, due to confusion over which brands and product codes are included in the recall—especially with the recent recall expansion—and, as a result, many more animals may be in great danger.”
Dr Steven Hansen, a board-certified toxicologist and senior vice president with the ASPCA, who manages the ASPCA’s Animal Poison Control Center (APCC), located in its Midwest Office in Urbana, Ill., agrees. “It is extremely important for pet parents to stay abreast of the foods that have been recalled, especially since, while the investigation is still ongoing, there may be new developments every day.
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_041007
Can we move this to Front Page News?
I wonder when we’re going to find out how much of this stuff has found its way into the human food supply?
Do not know what to believe anymore.
It is so unreal and upsetting.