Starting A Pet Food Recall Ping List

[mom4kittys]

With the news changing daily about the tainted pet food, Arizona Carolyn and I are starting a ping list to be published on her profile page. Please let us know if you would like to be included. I will not be able to respond until later today and over the weekend.

[Salamander]

“As with anything else, the mfr wants to lessen his production costs.”

“THE CONTAMINATED RECALLED PET FOODS HAD BEEN SOLD TO A HOG FARM AS WASTE FOOD.”

Logical train of thought.....or slow motion trainweck?

Even gladder that I dumped Blue Seal, now.
Most of their dog foods ae pork-based.
Would’ve trickled down...and resurfaced, eventually.

[LSAggie]

Please include me in your ping list—thanks!

[afraidfortherepublic]

Please add me to your pinglist on the pet food recalls.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Add me!

[RushCrush]

Great idea, please add me and thanks for your work!

[padfoot_lover]

Please add me to your ping list! Thanks!

[e_castillo]

Add me.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Please include me - the whole thing has me freaked!

[pitinkie]

Please include me thanks

[Slings and Arrows]

As with HairOfTheDog, the existence of this ping list means I will no longer be pinging pet food recall stories.

[angcat]

Please include me!

Thank you!

[CAluvdubya]

Please add me to the recall ping list. Thanks!

A raw food diet is the safest and most nutritional for your pets!

[CAluvdubya]

I do this as a part-time job in retirement. I'm not writing to push Science Diet; only to state that, thus far, I've found Hill's to be a real stand-up company

Sorry but I have to say something about Science Diet. SD dry food caused diabetes in 2 of my cats (and hundreds more if you go to the feline diabetes forums). I have had several vets outright say SD dry is not a good nutritional food for cats.

Cats are obligate carnivores, they do not eat rice or wheat or veggies. When was the last time you saw a zoo feed the lions or tigers carrots or rice?

[Thorberserker]

Please include me! Thanks!

[bcsco]

I’m not a veterinarian so can’t speak to specific health issues. My vet, however, has stated he has no problem with dry cat foods. Some customers I’ve met in my short time as rep have mentioned feeding dry SD dry for many years without problems; some have mentioned for 25 years or more. More than one swear by the product. I’d appreciate hearing specifically from you exactly what it is in this product they feel is detrimental.

We had a cat until recently, and fed it dry cat food exclusively. We never had a health issue with the animal. We now have a dog and feed him SD exclusively. And with his allergy problems, it’s the best dog food I’ve found (and I’ve tried most of the others).

Yes, cats are true carnivores (as opposed to dogs which are omnivores). But that doesn’t mean that feeding domestic cats a straight fat diet is correct for them. Their food should be high in protein, fatty-acids, taurine, and be balanced in such ingredients as calcium, phosphorus and magnesium.

[iceskater]

please add me to your pet food recall list.

thanks

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Thank you Salamander for your kind thoughts on my Goldie. She has dental issues and really likes canned food best (she was eating Pedigree)...but we switched her to what my kids call 'play doh' dog food (Purina Moist and Meaty)(not crunchy like dry, which she has trouble with) and not as moist (and inviting to her) as the canned stuff she loved. But she is eating it.

I will try your milk suggestion...she never has really liked milk...but she might go for it now...she loves (and I shouldn't admit this) American cheese. She doesn't get it often, but she really enjoys a slice every now and then (when particularly when she sees the kids are making sandwiches).

Many Thanks, PaMom

[NicNacPattyWac]

please add me to the list too!

Bcsco, thanks for the info on SD. This is what we give our dogs, and with what seems to be a new recall every other day I become a little edgy

[bcsco]

Bcsco, thanks for the info on SD. This is what we give our dogs, and with what seems to be a new recall every other day I become a little edgy

It's good to be edgy under the circumstances. But so far, SD seems to be on top of the situation. In my conversations with customers and potential customers, wheat glutin/melamine is the one single issue on everyone's minds. I'm glad to be able to show them correspondence from Hill's SD themselves that addresses those questions up front. It really helps.

For your peace of mind, here are the two Hill's products voluntarily recalled on March 27th & March 30th:

Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry: 4 & 10lb bags

Science Diet Savory Cuts (cans), all flavors

Note that Hill's made the following statement: "With the exception of the products listed above: All other Science Diet [and Prescription Diet] products are safe for you to sell and safe for your consumers to feed to their pets".

On April 18th, Hill's announced that a rice protein concentrate recall was now in effect. They made the following statement in this announcement: "While Hill's uses rice protein concentrate in 4 of its products, we do not use the supplier involved with the recall. Hill's has tested its ingredients and these tests show no melamine is present in the rice protein concentrate that it uses".

The four products involved, tested, and cleared are:

Prescription Diet z/d Feline dry

Prescription Diet k/d Canine canned

Science Diet Lamb Meal and Rice Recipe Puppy Large Breed

Prescription Diet h/d Canine dry

Since you have dogs, I'd say you should have little concern. But keep a watch on this situation. Things can change.

[trisham]

Please add me!