Del Monte Expands It's Pet Food Recall

Del Monte Home Page ^ | Good Friday April 6, 2007 | Milwaukee_Guy

[sweetiepiezer]

Another late Friday document dump.
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They don’t want a big panic in the supermarkets befor Easter.
They will let us know next week it is in human food.

They are all on my last nerve.

[Milwaukee_Guy]

FWIW - I have lost 20 pounds on Atkins. I’ve managed to stay on it and have kept most of the weight off for two years now.

Atkins however is very unforgiving of “cheating”. Stay away from refined sugar, wheat, corn and starch and you’ll be OK. I’ll treat my self to a baked potato on the weekend and maybe a sandwich with some good German rye or pumpernickel. Get high fiber bread because the fiber reduces your carbohydrate count. Domestic puffy air loaf white bread is garbage.

Use SPLENDA as your sugar substitute. Less issues than other artificial sweeteners.

Tired of scrambled eggs? Here’s a wild Saturday breakfast I came up with,

Smash up a bag of Barbecue Pork Rinds and coat a pound of chicken livers. Fry ‘em up in some butter and oil.

Thar’ be some fine eatin’, I guarantee!

[TxCopper]

I invented my own BBQ sauce using sugar-free jello and liquid smoke. Net carbs? 0

I was a carb addict before, so it was a big adjustment. And yeah, food costs a little more, but it is worth it. I have gone from 209 -> 195 since I started.

[Milwaukee_Guy]

Very sorry for your loss. I know you have had a bad time.

I am getting real tired of giving our Tabby the Ringer’s IV after two weeks. He does seem to be doing better but I need to get another blood/urine test to be sure.

Maybe some good will eventually come out of the recall. It is almost amusing (in a really sick and sad way) watching this whole train wreck play out.

I hope it doesn’t get to the supermarkets, really. Just in case I am reading labels and buying no pet or human food with wheat gluten in it.

Monday is going to be very interesting.....

[Milwaukee_Guy]

Isn’t it amazing how much sugar is in condiments? Start adding it all up and you’re hitting 100 - 200 carbs a day just from “hidden” sugars.

My “Holy Trinity” is Liquid Smoke, Louisiana Hot Sauce and Worcestershire Sauce. Add some bacon grease and onions and you can make a meal out of darn near anything that walks, crawls or flies!

[backhoe]

Here's the latest I have, updated yesterday:

Two Separate FDA Recalls of Dog Biscuits and Chews--Is it just me, or is this whole pet food thing the world’s longest, slowest, most poorly communicated train wreck in history?

Menu Foods Expands Recall Notice once again they say: "NOT FOR RELEASE OVER US NEWSWIRE SERVICES"

-China Rejects Blame For Pet Food Recall--

Tainted wheat gluten found in U.S. food plants --Pardon the roughness of this- here is a fast grab ( latest first ) of links and other info regarding the Poison Pet Food situation:


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1811761/posts
ChemNutra Announces Nationwide Wheat Gluten Recall

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1811608/posts
Home-Cooked Pet Food Not Always Safe--If we humans are smart enough to figure out how to feed ourselves, surely we can do the same for our pets. Frankly, I'm getting sick of the "experts" telling us first one thing and then another. Dry foods versus wet foods. Homemade versus canned, etc.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1811513/posts
Bigger than you think: The story behind the pet food recall--make certain you see this in depth article. It explains why they are giving such a low number of deaths when the actual number is in the thousands, among other things.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1810752/posts
Another Pet Food Recall Announced Today--"Right now, I'm cooking for all of my dogs and cats, or reading every label for 'Wheat Gluten' When this is over, if the pet food industry wants me to trust them again I want to see the CEO on TV eating the product, or I'm not buying it."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1810368/posts
Poisoned Pet Food Additive Being Siezed and Chinese Company Identified!--This is just heartbreaking. Might I suggest that everyone check out Wysong pet food products http://www.wysong.net As far as I know, they are not part of any recalls, and my cats and dog love their food. You can order online and have everything shipped right to your door.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1810024/posts
Del Monte Pet Products Voluntarily Withdraws Specific Product Codes of Pet Treats and Wet Dog Food--From http://www.petconnection.com :

"The most recent numbers from our Pet Connection database: (3/31 8:45 p.m. PT):

2,797 deceased pets (1,546 cats and 1,251 dogs). Remember, these are self-reported numbers, but there is now a widespread acknowledgement that thousands of pets have been made ill or killed by one of the recalled products.

Truth is, no one will ever really know how many there are."

Purina One is now partially recalled!

http://www.purina.com/company/press/2007/MightyDog.aspx

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809732/posts
Hills Pet Nutrition Recalls Prescription Diet™ M/D™ Cat Dry Food, Only Product with Wheat Gluten

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809730/posts
Alpo® Pet Food Recall - Another One!

–The Poisoned Pet Food Problem–

-here are some quick links.

Note, like all my stuff, you need to scan the “replies” sections for more links and info as well:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809221/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809248/posts

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline-CRF-Support

The data base here is up to 2,400 dead pets now.
http://www.petconnection.com/

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809067/posts

National Toxicology Program - Executive Summary: Chromium Picolinate
http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm?objectid=6F5E980E-F1F6-975E-7CA23E823F2CB959

http://www.itchmo.com/read/voluntary-dry-food-reports_20070328

Doggie folks might like this link:

http://www.i-love-dogs.com/dog-food-recipes.html

Lots and lots of recipes for doggie ration and treats.

This is a fast cut & paste from the Dark Underbelly- always crosscheck, reference, and proceed with caution with internet sources.
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[ZULU]

I remember something about poisoned or contamined fruit from south of the border.

[babaloo]

I have a 3 + pound bin of the Jerky Treats by Del Monte left from a 2-pack I got at Costco a couple of months ago. It is not on the recall list and it has a big “No Wheat Formula” label on it. Is it just food that contains wheat gluten that is the problem? I am sorry I have not been able to keep up with all the updates. Maybe I should just throw it away. My pooches prefer Hormel pepperoni slices anyway.

[backhoe]

When in doubt,
toss it out...

Pepperoni sounds better to me, anyway!

[babaloo]

Probably a good idea. I am sure the girls will not be too upset.

[sweetiepiezer]

Thank you, that is a good collection of all their recalls and then their lies also.

[backhoe]

My kindest regards to you.

[sweetiepiezer]

Thank you m_guy,
Glad to hear your Tabby doing better.
What I find is so odd is that besides my dog dying and then my son’s dog and have talked to 2 other people who lost dogs in the last few weeks.
And that is just in my circle.

[sweetiepiezer]

Check this out.

http://www.avma.org/aa/menufoodsrecall/default.asp

Scroll down to Timely topics and check out the June 1, 2006.

ISNT THAT RAT POISON THEY WERE SUSPICOUS OF THEN.

[backhoe]

I checked the link, and am getting cookie errors for some odd reason, but aflatoxicosis appears to be related to aflatoxin, which is a mold— see this search string:

http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=Aflatoxicosis+in+dogs&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images

Can’t recall the name of that rodenticide offhand, but it was something else. Either one is bad news for pets, however!

[Faith65]

The article won’t load for me form AVMA.....does anybody know if it was posted the last few days? Link?

thanks....ps....how is your son’s dog?

[mombonn]

Thanks for the link - the most helpful information in one place that I’ve found!

[Milwaukee_Guy]

Nice summary, thanks!

[Ainast]

I eat it sometimes, not really my thing though.

This diet would be really really easy if I wasn’t going to school. The only thing to eat around my school is fast food. So I’ve resorted to making what I call “steak on a stick” to take to school, I strip some ribeye and skewer it and grill it and take a couple of those to school.

I go through about 1 1/2 bottles of propane a week lol.

But yea, I never thought I would say this but steak has gotten a little boring lol.

[sweetiepiezer]

My son’s dog passed away after 2 days on iv at the vets.

I couldn’t get the link on IE but got it on netscape and thought it would disappear soon, so I printed it out. It disapeared soon after that.
But, I don’t have a scanner.
DOES ANYONE ELSE THINK THAT THIS IS ODD THAT IT DISAPPEARED?

helloooooooooo

If I can scan it somehow, whoever wants it, let me know and i will try to get it to them.