Del Monte Expands It's Pet Food Recall

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

[Ainast]

that saturday breakfast sounds good lol.

I for one can’t stand splenda, I can feel the granules or whatever, like it tastes like I’m drinking sandy tea.

[sweetiepiezer]

Found a link:

http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/abs/10.2460/javma.228.11.1686

[sweetiepiezer]

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

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Says in the article there was a recall, I never heard about it, did anyone else. 19 products recalled.

Could have just been a trial run for whoever did this.

[girlangler]

MG,

If you have a ping list can you add me?

Last week my local vet had five dogs in with serious issues regarding this recall, and yesterday they told me there were two more. They are encouraging making homemade food for pets (which I have been doing since the first recall, since my dogs had eaten some of the recalled foods).

And they said they believe this is going to get a lot worse.

[girlangler]

I’m not getting pinged on these recall lists, could you add me to yours?

[sweetiepiezer]

I am not a pinger, lol, but do get pinged by M_guy and harofthedog.
I sent this note to them also to get you on their list.

[Smittie]

“Three weeks and still no clarity or accountability as to the cause. G-L-O-B-A-L-I-S-M GLOBALISM!!!!!!! We can’t expect third world nations to live up to OUR health standards. Why the hell we or the Canadians are importing ANY food stuffs for animals or ourselves from a disease-ridden primitive rathole like Red China aside from GREED is beyond me. Today dog food, tomorrow human food or pharmaceuticals and drugs.

That was my thought. Why are we importing this crap when we pay our farmers to NOT grow more wheat?

[Faith65]

I’m so very sorry about your son’s dog.

[sweetiepiezer]

Thank you Faith65.

[HairOfTheDog]

Ping!

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[Slings and Arrows]

I'm getting scared: I caught my cats reading a book titled "To Serve Man"...

[Lady Jag]

No other Del Monte Pet Products treats, biscuits or wet dog food products are impacted by this recall, and no Del Monte dry cat food, dry dog food, wet cat food or pouched pet foods are subject to this voluntary recall.

[TxCopper]

If you are craving a sweet desert, take a box of sugar-free jello & whip it for 3 minutes with a pint of heavy whipping cream. It makes a thick fruity mousse. Net Carbs? 0 Add 1/4 cup raspberries for a negiligible .5 carbs.

[girlangler]

Thanks HOTD for pinging me. Just finished cooking chicken and rice with steamed carrots for my babies, including the old yellow lab we talked about so much a year ago (he finally became an inside pet fulltime, and it’s going well now).

I made lamb stew for me and hubby yesterday and cooked the lamb trimmings and bones and boiled them for them. They are getting SPOILED, love this recall.

[Slings and Arrows]

True, but Pounce cat treats are; ergo,I pinged.

[GovernmentShrinker]

I am getting real tired of giving our Tabby the Ringer’s IV after two weeks.

Better learn to like it. Most cats eventually come down with renal failure, if something else doesn't kill them first, so if Tabby recovers from this and lives a good long life, you're likely to be doing this again down the road. Daily subQ fluids can extend their lives for years. I have a 21 year old whose been getting fluids every night for almost 2 years now. He lies on my bed and gets combed while they drip in, and he just loves the whole thing. Doesn't really seem to notice the fluids and barely notices getting poked, but lying on mommy's bed getting combed is clearly a great treat in his mind. It's become a nice bedtime routine for me too.

BTW, if you need to continue this for a while, you'll probably save a bundle by buying fluids/needles/lines from someplace other than your vet (unless your vet is selling these items for way less than most vets). Some people are able to get them locally through a Costco or Walgreen's. Best online source I know of is http://www.bricomedicalsupplies.com Depending on where you live (due to shipping costs), buying lactated ringers by the 12-bag case will run between $3.13 and $4.08 per bag, shipping including (and no extra shipping charge for needles and lines purchased at the same time as fluids). Also, I highly recommend Terumo ultra thin-wall (UTW) needles -- for a given gauge, the hole in the middle is bigger, so you can use a smaller gauge and make a smaller hole in kitty, which is generally more comfortable for the cat, ans also results in less trouble with leakage after the needle comes out. Many cat renal failure veterans refer to the needles most vets provide as "kitty harpoons". I use the tiny 22 gauge, 3/4" Terumos, and 200mL takes about 10 minutes to drip in.

[StayoutdaBushesWay]

I eat Special K...wheat gluten is the second ingredient.

[Pravious]

This is so frustrating. Who runs the FDA? The career bureaucrats who weren’t good enough to work for FEMA?

We have an entire country whose beloved pets are in danger, and our USELESS GOVERNMENT (you know, the one our tax dollars feed) has been criminally incompetent or unwilling to do something about it (and, by the way... WHAT ABOUT ***OUR*** FOOD, FELLAS?)

>:-(

[potlatch]

Oh boy! I hadn’t thought of cereals and most all of us eat them. It’s getting scary.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Notice once again they say: "NOT FOR RELEASE OVER US NEWSWIRE SERVICES"

Please stop with the paranoid conspiracy theory stuff. It's not helping. There were two virtually identical releases for the US and Canada:
US: http://www.menufoods.com/recall/Press%20Release%2004052007%20US.htm
Canada: http://www.menufoods.com/recall/PRESS%20RELEASE%2004052007%20CAN.htm

There is one little extra sentence in the Canadian version, which has no bearing on the situation in the US: "A further seven varieties for Europe have been added to the recall list." The header information for the Canadian version also contains the Canadian stock exchange trading symbol for a related security "Menu Foods Income Fund (TSX:MEW.UN)"; this security does not trade on any US exchange. The byline for the US version shows the name of the US PR service that distributed that release, PRNewswire. The byline for the Canadian version shows the name of the Canadian PR service that distributed that release, CCNMatthews. The two releases are otherwise absolutely identical, including every detail of the recalled brands/flavors/dates.

Companies with international operations normally have ongoing contracts with different PR distribution services in different countries. These contracts remain in force during a business crisis situation, and there is nothing sinister about that. Different countries have different laws that may apply to the content of press releases (i.e. libel laws, securities laws, etc.), so it's just prudent business practice to have releases handled by a PR firm that's based in the country where each release is made.