what brand of dogfood at walmart is making pets sick?

Question

the company name is menufoods

Answer 1

Pet deaths prompt recall of pet food
By ANDREW BRIDGES, Associated Press Writer 26 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - A major manufacturer of dog and cat food sold under Wal-Mart, Safeway, Kroger and other store brands recalled 60 million containers of wet pet food Friday after reports of kidney failure and deaths.
An unknown number of cats and dogs suffered kidney failure and about 10 died after eating the affected pet food, Menu Foods said in announcing the North American recall. Product testing has not revealed a link explaining the reported cases of illness and death, the company said.
"At this juncture, we're not 100 percent sure what's happened," said Paul Henderson, the company's president and chief executive officer. However, the recalled products were made using wheat gluten purchased from a new supplier, since dropped for another source, spokeswoman Sarah Tuite said. Wheat gluten is a source of protein.
The recall covers the company's "cuts and gravy" style food, which consists of chunks of meat in gravy, sold in cans and small foil pouches between Dec. 3 and March 6 throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
The pet food was sold by stores operated by the Kroger Company, Safeway Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and PetSmart Inc., among others, Henderson said.
Menu Foods did not immediately provide a full list of brand names and lot numbers covered by the recall, saying they would be posted on its Web site — http://www.menufood s.com/recall — early Saturday. Consumers with questions can call [phone].
The company said it manufacturers for 17 of the top 20 North American retailers. It is also a contract manufacturer for the top branded pet food companies, including Procter & Gamble Co.
P&G announced Friday the recall of specific 3 oz., 5.5 oz., 6 oz. and 13.2 oz. canned and 3 oz. and 5.3 oz. foil pouch cat and dog wet food products made by Menu Foods but sold under the Iams and Eukanuba brands. The recalled products bear the code dates of 6339 through 7073 followed by the plant code 4197, P&G said.
Menu Foods' three U.S. and one Canadian factory produce more than 1 billion containers of wet pet food a year. The recall covers pet food made at company plants in Emporia, Kan., and Pennsauken, N.J., Henderson said.
Henderson said the company received an undisclosed number of owner complaints of vomiting and kidney failure in dogs and cats after they had been fed its products. It has tested its products but not found a cause for the sickness.
"To date, the tests have not indicated any problems with the product," Henderson said.
The company alerted the Food and Drug Administration, which already has inspectors in one of the two plants, Henderson said. The FDA was working to nail down brand names covered by the recall, agency spokesman Mike Herndon said.
Menu Foods is majority owned by the Menu Foods Income Fund, based in Ontario, Canada.
Henderson said the recall would cost the company the Canadian equivalent of $26 million to $34 million.

Answer 2

YES! I just posted a similar question. Last Tuesday we ran out of dog food and purchased Iams dry dog food for large breeds. The very next day our (healthy) dog began having bloody loose stools, and he threw up many times, and this continued for the next two days until it was REALLY REALLY bad and I was worried about whether or not he was dying. On Thursday (the day before the recall came out) I decided that it was the food and I made a mad dash to the store and picked up some Science Diet and got him to eat that and ever since he has been fine. I keep expecting Iams to come out with an expanded recall, but it hasn't happened yet. It's so upsetting that I practically know that this food must've also been tainted, but they haven't come out with the recall on it yet!

Answer 3

According to the FDA it is P&G brands like Iams and Eukanuba and Menufoods. It was not their dry pet products only can and foil pet foods. None of the cases so far have included dogs.

Answer 4

Beneful is bad for your dog because all the good stuff pictured on the front isn't even in the actual dog food. One batch of Diamond dog food was recalled in South Carolina because it was moldy. Kibbles & Bits is horrible for your dog because it has so much sugar in it that vets call it HoHo's for dogs. I would feed my dog the organic dog food from Walmart.

Answer 5

Apparently there are a bunch of them.. But they are the moist foods in the tinfoil pouches and canned food..
You can read the news story here.


http://www.indeonline.com/index.php?ID=14719&Category=10

The website for the company who has recalled the food is Menu Foods.. Recalled in stores in the Canada the US and Mexico.
http://www.menufoods.com/recall/index.html

Hope no one is feeding this stuff!

Answer 6

It is Iams , Eukanuba and certain store brands. It is only certian cans and pouches of the wet stuff. This is y I feed raw!! Here is the link to the updated story.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17650075/

Answer 7

Diamond, Professional and Country Pet(I think) at this point.

Answer 8

It is suppose to be posted on their web site in the morning. For right now just check the back of the can for the "menufoods" logo.

Answer 9

Well I know that the brand of dog food "My Dog" made my dogs sick.

Answer 10

safeway, i think