is walmart brand dog food really causing kidney failure and killing dogs?

Question

someone called me and told me that they've been saying on the news walmart brand, safeway brand and kroger brand cuts in gravy dog food is killing dogs. has anyone else heard this?

Answer 1

Yes, there was a giant recall yesterday after several dogs died and there was kidney failure in many others.

Here is the link to the MSNBC article about it. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17649845/

and here is the article just in case it doesn't work.

Dog, Cat Food Recalled After Pet Deaths

Updated: 4:32 a.m. PT March 17, 2007
WASHINGTON - A major manufacturer of pet foods sold throughout North America under dozens of store names is recalling millions of containers of its products while working to determine what caused kidney failure and some deaths of cats and dogs.

Menu Foods said Saturday it is recalling dog food sold under 46 brands and cat food sold under 37 brands and distributed throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. The pet foods were sold by major retailers, including Wal-Mart, Kroger and Safeway.

A complete list of the recalled products along with product codes, descriptions and production dates is available from the Menu Foods website, http://www.menufoods.com/recall. Consumers with questions can also call [phone].

"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.

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.

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.

The pet food was sold by stores operated by the Kroger Co., Safeway Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and PetSmart Inc., among others, Henderson said.

The company said it makes pet food 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.

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.

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Answer 4

Here is the company site and list of foods involved. To the best of my knowledge the reports to date have all involved cats.

Link: http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_cat.html

Recalled Cat Product Information
Recall Information 1-866-895-2708

1. Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
2. Authority
3. Best Choice
4. Companion
5. Compliments
6. Demoulas Market Basket
7. Fine Feline Cat, Shep Dog
8. Food Lion
9. Foodtown
10. Giant Companion
11. Good n Meaty
12. Hannaford
13. Hill Country Fare
14. Hy-Vee
15. Key Food
16. Laura Lynn
17. Li'l Red
18. Loving Meals
19. Main Choice
20. Nutriplan
21. Nutro Max Gourmet Classics
22. Nutro Natural Choice
23. Paws
24. Presidents Choice
25. Price Chopper
26. Priority
27. Save-A-Lot
28. Schnucks
29. Sophistacat
30. Special Kitty
31. Springfield Pride
32. Sprout
33. Total Pet, My True Friend
34. Wegmans
35. Western Family
36. White Rose
37. Winn Dixie

Dog Food Products:

Recalled Dog Product Information
Recall Information 1-866-895-2708

1. Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
2. Authority
3. Award
4. Best Choice
5. Big Bet
6. Big Red
7. Bloom
8. Bruiser
9. Cadillac
10. Companion
11. Demoulas Market Basket
12. Fine Feline Cat, Shep Dog
13. Food Lion
14. Giant Companion
15. Great Choice
16. Hannaford
17. Hill Country Fare
18. Hy-Vee
19. Key Food
20. Laura Lynn
21. Loving Meals
22. Main Choice
23. Mixables
24. Nutriplan
25. Nutro Max
26. Nutro Natural Choice
27. Nutro
28. Ol'Roy
29. Paws
30. Pet Essentials
31. Pet Pride
32. Presidents Choice
33. Price Chopper
34. Priority
35. Publix
36. Roche Bros
37. Save-A-Lot
38. Schnucks
39. Springsfield Pride
40. Sprout
41. Stater Bros
42. Total Pet, My True Friend
43. Western Family
44. White Rose
45. Winn Dixie
46. Your Pet

Answer 5

I am a new dog owner this week. I adopted a shelter dog. I have spent the better part of the week researching the internet, and speaking to my own vet, plus calling 3 others of differing opinions. So even vets do not all agree about how to feed a dog. There are many vets who don't even own dogs. I am quite persuaded to use the raw meat diet. I watched a youtube video taking place in the dog food processing plant. Just think for a second how long dog food has to be shelf stable. Sometimes by the time you buy it , it can be almost 2 years old!! It sits in ware houses and is filled with the most horrible things you can imagine. Some are better than others, but most are grain based and when is the last time you saw a pack of wild dogs attack a wheat field? Plus NO animal in nature cooks its food. NOT ONE!

Answer 6

Iams do cruel labratory experiments on dogs, cats, monkies and a lot of other animals just go to their webiste www.iamscruelty.com
they supposedly put dog in their food as well
but i'm not so sure about that part but they kill animals
and their dog food gives dogs diarrea
iams is bad for dogs

Answer 7

Go to this web site to find the exact foods www.menufoods.com/recall Here is also a phone number if you need it [phone].. What you were told is true. Good luck and I hope your dog hasn't eaten any of this food.

Answer 8

Yes. That brand and other brands, from what I understand it is so far affecting canned foods (dog and cat) and cat food which is moist and sold in packets- many brands. Here's where you can see what are on the recall list so far:
http://www.menufoods.com/recall/

Answer 9

Yes and many others but it is the canned dog food here is link for complete list http://www.menufoods.com/recall

Answer 10

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