Does anyone know if any dry pet food has been recalled? I use Purina and Friskies for my cat. Does anyone know

Answer 1

Purina is not one of the brands affected by the recall.

However, it is a very low quality food. Take this opportunity to upgrade your cat's diet to something like blue buffalo or natural balance. It's 100% human grade, free from fillers, and is incredibly well balanced.

http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com

Answer 2

Most of the wet and dry food by Purina is safe, as they have their own plants. The only Purina product infected was Mighty Dog, and even then, it was only the pouches.

I've been keeping up on the story since the news first broke out, though, just in case.

Answer 3

Purina and Friskies are fine. You can get a list of recalled food at www.menufoods.com

Answer 4

No dry food has been recalled. Only is the cuts and gravy food. If your cat is only on dry food you have nothing to worry about. By the way what was found on the affected food was rat poison!!!

Answer 5

There has only been a recall on packaged or canned wet food because there is a company that makes all those brands called Menu-Foods that is said to have poison in their
wet food.

Answer 6

None has been recalled of which I am aware. There is a story that the canned food was contaminated with rodenticide on wheat from China, but I have no confirmation of this; it seems unlikely that a Canadian manufactory would be importing agricultural products from China.

Answer 7

The Dry Food is said to be ok. It was just the wet food in cans and pouches.

Answer 8

yes there are about 10 to 9 brands that were recalled.. dont know brands or item numbers

Answer 9

CBS News) NEW YORK Rat poison has been found in pet food blamed for the deaths of at least 16 cats and dogs, a spokeswoman for the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets said Friday.

The toxin was identified as aminopterin, state Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker said in a statement. Aminopterin is used to kill rats in some countries, but it's not registered for that use in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The officials did not say how they believe it got into the pet food.

Pet poison experts will be answering questions in a live chat on the ASPCA website at 3:00 p.m. EDT. Click here for a link to the website.

The substance was found at a level of at least 40 parts per million in tested cat food samples, according to Donald Smith, dean of Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Testing was done at the New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell and at the New York State Food Laboratory.

"Any amount of this product is too much in food," Hooker said.

The lab tested three cat food samples provided by Menu Foods, the manufacturer that produced all the recalled food. Aminopterin was found in two samples. The lab has not tested any dog food.

Hooker said the lab would be testing individual components of the pet food.

Aminopterin, also used as a cancer drug, is highly toxic in high doses. It inhibits the growth of malignant cells and suppresses the immune system.

The Food and Drug Administration has said the investigation was focusing on wheat gluten in the food. Wheat gluten itself would not cause kidney failure, but the common ingredient could have been contaminated by heavy metals or mold toxins, the FDA said.

State and FBI officials said they knew of no criminal investigations in the case.

The pet deaths led to a recall of 60 million cans and pouches of pet food produced by Menu Foods and sold throughout North America under 95 brand names. There have been several reports of kidney failure in pets that ate the recalled brands, and the company has confirmed the deaths of 15 cats and one dog.

Menu Foods last week recalled "cuts and gravy" style dog and cat food. The recall sparked concern among pet owners across North America. It includes food sold under store brands carried by Wal-Mart, Kroger, Safeway and other large retailers, as well as private labels such as Iams, Nutro and Eukanuba.

A complete list of the recalled products along with product codes, descriptions and production dates was available from the Menu Foods Web site.

The recall has led to at least three lawsuits against Menu Foods from pet owners who allege their animals got sick or died after eating recalled food.

Mourning turned to outrage after owners learned that Menu Foods waited nearly a month before notifying the public, reports CBS News The Early Show veterinarian Dr. Debbye Turner. This means that unsuspecting owners were poisoning their pets.

"To find out they knew about this weeks ago, and that the cats they tested died!" former cat owner Dawn Marjerczyk told CBS. Marjerczyk's cat died after eating some of the tainted cat food. "Why wasn't it pulled off then? Why do so many people have to suffer right now?"

The company's chief executive and president said Menu Foods delayed announcing the recall until it could confirm that the animals had eaten its product before dying. Two earlier complaints from consumers whose cats had died involved animals that lived outside or had access to a garage, which left open the possibility they had been poisoned by something other than contaminated food, he said.

Menu Foods also makes foods for zoo cats, but those products are unaffected by the recall.

A spokesman for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said he was not aware of any criminal investigation involving the tainted food. FBI spokesman Paul Holstein in Albany said Friday he was not aware of any FBI involvement in the case.

"I don't know where we'll go from here," he said.

Additional Details
Go into:
menufoods.com/recall
There they list the pet foods involved. If you see your pets food listed click on that link, and it will provide the dates from production and the UPC codes.

Answer 10

go to www.menufoods/recall for detailed list ...or call 18668952708