What are you doing about your pet's dry food? Recall?

Question

So people are saying that the dry pet food could also be tainted, however, the FDA wont comment. My cat eats Iams dry food and I do not know if I should allow her to continue eating it. It angers me that there are no difinitive answers or tests being done. What are you doing in this instance? Any suggestions? Is there any other info out there?

Apparently, there have been NO tests even done on the dry food. Some organizations want the dry food recalled until tests are done.
This is so frustrating. I hate not being able to get a straight answer (not from you guys I am talking about officials.)

They are talking abou it on CNN

This is messed. CNN just announced that the poisoned wheat glutten was shipped to a manufacuting company in the US and it was made to make Dry Food. They wont realease the name of which company. How annoying is that? Why are they keeping info from us?

Answer 1

Iams is a low quality food anyway. Even without the recall, I wouldn't feed it to my animals. Aside from the cruel animal testing that they do, they are loaded with meat leftovers, fillers, and things that animals just don't need. Things like Purina, Science Diet, Eukanuba, and most grocery store brands are all crap.

I feed my dog Natural Balance food. http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com I get it at my local pet supply store (support the local small business owner), but it's also available at petco. They have a great cat food as well.

My cat gets Evo because of the nutrient ratio. He loves it. I get it at the same pet supply store.

Blue Buffalo is another option that's fairly readily available. Petsmart sells it and it (like Natural Balance and Evo) is all human grade, no fillers, top quality stuff.

Wellness, Merrick, "Chicken Soup", Felidae, Solid Gold, and Wysong are a few other ones that are great quality.

Hope this helps! : )

Answer 2

I was watching CNN this morning at 10:00and watched the FDA announcement, they said that they would be adding some dry foods on the list and to watch their website for these additions. By the time your pet shows signs of any problems their kidneys will be about 75 % affected, that is really scary. I'm feeding my small Pomeranian baby food until I know that her Science Diet food is 100% safe.

FDA.gov is the website, you can sign up for them to e mail you with their updated material. The FDA said that it has some 8000 reports from people that they have to investigate, so it will take them an undetermined amount of time to sift thru all of that information. They did say that it was linked to some fertilzer products from wheat in China. But that they do not know if it was limited to that.

Answer 3

It's true that there are currently no dry foods being recalled at this time.

However, dry food is a poor choice for cats and this would be an excellent time to learn more about cat nutrition, and get started on converting him or her to a better food!

If nothing else, I would stop feeding Iams and find a better one. Look at my What to feed link - these are for canned foods but many of these companies make dry also. There's also a link to Premium dry foods that you should check out.

And if you want to learn more, read the other links.

Answer 4

At this point, I have decided to feed my guys raw diet. Not only is the cost of the dry food soaring for less in the bag, but there are now too many questions about the food being safe. This is the second time I have heard of there being a massive recall of pet food (wet) the first one was by royal canin for it's vet diets and now menufoods which produces diets for several different companies.

Answer 5

I have not heard that any dry food is a problem, but if this turns out to be a problem with wheat, then I'd suspicious of any pet food with wheat. Iams cat food, I don't believe contains wheat, but it does use corn, another cheap filler product.
If I were you, I'd switch to a premium cat food. Premium foods do not contain cheap fillers like wheat and corn. There are tons of premium foods, which is best depends on your cat and what you can get in your area.
Check out these as a start and read the ingredients so you get a feel for what a premium food is compared to foods like Iams.
http://www.oldmotherhubbard.com/wellness/
http://www.canidae.com/cats/cat_and_kitten/dry.html
http://www.merrickpetcare.com/

Answer 6

Very troubling they are not telling us which bran they suspect. I'mm going make my own pet food until this thing gets figured out.

Here are some recipes I've found :

SAUTEED LIVER

Heat 1 teaspoon corn oil in a pan.

Add 1/4 pound beef liver and fry on both sides until cooked but
not dry inside.

Add 1/2 cup water to the pan and mix it up with all the brown
bits.

For dogs, cut the liver into pieces and serve; for cats, grind
the liver in a blender, using the pan juices.



CHICKEN SOUP

Combine 1 chicken liver, 1 giblet, 1 chicken heart, 1 chicken
neck, 2 cups water and 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley.

Cover and simmer until the giblet is tender.

Chop all the meat for dogs removing bones and mix with kibble;
for cats, you may want to grind the meat in the blender.



VEAL STEW

Combine 1/2 pound stewing veal, 1 cup canned tomatoes, 1 cup
water, 1 chicken bouillon cube, 1/2 onion (chopped), parsley and
a dash of garlic powder in a pot and simmer.

When meat is tender, remove all the bones.

For dogs, cut the meat in chunks, and mix stew with kibble or
some other grain; for cats, grind the stew in blender, adding a
tablespoon of wheat germ or 1/2 slice of whole wheat bread.



LIVER COOKIES

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine 1/2 cup dry milk and 1/2 cup wheat germ; drizzle 1
teaspoon honey on top.

Add one 3 1/3 oz. jar of strained liver baby food or homemade
blended liver and stir until everything is well mixed.

Form the mixture into balls; place them on an oiled cookie
sheet and flatten them with a fork.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes.

Consistency should be fudgy.

Store in a jar in the fridge; freeze if keeping more than a few
days.

More at http://www.familiesonlinemagazine.com/pets/dogs-puppies/homemade-pet-food.html

Answer 7

Okay, after I read your post I looked on IAMS website, and it has an updated statement released today in response to this and here is what it says: (to read all of it got to www.iams.com.

P&G Pet Care Media Statement
March 30, 2007

P&G PET CARE POSITION STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION

* There is no melamine or wheat gluten in any Iams or Eukanuba dry pet foods on store shelves.
* Iams and Eukanuba dry pet foods do not contain wheat gluten and are made in P&G Pet Care plants (not Menu Foods). Pet owners should know that they may feel safe and confident in feeding all Iams and Eukanuba dry foods, which are not manufactured by Menu Foods and are not part of this recall.
* Consumers should feel secure in feeding Iams and Eukanuba products. Only a small portion of our products were affected by the Menu Foods recall, and these products have already been removed from retail store shelves in the U.S. and Canada.

This, of course, does not relate other dry food brands, but I would suggest going to your food's site and seeing if there is any information on there.

Answer 8

hmmmm, I haven't heard that one. My cat eats Purina One. I'm not even sure that was on the list in the first place. You would think that the pet food companies would check all their product immediately, wet or dry. I saw some people on the news deciding to make their own pet food. I'm sure you can find recipes on the Internet to make your own food. Then you will know what she is eating and wont have to worry.

Answer 9

I was concerned, as well. We feed our dog Iams Minichunks. I dug around on the internet and it said that the tainted food came from one source, and while I don't know about other companies, Iams doesn't buy any of their ingredients for the dry foods from the company that had the problem. I think you are probably okay.

Answer 10

I wouldn't buy from those companies until this is resolved. If your pet is fine right now, I'd finish the open food you are using and switch brands next time. All of those companies listed don't sell that good of quality food anyway. I'd switch to a higher quality food with no by-products in it from a good pet store. Stay away from grocery store brands unless it is from the organic section.