Pet food recall?

Question

So I was just listening to channel 9 news and I heard they added new foods to the pet recall list. Did I hear right that “Pounce” was one them. I JUST bought these treats for a cat that has been coming over the house a lot. Thank goodness she didn’t come around today. Also, “Jerky Strips” for dogs… were those pet food recalled to? I do feed my dog a type of Jerky Strip treat; however, I just threw them in the trash. I just printed the list from the website, but I do not know if it is an updated version.

One more thing, does this recall only affect “wet” pet food? Or is dry food also affected. Because from the looks of it, there is practically no pet food left to chose from.

Ps I hope all of your animals are well!

Joycee. Actually if I am not mistaken Iams was on the recall, I would throw that stuff out.

Also, another question... someone on this page, and the news said alot of pet owners have switched to "organic" pet foods. Does anyone have a name of any of these pet foods that are organic.

If organic food is the way to go then I am going down to petco first thing tomorrow.

Thank you to everyone for helping eachother out. Are your pets doing ok? I hope they are!

I am sorry I think I have posted the same question twice on another page.

After studying Marine Biology for a year and working at an Aquarium for over four I have a point I would like to make about tuna.

Please avoid eatting tuna more than once a month, and avoid giving it to your pets.

Tuna contains LARGE amounts of Mercury in it due to the fisheries not taking care of their fish. Eatting more than one can of tuna a month for to long can lead to serious complication in humans, and I can only assume in animals. Even resulting in death.

The reason your vet may have recomended it may have been because back then this theory about tuna was not known.

Please reserch this theory further for those of you who may be skeptic.

Answer 1

Hi there… Save yourself the hassle of trying to keep up with a list that may or may not be complete. Avoid any food that has Wheat Gluten listed as an ingredient.

It's time for pet owners to wake up and take responsibility for what they feed their animals and quit trusting what those great big money hungry companies tell you. Research for yourself, learn, read the ingredients and make an informed decision for the health and safety of your beloved pet.

With the recall, wheat gluten is the big suspect in cat food that everyone is trying to avoid, and it SHOULD be avoided. It should have been avoided all along. It’s nothing more than a cheap protein source used as a binding agent by pet food companies.

Corn should always be avoided as well. It’s a huge filler worth NOTHING. Corn as an ingredient in cat food is a joke. Ever seen a cat chewing on a corn cob in a field? No, you haven’t.

Cats, despite thousands of years of domestication, remain strictly carnivorous. True and honest meat eaters and that is what they need most. Protein from meat!

As you search for your new pet food, be aware that there are three Categories of Pet Foods:

-"Grocery store" foods – (Generic Brands and cheap name brands) Those foods found in grocery stores and mass-market retailers are made with lower-quality, less-digestible, inexpensive ingredients and are therefore a cheaper alternative. While easy on the pocketbook, "grocery store" foods normally do not provide your cat with the healthiest, most nutrient-dense ingredients.

-Premium foods – (Iams/Eukanuba, Purina One, Hills Science Diet, Nutro and such) Foods often found in grocery stores, pet stores, and veterinarian offices that contain higher-grade ingredients, but still include many elements of "grocery store" food, such as artificial colors, artificial flavors, chemical preservatives, and "filler" ingredients such as corn and wheat products, by-products and even animal digest. Yuck! Premium foods are usually more expensive than "grocery store" foods because their ingredients are sometimes of a higher quality, and are therefore somewhat more beneficial and digestible. But don’t be fooled, some of those same so called Premium brands are sometimes worse than grocery store foods, but they charge prices like they are better. They aren’t!

-Healthy foods – (Wellness, Eagle Pack, Drs Foster and Smith) The newest addition to the pet food market - provide pets with the highest quality, healthiest, and most nutritious ingredients. They are typically available for purchase online or direct from the manufacturer. Some better retailers are starting to carry them now. Complete Petmart carries a few healthy brand foods. Foods in the Healthy class - contain nutrient-rich ingredients. Formulated to provide optimum health benefits for pets, these foods often use real meat as the primary protein source, carbohydrate-rich whole grains like brown rice and barley and whole, fresh fruits and vegetables. They should not contain artificial preservatives, flavors, or colors. They will almost always be fortified with additional vitamins and minerals, and will use the best natural sources for fatty acids to help build healthy skin and a beautiful coat. Because healthy foods use high quality ingredients, you should expect to pay a little more than you would for other types of pet food. Remember, though, with healthy foods you can feed less since healthy foods are more nutrient-dense than other types of food so it often evens out or cost’s les than feeding foods filled with cheap non-nutritional by-products fillers.


With all that information in mind, when you are choosing a new cat food, study the ingredients. All ingredients on pet food labels are listed by weight. Meaning whatever ingredients are listed first on the list, there is more in there. The first ingredients listed should be whole meat ingredients, protein sources, such as Chicken or Turkey. NOT just the word “meat”! Who the heck knows what that is? The word Chicken Meal is ok, but it should be a secondary ingredient, not first. Meal is the meat dehydrated and ground into a powder.

The ingredients also should NOT include any by-products or animal digest whatsoever. Those are disgusting left over animal parts that are scraped off the filthy floors of meat and poultry plants. They should just go into the trash but they put them into pet food instead. EW!!!!

Also make sure there are no artificial colors or flavors. And make sure there is no BHA and BHT used preservatives. These preservatives have been shown to cause cancer in both cats and dogs. Bad Bad stuff and it’s in almost every cat treat on the market. :(

So, in summery of the ingredients… if you see the words by-products, Animal Digest, the word “meat” alone, Corn, Corn Gluten, Wheat Gluten, or BHA or BHT… stop reading, put down that bag and move on to the next.

Be aware that when switching to a Healthy, Holistic or Organic food, you will pay for what you get. Good foods are not cheap. They are pricey and will cost you on a per bag basis much more. Just like steak costs more than hotdogs. But again, you will be feeding a better food and improving the over all health of your pet. Which in turn leads to less vet visits for illness now and more importantly later in life in their Geriatric years. You will also feed less of this food on a per animal basis because a smaller amount of food contains what your cat needs. Overall healthy foods are well worth it, if only for the piece of mind that the ingredients are safer.

What are some good foods I recommend? I feed my cats Drs. Foster and Smith Holistic Adult Lite Dry cat food along with a mix of Wellness Dry. I also feed Merrick Canned.

I purchase Drs. Foster and Smith online and have it automatically delivered to my door so I never run out and never have to go get it. It’s one of the best foods on the market and has no “fillers” in it. It is also very reasonably priced compared to other holistic foods. And when you’re feeding as many cats as I am, price is as important as ingredients. If you can't afford it, you can't feed it. So buy the highest quality you can and feel good that you are doing the absolute best you can for your pet.

If you want to buy in a store, Complete Petmart is a good store and carries quite a few natural, organic, and holistic blends. Also check with your local feed stores. Old Mother Hubbard Wellness Brand is a great holistic food I feed. As is Eagle Pack Dry Cat food. Merrick canned is also a great source of nutrition and they will be coming out with a dry line this summer. Some brands, not all, of Nutro cat food are semi-ok if you want to spend less money, however I personally would never chose their food for nutritional value.

I highly recommend people take the time to research for themselves, but the information I have given should get you off to a good start. Good luck choosing a new food for your cats!

Side note… Please don’t feed Iams / Eukanuba. It’s ALL fillers, byproducts, animal digest and CRAP. Read the ingredients! There is nothing good for your cat in that food. Not to mention they conduct the most appalling animal testing you have ever seen. http://www.iamscruelty.com to see the terror they create.

Drs. F&S Food Link - http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/NavResults.cfm?N=2002+6000

Wellness Food Link - http://www.oldmotherhubbard.com/wellness/cat_index.html

Eagle Pack Holistic Select - http://www.eaglepack.com/Pages/HS_Home.html

Merrick Foods: http://www.merrickpetcare.com/


****DO NOT FEED IAMS!**** http://www.iamscruelty.com

Answer 2

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/tHhdO

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 3

I became concerned when the wet food recal occurred. No problem, threw out all wet food, even though it didn;t match the serial numbers. I would just do dry food.
Then the other day came the dry food recall. Who knows how far this will go. I threw out all treats and snacks, in addition to the dry food.

I made my own. It is pretty easy and not too expensive. In fact an old country vet used to have us feed this to any pet who was sick. I adapted it for cat food.. Additionally, I am trying to come up with an equivallient for dry food that is homemade.

Dogs: Equal amounts of ground beef( beef, chicken, sauteed in water and drained) and brown rice, both cooked. Add in EVOO.
For cats : Equal amounts of Tuna and brown rice w/ EVOO/ Squish into canned type food.
Need to look into adding veggies. Thinking about Baby Food.

Answer 4

Natural balance in not on the recall list plus it does not include wheat gluten, or any kind of wheat for that matterm usually increased thirst and urination is the first signs you will see, if you noticed an increase take the dog to the vet for a blood test. To be honest if I had been feeding a food that contained wheat gluten I would be asking the vet to run a blood test anyway even if the dog was no showing signs if any on the enzymes levels show problems with the kidneys/liver I would be filing a claim incase of future problems down the road due to decreased function I had look up some of the puppy show formulas and only seen corn gluten not wheat gluten, which one are you feeding???

Answer 5

here is a list of all the foods that were recalled :

Recall Information 1-866-895-2708
Variety or Multi-Packs:

If you are in possession of a variety or multi-pack, please be sure to check the individual can or pouch rather than relying solely on the date coding on the side of the carton.

Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
Authority Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Best Choice Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Companion Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Compliments Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Demoulas Market Basket
Eukanuba Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Fine Feline Cat
Food Lion
Foodtown
Giant Companion Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Hannaford
Hill Country Fare Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Hy-Vee
Iams Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Laura Lynn
Li'l Red
Loving Meals
Meijer's Main Choice
Nutriplan
Nutro Max Gourmet Classics Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Nutro Natural Choice Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Paws
Pet Pride Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Presidents Choice Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Price Chopper
Priority US
Save-A-Lot Special Blend
Schnucks
Science Diet Feline Savory Cuts Cans
Sophistacat Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Special Kitty Canada Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Special Kitty US Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Springfield Prize
Sprout
Stop & Shop Companion Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Tops Companion Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Wegmans Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Weis Total Pet
Western Family US
White Rose
Winn Dixie

Answer 6

First off.....most foods you find on the shelf at a large pet supply store are not going to be good for your pet! Vets push food such as Science Diet, Iams, Eukanuba amongst others.....the reason that these foods are recommended to pet owners is because these are the companies that pay for their education! Vets are not educated in nutrition. If you look at the labels of the common pet food, you will notice almost 100% of these foods contain corn. This is the #1 allergen known to dogs.....yet we are told to feed this food to our pets by their doctors. These dog foods are over processed and during their processing, they lose most of their vitamins. They are then sprayed with vitamins to compensate for what is lost during processing. I have 3 dogs of my own and am a dog trainer myself. Part of my job is educating people on nutrition for their pets. To make sure your animal is receiving the best nutrition, there's a couple things you need to look for:

1. Make sure there is NO CORN in the food you chose to give them!!!
2. You don't want a food that consists of animal by-parts.
3. Make sure you're giving them enough protein.

Understand that dogs in the wild live off of multiple resources. You need to replicate their diet in the wild. It is healthy to change your pets diet frequently if you are feeding the the right food. A lot of people are trying the "Raw Food" diet and have had great results. Animals can tolerate much more than us humans. If you decide to not go with the raw food diet (this can be expensive and time consuming) here are a few brands of dog foods I recommend. You can usually find foods like this at a smaller pet shop or even a health food store. Call around. This food is more expensive but it works out fine because you don't have to feed your pet as much. These foods are sold for dogs and cats:

1. Solid gold
2. Innova
3. California Naturals

Also look for the "no grains" pets foods. A dog's system does not break down carbs very well. They're meat eaters! There are many good brands out there that offer a no grain dry food. Be careful with this though. Some dogs have been known to develope kidney stones from the high amount of animal protein in these types of foods. It's uncommon but it can happen. I recommend rotating between grain and no grain diets.

Answer 7

Dry food is affected now also!!!! I just found this out yesterday! Now it's over 100 brands that are affected........ I am SO scared. When my cat runs out of his current bag of food I don't know what I am supposed to get for him?!
I think some people are buying organic now, since it was the wheat that was poisoned.. but now i hear there's another type of poison they found?!?! it is ridiculous it's stressing me out so much i hope they get this all straightened out..............
And yes Pounce treats were one of the recalled foods and so were Jerkey strips. I just heard this on the news a few min ago.
Check the menufoods site again to see which kind of jerky strip was recalled and if you think it was the one you gave your dog don't hesitate to take him to the vet asap, because they can save the animals when its detected early.

thanx for the well wishes for our pets, that means a lot. And good luck with your dog i hope he stays safe.

Answer 8

pet food recall

Answer 9

No pet food is worth buying anymore for pets of any kind, so don't bother if they or they don't recall all types of pet food sold in the market!

Answer 10

Yes, do a search here because I listed a link for that recall, and further, there is a recall of DINGO CHICK-N JERKY treats for dogs cats and ferrets. This recall is a preventative measure because some salmonella was found in product testing. Here's the link for that:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070331/20070331005008.html?.v=1

Answer 11

there has been 2 different food recalls one from purina foods also wet and dry foods the second recall was on the news this evening , i hope this helps i hope all pets are well also