If the tainted dog food has been recalled, isn't the current food on the shelves okay for them?

Answer 1

As you have probably heard – there is a major pet food recall taking place. Many leading pet foods have been affected and several pets have died as featured in this recent news article http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17650075/from/ET/

Find your pets food and treats and see if wheat, corn, or by-products are listed in the ingredients. If so, discard the products immediately.

Dog foods currently being recalled:
America's Choice; Preferred Pets; Authority; Award; Best Choice; Big Bet; Big Red; Bloom; Bruiser; Cadillac; Companion; Demoulas Market Basket; Fine Feline Cat; Shep Dog; Food Lion; Giant Companion; Great Choice; Hannaford; Hill Country Fare; Hy-Vee; Key Food; Laura Lynn; Loving Meals; Main Choice; Mixables; Nutriplan; Nutro Max; Nutro Natural Choice; Nutro; Ol'Roy; Paws; Pet Essentials; Pet Pride; President's Choice; Price Chopper; Priority; Publix; Roche Bros; Save-A-Lot; Schnucks; Springsfield Pride; Sprout; Stater Bros; Total Pet; My True Friend; Western Family; White Rose; Winn Dixie and Your Pet.

Did you know that the FDA does not regulate the pet food industry?
Did you also know that most commercial pet foods are made from less than human quality ingredients.
Did you know that most pet foods bought in the store have been sitting around for as long as 18 months before you buy it?
Did you know that dogs and cats have the genetic potential to live 20 - 25 years but we are robbing those years from their lives with cheap pet foods.
Here are just a few of the procedures that we follow to provide your pet with a safe and nutritious product.

I have found a great alternative to all the brands carried in all the local stores. I have recently switched my dog over to this food and have seen a great improvement the last month or so. The food is Life’s Abundance.

This is some of the information I can provide for the food. You can read and hear more about it at http://www.HealthyPetFoodBiz.com

All the products are manufactured in a USDA facility.
All of the ingredients are individually inspected for human quality and carry the APHIS certification (a European standard for human quality ingredients)
Every vendor must supply an 'assurance statement' with each shipment. This statement must provide nutritional quality of ingredient provided AND must state it is free from any mold, bacteria, and so forth.
Dr. Jane has the ingredients tested AGAIN before manufacturing to make sure the quality is as stated AND it meets her standards
The product is tested 3 times during the manufacturing process - to again assure everything is 'as it should be'.
The product is tested again after manufacturing and again when it arrives at the warehouse.
One bag of food is kept at the warehouse - from each batch - to test in case a Customer has a problem or concern with the product. Each 'one bag' from each batch is kept for 1 full year.
The products are shipped directly from HealthyPetNet's warehouse to the Customer - no middleman warehousing (concerns of proper storage and pest control).

Answer 2

We don't know this because they keep finding more and more food that has been tainted and recalling it.

This is quite frightening as a pet owner, I have to admit.

Newman's Own Organics pet food has an excellent record of food safety as does Pet Guard, so those are two recommended companies. It's really hard to know what is going to be recalled next.

Answer 3

It's unknown. The best bet for now is to stay away from foods that contain Wheat Gluten, since they believe that it is the cause of the problem.

New items were recalled over the weekend, so the recall can easily grow...

I feed Blue Buffalo & By Nature Organics, both have no corn, soy, or wheat.

Answer 4

Not necessarily. Ask your store for a lst of the recalled foods and the UPC codes. They should be able to give that to you. Check the foods you buy against the list and don't but anything on the list. If you cant get a list then just feed your pet home-made food, tablescrapes and veggies. check online for recipes.

Answer 5

Logically, yes.

There are probably a lot of people out there, though, who are wary, and don't want to take their chances. It's possible (in fact, I think it's fairly likely) that there are a few cans out there still tainted.

Answer 6

as long as the store did a good job of taking the tainted food off the shelves. Better to read the labels yourself.

Answer 7

I would wait for at least 1-2 months, just to make sure. Also, keep checking the news for more info on the food.