questions on da food recalls?!!? need help!!!!?

Question

can some1 plzz giive me all da food dats bein recalled?? like i no dat ol roy is bein recalled but i fed my dog treats dat are ol roy...is it ok?? he seems fine. r treats being recalled too?!? if so which ones?? thanx for all da help =]

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 pet food is a joke. Ever seen a starving cat or dog chewing on a corn cob in a field? No, you haven’t.

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 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


Wellness Food Link - http://www.oldmotherhubbard.com

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

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


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

Answer 2

Ol' Roy is also on the recall. Dry food and treats are OK but not the wet/canned food.

Answer 3

Recalled Dog Product Information
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
Award Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Best Choice
Big Bet
Big Red
Bloom
Cadillac
Companion Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Demoulas Market Basket
Eukanuba Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Food Lion
Giant Companion Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Grreat Choice Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Hannaford
Hill Country Fare Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Hy-Vee
Iams Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Laura Lynn
Loving Meals
Meijers Main Choice
Mighty Dog Pouch
Mixables Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Nutriplan
Nutro Max
Nutro Natural Choice Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Nutro Ultra Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Nutro
Ol'Roy Canada Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Ol'Roy US Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Paws
Pet Essentials
Pet Pride - Good n Meaty Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Presidents Choice Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Price Chopper
Priority Canada
Priority US Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Publix
Roche Brothers
Save-A-Lot Choice Morsels
Schnucks
Shep Dog
Springsfield Prize Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Sprout
Stater Brothers Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Stop & Shop Companion Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Tops Companion Last Updated: April 5, 2007
Wegmans Bruiser
Weis Total Pet
Western Family US
White Rose
Winn Dixie
Your Pet

Answer 4

Yes alot of ol'roy treats are being recalled. Here is a link that you can see all the recalled products and the codes on each one to look for.http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html

Answer 5

im not sure on the exact types of pet foods that are being recalled but i wouldnt take the chance with the treats just to be safe. In the mean time if you are worried what foods to buy some shelters are currently feeding dogs boiled chicken until the food recalls are over with.

Answer 6

menufoods.com/recall should tell you most of them and also check with the co your food is made by. Could I ask you a question..whats up with the language you use..dat and da and all that? are you cajun or what?

Answer 7

They really need to come up with a better system for people to search a database with EVERY pet recalled food but, at this point there are several different links that you need to check DAILY. Pet food recalls are updating everyday. Please try these links:
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html
http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_dog.html
http://www.petfoodreport.com/
http://www.hillspet.com/zSkin_2/index.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474395182112&bmUID=1176422587651
http://www.itchmo.com/recalls.html
http://www.delmonte.com/petfoodrecall.html
http://www.purina.com/
http://petfoodtracker.blogspot.com/
This link has dog treats including Ol'ROY
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/sunshinemills04_07.html
http://www.cnn.com/
You can also do a yahoo search for pet food recalls

I hope that this information is helpful.

Answer 8

I wouldn't trust sticking with the dates currently recalled, because they keep expanding the dates. Unfortunately, the expansions are remaining hidden, so few know about them.

Here is the website with the lot number of the Old roy treats currently being recalled:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?epi-content=NEWS_VIEW_POPUP_TYPE&newsId=20070331005023&ndmHsc=v2*A1175338800000*B1175411498000*DgroupByDate*J1*N1000837&newsLang=en&beanID=202776713&viewID=news_view_popup

You might want to keep up to date with howl911. They tend to have the best up to date info on everything regarding the pet food recall:
http://www.howl911.com/

I encourage you to get your animal to the vet to have his renal function tested if you have any suspicions that he may have eaten bad food/treats. Some animals won't show any physical evidence of renal failure until they're in the final stages. A blood test will be able to detect renal failure before it gets to that point. The blood test costs ~$40, but that's a small price to pay to make sure your pet is healthy.

Good luck!

Answer 9

Ol' Roy is on the recall list. I would stop feeding that to your dog NOW.

Answer 10

Get on the internet and looke for recalled pet foods. You will find many sites that you can check out with lists.

Answer 11

You can make some search on google to find out the recalled food on the net. You can also consult with your vet .
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