Comments on: FDA issues warning to Iams http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ginger http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/comment-page-1/#comment-17651 Ginger Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:02:10 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/#comment-17651 Regarding PETA- I, myself, am against animal testing, but I'm also anti-PETA, since I found out they released a video of a man clubbing a baby seal, who later turned out to be employed and filmed by the organization itself. Why would an organization call itself "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals" and then turn around and do the exact opposite on film. I know they wanted to promote fanaticism amongst their members, but, still, that's just hypocritical. Practice what you preach, or else just stop preaching. Regarding PETA- I, myself, am against animal testing, but I’m also anti-PETA, since I found out they released a video of a man clubbing a baby seal, who later turned out to be employed and filmed by the organization itself. Why would an organization call itself “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals” and then turn around and do the exact opposite on film. I know they wanted to promote fanaticism amongst their members, but, still, that’s just hypocritical. Practice what you preach, or else just stop preaching.

]]> By: Flip http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/comment-page-1/#comment-17015 Flip Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:01:56 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/#comment-17015 Here's a link to the update on the Iams website they have no wheat gluten in their cat or dog dry foods. http://us.iams.com/iams/global/Product_Recall.htm Here’s a link to the update on the Iams website
they have no wheat gluten in their cat or dog dry foods.

http://us.iams.com/iams/global/Product_Recall.htm

]]> By: Lena http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/comment-page-1/#comment-16602 Lena Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:03:06 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/#comment-16602 Someone posted earlier about high Vit D with Royal Canin and acute renal failure. Could someone please give me more info on that. I have a cat with kidney issues but not kideny failure who was eating Royal Canin. 3 vets and we still don't know what is wrong or why she is sick. The 5 other cats that ate the food are fine. Someone posted earlier about high Vit D with Royal Canin and acute renal failure. Could someone please give me more info on that. I have a cat with kidney issues but not kideny failure who was eating Royal Canin. 3 vets and we still don’t know what is wrong or why she is sick. The 5 other cats that ate the food are fine.

]]> By: sandra http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/comment-page-1/#comment-16540 sandra Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/#comment-16540 My english bulldog, Dudley is sick. back in september, I switched his dog food from science diet to Iams lamb & rice dry dog food. I also had some vaccinations done. He was throwing up his dog food. the vet said he was probably eating to fast, put a toy in his dish to slow him down.Dudley became very ill, I rushed him to an emergency vet. He had a high temperature and was told his body turned on it's self. His white blood cells were killing his red blood cells. something has taken over his body. there's no way to tell what caused this. I looked at my husband and said the only things that have changed is his dog food and he had vaccinations 10 days ago. the vaccinations he had before and no reaction. but, not knowing it could be bad dogfood. we assumed it had to be the vaccinations. Dudley's blood count was down to 18 and was told if it drops to 15 your looking at a blood transfusion. I changed vets thinking maybe they overdosed him on his vaccinations.(that only made sence)They put dudley on a very high dose of prednisone. The prednisone saved his life, until it stopped working. Dudley was then put on a cancer drug to help with his immune system called Azathioprine with prednisone, he currently takes both of these medications. Every time we try to cut back the medicine slowly we get to the point of his blood count dropping again. We have to start all over with high doses of these medications. Dudley is 2 years old, almost 3. He was a very energetic, full of life, happy, healthy and playful. Dudley had a full check up and blood work 2 months prior to this happening, he checked out healthy and everything was great. Dudley still loves life, just not as playful or energetic. I don't think he is as happy, but i don't think he is suffering. I can't say it's anything to do with dogfood but it sure is a coinsedence. My english bulldog, Dudley is sick. back in september, I switched his dog food from science diet to Iams lamb & rice dry dog food. I also had some vaccinations done. He was throwing up his dog food. the vet said he was probably eating to fast, put a toy in his dish to slow him down.Dudley became very ill, I rushed him to an emergency vet. He had a high temperature and was told his body turned on it’s self. His white blood cells were killing his red blood cells. something has taken over his body. there’s no way to tell what caused this. I looked at my husband and said the only things that have changed is his dog food and he had vaccinations 10 days ago. the vaccinations he had before and no reaction. but, not knowing it could be bad dogfood. we assumed it had to be the vaccinations. Dudley’s blood count was down to 18 and was told if it drops to 15 your looking at a blood transfusion. I changed vets thinking maybe they overdosed him on his vaccinations.(that only made sence)They put dudley on a very high dose of prednisone. The prednisone saved his life, until it stopped working. Dudley was then put on a cancer drug to help with his immune system called Azathioprine with prednisone, he currently takes both of these medications. Every time we try to cut back the medicine slowly we get to the point of his blood count dropping again. We have to start all over with high doses of these medications. Dudley is 2 years old, almost 3. He was a very energetic, full of life, happy, healthy and playful. Dudley had a full check up and blood work 2 months prior to this happening, he checked out healthy and everything was great. Dudley still loves life, just not as playful or energetic. I don’t think he is as happy, but i don’t think he is suffering. I can’t say it’s anything to do with dogfood but it sure is a coinsedence.

]]> By: nikandboots http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/comment-page-1/#comment-16371 nikandboots Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:07:33 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/#comment-16371 I've had my cat Piper on Iams Dry Weight Control formula since Christmas. She's vomited more than usual but hasn't really been noticably sick otherwise. After the recall on March 16th, I attributed her recent vomiting to the wet food I had been giving my other cat Nikki who has since died of acute kidney failure from that recalled wet food. (I figured Piper probably cleaned up Nikki's food bowl after she was finished and got enough of the poison to make her sick but not seriously ill.) I've had Piper to the vet and all her blood tests are normal. I'm not sure if what's in Iams is killing our pets in the short term, but it is causing some sort of digestive upset. I am going to stop feeding it to her now and switch back to Friskies. It made her fat but atleast she wasn't sick! Also, I fed my dog Nutro Natural Dry Chicken & Oatmeal formula just before Christmas and she threw it up both times I gave it to her so I stopped giving her that and reported it to Nutro. Thus far, the only safe foods I've had experience with are Friskies and Eagle Pack Holistic foods. If anyone has had trouble with either of these, please post! I’ve had my cat Piper on Iams Dry Weight Control formula since Christmas. She’s vomited more than usual but hasn’t really been noticably sick otherwise. After the recall on March 16th, I attributed her recent vomiting to the wet food I had been giving my other cat Nikki who has since died of acute kidney failure from that recalled wet food. (I figured Piper probably cleaned up Nikki’s food bowl after she was finished and got enough of the poison to make her sick but not seriously ill.) I’ve had Piper to the vet and all her blood tests are normal.

I’m not sure if what’s in Iams is killing our pets in the short term, but it is causing some sort of digestive upset. I am going to stop feeding it to her now and switch back to Friskies. It made her fat but atleast she wasn’t sick!

Also, I fed my dog Nutro Natural Dry Chicken & Oatmeal formula just before Christmas and she threw it up both times I gave it to her so I stopped giving her that and reported it to Nutro.

Thus far, the only safe foods I’ve had experience with are Friskies and Eagle Pack Holistic foods. If anyone has had trouble with either of these, please post!

]]> By: cindi http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/comment-page-1/#comment-16354 cindi Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:52:30 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/#comment-16354 nutro is not recalling dry dog food but a few people wrote on the blogs that someome from nutro told them nutro will do a recall on dry food,which was false. nutro is not recalling dry food. nutro is not recalling dry dog food but a few people wrote on the blogs that someome from nutro told them nutro will do a recall on dry food,which was false. nutro is not recalling dry food.

]]> By: Jackie http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/comment-page-1/#comment-16350 Jackie Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:49:47 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/#comment-16350 Well, not to make this forum about PETA, but if you are here because you own pets, you are at direct odds with PETA. Their ultimate goal is to eliminate ALL pet ownership. Google "Ingrid Newkirk" and be prepared to be shocked. "I don't use the word "pet." I think it's speciesist language. I prefer "companion animal." For one thing, we would no longer allow breeding. People could not create different breeds. There would be no pet shops. If people had companion animals in their homes, those animals would have to be refugees from the animal shelters and the streets. You would have a protective relationship with them just as you would with an orphaned child. But as the surplus of cats and dogs (artificially engineered by centuries of forced breeding) declined, eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship � enjoyment at a distance -- Ingrid Newkirk, PETA's President, quoted in The Harper's Forum Book, Jack Hitt, ed., 1989, p.223." http://www.rightwingnews.com/quotes/animal.php You can find these quotes on many different websites, I've read them many times. Here's another interesting website with info about Newkirk and PETA from former PETA members - http://www.nokillnow.com/PETAIngridNewkirkResign.htm The reason for this post is just to ask people to be very careful who they support, and where they send money. If you want an eye opener about all the crappy BSL (breed specific legislation), or other anti-pet laws, go to the AKC website and check out the legislation section. You can also sign up for e-mail alerts. I always recommend people donate time and money to their local shelters and rescue org's. You can find these org's on Petfinder.com. Well, not to make this forum about PETA, but if you are here because you own pets, you are at direct odds with PETA. Their ultimate goal is to eliminate ALL pet ownership. Google “Ingrid Newkirk” and be prepared to be shocked. “I don’t use the word “pet.” I think it’s speciesist language. I prefer “companion animal.” For one thing, we would no longer allow breeding. People could not create different breeds. There would be no pet shops. If people had companion animals in their homes, those animals would have to be refugees from the animal shelters and the streets. You would have a protective relationship with them just as you would with an orphaned child. But as the surplus of cats and dogs (artificially engineered by centuries of forced breeding) declined, eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship � enjoyment at a distance — Ingrid Newkirk, PETA’s President, quoted in The Harper’s Forum Book, Jack Hitt, ed., 1989, p.223.” http://www.rightwingnews.com/quotes/animal.php You can find these quotes on many different websites, I’ve read them many times.

Here’s another interesting website with info about Newkirk and PETA from former PETA members - http://www.nokillnow.com/PETAI.....Resign.htm

The reason for this post is just to ask people to be very careful who they support, and where they send money. If you want an eye opener about all the crappy BSL (breed specific legislation), or other anti-pet laws, go to the AKC website and check out the legislation section. You can also sign up for e-mail alerts. I always recommend people donate time and money to their local shelters and rescue org’s. You can find these org’s on Petfinder.com.

]]> By: Ryan Muskopf http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/comment-page-1/#comment-15930 Ryan Muskopf Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:58:50 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/#comment-15930 Regarding the comments about Peta, I agree they are often over the top. But you're talking about a group that is taking on a gamut of animal protection messages most of the world tunes out: the seal hunt, where fur comes from, or reminding you that your hamburger once had a face. It's all a difficult message, with a varied audience that possibly doesn't care, accepts it as inevitable reality, or is uncomfortable with it and doesn't want to see it. Peta is asking people to think and make decisions about your own actions, if you want. Not just blindly accept. You have the choice, in my opinion, so feel however you want. Listen to the messages, do some critical thinking, sort fact from embellishment. Ultimately it's up to you. I think Peta could do things differently, and they likely have a good share of loose cannons in the bunch. By the way, Peta has been reporting on the Iams related cruelty stuff for quite awhile now. I don't see how it is so out of place for them to bring it back to the table publicly now, unless you are someone who feels as though a company like Iams/Procter & Gamble is not culpable of negligence as related to the Menu Foods issue. This company (as well as others) didn't fully implement a protocol of due diligence in regard to outsourcing their manufacturing. Regarding the comments about Peta, I agree they are often over the top. But you’re talking about a group that is taking on a gamut of animal protection messages most of the world tunes out: the seal hunt, where fur comes from, or reminding you that your hamburger once had a face. It’s all a difficult message, with a varied audience that possibly doesn’t care, accepts it as inevitable reality, or is uncomfortable with it and doesn’t want to see it. Peta is asking people to think and make decisions about your own actions, if you want. Not just blindly accept. You have the choice, in my opinion, so feel however you want. Listen to the messages, do some critical thinking, sort fact from embellishment. Ultimately it’s up to you. I think Peta could do things differently, and they likely have a good share of loose cannons in the bunch.
By the way, Peta has been reporting on the Iams related cruelty stuff for quite awhile now. I don’t see how it is so out of place for them to bring it back to the table publicly now, unless you are someone who feels as though a company like Iams/Procter & Gamble is not culpable of negligence as related to the Menu Foods issue. This company (as well as others) didn’t fully implement a protocol of due diligence in regard to outsourcing their manufacturing.

]]> By: Ron http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/comment-page-1/#comment-15902 Ron Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:25:46 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/#comment-15902 PETA is as bad as Menu Foods. PETA is all about promoting PETA. Menu Foods is all about $$$$. The jury is out on the FDA, but I have NOT been impressed. PETA is as bad as Menu Foods. PETA is all about promoting PETA. Menu Foods is all about $$$$. The jury is out on the FDA, but I have NOT been impressed.

]]> By: Carole http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/comment-page-1/#comment-15870 Carole Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:36:44 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/03/29/fda-issues-warning-to-iams/#comment-15870 From Elsevier's Journal Database... Document title Determining the safety of chromium tripicolinate for addition to foods as a nutrient supplement Author(s) BERNER T. O. (1) ; MURPHY M. M. (1) ; SLESINSKI R. (1) ; (1) The ENVIRON Health Sciences Institute, 4350 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22203, ETATS-UNIS Abstract Trivalent chromium is an essential element required for normal carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism in humans and animals. This article describes how one particular form of trivalent chromium, chromium tripicolinate (Chromax®), a stable complex of trivalent chromium and picolinic acid, was determined to be safe for use as a nutrient supplement in foods (i.e., nutritional bars and beverages). A safety assessment of a nutrient supplement for use in food requires an evaluation of the safety of the product (Chromax®), as well as an evaluation of the safety of the intended dietary ingredient (chromium tripicolinate). In this assessment, the production process, final product specifications, and product analysis results for Chromax® were evaluated to determine the safety of the final product. Then, the Estimated Daily Intakes (EDIs) of trivalent chromium and picolinic acid from the proposed use of Chromax® were calculated using data from the USDA's most recent Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals. The EDI for trivalent chromium was compared to the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) for this compound derived from animal studies, corroborated with human data, while the EDI for picolinic acid was compared to existing in vivo exposure to this compound that occurs naturally in the body. As long as the EDI of trivalent chromium is less than the ADI for this compound and the EDI of picolinic acid is less than its estimated in vivo exposure, Chromax ® can be considered safe for its intended use. Employing this approach, it was determined that Chromax® is safe, as well as generally recognized as safe (GRAS), for use in nutritional bars and beverages as a nutrient supplement at a maximum use level of 2.4 mg of Chromax® per product serving. Revue / Journal Title Food and chemical toxicology (Food chem. toxicol.) ISSN 0278-6915 CODEN FCTOD7 Source / Source 2004, vol. 42, no6, pp. 1029-1042 [14 page(s) (article)] (1 p.1/2) Langue / Language Anglais Publisher Elsevier Science, Oxford, ROYAUME-UNI (1982) (Revue) From Elsevier’s Journal Database…

Document title
Determining the safety of chromium tripicolinate for addition to foods as a nutrient supplement
Author(s)
BERNER T. O. (1) ; MURPHY M. M. (1) ; SLESINSKI R. (1) ;

(1) The ENVIRON Health Sciences Institute, 4350 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22203, ETATS-UNIS
Abstract
Trivalent chromium is an essential element required for normal carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism in humans and animals. This article describes how one particular form of trivalent chromium, chromium tripicolinate (Chromax®), a stable complex of trivalent chromium and picolinic acid, was determined to be safe for use as a nutrient supplement in foods (i.e., nutritional bars and beverages). A safety assessment of a nutrient supplement for use in food requires an evaluation of the safety of the product (Chromax®), as well as an evaluation of the safety of the intended dietary ingredient (chromium tripicolinate). In this assessment, the production process, final product specifications, and product analysis results for Chromax® were evaluated to determine the safety of the final product. Then, the Estimated Daily Intakes (EDIs) of trivalent chromium and picolinic acid from the proposed use of Chromax® were calculated using data from the USDA’s most recent Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals. The EDI for trivalent chromium was compared to the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) for this compound derived from animal studies, corroborated with human data, while the EDI for picolinic acid was compared to existing in vivo exposure to this compound that occurs naturally in the body. As long as the EDI of trivalent chromium is less than the ADI for this compound and the EDI of picolinic acid is less than its estimated in vivo exposure, Chromax ® can be considered safe for its intended use. Employing this approach, it was determined that Chromax® is safe, as well as generally recognized as safe (GRAS), for use in nutritional bars and beverages as a nutrient supplement at a maximum use level of 2.4 mg of Chromax® per product serving.
Revue / Journal Title
Food and chemical toxicology (Food chem. toxicol.) ISSN 0278-6915 CODEN FCTOD7
Source / Source
2004, vol. 42, no6, pp. 1029-1042 [14 page(s) (article)] (1 p.1/2)
Langue / Language
Anglais

Publisher
Elsevier Science, Oxford, ROYAUME-UNI (1982) (Revue)

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