Pet-food recall: More resources
By Gina Spadafori
March 30, 2007
- If you’re new to the site, please check out our general information page.
- If you have lost a pet, we encourage you to learn about pet-loss resources.
Christie will have more from the FDA media conference within minutes. In the meantime:
- The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center was right on the tainted food, and adds more in this release.
- Itchmo offers more on what pet-food terms really mean.
- The Los Angeles Times reports on how the new lawsuits may change the rules of the game when pets are lost.
If you have a pet with a recall-related illness, let us remind you to:
- Call the FDA to report your information
- Call your veterinarian and ask him or her to report to your state veterinarian, also for the FDA
- Enter your pet in our database
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Maybe menu foods buys these bulk items and sells them to other companies as a wholesale outlet -
Now I must leave. Keep up the good work here.
Comment by Linda — March 30, 2007 @ 11:34 am
Absolutely Disgusting.
Comment by Steve — March 30, 2007 @ 11:36 am
I have been getting continous chills down my spine all morning, this is mind-boggling. All I can say, is that Im glad Pet Connection is keeping on top of this for all of us and although its extremely sad that we are all here together over something like this, it helps to have this group to be with during this awful tragic time. Thank you Pet Connection and to everyone else here.
Comment by Sandi K — March 30, 2007 @ 11:55 am
cnn just said in the next hour menu food will hold a news conferance
Comment by MARY ANN — March 30, 2007 @ 11:59 am
I’ve been having a look at some of these companies investor message boards.
Clueless, could care less. Not my responsibility. They’re all dangerously insane— a danger to themselves and others— enabled by their relentless reinforcement of their double-standards, hypocisy, and greed into pure insanity. It’s just get it while you can before the whole damn thing comes crashing down.
Comment by Steve — March 30, 2007 @ 12:02 pm
I’m also disgusted but I’m wondering, what foods are SAFE to feed my cat? I don’t seem to get good answers. Does someone know some food that is ok? Right now I’m feeding him Friskies dry gourmet poultry flavor. But with the concern now about dry foods may be involved, I’m still a bit nervous… can anyone help out here…
Comment by Mollie — March 30, 2007 @ 6:55 pm
This is for Molly: I am trying to trust the information gotten on the Purina Pet Foods site. They have a bulletin above their information stating NONE of their pet foods are on the recall list (I have not found any myself). I am sticking to Friskies all the way and my cat seems just great. Hope this helps. Check out Purina’s site.
Comment by Dottie — March 30, 2007 @ 8:31 pm
My friends and myself are experiencing vets that play down the pet food problem. I had my 2 dogs and 4 cats’ kidneys tested. The vet reported that they were normal. I got the printouts of the results a few days later…My pets were the top number of normal - any higher and it would have been abnormal.
How do you find a good vet one that is concerned with your pet instead of pushing their Hills Prescription diet food supply? The vet even said that the no pets in middle TN were sick from the food. My cat is skin and bones - gave me some antiobiotics and treated me like I was stupid for being concerned. I doubt if he makes it through the nigh. He continued to get more sick. My dog has doubled her width since the first of February — She has not been eating any more food. But they all had been eating the recalled food.
Thanks for listening - that is more than the vet did even so I paid $200/pet!
Lauren - Nashville, TN
Comment by Lauren — March 30, 2007 @ 11:26 pm
I go to Banfield. My vet has been very good so far.
Unfortunatly, my kitty has HIGH levels of CREATININE and High BUN count. He was put on IV’s last week and his numbers started to drop. They wanted him in for a follow up blood test today to make sure his levels were still down. However, now they are even higher than the first time I brought him in! I am very scared! He will be on IV’s for 2 more days. And on prescription food called KD for kidneys for the rest of his life (if he gets one!). He is only 6 months old! I am so sad. These companies are KILLERS!
Comment by Jeanna — March 31, 2007 @ 12:06 am
I am going to stop buying commercially prepared food and make my own for my fur kids. Then perhaps I have to worry less about what they are getting in their diet. Barb
Comment by Barbara — March 31, 2007 @ 7:53 am