Comments on: Pet-food recall: What we can’t help you with

By: Marcia

Marcia — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:56:26 +0000

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), April 2, asking pointed questions about the pet food recall that has now affected 60 million cans of food and at least four pet food manufacturers.

See article and read his letter at this link:

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/....._0402.html

By: Jacky

Jacky — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:36:58 +0000

After losing four pets, I will never feed any of my dogs or cats store bought pet food again. I am just too scared that my other pets will become ill from tainted food. Instead, I am baking them treats, and preparing meals at home. The main ingredient in the doggie treats is yeast, so the are not only tasty, but the treats help their coats shine. I also make rice with chicken broth and raw vegetables, which they enjoy VERY much. I try to cook the healthiest and best meals I can, so I will not lose another pet to this recall.

By: Eskie Lover

Eskie Lover — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:52:09 +0000

Hello, if anyone is looking for a new dog food I can help you try and find the best dog food in your budget. I’ve been researching dog food nutrition for well over a year I’d say two years or more and I have a very good idea on dog food. If you want some advice on pet food nutrition or anything I’d be more than happy to help. You can email me at abratnamednoel@aol.com

Oh I also forgot, I won’t suggest just one brand, I’ll suggest many that fit what you are looking for and I know every dog is different so I’ll do my best to give you choices to choose what is best for your dog.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:07:58 +0000

Linda,
Yes, I understand that people are frightened and no it’s not encouraging that we still don’t know what’s going on. But in the end it’s science, just science, not a conspiracy, not a failure of science and not to be confused with the “management” of FDA and the lack of a proper system - regulatory, notification or otherwise.

Compound that with the fact that this is the first time many people have confronted these issues. Sadly many of them are not new. There certainly are a lot of things to think about.

For instance more regulation and testing of raw products. No amount of testing would have found either aminopterin or melamine. How many tests do you want the FDA and pet food companies to run? Testing costs money and time. And I’m not talking about greed here, this is just real life stuff. If you decided to make sure your car was running tip top all the time and took it in for a checkup once a month, do you expect that to be free? Life is not without risk. There just is no way to make it risk free and food 100% safe. It’s just not reality. Can we do better? Yes, absolutely. But let’s not lose perspective. And let’s keep in mind all those people missing their pets and try to do them justice.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:29:42 +0000

Amazingly, my voice was heard. I called and emailed PETA on Friday reguarding losing our 5 year old papillon to eating Iams dry. I got a message today on my voice mail, so I went to their website to see what was being reporting and I found this letter to the FDA.

Here is the link……

http://www.peta.org/pdfs/IGCFax.pdf

Here is the link to our story if you haven’t read it.

http://jules4265-menufoodrecal.....index.html

Don’t give up, keep putting your story out there.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:29:03 +0000

I think someone mentioned it before, what if this blog was categorized? ie: Food, Manufacturers, FDA, etc. and maybe a search function. Each category with a recent posts column.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:18:03 +0000

Yeah, I noticed that too, Doug. I’m reading it again cause there’s some substance.

Linda, on one of the dog lists I subscribe to there was a couple recipes for making your own dog food from Monica Segal, AHCW, and author of “K9Kitchen”. http://www.monicasegal.com/

It’s long and she requested the entire e-mail be cross posted, so that’s why I haven’t posted it (don’t wanna be accused of wasting space!) If anyone is interested in these recipes, lmk, and I’ll post Monica’s e-mail.

I find Steve’s humor a needed distraction! There’s no one more dedicated to this cause right now.

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:16:11 +0000

CathyA:

The scary part is, that even now we aren’t sure if they have located the correct substance that is killing our pets. I too believe it is difficult to test for some unknown substance and it may not even be one element - it may be a combination or a reaction of several factors. The none of this is very encouraging for the pet owners or for the general public.

By: Jacky

Jacky — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:15:15 +0000

Greetings.
Hi. My name is Jacky, and I am 13 years old.
I have lost my cat Georgie last December, Goober last monday who was only 7 months, Bunky who was only 6 months and Spyro, who was 9 weeks last Friday. All because Del Monte and Menu foods didn’t put out recalls soon enough.
I absolutely loved Bunky, Georgie ,Spyro and Goober. I always used to take Bunkers with me to auctions, and packed him around everywhere.
He was the most beautiful black Miniature Schnauzer you’d ever laid your eyes on. I don’t have any little brothers or sisters,or many friends, so I had pets. They were my family, and I loved them like they were my little brothers. But last December, Georgie fell ill, and he couldn’t move, meow, play, eat, or drink, and was depressed. He was obviously poisoned. He was dieing, and there was nothing I could do about it. Only recently I learned the food he was eating had toxins in it. Two weeks ago Goober became sick, and he was lathargic, and he couldn’t function at all. He couldn’t eat, drink, or even move in the slightest bit. The same happened to Bunky, Baebae Sheree and Spyro, and we did everything we could possibly do to keep them hydrated and alive, but it was useless. Only Baebae Sheree was getting better, because we fed her table scraps because she was so tiny, instead of dog food. Bunky and Spyro died right in front of me. I am still in shock that they died such a slow, painful, horrible death. They didn’t deserve it. It was like watching my siblings die right in front of me. I still miss my Bunkers, but I realize he’s in Heaven, where there is never pain or sadness. I am furious at the FDA, Menu Foods and Del Monte, though. It’s horrible about how they are trying to cover everything up, and how they act as if nothing bad is happening. I hope they are forced to eat the tainted dog food. Bunky didn’t deserve what happened to him, neither did any of the other pets who suffered the same fate.

By: CathyA

CathyA — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:10:22 +0000

Steve said: In this case of these testing labs on this fiasco probably sitting around the water cooler saying, “Good gawd’. what a disaster. Beam me up scotty.””

I admire your tenacity, but this kind of thing is highly uncalled for. Comments like this are not only unfair but malicious. You want to tell me how you’d test for an “unknown” chemical? I think people need to focus on getting the system fixed, not bashing everyone and his chicken. It is obvious to me that there aren’t enough labs to deal with a situation like this. It is not obvious that the actual people involved are sitting around picking their noses.

The comment section has become almost useless. Don’t waste space and bandwidth with one liners. Think of all the people just coming here and having to scroll through mounds of chat to get to information. Please.