Comments on: Nature’s Variety: They’re calling it a ‘product withdrawal’

By: healthy hound

healthy hound — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:09:36 +0000

this whole recall is ridiculous - Salmonella??? So what — anyone that knows anything about dogs knows that dogs intestinal tracts are designed to handle salmonella and they shed the salmonella cells in thier stools. Sounds like a competitor sabotage to me.

You run just as big of a risk of handling chicken in your kitchen. As always with handling raw meat — use safe handling measures — wash your hand, etc.

I hope people are as concerned about what they put in thier own mouths as they are about what holding company owns who.

Ridiculous.

By: JC Novak

JC Novak — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:01:41 +0000

I stopped using instinct after a Product withdrawal last march. Was forcing new puppy to eat the duck and learned later it was bad. Poor cat food was rancid. anyway, home cooked…for year. Just received coupons from NV for free bags of dog food dry instinct: duck, rabbit or chicken or Cat instinct rabbit.

says pass it on. you seem to be ablet to print as many as you like. 4.4 lb bags.

I got a bag of the rabbit for my dog…like it, the first two nights. third night, he did run about 2 hours later and the next morning he woke me up sick, vomiting and diahrea…

if it wasn’t from the running it was from the food. What is the deal here? Last year the problem wasn’t deadly just caused vomiting and diahrea. great I have 6 bags of the stuff.

guess it has to go. also pc pantry in boulder said NV sold to new owner and she stopped carrying it first of this year. not a good sign. what do I do with these bags of dog and cat. trash I guess.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:24:51 +0000

They didn’t answer my “do you source any ingredients from China, including vitamin premixes” question, so I’ve never carried them.

And, a couple months after my inquiry, one of my clients and friends had to make a switch because her dog was throwing up post-meal every time. After being on his food for 3 years. But she wasn’t going to trust it anymore.

It’s food! It shouldn’t be this difficult! Why do we do this over and over. With the people stuff too. It’s common sense.

By: Carol V

Carol V — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:25:03 +0000

for anyone interested..Mr Joel Sher just posted at itchmoforums (and changed the name of the thread from Another Problem with Evangers to FDA Scare)
http://itchmoforums.com/your-p.....#msg126131
good post following by menusux too…

By: Rebecca Forrest

Rebecca Forrest — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:28:57 +0000

Recalls in the pet food industry as positively frightening. Recalls happen when companies don’t know (or care about) the ingredients they’re buying, where the ingredients come from, what they contain, how they’re handled, and more. Even worse, recalls happen when the companies disguise the low quality of their ingredients from people by claiming ‘No added artificial preservatives” and more. But there are alternatives out there. I represent a line of pet products that has NEVER had a recall. This company tests every batch before anything is sold, and the ingredients are exactly what they’re supposed to be. Anyone who is interested can check out these products—including delicious baked treats:

http://www.TrilogyOnline.com/PawPrints

I’d be glad to answer questions—or even get answers directly from the formulating holistic vet! I can talk to her on the phone (as can my customers!).

By: Original Lori

Original Lori — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:22:55 +0000

Whoa, no wonder you’re having trouble. :O( I’ll keep my eyes open. Is gluten bad too?

By: Christie Keith

Christie Keith — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:15:15 +0000

Thanks, Lori! No poultry… she’s even allergic to DUCK, which she’d never had before. :(

By: Original Lori

Original Lori — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:07:42 +0000

Fingers-crossed for Candidae. Kasey actually likes it.

Christie—I know you didn’t ask for treat suggestions, but I’ve had multiple dog success with dehydrated turkey dogs. (We have an organic turkey farm nearby.) They get all deliciously chewy and jerky-like—and they’re not bad to snack on for us humans either. I could be forgetting one of Kyrie’s restrictions, though.

By: 5CatMom

5CatMom — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:52:12 +0000

Harry, good explanation. But even some baby formula has been found to contain melamine.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11.....rmula.html

IMO, the FDA spends too much energy creating “allowable levels”, and too little energy preventing contaminants from entering the food supply for pets and humans.

The following from FDA excludes infant formula, but limits melamine (and related compounds) to “below 2.5 ppm” in other food:

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/.....116960.htm

Reference:
South Korea find melamine in Mar’s products, Snickers, Kit-Kat
http://www.reuters.com/article.....6220081004

http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/docke.....4386b3.pdf

By: Kim Thornton

Kim Thornton — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:22:08 +0000

Sigh. I was just going out tomorrow to buy more NV. Guess I’ll be doing some cooking tomorrow night.