Comments on: We who are about to call the FDA about a pet food recall issue blog for you

By: The OTHER Pat

The OTHER Pat — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:25:45 +0000

Okay. Well, if it’s going to be expensive, please let us know!

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:19:21 +0000

Christie’s in Seattle, trying to be offline. (Seems she’s actually managing it, too, whodathought?) You all know she has been through a lot lately, losing both her Mom and Rebel within a short period, and she needs some downtime. She’ll update on this situation next week. :)

By: The OTHER Pat

The OTHER Pat — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:00:21 +0000

Comment by Christie Keith — November 10, 2009 @ 2:54 pm

FDA is being less then helpful with this. They’re currently refusing to comment because the agency is “still actively looking into the situation.” It looks like Gina and I are going to file a Freedom of Information Act request.

Is this going to be expensive? Can we donate to help with the cost?

By: Sandi K

Sandi K — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:22:06 +0000

Thank you Christie and Gina for trying to get this information for all of us.

By: dkm

dkm — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:04:21 +0000

Gee. If we just axed the FDA, think of the small amount of money we’d shave off the Federal budget. Since potentially harmful ‘voluntary’ recalls that are of “small consequence” except to the pet owners are of no importance, and this tax funded body can’t be bothered alerting us in a timely fashion or release meaningful information that might help us make wise food decisions, who needs them? We might as well take the same chances our paleolithic ancestors did getting their food.
Must be fun to share a bed with two partners: Big Pharma and Agribusiness, oh and all those lobbyists too. FDA theme song loosely based on the Beach Boys “And we’ll have fun fun fun while the public pays!”

By: Carol V

Carol V — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:16:14 +0000

“still actively looking into the situation.” Huh..thought they said this was of “small consequence” which gave me the impression “their part” was done…I can’t wait to see where this goes…thanks Christie and Gina!

By: Christie Keith

Christie Keith — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:54:35 +0000

Here is my update:

By: Cathy Z.

Cathy Z. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:20:38 +0000

Thank-you Pet Connection; what would I do without you! Nemerah says, “Thanks for keeping me safe.”

By: Snoopys Friend

Snoopys Friend — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:33:53 +0000

Pets are dying from this of such little consequence - Wysong better prove they can do better towards our pets and take a proactive stance or they may just find themselves out of business - I hope (one reason to want to hush things up). Shows where there heart is - in their pocketbooks.

If I lost my beloved dog because of recall gone amiss, for lack of timely notification, upset is not the half of it. Shame on Wysong.

By: Sandi K

Sandi K — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:24:24 +0000

Right on Snoopy’s Friend, apparently it wasnt of such little consequence to a couple of the more recent comment posters at this previous PetConnection blog….a store owner who says they were never notified of the Wysong problem and pet owners who have had very sad consequences as a result:

http://www.petconnection.com/b.....ent-478179