I have been following the massive Pet Food recall since the weekend, and kind of assumed that everyone we knew with a pet knew about it. But, after running into several people who still didn't know about it yesterday, I thought I'd start this topic.
On Friday evening, Menu Foods, who manufactures and distributes many of the most familiar brands of dog and cat food, announced the recall, which at this time is for wet and canned food only.
The affected brands include about 50 dog food and 50 cat food brands at this writing. (I have cut and pasted the list below.)
In addition, Trader Joe's has removed all of their wet food because it was packaged at Menu Foods, though their brand was not on the recall list.
If your animal has eaten one of the affected brands, you can have your vet run a urine and/or blood test to see if they are at risk, or already sick.
On the blog petconnection.com, a vet pal from The Well is doing a database of owner reports - these add up to 750 dead animals by today - of course some may not have died from the foods, but even if half of them did, this is an outrage and sure to get bigger.
http://www.petconnection.com
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The List
Recalled Cat Products
1. Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
2. Authority
3. Best Choice
4. Companion
5. Compliments
6. Demoulas Market Basket
7. Eukanuba
8. Fine Feline Cat
9. Food Lion
10. Foodtown
11. Giant Companion
12. Hannaford
13. Hill Country Fare
14. Hy-Vee
15. Iams
16. Laura Lynn
17. Li'l Red
18. Loving Meals
19. Meijer's Main Choice
20. Nutriplan
21. Nutro Max Gourmet Classics
22. Nutro Natural Choice
23. Paws
24. Pet Pride
25. Presidents Choice
26. Price Chopper
27. Priority
28. Save-A-Lot
29. Schnucks
30. Science Diet Feline Savory Cuts Cans
31. Sophistacat
32. Special Kitty Canada
33. Special Kitty US
34. Springfield Prize
35. Sprout
36. Total Pet
37. Wegmans
38. Western Family
39. White Rose
40. Winn Dixie
Recalled Dog Product Information
1. Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
2. Authority
3. Award
4. Best Choice
5. Big Bet
6. Big Red
7. Bloom
8. Wegmans Bruiser
9. Cadillac
10. Companion
11. Demoulas Market Basket
12. Eukanuba
13. Food Lion
14. Giant Companion
15. Great Choice
16. Hannaford
17. Hill Country Fare
18. Hy-Vee
19. Iams
20. Laura Lynn
21. Loving Meals
22. Meijers Main Choice
23. Mighty Dog Pouch
24. Mixables
25. Nutriplan
26. Nutro Max
27. Nutro Natural Choice
28. Nutro Ultra
29. Nutro
30. Ol'Roy Canada
31. Ol'Roy US
32. Paws
33. Pet Essentials
34. Pet Pride - Good n Meaty
35. Presidents Choice
36. Price Chopper
37. Priority
38. Publix
39. Roche Bros
40. Save-A-Lot
41. Schnucks
42. Shep Dog
43. Springsfield Prize
44. Sprout
45. Stater Bros
46. Total Pet
47. Western Family
48. White Rose
49. Winn Dixie
50. Your Pet
Recall Information 1-866-895-2708
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