Here a recall, there a recall, everywhere a recall

More pet food recalls!  Menu Foods expanded their recall to include more brands of cat and dog food, and the reason they’re giving is “cross-contamination”.  It’s swell to know that the can of “premium” food you pay over $1.50 for is being made in the same giant production vat as the 25 cent food, and the vats aren’t being cleaned between batches.  No wonder we had a lot of trouble keeping Phoenix’s allergies in-check when were were feeding mainstream brands of pet food… there was probably a good chance her “soy, wheat, and corn-free” food still had remnants of those ingredients in it.  You can see the complete lists of recalled items here” Menu Foods Recall list.  Note there are separate lists for the US and Canada, although items from Canada seem to be on the US list as well.  Also, here’s a blog entry from Pet Food Tracker where just the changes to the recall list are outlined.  The biggest surprise food addition for me was Feline Natural Ultramix, made by Castor and Pollux.  This brand is considered to be very high-end and reputable, and this will be a big blow to them.  No matter how much they protest that their products don’t contain fillers and additives, they’re going to suffer damage to their reputation just because they’ve been hanging out in bad company.  This brings to mind the saying, “When you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas"… no offense intended to any dogs.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 05/02 at 10:21 PM

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  1. Look out! I just herd they’ve recalled KMR due to rice protein concentrate. Is nofin safe??? I pounced this news, no more than that, at the Cat Blogosphere.

    Posted by Victor Tabbycat  on  05/03  at  12:13 PM

  2. I went to Cat Blogosphere, and they actually say that formulas other than KMR have been affected by the rice protein concentrate recall.  However, I can’t figure out what the other products might be.  Quick checks of the websites of Farnam ("Just Born"), Lambert-Kay ("Mother’s Helper"), Landco ("Kittylac"), VPL ("Nuturall"), and Vet Solutions ("Pro-Biolac"), don’t show any mentions of recalls of any of the products.  I’ll dig a bit deeper and see if I can find out where Cat Blogosphere got their information.

    I was relieved to find out that KMR has made a specific statement saying their products aren’t involved in the recall (I don’t even know if KMR contains any recalled ingredient).  I definitely would have suspected that Miles died from eating contaminated milk which led to renal failure, but then it would be hard to explain why Madison thrived on the same formula from the same container.

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  05/03  at  06:51 PM
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