Month: March 2007

Del Monte Pet Products is recalling a number of brands of treats and canned food. They list the specific lots of Jerky Treats, Gravy Train Beef Sticks, Pounce Meaty Morsels, Ol’ Roy Treats, Dollar General Treats, and Happy Tails Jerky Strips included in the recall. The specific lots of canned food affected by the recall are also listed and include: Ol’ Roy and Happy Tails brands.

You can find out much more on the recall on my Pet Food Recall Archive Page.

Purina is now recalling their Alpo Prime Cuts In Gravy Canned Dog Food. I hope one of the outcomes of this recall is that people become better educated about pet food. It does look like more people are starting to feed their pets higher grade foods.

You can find out much more on the recall on my Pet Food Recall Archive Page.

Hill’s Pet Nutrition is recalling its Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry cat food. The Prescription Diet m/d Feline food is sold through veterinarians to treat obesity and/or diabetes in cats. According to Hill’s, it is their only product that contains wheat gluten. The FDA is now saying that global outsourcing—in this case, the wheat gluten from China—may change how the FDA regulates the pet food industry. I should hope so.

You can find out much more on the recall on my Pet Food Recall Archive Page.

The FDA is now reporting that melamine has been found in the suspect wheat gluten, in the recalled pet food, and in the urine and kidney from a cat that died in the intitial food trial conducted by Menu Foods. Melamine is used in fertilizers in Asia, to make plastic kitchenware, and Magic Eraser cleaning sponges. No amount of melamine should be found in pet food. Not surprisingly, people are beginning to question the safety of dry pet foods. Some are reporting that dry food has sickened their pets. And PETA is asking for a wider recall.

You can find out much more on the recall on my Pet Food Recall Archive Page.