Month: April 2007

Sadly, but not surprisingly, Banfield, The Pet Hospital, saw a 30% increase in cases of kidney failure from early December through early March, while the Veterinary Information Network estimates 5,000–10,000 pets have gotten sick and 1,000–2,000 have died.

Petconnection.com has 3,730 deaths reported by pet owners as of March 10th—these are self-reported and is not considered an official total yet.

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

Menu Foods has added more pet food to the recall. The recall differs between Canada and the US and includes Nutro and Royal Canin Canada’s Medi-Cal Feline Dissolution.

As if the executives at Menu Foods could look any worse, it turns out Menu Foods’ CFO, Mark Wiens, sold almost half his stock less than three weeks before the recall was finally announced.

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

Christie Keith has written an excellent article on the story behind the recall. And an insightful post on why this isn’t the time to preach about home feeding. (via PetConnection and DoggedBlog).

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

Del Monte Pet Products has added more dates to the recall, but no new varieties.

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

Dog biscuits sold by Wal-Mart under the Ol’ Roy brand are now included in the recall and Menu Foods has extended their recall. It now includes foods made between November 8th and March 6th. The recall previously only went back to December 3rd. They are also including 20 additional varieties, but not any new brands.

Sunshine Mills is the manufacturer of the Wal-Mart Ol’ Roy dog biscuits. (Sunshine Mills’ site may be having trouble coping with increased traffic.) Update: Sunshine Mills now has the recalled biscuits listed. You should know they also make several other pet treats (Crunchin’ Bones, Dr. Dental Chews, Gym Bones, Meaty Treats Jerky, Puffs N’ Purrs, & Pup Corn) and apparently several pet foods (Lassie Natural Way, Buttons and Bows(Cat), Canine Principle, Feline Principle, Field Trial, Cat Cafe, Chatham(Dog), Chatham(Cat), Hunter’s Special, Sportsman’s Pride, Thrifty(Dog & Cat), Nurture, and World Pet Foods).

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