Hello,
Does anybody know about the product recall of gravy type foods in America? Does it affect any UK foods???
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17650075
GG

I would not think so.  10 does not sound a very bit number affected if it was the food you would expect thousands in a country as big as America.  The recall may be just on precautionary grounds until they found out the problem, after all don't cats suffer from kidney problems a bit anyway.

If you are worried have a search for their UK website/address and e-mail them to ask if there is a problem with UK supplies.

Yet another proven health scare due to poorly supplied ingrediant. :( Took long enough to find it, test it (by using animals to see if it affected them, and some died simply from that food :( what happened to 'not testing on animals' ) and then to actually do something about it. be interesting to see how many brands of food its in, and in fact just what this ingrediant is, because as yet they have not said :( When are they likely to actually say, and warn users of this food? Not until the tills stop ringing I suppose :(

As they are recalling the food concerned I believe they are warning the consumer and there is a full list of all brands concerned Here then if you click the individual foods it gives you batch numbers to check for.

As usual, the news report and the companies report differ a little. What does make me smile is that this 'menu' company makes food for a different number of companies, so you could well be paying a high price for the food in the Eukanuba pouch, which is no different at all to the one in the bottom priced pouch

I wonder if they will ever find out what the ingrediant is, and if they will say if they do.

>I wonder if they will ever find out what the ingrediant is,

I thought it was linked to wheat gluten and their new supplier.This is what's being said on the US nutrition boards.Not 100%,but likely.

A tad early to speculate wouldn't you say?  I was not even aware that the recall was more than a precaution.  Have these few incidents been definately linked?  Would have thought there would have been considerably more with such large selling lines.

They seem a bit 'vauge' as usual Ktee, in one report I read they said they wouldn't release what it was, but the gluten stuff seems to be the culprit. Its a good job people managed to link their pets illness/death to the food, and complain. I wonder how many more will realise their pets have been injured by it. I hope this is not just the tip of the iceburg. Just 1% is 1% to many IMO. Be interesting to see how this goes, and if it is found in UK food. It is fourtunate, and to their credit, that they did a recall, eventually. I still can't get over the trials on animals though.....I used to laugh when I read on a dog food bag 'not tested on animals' but I have far more understanding now :(

GG, if you have fed any of this type of food, contact the manuf for your variety and ask them if there is any chance the contents could have been imported, in fact ask them if any of the ingrediants are imported, or if all are processed and made with purely British ingrediants. Then tell us :) Any one with any concerns should contact the manuf/food company for their advice, they are the only people who can answer this for you :)

All of the food affected are a "chunks and gravy" style food,so if you're feeding pate style wet food than you should be clear.As far as i know it is mainly American brands that have been affected,bar euk/iams which has it's tentacles everywhere!

Sorry admin, if I was posting in the wrong place :)

Sadly, the death toll has now risen to 14. Hills Science Diet, canned and foil, and the Iams/ Eukanuba are recalled. As yet they are not recalling dry food. Direct result of comsumer complaints, and they do seem to have found the rouge ingrediant. They will not say how many consumers complained :( Why not I wonder :rolleyes:

Here it is reported on BBC pages (sorry, too much of a muppet still to be able to do links:rolleyes:)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6475067.stm

Margot

Here is the list of recalled dog foods. I've only seen a few of the names in the shops, so hopefully this country's pets won't be too affected.

I think that I am OK as I feed dry food and since I first posted they have updated the list of recalled products and mine is not on there
Hope nobody else on here has any problems
GG

<a class='url' href='http://www.i-sis.org.uk/pdf/GM_Food_Nightmare_Unfolding.pdf'>http://www.i-sis.org.uk/pdf/GM_Food_Nightmare_Unfolding.pdf</a>

IF I have managed a link, if you follow it through it will state that in 2004 Monsanto's secret research dossier showed that a type of GM maize containing a certain protein created sreious blood and kidney abnormalities in rats.......

Is it possible that GM foods have been the 'newly supplied' ingrediant that they are no longer using and this has been the result?

WOW managed it, look for number 7/

Have you seen the news update? Seems the killer was a rat poison, which came in from some ingrediant from China. The type of rat poison found in the food is not used in america.

It was aminopterin apparently; a cancer drug that once was used to induce abortions and is still used to kill rats.  I wonder how it got in the food as apparently the recalled food came from 2 different plants ...........unless they were using the same supplier???

Admin: I have received this from a British breeder and asked to pass it on.

Just when we thought this food recall ordeal was nearly over...twelve more brands have been recalled.  There is
a lot of information out there and some of it is confusing to interpret. I've been spending a lot of time sorting through the
information so I can share with you a summary of the facts. I know many of you are scared.

As you know, late in March there was a dog and cat food recall of 60 million containers packaged under 95 brands of food. Two additional brands - Alpo and Hills were added to the list two weeks ago and now 12 more brands.

All of the food recalls have been for canned and moist foods except for one dry food.

Initially, the Agriculture Commissioner of New York State Patrick Hooker released information that Aminopterin, a form of rat poison,was found in some cat foods.  Since then, it is believed that Aminopterin did not contribute to the deaths.

On March 30th, the FDA announced that melamine, a chemical used as a fertilizer and in the production of plastics, was found in tested samples of recalled pet food from Menu Foods. The substance was also identified in urine and tissue samples taken from sickened cats and from the kidney of one cat that had eaten the recalled food. According to the FDA, "Melamine is primarily used in Asia as a fertilizer but is not approved for that use in the United States. It is used in plastic kitchenware in this country." They believe melamine was contaminated in the wheat gluten which was distributed to both the U.S. and Canada. 

It is not possible to test pets for melamine at this time. No one seems to know as to how much or if any other compounds were found.  They also are not certain if melamine is linked to the illness in deaths of the pets eating the recalled foods. As you can tell, there are many unanswered questions.  Reports are continuously being updated and there is still a lot that we don't know.

The preliminary reports indicated that the affected foods caused over 16 deaths and may have caused illness in hundreds of others.They do know that the compound involved is causing kidney failure and it seems to affect cats worse than dogs. The most common signs of kidney failure are: vomiting, not eating, drinking more, urinating more and/or lethargy.

If your pet is eating or was eating one of the recalled foods and is experiencing any symptoms, please call your veterinarian immediately. We recommend testing and treating all affected pets!  If caught early, kidney failure can be treated successfully in some pets. For more information read about:

Kidney Failure in Cats:

http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?t1A6q7wAdx9XzHBXb5PXYg

Kidney Failure in dogs

http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?NM5lsJpVp6N.oB3ohK2_pw

The food recall covers several different foods - primarily those with gravy components. The recall does not affect all varieties of the different food - but is now thought to affect both canned and dry formulas.

If you suspect your pet has been affected by the food - please read these steps to help your veterinarian with your pet's diagnosis.Go to Advice to Pet Food Owner After National Recall:

http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?gRMX1OqDnWnfekwOkhAd9w

This article gives recommendations and resources for veterinarians.  If your pet has been affected, please print both articles and take them with you when you see your vet.

Here is also an update for veterinarians Pet Food Recall Updated Information for Veterinarians:

http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?bQ9fN_F0SW8Cmf1iaU3_oA

I sincerely hope that your pets are not affected.  If you have any questions, send them to me. I won't be able to respond to every email but I'll try to include answers to your questions in my next update.

Regards,

Dr. Jon (petplace.com)