Purina could have done this two weeks ago when over a 100 other brands made by Menu Foods were recalled.
Despite the "Major Brand Name" you pay for, much of it is outsorced.
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Maybe it's time we just got a list of everything made by Menu foods.
outsorced = outsourced
If you're referring to Alpo, the way I read it is that Alpo got the wheat gluten from the same supplier that Menu Foods did...not that MenuFoods was producing product for the Alpo label.
Wait a second- didn't Purina tout itself as one of the safe brands during the last couple of weeks?
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The $64,000 dollar question is, what's the name of that company?
Everyday it's a new brand.
I'm furious that it's taking the manufacturers so long to figure out whether their products are contaminated or not.
It's pretty pathetic when a country like ours sells products that kill BOTH people and their pets!
Read the article. The Purina product recalled last night wasn't made by Menu Foods, but "at only one of Purina's 17 pet food manufacturing facilities." It contains the same imported wheat gluten used by Menu, and that's the link.
Further, there is quite a disagreement between the FDA and the New York State Food Laboratory as to whether melamine is the culprit in the poisoning. There just isn't enough toxicity data available to narrow it down yet. The FDA lab couldn't find any aminotrophen in their testing, so now they've settled on melamine, but even they admit they're not sure if it's the cause. Per the NY Times:
“At this point in the investigation, we are not focusing on aminopterin,” said Dr. Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the Center for Veterinary Medicine at the F.D.A. But he added that he was not certain melamine was the chemical causing illness in dogs and cats.
“There is little information in the scientific literature on melamine exposure on dogs and cats,” Dr. Sundlof said. “So it’s very difficult to determine a level that would be harmful or even lethal.”
The lack of information about melamine’s toxicity left some scientists who have worked with the chemical skeptical about its involvement in poisoning pets.
“It’s not what I would consider to be a particularly toxic material,” said Daniel R. Shelton, a scientist at the federal Department of Agriculture, who published a study on melamine’s potential to be a slow release fertilizer in 1997.
“It doesn’t compute for me” that the melamine would sicken pets, Dr. Shelton said.
The confusion has left veterinarians unsure of how best to advise pet owners.
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Thanks for staying on top of thing m_guy.
I have had calls from a company representing menu foods and also from the FDA.
When I mentioned to the gal from the FDA that dogs know and sometimes it seemed like my dog was trying to tell me about the food, she didn't think me nuts.
She said that one woman told her that she mixed two kinds of foods together, one was on the recall list, she said the dog would seperate the two foods and only eat the not recalled food.
Animals know.
It is so hard to think that maybe he thought I knew also, if only I did. I would never harm him. He was my love bug, funny face, made me laugh everyday.
Damn it, I just bought two dozen cans of it.
All my cats get Hills M/D dry. I just called my vet and they said they will switch out to Purina D/M dry. Hills has not been returning calls about the recall.
Thank you, I just found several cans in our pantry.
Damn these scumbags.
Before going to a break, Fox and Friends this a.m. said they'd be back "later" with a new recall on DRIED CAT FOOD. I missed it! I've Googled and can't find anything. Does anyone have any info. on that?