Deadly Pet Food Recall

**samhell** · 03-20-2007 11:33 PM

Hi,
This is samhell's wife, AKA Mrs. Samhell. I don't know if you have all heard yet but there has been a MAJOR recall on pet foods. The brand have been tanted for some reason and are killing pets. The food is causing acute renal failer, or kidney failer. The signs to look for are being lethargic, vomiting, not wanting to eat. Changes in urination. If you see these signs in your pet please get them to a vet ASAP. Hours matter in this situation. I am as addicted to my cat as you are to your boards. This is very serious. Over 40 brands of cat food have been recalled and over 50 dog foods have been recalled. Here is the original story and the link for the main company. The company is Menu Foods. ON their site is a full list f the foods and UPC codes to pull. THe food are from Dec. 3 2006 through March 6 2007.

The original story
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070316/...et_food_recall

The main manufacturer
http://www.menufoods.com/recall/

Please take action and tell everyone you know who has pets.

Take care
Mrs. Samhell

**Birdman87** · 03-20-2007 11:39 PM

wet food only?
good thing my dog and cats dont like that stuff.

**samhell** · 03-20-2007 11:50 PM

Yes it is just wet food. It is the sliced meat with gravey style, pouches and cans. I have not heard yet what the cause is but they think it may be the wheat gluton. Apperently when Menu Foods swithced over to a new distributer the wheat was toxic. This is not just a U.S thing. Menu Foods is based in Canada and distributes all over the world. I am reading ALL lables very carefully at this time. There is no wat to know if the kibble has been contaminated at this point. The best thing to do is pay attention to your pets health. At the slightest issue get them to a vet. If money is an issue ask about Care Credit, its like welfare for pets. If any one has any questions or concerns just ask. I am on a cat forum ae much if not more than samhell is hear. I can also answer health or behavior issues as well.

Cheers
Mrs. Samhell

**Skinart** · 03-21-2007 02:32 AM

Interesting thing about this is seeing all the affected brands...label kills...kitty.

Not making light of it mind you. That's the sort of thing that can make you eternally paranoid.

You better believe I checked that website first time I heard it on the news. And scoured just to
be sure. I don't care if they say it's just the wet food, I wanted to make sure we weren't using their
kibble either. No chances man.

I'm just glad that we don't use that Eukanuba or Science Diet stuff--only suitable for
outdoors dogs--in other words...it gives them heinous gas.

**samhell** · 03-21-2007 03:10 AM

The sad thing is I heard about it on Friday morning through my cat site, a good 24 hours before the news even said anything about it. I was paying close attention to every little thing, as of now there are over 50 pages in just the recall forum at my site and about 10 new threads about what is safe and what is not. At this point I am seriously considering making my own home made fode for Monkey(our cat). Talk about paranoid, I won't even let Monkey jump off a counter much les eat something that could make her sick. Since the original post here Menu Foods has added 2 new brands to the cat list. If it really is wheat gluton, the well, we are up s*it creak with out a paddle. Every food, kibble, wet and even treats contain it.

Cheers
Mrs. Samhell

**Mile_High_Mark** · 03-21-2007 08:37 AM

I saw this info a couple of days ago, and had the bride check the list. My heart goes out to the people that lost animals because of this.

**shapeshifter** · 03-21-2007 09:21 AM

i checked my grandma's pantry...

saw this coming along a little while ago when the epa got the red flag.

**satori** · 03-21-2007 10:00 AM

because of this incident, people also found out that the expensive premium food they'd been paying for is in fact the exact same as the cheaper stuff. same ingredients, same factory. just price point marketing.

guess who makes safeway brand soup? campbells. same ingredients, same factory.

in germany, all the taxis are mercedes.

perceived quality is an interesting thing.

**lankylongboarder** · 03-21-2007 10:57 AM

I hadn't really been paying attention to this because Kittens has been eating the same food all her life and has been fine (her food isn't one of the contaminated ones). I couldn't imagine being one of the people who lost their pet.

**samhell** · 03-21-2007 03:08 PM

If anyone has any questions or concerns please go to the following forum.

http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/index.php

Its the site I belong to. As of today there is a 41 page thread just about the recall. There are also new threads about which food is a safe and which food is questionable. There is talk of lawsuits and many other issues. This site can also help answer any and all questons you guys may have regarding your pet, mainly cats but dogs are talked about too. Everything from health, behavior and care. If you do go you do not have to sign up to veiw the thereds you can just be a troll but if you do join tell tthem Karmasmom sent you. All the recall infor is in the Health and Nutrition forum.

Cheers
Mrs. Samhell

**EBasil** · 03-21-2007 03:39 PM

Scary stuff for people that feed their pets moist/wet pet foods! Cool of you to post it, Mrs. Samhell, just to ensure more people could find out.

To reward you, I think Mr.Samhell should give you the night off to take a sudsy bath and listen to that music you like, while he's out doing something productive...say between the hours of 9 and midnight, tonight, with the 'fish skaters at Banana Bay. You deserve it! 8)

**samhell** · 03-23-2007 02:12 PM

They found the cause. RAT POISON!

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2975912&page=1

The poison is known as aminopterin. They think it was in wheat imported from China. Everyone I have talked with is saying it was sabatoge.

**Skinart** · 03-23-2007 07:06 PM

More likely just poor quality control--but will probably have an impact of import of Chinese wheat.

**rumsurfer** · 03-23-2007 08:16 PM

Rat poison = poor quality control?? I would've thought poor quality control is when you get bits n pieces of dirt and pebbles or too much salt into one tub of mix. But rat poison?

**davekeane_36** · 03-23-2007 08:22 PM

Honestly, this is pathetic, and, as a pet owner (two cats and a dog), I'm pissed. My understanding is the contaiminated wheat-gluten was imported from China, where it is legal to use this poison. We don't have wheat supplies in the US?? Perhaps I'm being somewhat conspiratorial but Menu Foods stated they changed vendors back in December. What was the impetus for this? Where was the original supplier located? Is this simply another example of US companies going overseas to slash costs? I hope to see class action lawsuits so Menu Foods is hit where it counts....in their stock prices! Sorry to vent, but my pets are beloved family members and, as such, this is unforgivable! Where's the quality control here?

**rumsurfer** · 03-23-2007 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by davekeane_36

Honestly, this is pathetic, and, as a pet owner (two cats and a dog), I'm pissed. My understanding is the contaiminated wheat-gluten was imported from China, where it is legal to use this poison. We don't have wheat supplies in the US?? Perhaps I'm being somewhat conspiratorial but Menu Foods stated they changed vendors back in December. What was the impetus for this? Where was the original supplier located? Is this simply another example of US companies going overseas to slash costs? I hope to see class action lawsuits so Menu Foods is hit where it counts....in their stock prices! Sorry to vent, but my pets are beloved family members and, as such, this is unforgivable! Where's the quality control here?

I'm a pet owner too and I would be pissed as hell over this if it had affected my pet. Hell, I'm pissed just reading about how it's affected other people's pets. But yes, of course it's a cost-cutting measure, there would be no other reason to import the wheat from China otherwise.

**samhell** · 03-23-2007 08:51 PM

**rumsurfer** · 03-23-2007 08:52 PM

Are these high-end pet food? They're not the regular supermarket canned stuff is it?

**samhell** · 03-23-2007 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by rumsurfer

Are these high-end pet food? They're not the regular supermarket canned stuff is it?

Its everything, as of now there is a total of 91 brands effected. This recall has showed us one thing, spending money for the high-end stuff does not meen its safe. It effected Nutro, Iams, Eukanuba to name a few. We have come to find out that almost ALL pet food comes from the same place, it just has a different lable. Please go to the Menu Foods site for a complete list.

http://www.menufoods.com/recall/

Sadly it is food that was sold in stores like Pet Smart, Kroger, Safeway, Vons, a lot of pet stores. You name it, if a store sold pet food they were most likely effected. That is what make it so scary , at this point any food could be tainted. I have taken our cat Monkey off ALL wet food. She is getting human tuna untill wet food becomes safe again. Even then I don't know if I will ever trust it.

I see you are in Australia, I don't know if the food has reached you or not. From the forum I am on for cats people in Germany said some of the food there has been effected and pulled. The best thing to do is check the list and if your food is on it, take it back to the store or toss it out, just DO NOT feed it to your animal untill you know for sure. I will go and find out if you guys have been effected, I'll let you know.

Cheers
Mrs. Samhell

**rumsurfer** · 03-23-2007 10:25 PM

It hasn't been big news in Australia, I assume it hasn't hit us here. But I don't feed my dogs pet food anyway. There have been many pet food scares here about having too many preservatives and containing nothing but crap leftovers off the floor of the butchery. The vets here all recommend feeding your pets proper human food and that's what my dogs have been getting in the past year (particularly after a health scare for one of my dogs, he's an old one now, about 15yo so it's more important for him).