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Expertox, a lab in Deer Park, Texas, today reported that it has found toxic levels of acetaminophen and/or cyanuric acid poisons in dozens of pet food samples. The contaminants could be lethal for pets, and the FDA has already launched an investigation, but the lab cannot legally reveal which pet food brands tested positive for [...]
Doane Pet Care Co. has issued a recall for its Ol’ Roy Complete Nutrition dog food due to concerns of possible salmonella contamination. The food is only sold through Wal-Mart stores, and only a single batch of 55lb bags of the formula is being recalled. The batch was produced at a Manassas, Virginia plant and [...]
American Nutrition today initiated a recall for all canned products made in its plant that contain rice protein concentrate due to potential melamine contamination. Not all details are available yet and we may see more brands added in the near future, but canned dog foods and cat foods currently recalled include the following brands and [...]
The national pet food recall has expanded once again, this time due to melamine toxin in a rice protein concentrate ingredient that has been imported by Wilbur-Ellis Co. of San Francisco, California, from Binzhou Futian Biology Technology Co. Ltd. in China (a separate Chinese company from the one that shipped the tainted wheat gluten ingredient). [...]
Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance Pet Foods has recalled its Venison and Brown Rice Dry Dog Food and Venison and Green Pea Dry Cat Food formulas after receiving reports of animals vomiting and experiencing kidney problems. It’s not known at this time whether this recall is related to the melamine problem. The recall includes all [...]
Menu Foods has issued a voluntary recall for more than 60 million containers of wet dog food and moist cat food sold under top pet food brands such as Iams, Eukanuba, Hill’s Science Diet, Purina, and Nutro after approximately 10 cats and dogs died and many more suffered kidney failure. The recall specifically applies to [...]
Wegmans Food Markets has issued a voluntary recall for the Lamb and Rice flavor of its Super Premium Adult Dog Food due to a batch containing potentially toxic mold. Only the 37.5 lb. Lamb and Rice dog food bag is affected. We now have a full FAQ available on the Wegmans dog food recall with [...]
Simmons Pet Food has issued a recall for fifteen varieties of its canned dog food product line due to the linings separating from the inside of the cans. The Arkansas-based company initiated a voluntary withdrawal from distribution this past Monday (June 12th) after finding random flaking of the inside coating of the cans, with all [...]
ROYAL CANIN has recalled three of its Veterinary Diet Canine canned dog foods in the wake of 24 reported cases of hypercalcemia in Canada and eight cases in the United States from November 2005 through February 2006. Left untreated, hypercalcemia (excessive amounts of calcium levels in the blood) can lead to bone defects, cardiac changes [...]
Diamond pet foods has issued a recall for contaminated foods for dogs and cats. Over 100 canine deaths and at least one feline fatality during December 2005 have been linked to Diamond pet foods contaminated by the potentially deadly toxin Aflatoxin, according to Cornell University veterinarians. Aflatoxin is similar to another toxic byproduct, Vomitoxin, that [...]