Eukanuba, Iams, Store Brand- Wet dog/cat food recall

THIS RECALL INFORMATION IS CURRENT AS OF May 12th, 2007 13:10 Eastern(US) Time

May 12, 2007
Royal Canin Sensible Choice and Kasco DRY foods have been added to the recall.
Please visit the Royal Canin website for the latest details.
Source: http://www.royalcanin.us/

April 30, 2007
The contaminated proteins have made their way into the human food supply chain, but the FDA does not issue a recall
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2007 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have learned that byproducts from pet food manufactured with contaminated wheat gluten imported from China have been used in chicken feed on some farms in the state of Indiana. This information came to light as part of the continuing investigation into imported rice protein concentrate and wheat gluten that have been found to contain melamine and melamine-related compounds.

At this time, the investigation indicates that approximately 30 broiler poultry farms and eight breeder poultry farms in Indiana received contaminated feed in early February and fed it to poultry within days of receiving it. All of the broilers believed to have been fed contaminated product have since been processed. The breeders that were fed the contaminated product are under voluntary hold by the flock owners.

As with exposure from hogs fed contaminated pet food and for similar reasons related to the dilution of the contamination, FDA and USDA believe the likelihood of illness after eating chicken fed the contaminated product is very low. Because there is no evidence of harm to humans associated with consumption of chicken fed the contaminated product, no recall of poultry products processed from these animals is being issued.
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01621.html


April 27, 2007
FDA Issues import alert affecting all vegetable proteins from China
REASON FOR ALERT: In recent weeks, there has been an outbreak of cat and dog deaths and illness associated with pet food manufactured with vegetable proteins contaminated with melamine and melamine related compounds. In response to this outbreak, FDA has been conducting an aggressive and intensive investigation. Pet food manufacturers and others have recalled dog and cat food and other suspect products and ingredients. This has been one of the largest pet food recalls in history, a recall that continues to expand. Thus far, 18 firms have recalled product, 17 Class I and 1 class II, covering over 5,300 product lines.

As of April 26, 2007, FDA had received over 17,000 consumer complaints relating to this outbreak, and those complaints included reports of approximately 1950 deaths of cats and 2200 deaths of dogs. The Agency is working with federal, state, and local governments, academia, and industry to assess the extent of the outbreak, better understand how melamine and melamine related compounds contributed to the pet deaths and illnesses, and to determine the underlying cause of the contamination.

As of April 26, 2007, FDA had collected approximately 750 samples of wheat gluten and products made with wheat gluten and, of those tested thus far, 330 were positive for melamine and/or melamine related compounds. FDA had also collected approximately 85 samples of rice protein concentrate and products made with rice protein concentrate and, of those tested thus far, 27 were positive for melamine and/or melamine related compounds. FDA's investigation has traced all of the positive samples as having been imported from China.
http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia9929.html

April 27, 2007
Blue Buffalo Recalls Can and Biscuit Products Due To Tampering By American Nutrition Inc. The specific product involved includes all "BLUE" brand can dog foods, all "Spa Select" brand can cat foods and all "BLUE Health Bar" treats.
http://bluebuff.com

Mulligan Stew and Canine Caviar Dog Food Recalled

Mulligan Stew Chicken 13.2oz
Mulligan Stew Turkey 13.2oz
Canine Caviar Gourmet Beaver 5.5oz
Canine Caviar Gourmet Beaver 13.2oz
Canine Caviar Gourmet Turkey 13.2oz

April 17, 2007-- Natural Balance, Pacoima, CA, is issuing a voluntary nationwide recall for all of its Venison dog products and the dry Venison cat food only, regardless of date codes. The recalled products include Venison and Brown Rice canned and bagged dog foods, Venison and Brown Rice dog treats, and Venison and Green Pea dry cat food. Recent laboratory results show that the products contain melamine. We believe the source of the melamine is a rice protein concentrate. Natural Balance has confirmed this morning that some production batches of these products may contain melamine.

April 16th, 2007
Natural Balance (Dick Van Patten's) Announces a voluntary recall of their
VENISON & BROWN RICE, and
VENISON & GREEN PEA DRY DOG AND CAT FOODS
http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/

March 31st, 2007: Del Monte Pet Products is voluntarily recalling select product codes of its pet treat products sold under the Jerky Treats®, Gravy Train® Beef Sticks and Pounce Meaty Morsels® brands as well as select dog snack and wet dog food products sold under private label brands

Jerky Treats Beef Flavor Dog Snacks
Gravy Train Beef Sticks Dog Snacks
Pounce Meaty Morsels Moist Chicken Flavor Cat Treats

PRIVATE LABEL Production by DelMonte
Ol' Roy Beef Flavor Jerky Strips Dog Treats
Ol' Roy Beef Flavor Snack Sticks Dog Treats
Ol' Roy Bark'n Bac'n Beef & Bacon Flavor Dog Treats
Ol' Roy with Beef Hearty Cuts in Gravy Dog Food
Ol' Roy with Beef Hearty Strips in Gravy Dog Food
Ol' Roy Country Stew Hearty Cuts in Gravy Dog Food
Dollar General Beef Flavored Jerky Strips Dog Treats
Dollar General Beef Flavored Beef Sticks Dog Treats
Happy Tails Beef Flavor Jerky Strips
Happy Tails Meaty Cuts with Beef in Gravy Dog Food

See http://www.delmonte.com/petfoodrecall.html for lot codes and "best by" dates.

March 30th: Hill's Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food is now included in the recall.

March 30th:On March 30, 2007, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company announced it is voluntarily recalling all sizes and varieties of its ALPO Prime Cuts in Gravy wet dog food with specific date codes. The Company is taking this voluntary action after learning today that wheat gluten containing melamine, a substance not approved for use in food, was provided to Purina by the same company that also supplied Menu Foods. The contamination occurred in a limited production quantity at only one of Purina's 17 pet food manufacturing facilities.
See http://www.purina.com/Company/Press/2007/MightyDog.aspx

March 28th: NBC News is reporting the FDA has recorded 7,000 complaints.

Just a quick update: The Rat poison has been identified as aminopterin in the pet food blamed for the deaths of at least 16 dogs and cats.

Since the identification, MENU FOODS HAS CHANGED THE RECALL TO INCLUDE ALL WET FOODS THEY PRODUCED ON ALL DATES. Purina Foods has not (yet) expanded the dates of their own precautionary recall of some Mighty Dog products.

Symptoms of aminopterin poisoning include:
Vomiting (Usually the first sign)
Lethargy (fatigue - your dog tires more easily than normal, or just wants to lay around more than normal)
Refusal to eat
Excessive drinking or thirst
Excessive urination

Unfortunately, many dogs who have exhibited no signs of poisoning and have no symptoms have been brought to their vets by "nervous" owners -- only to find abnormal kidney function. Officials are unsure of the course of kidney damage from this product because they don't know the dosages received.

From one of our member's experience with her poisoned dog:

Stay tuned to this page for further updates.

Please use the following url to pass along this edited and reviewed info to others:
http://www.oes.org/page2/12930~Eukanuba ... ecall.html

I was just going to post this info...My news report said they were thinking it might be linked to the wheat gluten ingredient. Apparently this ingredient was made using a differnt source than they were using before...although they are limiting it right now to "wet" dog food, I would suggest anyone using this Iams/Eukanuba, as well as any other food bought at Wal-Mart under a different name, call the toll free number. I have a feeling there will be other brands listed tomorrow..

They will be listed tomorrow at 6 am at www.menufoods.com/recall

They're not on the list, but they did a voluntary recall... it is confusing.

So after all that, Eukanuba and Iams aren't on the list?