Recall: LiveSmart Variety (1 variety, small run)
_______________________ Source: FDA http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/li ... 04_07.html LiveSmart Weight Management Chicken and Brown Rice Dog Food. Contact: SmartPak http://www.smartpakcanine.com/petfoodrecalls.aspx 1-800-326-0282 STATEMENT: On Friday, April 20, SmartPak initiated a voluntary recall of a single production run of the LiveSmart Weight Management Chicken and Brown Rice Dog Food. _______________________ I guess what bothers me a bit is that at the bottom of the howl911 website there is a list of mfrs. that are said to include this rice protein concentrate in their products. http://www.howl911.com/petfoodrecall_list.htm#rpc The Howl911 disclaimer states, "DISCLAIMER: The foods listed below are *not* under recall. However, they all have been reported to contain rice protein concentrate (a.k.a., brown rice protein; rice gluten). While some companies are claiming their RPC is "safe" and/or is not from the same supplier involved in the Natural Balance recall, we advise against using these products until the FDA has completed its investigation and emphatically declared all RPC, be it from China or elsewhere, as 100% free from contamination. But the LiveSmart food that made the FDA's recall list is on this list. So PLEASE check the list shown at the bottom the Howl911 page to decide for yourself whether your pets might be at risk... http://www.howl911.com/petfoodrecall_list.htm#rpc Better yet, check ingredients on the bag/can and mfr. website. It's best to go to the source than to rely strictly on second hand info... there's just too much they have to update. Howl911's homepage also talks about chickens and more pig farms. Missouri poultry farm may have tainted food-FDA http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNew ... 8120070424 Chemical found in N.C. hog feed Livestock quarantined at 2 Carolinas farms amid pet food scare http://pd.charlotte.com/sp?eId=20&ecId= ... 98015.html China yields to U.S. investigation on pet food http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/24/ ... 24pets.php Jaci |
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| I've been follwing the itchmo.com site and its pretty scary. According t the hearing yesterday, the FDA is FINALLY investigating the human element as well as the pet food...Hogs from several states, including NY, NC, Utah, tested positive in their urine for melamine...chickens are being investigated too...
Great...maybe we should all start eating the Wellness r Canidae dog food... |
| Boy, does this brings back memories...
When I was a kid back in 1973 or 1974, a chemical flame retardant called PBB some how found it's way into livestock feed. My uncle had a beef cattle herd during this time and his cattle had fallen ill. I remember "them" (must have been the FDA, health department) coming in and euthanizing his entire herd because of this poisoning. http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1774247 REMEMBER- THE INCIDENT DESCRIBED BELOW WAS 30 YEARS AGO. But it shows the importance of getting to the bottom of this poisoning. This is HOW they said the 1973-74 contamination occurred and the effects it had on Michigan residents- (just go on the next post if you're bored... I'm getting long winded here  )
"...In the spring of 1973, Michigan Chemical ran out of its usual color-coded bags, and used plain brown bags instead. None of them were labeled properly; many of the chemicals (including MgO) that Michigan Chemical manufactured were sold under multiple trade names, and only the trade names were printed on the brown bags. Further, when those poorly-labeled bags were accidentally shipped to Farm Bureau Services in May 1973, they were left with employees who had little job training and no technical knowledge. At least one employee couldn't read; others noticed that the bags were labeled with the wrong name, but they were told by their supervisor that it was merely a new name for the same MgO. Ultimately, it is estimated that between 500 and 1,000 pounds of PBB were mixed in with the cattle feed..." "...Testing in the late 1970s showed that about 97% of Michigan residents had measurable levels of PBB contamination; further, testing over time revealed that these levels did not decline: the chemical accumulated in the body and remained in adipose tissue..." "Michigan Chemical Corporation manufactured a range of chemicals for all sorts of different purposes. PBBs were sold to manufacturers who used them as fire retardants in their plastics. Michigan Chemical also produced magnesium oxide (MgO), a cattle feed additive that increased milk production. But the two chemicals should never have been confused... ...By the end of 1975, 28,900 cattle had been destroyed; buried with them were 865 tons of animal feed and 27 tons of various dairy products. As investigations into the disaster continued, it became clear that beef and milk were not the only products affected. Feed for other animals was contaminated when it was mixed on the same machinery; carcasses of cattle not fit for sale were rendered to yield protein supplements in other animal feed. In addition to the cattle and milk, 5,920 pigs, 1.5 million chickens, and nearly 5 million eggs were destroyed..." "...Testing further indicated that most breast milk was contaminated as well, which meant that even those of us who weren't born at the time of the disaster likely have been exposed. Many farms remained contaminated — buildings and soil still retain testable levels of PBB in some areas, and the disposal sites are still heavily contaminated..." |
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