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| Name: lindalu | Date: Apr 27th, 2007 2:12 PM |
| Hello Rain, there are still many kinds of dog foods that are safe. If you noticed the recalled foods where mostly soft, with the cheaper brand labels. Most of the higher end dry foods are good! Check out Pet Smart or Pet Co they have some great high end foods. I feed my dogs and cat Blue buffalo it doesnt contain any additives and crap like some of the competative brands. Blue Buffalo also comes in soft, I dont recomend soft food but some like it. There is a post some where in here where, T-rabbit listed some of the top brand foods for dogs. They are all really good brand boods. Let me find it! ↑ |
| Name: rain | Date: Apr 27th, 2007 9:11 PM |
| ok, sounds good. I miss you dear. ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Apr 27th, 2007 9:16 PM |
| Rain :Imo top 5 foods: is the post. I bumped it up so you can see it. ↑ |
| Name: rain | Date: Apr 28th, 2007 4:41 AM |
| Lindalu, this is making me crazy, I still dont know what is safe. What do we do? ↑ |
| Name: Lecia | Date: Apr 28th, 2007 5:59 AM |
| Lindalu, I just wanted to let you know that Blue Buffalo has recalled some of it's food voluntarily. Here is a link for the recall posted as of 4-27. http://www.itchmo.com/read/ recall-update-friday-3_20070427 ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Apr 28th, 2007 3:25 PM |
| Lecia this is the recall for the Blue Buffalo brand food, take notice it only involves the kitten formula dry. Blue Buffalo Company Announces Voluntary Recall of One Production Run of Spa Select Kitten Dry Food Contact: Consumer Inquiries: 1-800-919-2833 Media Inquiries: David Petrie 1-203-762-9751 The recalled 3 lb. and 7 lb. bags of Spa Select Kitten dry food have the production code "BEST IF USED BY MAR 07 08 B" printed on the bag. Consumers should check this information on the bag, which is printed on the back panel below the seal. The Company has taken this action because the rice protein concentrate used for this particular production run was obtained from Wilbur-Ellis, the same company who supplied this ingredient to Natural Balance. Test results indicated that this rice protein concentrate tested positive for melamine. This was the only production run that used rice protein from Wilbur-Ellis. Upon receiving the test results, the Company notified the FDA today and immediately began this recall process. Of the 5,044 bags produced in this particular production run, the Company was able to prevent the majority from ever entering retail distribution. The Company is working closely with its retail partners and believes that most of the recalled product that had reached retail distribution has already been pulled off the shelf. Consumers should immediately stop feeding Spa Select Kitten dry cat food with the above-listed date codes to their kittens and consult with a veterinarian if they have any health concerns with their pet. No other cat or dog foods, canned or dry, made by the Company are affected by the recall. Should consumers have a specific question, they can email the Company at [email protected] or call 1-800-919-2833, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT, to receive more information. Bill Bishop, CEO and President of The Blue Buffalo Company, commented "As a family owned company whose reason for being is to provide cats and dogs with the highest quality natural foods, we are extremely upset by this recall and can't begin to apologize enough to our customers. From our perspective, it is unacceptable to produce even one bag of food with the potential to cause a pet to become ill, and we will further tighten our ingredient sourcing and quality assurance procedures as a result of this incident." = ↑ |
| Name: Lecia | Date: Apr 28th, 2007 6:44 PM |
| Not just cat food.... Blue Buffalo Recalls All Canned Dog and Cat Food, As Well As Treats Blue Buffalo just announced another expansion of the recall covering: All Blue brand can dog foods All Spa Select brand can cat foods All Blue Health Bar treats. The release indicates that rice protein was added without their knowledge to these products. Blue Buffalo attributes this to “tampering” by their contract manufacturer American Nutrition, who was connected to several other recalls on Thursday. Full release after the jump: Blue Buffalo Recalls Can and Biscuit Products Due To Tampering By American Nutrition Inc. Contact: Consumer Inquiries: 1-800-919-2833 Media Inquiries: David Petrie 1-203-762-9751 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Wilton, Connecticut, April 26, 2007. We at the Blue Buffalo Company have just learned that American Nutrition Inc. (ANI), the manufacturer of all our cans and biscuits, has been adding rice protein concentrate to our can formulas without our knowledge and without our approval. This is product tampering, and it apparently has been going on for some time. The can formulas that we developed, and trusted them to produce, never contained any rice protein concentrate. It appears that only an FDA investigation of ANI’s rice protein concentrate supplies forced them to reveal this product tampering to us. While this activity by ANI is in itself unlawful, the situation is further clouded by the fact that ANI has been receiving rice protein concentrate from Wilber-Ellis, some of which the FDA has determined to be contaminated with melamine. So while no BLUE or Spa Select canned product has tested positive for the presence of melamine, and there has been no reported illness due to any of our canned products, we simply cannot be sure of what ANI has been including in our formulas. For this reason, we have decided to remove all of our canned and biscuit products from retail distribution. While this may seem to many to be a major over-reaction, as other ANI customers will probably only recall the products that tested positive for melamine, we see this as a matter of integrity. We founded Blue Buffalo on the principle of providing dogs and cats with the highest quality and most nutritious food, and we will not sell any product that doesn’t meet this standard. And under these circumstances, we cannot say that any products manufactured by ANI measure up. The obvious question is “how could Blue Buffalo not know that ANI was putting rice protein concentrate into our canned food?” The answer is we trusted them. In business and in life, we all trust our partners to deal with us honestly. When we buy produce from our local grocery store, we are trusting growers, shippers and a series of handlers to have delivered a product that is safe and nutritious for our family. If any one of these parties betrays our trust, contaminated products can make their way to our dinner table. And while we test for known toxins and contaminants, we don’t test for protein sources, like rice protein concentrate, especially when we did not formulate our products to contain them. In the end, this all comes down to an issue of integrity, and ANI has not been honest with us and with the pet parents who buy our products. We will not put any product made by ANI on the shelf, and are temporarily withdrawing an important part of our business in order to be true to our pet parents. We have already started the process of identifying a can and biscuit manufacturer with whom we can build a partnership based on trust. Once we have accomplished this, BLUE and Spa Select cans and BLUE Health Bars will be reintroduced with the high quality and superior nutrition that our brand stands for and that dogs and cats deserve. We have informed our retail partners and the FDA about this action and will be cooperating with them to complete this recall quickly. The specific product involved includes all “BLUE” brand can dog foods, all “Spa Select” brand can cat foods and all “BLUE Health Bar” treats. Consumers who have unused or partially used packages of any of these products should return them to their place of purchase for a complete refund. All “BLUE” dry natural food for dogs and “Spa Select” dry natural foods for cats are not affected by this recall and are safe for consumption. Should consumers have a specific question, they can call the Company at 1-800-919-2833, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT, to receive more information. ↑ |
| Name: Lecia | Date: Apr 28th, 2007 6:46 PM |
| Sorry was posting what I recieved yesterday and it DID say dog food as well and I thought I would inform you. Sorry if I had NO clue what I was talking about lol anyways good luck. ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Apr 28th, 2007 10:36 PM |
| Lecia No need to be sorry sweetie,all the info we can get is good. I will have to check further in to it, I certaintly dont want to feed my friends bad food! Thanks! ↑ |
| Name: Lecia | Date: Apr 29th, 2007 12:21 AM |
| Lindalu, do you know anyone that feeds Drs. Foster & Smith dog food? If so they also did a recall the other day. I will post the article here for you just in case. Precautionary Rice Protein Recall: Drs. Foster & Smith Adult Dry Lite Dog and Adult Dry Lite Cat Food Rice protein concentrate has been indicated as a possible source of melamine recently found in pet food products. As a precautionary measure Wilbur-Ellis company, the supplier of rice protein concentrate, is voluntarily recalling all lots of rice protein concentrate. We received notification from the manufacturer today, April 25, 2007, suggesting we issue a precautionary recall. Two of our products: Adult Lite Dry Dog (Item #’s 14178, 14179, 14180, 14262, 14263) and Adult Lite Dry Cat foods (Item #’s 12855, 12856, 13864, 13865) contain rice protein concentrate. Only the Adult Lite Dry Dog and Adult Lite Dry Cat foods contain rice protein concentrate. Preliminary test results for melamine contamination have been negative. Final test results from the FDA are expected within two weeks. Please check the Adult Lite Dry Dog food or the Adult Lite Dry Cat food product pages on the DrsFosterSmith.com website for any updates. If your pet has consumed either the Adult Lite Dry Dog food or the Adult Lite Dry Cat food and shows signs of illness (such as loss of appetite, lethargy and vomiting), you should consult with your veterinarian immediately. As part of this precautionary recall Drs. Foster & Smith requests that customers discontinue feeding the following products purchased during the periods listed, until all FDA testing is complete: Adult Lite Dry Dog food item numbers 14180, 14262, 14263, or Adult Lite Dry Cat food item numbers 12855, 12856, 13864, 13865 purchased between January 22, 2007 and April 19th Adult Lite Dry Dog food item numbers 14178 and 14179 purchased between February 2, 2007 and April 19, 2007 Only Adult Lite Dry Dog (Item #’s 14178, 14179, 14180, 14262, 14263) and Adult Dry Lite Cat foods (Item #’s 12855, 12856, 13864, 13865) are included in this precautionary recall. The health and well being of your pet is always important to us, so as part of this precautionary recall: Drs. Foster & Smith is contacting all customers who have purchased these items during this period. These products are being reformulated to eliminate rice protein concentrate. The new formulation should be available by mid-May. Please call Customer Service at 1-800-239-7121 between 9:00 am and 7:00 pm CST or email [email protected] if you have questions. None of our other Drs. Foster & Smith foods contain the ingredients in question. ↑ |
| Name: redjoey1 | Date: May 6th, 2007 3:36 PM |
| you can feed Nutro Max dog and cat food. very safe and very good for your pet. has no by products and is great for skin and hair. Did you know that any dog food with corn as the first two indgrediants drys your pets skin and coat, that is why they shed hair. Corn is very high in protein and that is why so many companies use it. to make the lable of gauanteed analysis look good. Corn burns to high and fast in your body. and your pets body. God made cows to use corn cause they have 8 stomachs which they digest it, people and dogs and cats only have one. Eat corn and look in your toilet later. WOW it is still there, un touched. it is amazing how the body knows what to reject and what to keep. You dog knows now better. that is why you must think for him. Nutro Max. And trust me PeTA would not have a clue. Rice is the only grain that is easy for the body to digest. and healthy too! how many fat chinese people do you see? Something else to look at about dog food is BHA they use this as a preservitive to keep it in the bag for years. Same thing they put in the rubber in car tires to keep them from melting on the road. Bio Hardening Agents (Cancer)................... ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: May 6th, 2007 10:05 PM |
| Redjoey1 Corn is among the most misunderstood ingredients in dog food. If the dog food you are feeding contains any corn fillers, specifically corn gluten meal, corn bran, and corn flour then you are not feeding the wholesome corn that dogs can assimilate. Fillers hold little to no nutritional value. They are what remain of corn after the nutritious part has been removed. In fact, corn gluten meal is highly nitrogenous and used as an organic weed killer. It also tests out at 60% protein, however that "protein" is incomplete and of the poorest quality. Manufacturers use fillers as a way to "fill" dog food with cheap ingredients, rather than using the more expensive ground corn. Corn gluten meal, corn bran, and corn flour are NOT the same as ground corn! Foods that contain these fillers are putting profit above nutrition. ↑ |
