Comments on: Recall Now Includes Dry Pet Food

Government Finds Chemical, But No Rat Poison, In Tainted Pet Foods

[susha4]

This whole fiasco shows that we need to find out what's in our food as well as our pet's food and also where it comes from. China is the most polluted place on the planet. Why are they putting chemicals from there in the pet food and why aren't we told where it comes from on the bag.

And how much of our PEOPLE food is made this way?

[beth1957ntex]

It is pretty sad when our dogs and cats trust us to take care of them and we trust a certain brand of food to help with there care and it ends up making them deathly ill or worse.. I have found so far that California Natural or Canidae brand hopefully isnt on there. Good luck to all you pet owners out there and God Bless the ones that have lost a loved pet to all this ....

[nothappyatall]

"My family had a dog which we got on Okinawa in 1949 who grew up eating what the natives who helped mother in the house ate which was rice and fish. He never ate dog food until we brought him back to the States and he lived a long life. So, if one family dog can live like that, then here is another one who will too.
Posted by sclaires"

Well sclaires, for every story of that there's another on commercial feed, I've owned two St Bernards who were fed IAMS dry all their lives, both lived to over age 13 when 8-10 is the norm

[nothappyatall]

"About 70 percent of the wheat gluten used in the United States for human and pet food is imported from the European Union and Asia,"

More amazing is WE are growing enormous amounts of grain and corn and feeding it to LIVESTOCK and shipping it overseas,so why the he11 are we importing ANY at all when we always have a HUGE glutonous supply in every grain bin in the country and we are paying farmers NOT to grow certain crops because there's too much on hand and the prices go down as a result???

[rla146]

i have taken in and found homes for many animals in my live. it is hard to believe that after all the effort one screwed up pet company may kill the animals i tred so hard to save. i would like to make a comment in regard to a aother comment i viewed asking what we are supposed to feed our pets considering there is no complete list of contaminated foods on the web. i have one calico and three black/white mix cats. i have, since the day i took them off the streets, fed them purina indoor cat chow (dry). I have taken my pets to the vet since this mess and they have found no problems. I am not guaranteeing that it is not contaminated as i do purcahse it in 18lb bags (and they last quite a while)
but i am saying that if you are concerned/confused, purina products might be one of your best bets as i have not seen it on any of the lists yet.

[kcudrebburakcuf]

Isn't it amazing, nobody ever seems to know anything when it it important else they are busy pontificating about everything.

[kailumego1]

"so that's what happens when companies outsource".
AMEN, you took the words right out of my mouth. That's the first thing I thought when I read the initial article.

These greedy companies outsourced American jobs to China, and look what has happened.

I hope pet owners file a class action suit against this company.

These cheap a@@ businesses outsource jobs to profit big bucks and here you have it, contaminated dog food.

And now their claiming this toxic wheat gluten might have crossed human food??????

[arney45]

I have several Cats and two dogs, and thank god I have't fed any the recalled pet food. I am truely sorry and sadden for the pet owners that have and have lost their beloved pets. I know this is a bad time for them.

[chuckstbear]

I am so very sick of all this mess going on with our pets food. I am relieved that my animals did not have any of those cans that had the mess in it even though I had certain brands that were on the list. I have taken in several cats (outside) that I feed daily along with my tea-cup tacobell dog and cat I have inside, and if I were to lose any of my babies to anything like this, it would just about distroy me as well. I would like to say how sorry I am to those that have lost a part of their family to what has happened and know that my heart goes out to you and your family for the loss of your pet(s). Nothing else can be said except that I hope this never happens again and pray it never shows up in food us humans eat. Think about it, so easy to put in our pets food, just think about what we open out of a can to eat.

[zephant0m]

Hey knyghtwolf,

If you were trying to make yourself look intelligent by posting all of that chemical information on melamine, you failed.

All you did was show yourself to be a plagiarist - because when you use the work of others without giving credit, that is what it is. The information you copied and pasted as your words is from wikipedia.

[sclaires]

I feed my neutered male cat Purina Special Diet for Urinary Tract Health and have not noticed any signs of problems in him. He drinks when he wants and by the amount of urine he puts out, he is not having any problems. I know because of cleaning out his litter box. I have been feeding my dog Purina Dog Chow but am strongly thinking of starting to make her food. She is 8 years old and has had seizures for which I blame OTC flea & tick solution. But, hopefully if I can cut down on or eliminate her phenobarbital by making her food, then all the better. My family had a dog which we got on Okinawa in 1949 who grew up eating what the natives who helped mother in the house ate which was rice and fish. He never ate dog food until we brought him back to the States and he lived a long life. So, if one family dog can live like that, then here is another one who will too.

[mainemade]

I know the pet population has grown so much that we humans are out-numbered but this form of pet control is horrifying. Everything on the list from high end, high cost pet food to the store brands. Go figure....thank goodness my cats eat 9 lives!

My sympathies to all who have lost their friends, my cats are not just cats, they are my babies, my family and my friends. I can only imagine the pain the owners of the sick and dead pets must be going through.

[knyghtwolf]

Melamine is a strong organic base with the chemical formula C3H6N6, with the IUPAC name 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine. Melamine is produced from urea, mainly by either of two methods: catalyzed gas-phase production or high pressure liquid-phase production.It's chiefly used to produce melamine resin, which is combined with formaldehyde to make a strong thermoset plastic. This plastic is often used in kitchen utensils or plates. It's also used in laminates. It is the main ingredient in pressurized laminates such as Formica and Arborite and of laminate flooring. Melamine tile wall panels can also be used as whiteboards. Melamine resin is often directly laminated to particle board; the end result is a cheap panel that looks expensive and is often used in cheap Ready-To-Assemble furniture and kitchen cabinets.
There are up to 6 active hydrogen sites that melamine reacts to: formaldehyde and methanol to form a large family of resins of melamine. Its also widely used to strengthen countertop surface paper laminates to make them flame and boil resistant. A resin ratio of 6 moles of formaldehyde to 1 of melamine followed by large amounts of methanol will cause a strong methylolated resin thats used as reinforcment against heat and solvents. Melamine, dicyandiamide aka cyanoguanidine and cyanamide are related, all the chacteristics of the aforementioned will inhibit fire & solvent when applied to resin formulas.

[erasmus6]

My 2 cats eat Nutro Gourmet Classics, the dry meal. They have been eating it for years. Neither cat has been throwing up. On the bag it says it is made in USA. So, has someone acually heard that this food is contaminated?
I actually have never been a fan of the dry meal. I find it hard to believe that anything that makes an animal drink more water is good for them. I think it is something that "People" have come up with for THEIR convenience. It is supposed to make the animals s-h-i-t more compact and not smell as much.
Years ago we had a dog who was sick and the vet took some tweezers and put it up his butt and pulled out some dry meal still whole pretty well. He said the dog had malnutrition and that we shouldn't be feeding it to him. Now I know that meal has changed and has more in it now but I still think that we shouldn't be just feeding them dry meal. I usually give them a bowl of wet food and dry food.
I am really beginning to question what is in ALL cat and dog food. Something needs to be done about what goes in these foods, it needs to be regulated more!

[truthword]

Pet Holocaust, they always test out their new plans on pets first.... beware America, the real terrorists wear 3 piece suits and pose as "pillars of the community" and meet at least once a month at your local masonic lodges to plot against us. They'll mass murder americans on a whim just like they did on 9-11 which was definitely an inside job.

[truthword]

Try our popular new brand Killer and Bits, contains 50 assorted toxic chemicals to give your pet that special glow.

LEGAL NOTICE: I believe Kibbles and Bits, Purina and Pedigree brands are the few that weren't involved in this, not trying to cast bad light on kibbles and bits, just making a sick joke.

[tucano2]

So that is the killer chemical American poor are eating?

[hambonehd]

"see they just changed to picture to a tearjerker - guess they weren't garnering enough sympathy from the "well-fed Fido" one.
Posted by vbnvbn at 10:58 AM : Mar 30, 2007"

LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[susanhelit]

My 3 year old cat just died from Kidney failure - and she ate only dry food. My other two, eating the same food though, are just fine - even on bloodwork.

[nothappyatall]

DOnt bother with PETA they had 2 employees arrested and charged with animal abuse for killing dozens of dogs in the Peta van and dumping them in a shopping mall's garbage container. They were illegally injecting controlled drugs to do it too.

BUSTED is the word.

"FDA officials said that the apparently melamine-contaminated wheat gluten also was shipped to a company that manufactures dry pet food, but they would not name the company. "

The FDA wont NAME the company??? NICE huh? just continue to let animals die to hide that company now!