Recall Now Includes Dry Pet Food

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

(CBS/AP)  A massive North American pet food recall got even bigger Friday as Hill's Pet Nutrition recalled one of its brands of dry cat kibble for fear it contained melamine, the same toxin that forced Menu Foods to pull its wet "cuts and gravy" products from shelves across the continent.

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it found melamine in samples of the Menu Foods pet food involved in the original recall and in imported wheat gluten used as an ingredient in the company's wet-style products. Cornell University scientists also found melamine in the urine of sick cats, as well as in the kidney of one cat that died after eating some of the recalled food.

Meanwhile, Hill's Pet Nutrition recalled its Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry cat food. The food included wheat gluten from the same supplier that Menu Foods used. The recall did not involve any other Prescription Diet or Science Diet products, said the company, a division of Colgate-Palmolive Co.

The FDA was working to rule out the possibility that the contaminated wheat gluten could have made it into any human food. However, melamine is toxic only in high doses, experts said, leaving its role in the pet deaths unclear.

Emergency vet Dr. Benjamin Davidson says melamine is hardly a smoking gun.

"We know the compound is present, but there is no cause-and-effect relationship. We don't know that 'Yes, this is the compound that is definitely causing the renal disease,'" Davidson told CBS News correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi.

Menu Foods recalled 60 million containers of cat and dog food, sold throughout North America under nearly 100 brands, earlier this month after animals died of kidney failure after eating the Canadian company's products. It is not clear how many pets may have been poisoned by the apparently contaminated food, although anecdotal reports suggest hundreds if not thousands have died. The FDA alone has received more than 8,000 complaints; the company, more than 300,000.

Company officials on Friday would not provide updated numbers of pets sickened or killed by its contaminated product. Pet owners would be compensated for veterinary bills and the deaths of any dogs and cats linked to his company's products, the company said.

The melamine finding came a week after scientists at the New York State Food Laboratory identified a cancer drug and rat poison called aminopterin as the likely culprit in the pet food. But the FDA said it could not confirm that finding, nor have researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey when they looked at tissue samples taken from dead cats. And experts at the University of Guelph detected aminopterin in some samples of the recalled pet food, but only in the parts per billion or trillion range.

"Biologically, that means nothing. It wouldn't do anything," said Grant Maxie, a veterinary pathologist at the Canadian university. "This is a puzzle."

Meanwhile, New York officials stuck to their aminopterin finding and pointed out that it was unlikely that melamine could have poisoned any of the animals thought to have died after eating the contaminated pet food. Melamine is used to make plastic kitchen ware and is used as a fertilizer in Asia.

An FDA official allowed that it was not immediately clear whether the melamine was the culprit. The agency's investigation continues, said Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine.

In a news conference, Sundlof and other FDA officials said the melamine had contaminated a shipment of wheat gluten imported from China and purchased by Menu Foods from an undisclosed supplier in the United States. At least some of the that wheat gluten was used in all the recalled wet pet food, according to Menu Foods.

Menu Foods said the only certainty was the imported Chinese product was the likely source of the deadly contamination, even if the actual contaminant remained in doubt.

"The important point today is that the source of the adulteration has been identified and removed from our system," said Paul Henderson, Menu Foods chief executive officer and president. Henderson suggested his company would pursue legal action against the supplier.

New York remained confident in its aminopterin finding, said Patrick Hooker, commissioner of the state Department of Agriculture and Markets. Hooker added that neither aminopterin nor melamine should be in pet food, but that it was unclear why the latter substance would be poisonous to the cats in which it was found.

"While we have no doubt that melamine is present in the recalled pet food, there is not enough known data on the mammalian toxicity levels of melamine to conclude it could cause illness and deaths in cats. With little existing data, many questions still remain as to the connection between the illnesses and what has caused them," Hooker said.

Wheat gluten, a source of vegetable protein, is also used in some human foods, but the FDA emphasized it had found no indication that the contaminated ingredient had been used in food for people. The FDA said it would alert the public quickly if the melamine was found in any foods other than the recalled pet food.

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, according to the Pet Food Institute, an industry group. Menu Foods used wheat gluten to thicken the gravy of its "cuts and gravy" style wet pet foods, FDA officials have said.

One veterinarian suggested the international sourcing of ingredients would force the U.S. "to come to grips with a reality we had not appreciated."

"When you change from getting an ingredient from the supplier down the road to a supplier from around the globe, maybe the methods and practices that were effective in one situation need to be changed," said Tony Buffington, a professor of veterinary clinical sciences at Ohio State University.

The FDA's Sundlof said the agency may change how it regulates the pet food industry.

"In this case, we're going to have to look at this after the dust settles and determine if there is something from a regulatory standpoint that we could have done differently to prevent this incident from occurring," he said.

[iceman_1960]

I've had my two cats ("altered" females) on IAMS weight control dry cat food for years. They thrive on it. Now they won't even touch moist so called "gourmet cat food" like Fancy Feast. They just want their IAMS.

IAMS dry cat food was not involved in the recent poisonings.

And I figure that after that public relations disaster, IAMS will be redoubling and tripling their precautions, so they'll be among the safest pet food manufacturers around.

I buy my cats' large bags of cat food a month in advance anyway. If there were a problem, it would be widely known before I open the next bag for them. (That's more of a precaution than I take for my own food. Go figure.)

PETA has a known dislike for IAMS, alleging they torture lab animals to test the food. I have not examined this allegation in detail, so I don't know if it's true or not.

[skyhawk761]

PETA, Perfectly-Eatable-Tasty-Animals.

[karateman39]

What will PETA stick their nose into next? this is crazy. My wife and I feed our two cats dry food all the time. We feed them ProPlan or Purina One. They have never become ill and love the stuff. PETA just wants to make it look like they are doing something good.

Personally I'm am member of a PETA group (People Eating Tasty Animals)

[rray52]

Is this the same PETA that has employees on trial in North Carolina for picking up pets from shelters killing them and throwing them in dumpsters?

[iceman_1960]

"IAMS dry cat food was not involved in the recent poisonings."

I skimmed the story too quickly. PETA is saying it WAS involved.

I thought PETA was commenting on dry pet food in general.

[iceman_1960]

"PETA, Perfectly-Eatable-Tasty-Animals."

The Great White Sharks off the Florida coast belong to a similar organization.

"Predators Eating Tasty Americans."



(...I think we're gonna need a bigger boat...)

[bobfishinguy]

PETA - "What! We wanted to kill those dogs!"

Money grubbing hypocrits. They would rather your child die before a rat.

I love it what an $2 *** like Pamela Anderson gives out "moral advice".

[zoltaric]

My cats were puking almost everyday. they were eating Nutro dry food. Expensive premium food. I switched to friskies when the story broke. They kep vomiting for a couple of days and now they are not puking any more.

[edbroderick]

Is the dog in the picture being over-fed? Seems like a ton of food for a little dog. I think if the dog's eyes are almost covered when it sticks it's head in the dish, there might be a problem. Then again, if it were a bowl of ribs from Dreamland Barbecue in Tuscaloosa Alabama, I'd easily go with the full head dunk method. Have a great weekend!

[iceman_1960]

"My Animals eat Old Roy from wal mart and i have never had a problem."

Yeah, but how does Roy feel about it ?

[nolalou]

I'm waiting for the PETA "I'd rather go naked than feed my dog dry food" campaign to start!

[iceman_1960]

"I'm waiting for the PETA "I'd rather go naked than feed my dog dry food" campaign to start!"

I hope Pamela Anderson gets involved with that one.

[ov442]

my wife buys purina dry cat food, and we have some cans of 9 lives but i dont recall seeing those in the recall. cats seem to be fine. that rabbit was gettin on my nerves though, glad hes gone. - was chewing on everything.

[adventurepa]

If this was human's dieing someone from that company would be going to jail.
They knew about the problem and sold it anyway.
4 $ money

[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!

[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.

[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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tucano2]

So that is the killer chemical American poor are eating?

[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.

[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.

[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!

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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??????

[kcudrebburakcuf]

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

[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.

[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???

[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

[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 ....

[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?

[sfoulger]

I think its an outrage what has happened with this "MISTAKE"???? Not only have thousands of pets died in an agonizing way (and climbing); but my heart goes out to the poor pet owners that have lost their beloved pets. I thank god I fed my dog and cats a manufacturer that is not on the Menu Foods list! Even then, Im scared to death to feed them anything at this point and myself! What in the hell is this world coming too when we cant even have faith in the food we eat everyday? This world is going to hell! Anything to go cheaper and make a buck eh??

[twocatmom]

My heart goes out to all the people and pets affected by this terrible pet food recall. I have 5 precious cats, all rescues. I give them the best of everything, then something like this happens that we had no control of. My cats are fine right now, but who knows what other types of cat foods will prove to be tainted. Please, everyone, consider feeding your pets natural, raw, healthy foods. Info is out there for how to do it. Commercial petfoods are made from bad meat by-products, additives, chemicals, etc. from meat processing plants that throw in parts of dead animals not fit for human consumption! We don't realize what all goes into the pet foods that isn't healthy for our pets. Get educated on what you can do for better nutrition, for your sake and your pet's sake, too. Good luck and good health!

[tucson23]

More than three thousand Americans are part of perhaps 100,000 people who have died in the Iraq war...perhaps we should keep things in perspective when talking about 12 animals dying. It's a good day in Baghdad when only twelve human beings are found dead on the street.

[barbaraf4]

I love animals. Besides my own two dogs and 4 cats, I feed every stray in the county. They also get neutered and get rabies shots.

My concern? Why is rat poison used in the treatment of Cancer?!?!?!?

Not only can we worry about what "filler" is in our pet food and our own food. We can also worry about what is in our medicine!

[galaxiana]

(Quoted from the article):
"In this case, we're going to have to look at this after the dust settles and determine if there is something from a regulatory standpoint that we could have done differently to prevent this incident from occurring," he said.
--------------

"Incident?" The FDA is trying to minimalize this as an "incident?!" This is a flippin' CATASTROPHE and I think everyone should immediately stop using the dry foods from the recall period!

What I'm really waiting to see if any of the major cat food brands dump this sleazy company that sat on the news for almost 4 weeks after their own laboratory animals died, and who still deny that any more 16 pets have been killed.

I will never buy from any company that uses MenuFoods again.

[galaxiana]

I just happened to have opened a new 4 pound bag of Iams for my kitty on Tuesday, which I had purchased about 3 weeks ago. By yesterday, she was acting a little "down" but we all have up and down days, so although I was alert, I wasn't yet worried.

But today, she has been acting like she really doesn't feel well! She's been sitting on my lap most of the day, alternately sleeping and lightly purring, and this NOT a lap cat here! She's usually pretty active and prefers to sleep by herslef curled up in one of her "spots."

I have taken away the food she was eating, and conserved the rest of the bag for possible testing if she gets sicker, and thank goodness I had an older bag of kitten food someone gave me several months ago to feed her until I can figure out what is ABSOLUTELY SAFE for her to eat. I don't think I am buying any more major commercial brands for her!

I thought the premium price I paid for Iams included a higher level of quality in all areas, not just in the food composition itself, but when the same company is using the same poisoned ingredients in every brand they make, all of a sudden the premium price for Iams doesn't seem justified. I will be finding another source of food for her.

I URGE PEOPLE to PLEASE STOP FEEDING dry food from the recall period to your kitties; I think the Science Diet recall is the tip of the iceberg in the dry foods recall! Iams, Eukanuba, Purina Pro, they ALL would have the same poisoned wheat gluten in them.

[barbaraf4]

galaxiana

"I will never buy from any company that uses MenuFoods again."

How do we know what products this involves? They could also be in the human food business. And their name: "Menu Foods Income Fund." Does this sound like a company who would be more interested in making money than creating a quality product?

[my_liberty]

I would like to see testing done on all of the pet foods, dry and wet, that are manufactured by Menu Foods and Hill's Pet Nutrition along with any other that may crop up over time. In this way the consumer can be made aware of all possibilites of future problems with these products. It certainly would remove any doubts in my mind as to what NOT to feed my pets. I take in seriously ill animals that don't have a home, are unadoptable, and need the extra care. They don't need the complication of their food adding toxins to their systems. Their health is already vulnerable and delicate. This could seriously compromise the lives of all of my rescues.

[iceman_1960]

"It's a good day in Baghdad when only twelve human beings are found dead on the street."
Posted by tucson23 at 10:35 PM : Mar 30, 2007

That's a good day in Chicago too.

[lpn04750]

I believe that besides having the names, they should be putting the pictures also of the foods that are safe. I know that if anything happened to my 3 purebreed beagles I would be just beyond myself. They are 15, 6 and going on 3. It very hard to find a good food that you can trust your pets health to. I just recently found one that has glucosomine in it for their joints as the old one has arthritis and the 6 yr old is getting it too. Our pets deserve to get the best we can provide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok people lets just say that this situation is way of of control. My animals are very much a part of my family they depend on me for their every need and trust that they are safe in my care. Well I know mine are Thank you Purina, whos foods are all processed in Purina owned factories thoughout the world. None of the food I feed my babies has been tainted. I use only Friskies wet and dry to feed my kids. And low and behold they are still very healthy. Check out Purina'a website as they will let the public know that they care about all animals starting with livestock many years ago and then graduating into dog and cat foods. They have always been a good product. Hats off to Purina. That sites addy is www.purina.com.
I truly feel for all those that have lost their beloved pets. My heart goes out to all of you. Now lets hope this wakes people up and get some regulations going in the Pet food industry for the sake of our animals life just would not be the same without them.

[galaxiana]

Barbaraf4,

There is a long list of the 90+ brands that MenuFoods manufactured for on their web site. That is how you can know who they manufactured for.

Notice I used "manufactured" in the PAST TENSE. If Iams, Hill's, Purina, Eukanuba, et al wish to retain the business of their customers, I think they realize they have to dump these MenuFoods jerks. How could any company that really cared about pets do business with an entity that knew its food had killed nine of its own animals, and then kept it secret for 4 weeks waiting to see if the public would "find out."

Once the public did "find out" (because our healthy pets were dying) they STILL delayed several more days claiming they delayed making an announcement to "confirm the public reports." (What they were probably really doing was raiding the "income fund" before the company went bankrupt from the lawsuits they knew were coming.)

In addition, you're absolutely right that this MenuFoods Income Fund doesn't give a hoot about animal welfare. Just have a look at the PETA photos of their animal testing laboratory (if you can bear to look...)

Any major U.S. company that continues to do business with them will suffer organized pet-owner boycotts of ALL of their products as a result. Wait and see. ;)

[randalds]

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?
Posted by susha4 at 09:04 PM : Mar 30, 2007

In the 1960's the federal government became aware of the fact that many very poor people in our country were living on canned pet food because it was cheaper (a disgrace then that still happens a lot more then people realize unfortunately) and they passed a law that says that dog and cat food be of such a level of quality that it's consumable by humans and not just animals. Obviously the FDA (who is supposed to enforce this law through inspections) dropped the ball! Of course in many ways it's not their fault because their budget has been slashed to criminal levels. Yes Menu Foods is to blame, but so is the US Government because this is just a warning of what could happen to people food (imagine this was Gerber's baby food instead of pet food?) because they're under-funding food inspections. Demand a Congressional inquiry before we're talking about the deaths of hundreds or thousands of babies on this blog. The possibility is every bit as real because it's the same agency that screwed up this time as will screw up the next.

[dog-x8]

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.
Posted by zephant0m at 06:29 PM : Mar 30, 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------Knyghtwolf, don't pay any attention to what some of these little "tattletales" try to get started! I know you were just helping us understand what melamine consist of. I for one thank you. I enjoy reading your post. Have a good night--uhh morning. (it's 4:00am EST) lol

[sheila2u-2009]

I would never buy a pet food manufactured by this miserable MenuFoods company again...but how do we know who is manufacturing name brands!!
It was quite surprising to find major brands listed in the recall.
Perhaps this will put them out of business...but then they will reopen under a new name that we will not recognize.

[sheila2u-2009]

I would never buy a pet food manufactured by this miserable MenuFoods company again...but how do we know who is manufacturing name brands!!
It was quite surprising to find major brands listed in the recall.
Perhaps this will put them out of business...but then they will reopen under a new name that we will not recognize.