Hey All,

I'm sure we've all heard the news by now about the pet food recall. I was just curious to see if anyone here was affected by it.

Here\'s the list of brands recalled!

What surprises me most about this is the apparent fact that all 51 companies on this list are using the same single company to make their pet food. It really makes me wonder why I'm paying the premium for Iams pet food when it comes from the exact same factory with the exact same ingredients as Ol' Roy from Wallyworld. The names on that list are surprising. Guess I just didn't know the real story behind pet food.

It's kinda like finding out the steakhouse you're eating at gets its entrees from the McDonalds truck.

Our boxer has been eating the Nutro large breed lamb and rice for about a year. We had just finished a case when we heard so we checked the bottom of one of the empty cans. Sure enough, it was one of the recalled ones. We haven't noticed any problems with her so far (knock wood).

Thanks for the list, I forwarded it to all friends/family with dogs.

We've been using Beneful for a long time and the dogs love it.

Thanks for posting this Auditor_Kevin! I'd be willing to bet even those who don't post here but merely read might find themselves quite informed.

So does everyone feel a little different about the quality of our pets premium foods brands? While I'm a firm believer in feeding dry food only, this makes me curious about what I'm really paying for.

It's quite common in the food industry (both human and pet) for a single large plant to manufacture many different private label products. While one plant is used, the products themselves are made to specific, and often different, recipes. Although some 50 different products are under recall, they are not all made to the same formula. It's expected, though, that many of the brands would share the use of particular commodities, like the wheat gluten that is suspected in the current recalls.

My Aunt worked for Pedegree Petfoods in England for like 20 years and said that the Petfood made in their factory that she worked at had to be fit for human consumption. They even had People that taste tested the stuff - Ewwww. Seems that might not be the case tho wherever this stuff is made (Canada I believe), 10 of the taste tester pets died at the factory itself.

There's no way I'd volunteer my dog for that taste testing stuff - for this specific reason!

Where's the incentive for the pet owner? My guess is free pet food or something similarly affordable anyway.

The recall is only extending to the "Cuts and gravy" varieties of these products, at least for now. Our cats eat Iams which is on the list, but dry not the "cuts and gravy" variety so hopefully their safe.

Hell, i'll take that job. I figure after a couple months, I'd be able to lick my own balls, which has been a lifelong goal of mine.

The culprit ingredient is only a "wheat-derivative additive" manufactured by the one company. This company does not make food for all the brands. There are lots of cars with Goodyear tires, but Goodyear does not make all the cars.

My girlfriend runs a dog rescue organization, and she lost two large litters of puppies (about 10 total) from the bad food and associated liver failure. She was PISSED when she found out about the recall, but a bit relieved as neither she, nor her vets could figure out what was killing off the pups.

@ Auditor_Kevin

Hope ya dont mind, but I copied this for 3 other forums I belong to or own. Your comments are spot on..
EDIT- and u recvd credit

MGJ

This dog doesn't know what brand they have been feeding him... but he's not taking any chances....

We send cranes to the Purina plant. It smells like butthole. They too are required to meet human consumption standards. I feed my dog ProPlan and I'd recommend it. It helped with his dry skin and it's not on this list.