Poisoned Pet Food Recall

[hop]

This may be relevent to many from the US or canada, maybe even some beyond that.

http://news.google.com/?ncl=1114730683&hl=en


The recalled brands are:

Cat Food

* Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
* Authority
* Best Choice
* Companion
* Compliments
* Demoulas Market Basket
* Eukanuba
* Fine Feline Cat
* Food Lion
* Foodtown
* Giant Companion
* Hannaford
* Hill country Fare
* Hy-Vee
* Iams
* Key Food
* Laura Lynn
* Li’l Red
* Loving Meals
* Meijers Main Choice
* Nutriplan
* Nutro Max Gourmet Classics
* Nutro Natural Choice
* Paws
* Pet Pride
* Presidents Choice
* Price Chopper
* Priority
* Save-A-Lot
* Schnucks
* Science Diet (The recall affects only 3-ounce and 5.5-ounce cans of Kitten Savory Cuts Ocean Fish; 5.5-ounce cans of Feline Adult Savory Cuts Beef, Chicken and Ocean Fish, and 5.5-ounce cans of Feline Senior Savory Cuts Chicken.)
* Sophisticat
* Special Kitty Canada
* Special Kitty U.S.
* Springfield Prize
* Sprout
* Total Pet, My True Friend
* Wegmans
* Western Family
* White Rose
* Winn Dixie

Dog Food

* Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
* Authority
* Award
* Best Choice
* Big Bet
* Big Red
* Bloom
* Bruiser
* Cadillac
* Companion
* Demoulas Market Basket
* Eukanuba
* Food Lion
* Giant Companion
* Great Choice
* Hannaford
* Hill Country Fare
* Hy-Vee
* Iams
* Key Food
* Laura Lynn
* Loving Meals
* Meijers Main Choice
* Mighty Dog (The recall affects only 5.3 pouch products that were produced from Dec. 3, 2006 through March 14, 2007.)
* Mixables
* Nutriplan
* Nutro Max
* Nutro Natural Choice
* Nutro
* Ol’Roy Canada
* Ol’Roy U.S.
* Paws
* Pet Essentials
* Pet Pride - Good ’n Meaty
* Presidents Choice
* Price Chopper
* Priority
* Publix
* Roche Bros
* Save-A-Lot
* Schnucks
* Shep Dog
* Springfield Prize
* Sprout
* Stater Bros
* Total Pet, My True Friend
* Western Family
* White Rose
* Winn Dixie
* Your Pet

[threefingeredguy]

Thanks for the warning. I'll check my dog food.

[Homestar]

I heard about this a week ago. at this point the death toll is 108 pets (I think that's what I heard on the news yesterday)

Anyway, it's because the Chinese shipment of wheat and corn was poisoned. It turns out that the plantation was having trouble with rats... so they decided to spray the entire crop with a particular rat poison that is illegal in most all other countries due to it's environmental and toxic nature. The rest is obvious; it was shipped to the Americas labeled for animal consumption (which was merely a coincidence, as it would have otherwise come in as human).

Anyway food for thought.

[DigiTan]

Wow. I did some looking into it. So far, the FDA is confirming 14 deaths caused by the rodenticide Aminopterin and nearly 500 unconfirmed cases just within the first 10 days.

The rat poison was sprayed on Chinese wheat crops before being shipped to 2 facilities. It's illegal in the US due to potential for birth defects, but is obviously sanctioned by the PRC. Their growers avoid contamination by setting it in traps around the properties, but some some reason this wheat was dusted with it.


They're saying no humans foods are affected. I'm curious to see how this will affect trade standards. This could have just as easily gone into human products. Glad somebody was there to catch it.