The Holistic Pet Food BlogThe Holistic Pet Food BlogAnimal lovers have quickly gravitated to The Holistic Pet Food Blog where you can find up-to-date, hard-to-find stories on the Menu Foods and other Pet Food Recalls. Edgy commentary and well-researched reports, as well as lists of recalled foods 
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One in Six Pet Owners Affected By The Recall
2007-05-03 05:50:00 Fed up with worrying, many pet owners are switching to holistic brands, paying up to three times what they used to pay. The Washington Post reports that a “poll of 1,000 American adults, conducted by GfK Custom Research North America after the food recall began, found that 66 percent of pet owners sometimes buy premium brands ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets , Pet Food , Recall
Menu Foods Dramatically Expands Recall List due to cross-contamination
2007-05-03 05:25:00 May 2, 2007 Menu Foods Adds to Recall List TORONTO, ONTARIO–(May 2, 2007) - Menu Foods Attention Business/Financial Editors Menu Foods has previously recalled wet cat and dog food produced with adulterated wheat gluten supplied by ChemNutra Inc. Menu Foods is now expanding the recall ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets , Pet Food
More on Fish Oil for Humans And Pets ? And How It Saved Randall McCloy, the
2007-05-02 15:05:00 For those whose pets cannot be on the holistic pet foods because of medical conditions that require specialized diets, we recommended checking with your vet about the use of human grade fish oil. Fish oil has been shown in many studies to reduce the inflammation associated with kidney disease, pancreatitis, diabetes, etc. I promised further ... More About: Dogs , Pets , Pet Food , Anda
How Melamine Made Our Pets Sick
2007-05-02 14:44:00 In today’s hard-to-find news, The University of Guelph in Canada believes they have the answer. It was a combination of cyanuric acid (one of the other contaminants found in tainted pet foods) and melamine. The combination of these two chemicals which SHOULD NOT BE in food products, anyway, creates crystals which block kidney ... More About: Pets , Recall , Melamine , Made , Mine
These Just Crack Me Up
2007-05-01 06:13:00 If you’re recall-fatigued and news-challenged, take a breather and laugh your head off at these funny cat and dog videos (and I think there’s a penguin and a polar bear in there, too). I added a “Funny Videos” page to The Safe Pet Food Blog. These are the funniest videos on YouTube. And there’s ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets , Crack , Rack
Protein in Pet Food ? The real kind, not the melamine kind
2007-05-01 04:52:00 “If you don’t believe that dogs and cats are primarily meat eaters, you might as well click away now because you certainly won’t believe what follows.” — PetCenter.com, an Internet Animal Hospital Questions have come in to me about protein in dog and cat food. People are just now seeing the importance of reading their ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Food , Pet Food , Melamine
Kaiyuan Protein Feed: We?ve been running melamine feed business for years
2007-05-01 03:48:00 One Chinese animal feed company told the Associated Press, “”We’ve been running the melamine feed business for about 15 years and receiving positive responses from our customers.” — CNN, 4/30/07 To which one can only ask: Why? It adds no food value. It is intentionally deceptive. Why are you getting positive reponses from your customers? Do they ... More About: Business , Running , Melamine , Protein , Feed
American Nutrition Hits the Fan
2007-04-30 15:28:00 We did not see this kind of anger and posturing from vendors after the Menu Foods recall. Menu Foods had some integrity in at least not changing the recipes that they had contracted to formulate. I am personally appalled. I was born and raised in Utah and I am very angry that a Utah company was ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets , Pet Food , American
China did WHAT? Melamine contamination has been going on for years
2007-04-30 14:50:00 I didn’t think it was new. Ten years ago, one of my kitties went into sudden, acute kidney failure after eating a new food. I never thought it was one field, one farmer, one gluten producer, one time. I never even thought it was just animal feed. And frankly, I don’t think it’s ... More About: Dogs , Cats , China , Pet Food , Recall
Dinner with the Itty Bitty Kitty Committee
2007-04-30 02:20:00 If you wonder how I keep my 20 kitties healthy with all these recalls, watch. I bet you never see this many cats on YouTube videos! I think I might be the only one. And I made it as sort of a “commercial” to show you about HealthyPetNet and how I use it in ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets , Dinner , Kitty
Trilogy HealthyPetNet Home Business Opportunity
2007-04-29 17:59:00 My stats this morning show that people are searching on “trilogy pet food as a home business”. So, with permission, I lifted some information from a top sponsor’s website to share with you. I found HealthyPetNet a year and a half ago when I was googling for “wholesale healthy pet food” to find a company that ... More About: Business , Home Business , Home , Opportunity , Hype
What Happened to Integrity?
2007-04-29 15:02:00 It’s Sunday morning just before 7 a.m. MDT and I am not finished with an important post, What Happened to Integrity . My blog postings are about to be automatically distributed. So come back to The Safe Pet Food Blog in a few hours to read the finished post. The pet food crisis was one ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets
Why You Want a Holistic Pet Food, Or, My Safe Pet Food List of 3/24/07 Is S
2007-04-29 14:51:00 On 3/24/07 I issued a list of “safe pet foods”, holistic brands that did not use wheat or wheat gluten. Since that time, we know that “rice protein concentrate” is suspect, and they are looking at corn gluten.What is the status of that safe list? In my mind, if you switched or were ... More About: Food , Pet Food , Holistic , List , Want
The Latest Pet Food Recall List dated 4/27/07
2007-04-29 13:49:00 This listing comes from howl911 Shared with Readers of The Safe Pet Food Blog PET FOOD BRANDS & LABELS RECALLED Updated April 27, 2007, 12:01 p.m. PDT MENU FOODS EXPANDS LIST OF RECALLED FOODS (March 24, 2007) Menu Foods expanded its recall to include all 95 brands of the “cuts and gravy” style food, regardless of when ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets , Pet Food
Salt Lake Tribune: A Fetching Diet, Veterinary Recipes for Safe Pet Food
2007-04-28 15:22:00 I am not fond of homemade diets because they are not practical for most people and you can inadvertently cause health problems like pancreatitis or malnourishment. Veterinarians say “I’ve made my pet’s food for years and they’re in great shape” and I think, Of course, you’re a VET. You know what to feed and what ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Food , Recipes , Diet
Good News For A Change - Fish Oil As A Veterinary Supplement for CRF Kidney
2007-04-27 14:55:00 I have been wanting to write this post for quite some time but there has been too much recall news to keep up with. So I’m just MAKING myself write it. After reading this, you will want all of your pets, especially if they have illnesses, to be on fish oil. I am a ... More About: News , Dogs , Cats , Pets , Fish
American Nutrition - Big Trouble - Mislabelling, Adding Rice Protein Concen
2007-04-27 14:19:00 American Nutrition is finally recalling their foods containing rice protein concentrate. The recall covers Costco?s Kirkland Signature Super Premium Canned Food, item # 38436, best buy dates of Aug. 21 08 to April 15 of 09. I identified this company last week on other forums because they were the only pet food company out of Utah ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets , Pet Food , Recall
Diamond Brand and Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover?s Soul Recalled
2007-04-27 14:13:00 Due to American Nutrition?s recall, the following Diamond Pet Food can formulations are being recalled: Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover ?s Soul Kitten Formula cans Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover?s Soul Puppy Formula cans Diamond Lamb & Rice Formula cans UPDATE: Currently, none of the ingredients for the above Diamond products list rice protein concentrate. ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets
Natural Balance Expands Recall To Canned Foods
2007-04-27 14:11:00 Natural Balance recalls more products ? this time canned. Same ingredient (rice protein concentrate) different manufacturer (American Nutrition). However ?rice protein?, or any variation there of, is not listed in the ingredients for any of these recalled products. Products recalled are: Chicken Formula Canned Dog Food 13 oz Lamb Formula Canned Dog Food 13 oz Beef ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets , Natural , Pet Food
Blue Buffalo Canned and Treats, Ooh, And Can You Say Criminal Charges and L
2007-04-27 14:07:00 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 ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pets , Pet Food , Recall
Spiked Wheat in 1990 - Melamine not the first contaminant - Urea was first
2007-04-26 20:18:00 Read the article from FDA Consumer Magazine 1990 that tells how two U.S. citizens spike wheat flour with UREA to boost the protein content and command a higher price. This food for for HUMAN consumption. They were fined $250K each but netted $250K on the deal. It’s horrifying enough to learn ... More About: Pet Food , Melamine , Wheat , Heat , Mine
Drs. Foster & Smith Issue Precautionary Recall Due to Rice Protein Concentr
2007-04-26 15:13:00 http://www.drsfostersmith.com/general.cfm ?gid=568 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 ... More About: Dogs , Cats , Pet Food , Recall , Melamine
The Spin Doctors at Diamond Foods
2007-04-26 15:03:00 I am not one to invoke negative press but the spin that Diamond Foods is putting on the salvage materials sent to hogs sounds an awful lot like the spin the rendering industry puts on “salvaging” our euthanized cats and dogs, i.e., they’re doing us a great favor. Furthermore, they seem to be suggesting that there ... More About: Doctors , Dogs , Cats , Pets , Recall
The Great Pet Food Scandal - How one supplier caused a huge crisis, and why
2007-04-26 14:45:00 Macleans.ca notes that 889 separate items by over 100 pet food companies have been recalled, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Wheat gluten from China — essentially destarched flour dough — cost 20 cents per pound less than wheat gluten from the U.S. Whatever the savings Menu realized, however, could not possibly have ... More About: Food , Scandal , Pet Food , Melamine , Great
Breeders and Kennels: What?s the Best Way to Sample Healthy Pet Food?
2007-04-26 06:24:00 Many companies are offering samples, including our favorite, Healthy PetNet. You should know that these samples are not even enough for a full meal and while many just dive right into it, some dogs and cats need to transition over a week or two. We recommend starting out with a bag that would feed your entire ... More About: Food , Pet Food , Best , Reed
Outstanding Q&A on Pet Food Recall, Melamine
2007-04-26 06:01:00 The Associated Press put together an outstanding list of Questions and Answers, some of which I’ve excerpted here: Q: What chemical tainted the food? A: Traces of melamine, a nitrogen-rich chemical used in a variety of industrial processes, were found in the pet food. Its most common use is to make resins, which in turn can be ... More About: Cats , Food , Pet Food , Recall , Melamine
Tainted Pet Food Found in Hogs In Several States
2007-04-25 15:32:00 TUESDAY, April 24 (HealthDay News) — Contaminated pet food, the focus of a massive nationwide recall last month, has been fed to hogs in at least five states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday. Forbes.com reports that ten pet food manufacturers sent unusable dog and cat food containing the toxic chemical melamine to hog ... More About: Pet Food , State , Ever , Vera
11 Cats Inside, 22 Cats Outside
2007-04-25 15:28:00 I couldn’t resist the chance to spread some GOOD news about cat people. Not everyone who has more than a handful of cats is a “hoarder”. The definition of a GOOD cat person is one who provides ample food, shelter, and medical care. It’s not the quantity of kitties that makes a problem, it’s the ... More About: Cats , Inside , Outside , Side
U.S. Food Supply at High Risk of Terrorist or Profit-Driven Tampering
2007-04-25 15:16:00 American food is high risk for both natural and terrorist-related outbreaks and many in Congress are questioning whether the Food and Drug Administration can adequately protect Americans. ConsumerAffairs.com reports from yesterday’s Food Safety hearing that the Foxes guard the Henhouse. The FDA has ZERO enforcement authority. They cannot force stores to remove contaminated ANYTHING ... More About: Pet Food , Profit , Prof , Ring
SmartPak Canine recalls LiveSmart Weight Management Chicken and Brown Rice
More articles from this author:2007-04-25 02:38:00 LiveSmart Weight Management Chicken and Brown Rice Recall On Friday, April 20, SmartPak initiated a voluntary recall of a single production run of the LiveSmart Weight Management Chicken and Brown Rice Dog Food. The particular lot of food recalled included rice protein concentrate that was supplied by Wilbur-Ellis, the same company that supplied rice protein concentrate contaminated ... More About: Nine 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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