Nancy Freedman-Smith, dog trainer and owner of Gooddogz Training, provides a place for dog owners to find positive training tips, canine-activities and places to visit along with the latest information on keeping your dog healthy and active. Nancy lives with her three young kids, Charlee and Finney the dogs, Yellow the parakeet and Tater-Tot the Hamster. Staying current, keeping fresh, and always learning new things is a must for Nancy and her profession because one thing that animals surely teach you is "the more you know, the more you know you don't know."
Recall expands again!
Update: 4/11: 3,907 pets have been reported as deceased into the Pet Connection database.
Update 4/12 -Menu Foods says clerical error is the reason behind latest recall From Usa Today
Less than a week after the FDA assured us of this:
"We are pretty much coming to a conclusion on this," Stephen Sundlof, head of the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, had said in a news conference Thursday. "The public should feel secure in purchasing pet foods that are not subject to this recall."
The recall expands again! Menu Foods apparently shipped tainted wheat gluten to their Canadian plant, but only came forward to inform the public YESTERDAY.
It is getting very hard to keep up to what is safe and what is not. As a precaution, many pet owners are not feeding any foods with the ingredient wheat gluten. Please remember that this is still an ongoing investigation and the sources of contamination have not been 100% identified at this time.
* There is also much speculation that wheat gluten is not the sole contaminant.
Dr. Richard Goldstein, associate professor of medicine at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine and a kidney specialist who is researching the outbreak's health impact on pets, said he and other researchers saw what they believe is a second contaminant in the gluten and the urine of infected animals, but have yet to identify it. Cornell is among labs working with the FDA.
* Nutro has recalled all wet foods with the ingredient wheat gluten. Press release here.
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">A list of all Nutro recalled products can be found here.
* Royal Canin Canada has recalled Medi-Cal Feline Dissolution Formula canned food
* The AVMA has posted a very easy to read recall list here.
* Senate hearings begin tomorrow! Thank you Senator Durbin.
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Thank you Monique for the picture of your adorable Border Collie puppy -Blizzard.
Comments
Hi Nancy--thank you for the continued updates on the pet food recall.
And, oooooh isn't that pup cute!
Posted by HollyApril 11, 2007 09:00 AM
What are we supposed to do when day after day new information emerges? I've started cooking for my dogs and avoiding dog food all together. Who can say what canned,packet, dry food, treat, bone or snack will be recalled next.
Posted by MaryGraceApril 11, 2007 01:30 PM
ITS ALMOST LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR REVENUES TO VERY LAST MINUTE BEFORE ANNOUNCING ANOTHER BAD PRODUCT AT OUR PETS EXPENSE..
Posted by Bruce sApril 12, 2007 09:19 AM
I sure hyope they find out what foods are contaminatyed. It seems to me that all they care about is loosing money. These are not humans ,but they are living creatres. If they do not animals, that is not a crime. Lots of people are loosing their pets, becaus4 of this. I have 5 cats and if ANY of my died, I would be as upset as if I lost one of my children or my spouse.Hopefully they will find the answer. Cindy J
Posted by Cindy JokinenApril 13, 2007 09:42 AM
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