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Contaminated pet food - a PSA
Mar. 23rd, 2007 10:29 pmShort version of the story: right now in the US there is a horrible scandal involving dogs and cats dying of kidney failure due to contaminants in many popular brands of pet food.
The latest info I've heard is that it is being blamed on a drug that used to be used in chemotherapy but is now banned in the US - however it is still used in China as a rat poison, and it appeared in wheat gluten shipped to the US to manufacturing plants in New Jersey and Kansas (and WTF is with importing Chinese wheat products to KANSAS? Don't we make anything in this country anymore?). Menu Foods is the manufacturer. The problem foods have been canned and pouched wet foods of the gravy-and-chunks type.
This blog has the best and most up-to-date info that I've found: http://2blackcats.wordpress.com/
There are vets posting and answering questions, and there is also info on the Class Action suit that's starting up. If you or anyone you know has a pet that became sick or, gods forbid, died because of this, PLEASE consider joining this suit. Save all vet bills and receipts, document everything, do NOT return food to the stores or hand it over to anyone; it's evidence. It's not about the money. It's about accountability, safety standards, and consequences. Run these sons-of-bitches out of business and warn others that nickel-and-diming our pets to death will not be tolerated. If $$ is all they understand, then that's where to hit 'em.
The latest info I've heard is that it is being blamed on a drug that used to be used in chemotherapy but is now banned in the US - however it is still used in China as a rat poison, and it appeared in wheat gluten shipped to the US to manufacturing plants in New Jersey and Kansas (and WTF is with importing Chinese wheat products to KANSAS? Don't we make anything in this country anymore?). Menu Foods is the manufacturer. The problem foods have been canned and pouched wet foods of the gravy-and-chunks type.
This blog has the best and most up-to-date info that I've found: http://2blackcats.wordpress.com/
There are vets posting and answering questions, and there is also info on the Class Action suit that's starting up. If you or anyone you know has a pet that became sick or, gods forbid, died because of this, PLEASE consider joining this suit. Save all vet bills and receipts, document everything, do NOT return food to the stores or hand it over to anyone; it's evidence. It's not about the money. It's about accountability, safety standards, and consequences. Run these sons-of-bitches out of business and warn others that nickel-and-diming our pets to death will not be tolerated. If $$ is all they understand, then that's where to hit 'em.
