Thursday, December 29, 2011

Updated lots on dog food recalls/ petrus feed and seed stores

go to this web site if you buy at Petrus Feed  & Seed stores

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm285240.htm?source=govdelivery

IF you suspect your dog has eaten any of this see your Vet.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

dog food recalls

The below is quoted from an email I received from the FDA, however when I clicked on the link the page said it had been moved. So I am taking what was directly in my email until I can find out more. Again due to above accepted levels of Aflatoxin.


"Petrus Feed and Seed Stores, Inc. recalls its 21% Dog Food
12/28/2011 11:45 AM EST

Petrus Feed and Seed Stores, Inc. today announced a voluntary recall of its dry dog food – 21% Protein Dog Food in 40 lb Petrus Feed bags. The product is being recalled because the product was manufactured with corn which tested above acceptable levels for Aflatoxin."

The affected dry kibble products were manufactured by Cargill at its manufacturing facility located in LeCompte, Louisiana between December 1, 2010 and December 1, 2011.
The recall only applies to the company’s 21% Dog Food, packaged in 40 lb Petrus Feed bags with the following packaging date codes (lot numbers) 4K1011 through 4K1307.
Updated lot numbers are 4K1011 through 4K1335.

Friday, December 9, 2011

More food recalls

and the beat goes on..,
check your dog food, voluntary recalls  for Advanced Animal Nutrition due to Aflatoxin.

As per their website:
The recall was announced on December 9, 2011 and includes the 50-pound bags of the following three products:
  • Dog Power Hunters Formula 27-14
  • Dog Power Adult Maintenance Formula 21-12
  • Dog Power Hi-Pro Performance Formula 26-18
Site suggests you watch for these symptoms for aflatoxin
If your pet shows any symptoms of illness, including sluggishness or lethargy combined with a reluctance to eat, yellowish tint to the eyes and/or gums, and severe or bloody diarrhea, please consult your veterinarian immediately.”

Keeping you posted, I suspect there may be more to come and will list them as I see them

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

More dog food recalls~ same reason aflatoxin

Cargill Animal Nutrition is doing a voluntary recall of two regional brands of dog food due to aflatoxin levels exceeding the acceptable limit
  • PROFESSIONAL FORMULA RIVER RUN HI-NRG 24-20 Dog Food, 50 pound bags
  • RIVER RUN PROFESSIONAL FORMULA 27-18 Dog Food, 50 pound bags
  • RIVER RUN 21% Protein Dog Food, 40 and 50 pound bags
  • RIVER RUN Hi-Pro No-Soy Dog Food, 40 and 50 pound bags
  • MARKSMAN DOG FOOD 24% Protein 20% Fat, 40 pound bags
  • MARKSMAN DOG FOOD 20% Protein 10% Fat, 40 and 50 pound bags
  • MARKSMAN DOG FOOD 28% Protein 18% Fat, 40 pound bags

The recall only applies to the above products with the following Packaging Date Codes (lot numbers): 4K0335 through 4K0365, LL0335 through LL0365, 4K1001 through 4K1335 and LL1001 through LL1335.
 you can find more here http://www.cargill.com/feed/dog-food-recall/

Again, there may be more to come.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Iam's puppy food recalled!


About a week ago I was notified by another blogger that  a grocery chain (Price Chopper) was recalling food due to a high content of aflatoxin in the Iams dog and cat food. There were some links to the grocery chain mentioned in this article and when I clicked on them  the links were mysteriously missing. I contacted the blogger to ask where she had gotten her info as the links she was directing people to had not appeared. She was as perplexed as I was as they had been working earlier.

Today I opened my email only to find that the FDA is making a recall on Iams puppy food of the below products . The other blogger had also listed cat food in the recall and although I see nothing yet on cats I would suspect there may be problems there as well that maybe the FDA has not yet recognized, so beware if you own cats.

This recall is by Procter & Gamble which you can find here http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm282506.htm



Aflatoxin is a mold found in  grains which if not caught goes into dog foods that use grains. There are grain free dog foods which you may want to consider as Aflatoxin is a fairly common reason for recall (unlike the melamine recall we had a few years ago).

With aflatoxin toxicity you will find symptoms of lethargy, vomiting, anorexia , melena and hematemesiss (blood in stool) and at time death occurs before clinical signs are noted.

Will keep you posted if more Iams is recalled, but when in doubt throw it out!


Name
Version
Code Date
UPC Code
Iams ProActive Health Smart Puppy dry dog food with Use By or Expiration Dates of February 5 or February 6, 2013
7.0 lb bag
12784177I6
1901402305
8.0 lb bag
12794177D2
12794177D3
1901410208
17.5 lb bag
12794177K1
12794177K2
1901401848