by Mary Haight on May 12, 2012
Purina’s cat food recall announcement came in just before 5pm Friday night. Nestle Purina Petcare has recalled one lot of Purina Veterinary Diets OM Overweight Management canned cat food (5.5 oz size). This brand is carried by veterinarians in North America and is not available in retail stores. ”Best by” date and production code:
June 2013 11721159 - UPC Code: 38100 – 13810
Low levels of Thiamine (vitamin B1) were found, with one incident reported to the FDA. No other products have been affected according to the press release. Thiamine is essential for cats and neurological or gastrointestinal symptoms result from deficiencies. See the press release for more.
For further information or to obtain a product refund, please contact Nestle Purina:
U.S. Consumers & Veterinarians:
Call toll-free 1-800-982-8837 Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time, or visit www.purinaveterinarydiets.com.
Canadian Consumers & Veterinarians :
Call toll-free 1-866-884-8387 Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, or visit www.purina.ca.
by Mary Haight on May 9, 2012
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Pet food recall 2012 has another entry. I announced it on Facebook and Twitter, and am adding it here too for readers who might not have seen it. Solid Gold announced on their Facebook page the evening of May 7 that they would be talking to the FDA in the morning and issuing a voluntary recall due to possible Salmonella contamination in a couple of products. Here is the announcement on the FDA site:
“Contact: Consumer: (800) 364-4863
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 8, 2012 – Solid Gold Health Products for Pets, Inc., El Cajon, California, announced a voluntary recall of one batch of WolfCub Large Breed Puppy Food and one batch of Solid Gold WolfKing Large Breed Adult Dog, both with a Best Before date of December 30, 2012, and an “X” in the 11th digit of the date code. [click to continue…]
by Mary Haight on May 5, 2012
Pet food recalls hit the fan Friday night, with Wellness, Natural Balance, and Canidae publishing a late Friday recall
notice. On Thursday evening the CDC reported that 14 people from nine states have been infected with Salmonella Infantis, a rare strain of salmonella. Five of those people have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported. The source of this outbreak was linked to dry dog food and then to Diamond Pet Food’s South Carolina plant. Yes, the same plant responsible for the 2005 recall from 22 states for tainted dog food, as fellow blogger John Woestendiek points out.
Check below for these three products, as well as the current, as of this writing, expanded recall of Diamond Pet Foods. This story is on-going and updates will be made available on each of the product websites linked below, as well as on this blog. I want to mention that Susan Thixton of Truth About Pet Food had a notice from a distributor with a copy of the recall letter from the manufacturers before it was published on company websites. Helpful!
Wellness:
Large Breed Puppy in 15 pound and 30 pound bags- sku with best by date January 9,10,11 2013 and 5 oz. sample bags with best by dates of JAN 9 2013 through JAN 11 2013. [click to continue…]
