More Recalled Menu Foods Pet Food Found In Wal-Mart
Yesterday we posted about Sheri McComber, an Alabama cat owner, who bought recalled Special Kitty cat food from a Wal-Mart store. She claims that four of her cats are sick from eating the recalled cat food.
This was not just an isolated incident in one Wal-Mart store. There is still more recalled cat food on shelves in another Wal-Mart store. A TV news team in Alabama went to the Clanton Wal-Mart and found dozens of Special Kitty Pouches just like the ones McComber had purchased.
Initially, the product code checks out as safe, but if the sticker is peeled off, there is another product code underneath. The original UPC code underneath the sticker matches the ones on the pet food recall list.
Because the stickers are over the recalled product code, the items can be purchased by consumers. The news investigator left one of the stickers off of the packages. When the cashier scanned the label on the package, it said do not sell and the cashier would not let him purchase it.
Calls were made to Menu Foods and Wal-Mart in regards to the recalled cat food still on shelves. Wal-Mart issued a statement: “We have worked with our supplier to investigate the concerns raised by WSFA 12 News. Menu Foods, the manufacturer of Special Kitty products, assures us that the products currently available in Wal-Mart stores are, indeed, safe.”
A spokeswoman for Wal-Mart said the problem is with the packaging, and not the product. In regards to the packaging problems, she said Menu Foods would have to answer that question. There has been no comment from Menu Foods.
Source: WSFA TV
(Thanks menusux)
August 24th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Selling POISON is against the law. End, period.
SHEEP shop at Walmart. We are not sheep. We are American citizens with legal rights and if Walmart wants to sell poison then they can sell it somewhere else!
How dare you bring your big attitude here and say that WE need to be vigilent!!
Shake your act on down the road, I aint buying it .
Or anything from your crusty store .
http://users.wolfcrews.com/toys/vikings/
August 24th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
By the way everybody, the link in my post above is what I use when I smell a troll, usually someone paid by a company hired by the pet food companies or Walmart or some other poisoner to post stupid crap and get us off track.
I have the name of the company somewhere, we tracked the jerks down early in the game, they are not very smart. You too can be a chicken boner poster on places where corporate a$$holes are mentioned, if that is your ambition. Whatever they pay, it aint much money for your self respect but hey, losers can’t all flip burgers or dig ditches.
Please feel free to use the viking kitties on all trolls.
I hope armed kitties give nightmares to trolls, they make me smile.
August 24th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
wtf does mean the special kitty dry food not safe for cats?
August 24th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
I think that the poster who thinks Walmart is an innocent vitim here isn’t aware of the buying power Walmart uses overseas like with China in wanting cheap products or they will pull their business–I’m certainly not defending China but we all know how Walmart works by now—they demand the cheapest of the cheap and that is exactly what they are getting. And Walmart was not vigilant in removing the recalled food-they took their sweet time in my neck of the woods despite my call to them on March 17th…..
August 24th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Deb Johnston says:
August 24th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
actually Deb, WalMart does play a role in the manufacturing of cheap goods. period, end of story. they have their hand in it personally. they have teams that go to China and hold meetings at the factories with the companies that are producing goods for them. they meet with mattel over there just as they meet with some of my clients. some of the recalled brands were THEIR house brand. you can bet they had a hand in the bottom line pricing of the pet food and the push for the manufacturer to meet it. which leads to the manufacturer looking for the cheapest goods/ingredients. so if folks want to blame walmart along with menu, they would be justified.
August 24th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
E. thanks, I’ll write that web site down. Sorry I didn’t get back sooner but supper was burning.
August 24th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
The question I’m wondering about is why ANYONE, especially anyone on this blog, would keep buying these brands of pet food! There are numerous brands made with human-grade ingredients that are much healthier for your pet, ex. Merrick, Fromm, Wellness, Nature’s Variety, and many others. I have been feeding my dogs these brands for 7 years now and none of them were affected by this recall. I can understand people not knowing better before, but if you still continue to feed that trash to your pet after all that has happened, IMO you’re partially responsible if they get sick. Spend the extra couple bucks and feed your pet a quality diet!
August 24th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
I agree with Ayesha.
I also learned a couple of months ago when I picked up an American brand in Canada that I was unfamiliar with and had a sticker with a different UPC and expiration date, that if the company tells the USDA that its a ‘packaging mistake’ they’re allowed to put stickers over the ‘mistake’ and sell the food, which is what I suspect Menu Foods did, possibly at the behest of Walmart. I had to learn it a rather roundabout way through the store’s (it was a small, independent store) distributor, as I could not make heads or tails of the USDA website as far as who to contact there. I’d have loved to keep buying at that store, as they had California Natural in large cans, but I was told at the border that even tho they’re American brands there’s a chance I wouldn’t be able to get them back across to the US…and I am not willing to risk not being able to buy more food for my cat for a month because it was seized and I cannot afford to buy another case.
If anyone wants to read my cat’s story, just click on my name. It does include a request for help, just so you know, but prayers are good, too. :) He’s starting to deteriorate after several months of being in pretty good shape for a kitty with little to no kidney function and no special meds or anything.
August 24th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
I am not a “troll”, though what you described was a shill not a troll, thank you kindly. I guess anyone who doesn’t blindly follow your phobia is much easier to accept by attributing as being “one of them” *rolls eyes*
EVERY company in the world tries to get their goods for the cheapest they can. Anyone who tells you different is selling you something. Is Wal-Mart “innocent”? Of in any way deliberately selling product that is tainted/poisonus yes. In being part of a conspiracy to get the most economical deal they can on product? No, definitely not.
When “tainted” product makes it’s way into even “people food”, I am not sure that simply saying “human grade ingredients” makes you immune to possible tainting.
Myself, I don’t trust ANY product on the market when it comes to pet food. Even veterinary brands were tainted. (so I guess that means they are part of the Wal-Mart conspiracy too, mm?). I think the only safe food is made at home, by my hands, with the same foodstuffs that my family eats (well, from the same butcher at least). Then the dog runs no greater chance than the rest of us of getting ill.
Sheep don’t shop at Wal-Mart. Shoppers who have not been brainwashed to thinking that a retailer is some evil corporation shop there to save money on the exact same name products found in other retailers for more money. You are welcome to pay more elsewhere for midguided principles, for myself and a few billion others, we save money where we can so we can feed our pets truly safe food.
August 24th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
As for re-UPCd packaging, I imagine Menu foods buys their labels by the gross, so it would be a lot (more) loss to replace. The true tell of the supposed safety of the food would be to check the batch number and expiry dates on the food. THOSE are printed on the assembly line with the food. If those numbers matched any of the recall lists then I will jump on the same bandwagon as you folks…but I am willing to lay high odds you will find the batch numbers and expiry dates to be current.
Of course I am just a shill, so don’t let a bit of common sense and logic ruin your perfectly good conspiracy theories.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
If a baby strolled is recalled, pulled from stores, and then resold a few months later, wouldn’t this be a crime?
Who in their right mind would use a recalled package and redact the bar code and use that package? What is wrong with these people?
Walmart was and will forever be dead to me and anyone else I can tell this to.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Deb, I’m the one who first said I thought you where a troll. I don’t know the dif between troll & shill & don’t care. I still don’t think you are very smart backing Wal-Mart. I would bet most of their meat isn’t American. They have gotten so big & can get everything from China that they hurt American business and what they have did to American workers is a sin. They took forever to pull the bad food because imo they where only interested in the money. I don’t fell safe (along with a lot of other people not even on this site) to eat the garbage they are selling. A lot of people from this site & others would go out & find the food they didn’t pull & would get them to pull it. About the people on this site if you don’t think they are smart enough to check the labels then I fell sorry for you. One thing about all of us, even including dumb me, is we are smart enough to not trust them. If you trust them then go right ahead kid, it’s still America for awhile but be mad at me not them.
August 24th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
I think I just read ,Why do people shop at wal-mart? From my own view point I see in my area, Its wal-mart or travel in to a Metro area to Shop for better quality food, We have no Pet Shops to buy the Good Food, I my self do travel ,but for the elderly and the ones on a budget or who have no transportation, What other choice do they have? I cringe when I see people buying that food,if its people I know I just Say Why are you buying that JUNK? And the answerers are I’m out Pet Food,gotta feed them something.
So what do you do? I just watch them ,buy and kill there pets….
August 24th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Opps, meant to say baby stroller, not baby strolled. Must have troll on the mind and yes, Walmart, you are the troll.
August 24th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
Sharon, I know how you feel I help the old & sick too. It’s hard & most have so little money. I try to get them set up on the net but that is hard too because a lot of them don’t have a computer. All we can do is the best we can. The other sad part is they love their babies as much as we do but can’t aford the vet. If I was rich I would buy it for all of them and I bet you would too.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:18 am
Sharon, if you’re in a rural area you should have a feed store somewhere nearby. They usually have some of the good brands of dog and cat food as well as livestock feed and if they don’t have them in stock they may be able to order them for you. I buy my cat’s Felidae at a small town feed store - its the only place in the entire quarter of this state that stocks it.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:42 am
Hi Moony, I just read your blog on Spike and you. I am in the same boat financially, but I used Gemmotherapy with Common Juniper tincture for my cat last year, and it did help her. Interestingly, she was FINE until I fed her the Natural Balance Reduced Calorie!! I was also using Trader Joe’s canned for them.
She also was 15 years old. Same age as my son.
For more about Gemmotherapy go to thepetwhisperer.com. You can research and write them directly.
It does not interact with other treatments. So you can use it as a complementary treatment to conventional. I pay $11.00 for a 2 oz bottle and gave her 5+ drops a day in her water. I used this after being diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. I still take it and am doing fine after 4 years.
Knowing what I know now, I would put the drops in her mouth once or twice a day. I also gave her fig tree which fights intestinal parasites and infection.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:45 am
Deb Johnston says:
August 24th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
“Is Wal-Mart “innocentâ€? Of in any way deliberately selling product that is tainted/poisonus yes.”
The Bestro chicken jerky treats tested positive for melamine in WalMart’s own testing. That makes it an adulterated food product according to the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act.
In their refusal to issue a formal recall instead of merely removing product from their register databases where it could not be sold, WalMart neglected the customers who had already purchased these products at their store–leaving the tainted treats to possibly be eaten.
The one food item FDA has legal recall power over is baby formula, so the only answer is for WalMart to issue a formal recall of the item. Shanghai Bestro/Pingyang Pet Products, the producer, is in China, and the Chinese government has pulled the plug on them:
http://www.dogchews.com/
This leaves the importer, WalMart, whose product tests have indicated that there is melamine in the items, with the legal and moral responsibility of notifying FDA that there is to be a formal recall of these products. Not to mention that the formal recall would assist in their removal from the shelves of competitors’ stores.
If I purchase a product with a problem, I expect the producer/importer/vendor of it to issue a formal recall with FDA or another governmental agency, if applicable, so as to notify me and others who have also purchased the item.
When recalls become hidden in the closet, as the WalMart/Bestro one is, I no longer have any confidence in the products the store is selling, even if the product at issue is not one I’ve purchased. I don’t give $ to companies I can’t trust, and W-M ceases to be one of them because of this incident.
WalMart sold adulterated product to everyone purchasing Bestro Chicken Jerky Strips prior to their register blocking of them and refuses to issue the proper formal recall.
Deb Johnston *rolls eyes*
menusux *gives finger*
You are certainly free to shop there if you wish–hope you’re never the victim of one of these secret recalls. Here’s a link for everyone else re: the W-M/Bestros situation:
http://action.walmartwatch.com.....puppyemail
“Tell Wal-Mart: Stop Selling Toxic Products”
August 25th, 2007 at 12:49 am
Elaine,
UPCs are tied to a product, not a batch.
To everyone else:
I’m guessing that the food is actually safe and MF simply used old packaging. Walmart had blocked the original UPC codes from their registers in order to keep tainted food from accidentally being sold so a new UPC code had to be generated and stickers applied over the old codes.
That being said, I’m far too paranoid to ever feed my furkids food that comes from a company who flat out knowingly sold tainted food for a month before issuing a recall. MF will *never* get another penny from me and I’ve been extremely vocal about it to family, friends, and acquaintances that are pet owners, as well. MF deserves to suffer financially as that is apparently all they understand.
August 25th, 2007 at 1:05 am
Trudy
I know that there is almost no place to shop there except Walmart. My daughter just moved from Elilzabeth City to Florida a month ago. Two weeks ago, on Saturday, they went out and found their little dachsund dead in the yard. They thought a snake got him, but maybe it was the food. Hmmmmmmmm
August 25th, 2007 at 1:08 am
A “troll” is some one who posts just for reaction. A “shill” is some one who posts to spin doctor for a company or organization. I am neither.
Interestingly, as a Canadian, I do not focus on interest in American jobs. And Wal-Mart is hardly the only one having their product made in other countries.
Personally, I would be curious to know more about the lady who started this ruckus. Could she be part of an anti-Wal-Mart con? Oh well, hardly matters if it plays into the mob’s phobias.
I chanced across this article through one of the egroups I am on and thought to check it out. I find it sad to see the “mob” going over the deep end and thought to put another prospective out there. Apparently that is too frightening for some here. So be it. Anyone who is learned will look beyond the hatemongering.
No, I don’t see Wal-Mart as some shiny star. They have their share of problems. They have too many “big cheeses” at the top and not enough people in the stores. They don’t have support and/or properly trained staff in areas that particularly need it, like pets, electronic and seasonal areas. But tbh, it really is buyer beware and you should do your homework before buying something.
My big grumble with this thread is the almost amusing way everything is the fault of one retailer. The fact that tainted food was sold to hundreds of retailers and vet clinics is irrelevant, it is Wal-Mart who is the evil one for buying cheap food.
I’ll let you folks carry on your intent postulating in peace. I am in search of more intellectual fare.
August 25th, 2007 at 1:12 am
Thanks Pheephee…I’ll look into it. I’m also planning to get some aloe vera powder for Spike, and possibly for me as well. It should keep him from having to go on Pepcid or something else pharmaceutical for stomach acid. I’d use my own method, which is honey, ginger, and cinnamon, but I don’t know if ginger or cinnamon is good for a cat, or the dosage.
I did contact the company a couple of times about the Reduced Calorie. As long as I didn’t bring up the death of my cat and Spike’s damage, they were happy to answer questions about their new tests and things. But as soon as I brought up my dead cat - DEAD SILENCE.
August 25th, 2007 at 1:43 am
Moony i’m so very sorry. We changed over to restricted NB too. It hurt my 3 dogs & kitty. Between Eukanuba & NB I thought I was going to loose them all.I will always blame Eukanuba for taking my Misty & Roxy and my boy I still have for all his tumors at 8 yrs old. I believe my vet saved by babies from NB & the fact I stoped feeding them so fast, thanks to Itchmo. I still watch them close.
We want to give you a little something to honor Misty & Roxy not much but something. I need your help because I don’t know how to do pay pal. I an still learning the computer. Can you explain it to me, if not I’ll give you my e-mail tomorrow & you can tell me where to send it. I’m going to bed now but we are all sending you a big hug & my prayers will be with you for a long time. till tomorrow.
August 25th, 2007 at 5:49 am
Deb..
If you think China-mart is so great keep beying your pet food and other products there and I hope you get what you deserve
August 25th, 2007 at 7:41 am
Ms. Johnston, Just about everyone that posts comments on itchmo has lost a pet (or pets) or had one (or more) permanently injured by the actions of pet food manufacturers and distributors. In addition to that, victims have been largely ignored by those responsible for damaging their pets. It is the industry and the corporations like walmart that facilitate them that created this atmosphere of anger and suspicion, and they’re reaping the “rewards” of that.
I don’t believe anything that MF or its clients say, and why should I? Because you say so? They’ve already proven that they have no problem with dead and sick animals, and now they expect the consumer to trust them on this packaging thing. You might think we’re all stupid, but how stupid would you need to be to blindly trust someone who’s already blatantly lied to you?
as for being amused that people are taking off on walmart, what exactly did you expect to find in a thread about walmart? recipes for tuna casserole?
yes, i think you do need to go where the fare is more “intellectual”, if your definition of intellectual is that everybody agrees with you.
August 25th, 2007 at 8:05 am
Ayesha says:
August 24th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
It should be known that the posters who bought the Special Kitty from Walmart did so to get the new packets that had the double label. Not to feed their cats! I know of no one on this blog who is currently feeding this food. The story of the woman in Alabama has triggered this info coming out. I have 2 cats who were afflicted by acute renal failure in February and March and since then have made sure every here at Itchmo know what I was feeding them. To continue to blame the pet parent who bought cheap food is unfounded as the more expensive and “best” brands were all made the same way. There are also many pet owners who are not aware of all this going on as the press has left the story and if you are not on Itchmo , you just don’t know the latest. I personally went out yesterday and bought the packets to put with the unopened and “poisoned” food in my freezer and also wanted to send in a pix to Itchmo to show what the labels look like. Until an explanation came out I wanted to help get the word out in case this was the same food—in a new look—
August 25th, 2007 at 8:15 am
I don’t like to attack other posters but the comment about the “mob’s phobias” has struck a nerve—I do have a phobia—-iI had 2 healthy happy cats in my home and the stress I had then (at the beginning of this year) was treating my 2 yr old golden for cancer, knowing he may leave me within the year. Lo and behold I had 3 out of 4 of my beloved pets at death’s door—this was extremely hard emotionally, physically, and financially! So I do have phobias as I found out so much about the large companies who I had trust in. That trust was taken from me. Living with very ill animals for over 5 months has made me very vulnerable as so many others here are. I don’t know if you were unfortunate enough to see how this acute renal failure works, but if you did you might not criticize those of us who have and are going through it still.
August 25th, 2007 at 8:54 am
Ms. Johnson,
You may be “intellectual,” but you are not kind. People who are “amused” at the pain of others completely disgust me. And the term “troll” does fit you. Wikipedia defines it as “An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who intentionally posts messages about sensitive topics constructed to cause controversy in an online community such as an online discussion forum or USENET groups in order to bait users into responding.” Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t realize Wikipedia was beneath your vast intellect. And is there a reason you think we should be discussing Purina and the Grand Union on a Menu Foods and WalMart thread?
August 25th, 2007 at 9:38 am
Deb Johnston *rolls eyes*
menusux *gives finger*
Menusux: You are just too funny. It’s great to see your posts again. I missed you. Thanks for that link to tell Wallys what you think……oh my, did I ever…….
August 25th, 2007 at 9:42 am
Carol, I am not feeding this. I am one that picked up the packets in case someone needs proof.
I might add that everyone is talking about the Special Kitty packets, but the Ol’Roy packets are the same! I have one of each of them all.
August 25th, 2007 at 10:04 am
And people wonder why I don’t shop at Wal-Mart. Period. Ever. For ANY reason. Its just not worth the few extra cents I save to deal with this kind of junk or their largely comatose sales staff. There are alot of places to purchase any item one needs. If people stop patronizing this outlet it will go away! Bottom line is they aren’t always the cheapest game in town. But if all you want is cheap, you get what you pay for at Wal-Mart.
I began to feel this way about WM YEARS ago when I watched them move into small towns and put every cool little family owned shop for miles around out of business. The loss of individuality in small town America due to the invasion of the mega-giant Wal-Mart is just disgusting.
August 25th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Testing costs way too much for the average person, especially those with ill pets. Can someone send in for testing, one of these “made over” Special Kitty foods? I am sure all of us would be very interested in the results.
August 25th, 2007 at 11:48 am
In the case of the dog food, it was the manufacturer being lazy and using the old labels over that is the problem - NOT Walmart. The manufacturers get their labels in thousands and in this case didn’t want to throw them away and create new ones. Bad advice in a consumer world where we are now all suspicious. It would have been better just to print new then to now have to respond to this new worry. As for the contaminated batches, the cans themselves could have been relabeled and put back on the shelves with new numbers, so the risk is always there. Many canned products are stamped on the cans themselves - better to go by that code than any label.
It all boils down to consumer trust - regardless of the product.
August 25th, 2007 at 11:48 am
Moony can you help me with pay pal. I’ll stay close to this thread while I do my stewed tom.. I f I’m not here my husband will be, his name is Art.
August 25th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Our pet Rosie, a 3 year old Chihuahua was poisoned from Chinese made Bestro’s Jerky Chicken Strips #77849 00006 1 We have this contaminated bag. We have three Chihuahuas and one of them died one month ago. She started with vomiting and dehydration and then we were told she may either have an obstruction or have been poisioned. Since our dogs are inside dogs and we are with them at all times outside we thought it was an obstruction. Finally the doctor said he was almost positive it was some kind of poisoning at Elwood Animal
Clinic in Glendora, California. They were going to scope her but before that could happen she died July 21, at VCA in Fountain Valley, California. We gave our dogs Waggin train and Bestro’s Jerky Chicken Strips. Our Sweet Rosie (our chihuahua that passed) loved them and and she would eat all the
treats we put down for the other dogs too. Up until today we never had any idea what happened but now with Wal Mart (I bought the treats there and at Sam’s) pulling this quietly from their selves. I truly believe that is why she died. We called Wal Mart and are getting a run around. We need help. I would like to find a website with other dog owners who may have experienced the same as we have. If you know of any please let us know. We are totally heartbroken and will never forget Our Sweet Gypsy Rose!
Since Wal Mart had this problem before, why didn’t they pull all that Chinese junk off the first time? Our Rosie will still be alive! Is Wal Mart concerned about people and their Pets or Money? You figured it out. Boycott China and Wal Mart
Gene and Gerri Richards San Dimas, California
August 25th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Itchmo Admin–
Is it possible to also post this reply in the current Bestros thread so more might see it?
http://www.itchmo.com/more-rec.....ment-50406
Thanks!
ITCHMO ADMIN: We posted part of the reply in the current thread and linked it back to the original comment. Thanks!
August 25th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
I have to be careful about what I say due to the fact that I do not wish for my husband to lose his job. However, having lost two of my cats due to the special kitty food, I have two words for Walmart and menu foods and they are not very nice. I think if this allegation is true, then we need to get both walmarts and menu foods for this stupidity. My family has been torn apart due to this situation, and I am not very happy at the moment to find that Walmart would continue to sell the bad food– especially, when their own people are losing their animals also. Where is the business ethics in all of this?
August 25th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Special Kitty Cat Food?
Just the name and the place of purchase (Walmart) is suspect to me.
Walmart is unamerican and does not care about animals or the American people. Just profit!
I have been making all my own cat food for years and my beasts love it.
August 25th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Pukanuba says:
August 25th, 2007 at 9:38 am
“Deb Johnston *rolls eyes*
menusux *gives finger*”
Have had some family health issues which sometimes have kept me from the blog. Sometimes just had time to check for news articles.
Don’t you know what *gives finger* is? It’s the W-M salute :-)!
August 25th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
I guess Ben was too shy to post this link or maybe he blushes easily but itchmo is really impressing some people!
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/judi082507.htm
All Hail itchmo!
August 25th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
E. Hamilton,
I’m impressed.
Itchmo Rules!
August 25th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
Menusux: Sorry about the family health issues. I was wondering where you were. Always a pleasure to read your posts.
Go Itchmo go……great link, E. Bet Ben & Emily are both blushing……but this is something they should be proud of…….what a great site with lots of well informed bloggers who can really dig up the dirt.
Bet the PF companies & MF don’t think this site is so great. That’s because they suck & we finally figured out what low life they are. And that’s putting it mildly.
August 26th, 2007 at 10:05 am
The legal aspect of this is simple,Walmart is tampering with products.They are knowingly selling a dangerous and potentially lethal product,that has been known and proven to kill pets…..To simply put a new UPC sticker on a product and dupe the consumer into believing Walmart followed ethical procedures in removing poisonous and dangerous foods from their shelves,in order to make a sale,is inexcusable……I say,hire a damn good attorney a bring a suit against Walmart….for misrepresentation and tampering with evidence and falsifying a bad product as being safe.
August 26th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Pheephee35, I’m so sorry to hear about the dog. We have Doxies too. One of ours almost dies eating Beneful dog Food. And We did loose 4 cats from the food.
So You might be right, it might be the food.
And I live one hour from Elizabeth City in a very small town with a small Wal Mart. But the only store around. It’s very hard to find good food anywhere around here.
August 26th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
Moony - I have a good list saved of organizations that help with vet bills, but don’t know where it is off hand :)
Did a quick google search and here’s some… Haven’t used or checked them out, so no guarantees but have it filed for “a rainy day” (have been there often :)
and just a general comment - I do think that often it’s the people without the means that need the love and companionship of animals the most - wish there were more help for people…
here’s one site;
http://felinediabetes.com/vetbills.htm
there is a great list at littlebigcat but the link is too long - turns out it first appeared on itchmo - anyone know where offhand?
Sorry folks if this is hijacking the thread!
A bit more on topic - Sharon and Jenny Bark - I agree - wish no one shopped there but I won’t blame those who do. Carol, I think you made this point also (just skimming quick)
August 26th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
E. , thanks for the link.
Yeah Itchmo. The best on the web. I agree!
August 26th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Re: the comment about Fromm’s Dog Food being one of the safe foods. I throughly read the labeling on a can of it and below the “Made In USA” was teeny tiny print that said “product of China”. I was shocked, and immediately showed the clerk at the speciality pet food store. BE AWARE everyone.
August 27th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
BOYCOTT WAL-MART FOR KNOWINGLY POISONING OUR PETS!!
There is NO EXCUSE for CORPORATE GREED.
August 27th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Sorry I’ve been away a couple of days! Jenny Bark, if you’re the one who sent help - thank you so much!
Deej - I’m planning on trying to get on with Cats in Crisis and/or IMOM, but I need to get more current blood tests and a proper diagnosis first, which the vet who comes up once a week didn’t want to do until we did a second battery of blood tests that I couldn’t afford at the time. I’m HOPING to get that done instead through a holistic vet 100 miles away, or a regular one that’s about 60 if I can’t afford it, ’cause I don’t quite trust the vet who comes up anymore. I might not have a choice, tho.
*blinks* How could something be a ‘product of china’ and ‘Made in USA’? Argh! *head explodes!*
August 28th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
i am very late coming into this site so i have a question that might already have been answered. does anyone know where to find a list of all brands that have been recalled? i dont buy the cheapest food but i also dont buy the most expensive, i have been lucky so far. i have bought from walmart in the past but i try not to unless i am really low on money and need something. i also do but the “cheap food” for a stray the hangs around my house. i cant afford to feed her top brands but also dont want her to starve. i have bought special kitty dry food in the past and i am sick at the chance i could hurt an animal.
ITCHMO ADMIN: On our website, right underneath the big “Itchmo: News For Dogs & Cats”, you will see a drop down menu called “Dog and Cat Food Recall”. Roll over that heading, and the third link is “Recalled Pet Food List.” That gives a list of all of the brands that have been affected by the recalls.