Natural Balance Recall Expands to Canned Food and Treats
Itchmo has confirmed with Natural Balance that their recall has expanded and now covers the following items for all dates:
- Venison and Brown Rice Treats for Dogs (New today)
- Venison and Brown Rice Canned Formula for Dogs (New today)
- Venison and Brown Rice Dry Food for Dogs (Reported Sunday)
- Venison and Green Pea Dry Food for Cats (Reported Sunday)
The problem stems from melamine found in the rice protein concentrate (described by the company as rice gluten) used by Natural Balance. They confirmed that FDA testing has found melamine in the rice protein concentrate. The ingredient was produced by a US vendor, according to Natural Balance. Natural Balance recommends avoiding all rice protein in their products.
They have also confirmed that customers are reporting “a few cases” of kidney failures, which their original announcement described as “kidney problems”.
The items recalled are packaged (but not manufactured) by Diamond Pet Foods. The problem was discovered Friday and the FDA is testing all other ingredients and formulas. In the packaging process, the final food is run through Diamond Pet Foods machinery, but are overseen by Natural Balance quality assurance staff.
Natural Balance says it will reimburse the pet parents for medical expenses related to the melamine toxin.
NOTE: The recall expansion has not made it out to the mainstream media, but we expect it to do so shortly.
UPDATE: Natural Balance is not yet releasing the name of the US supplier. We’ll let you know as soon as we know.
UPDATE at 7:37pm Eastern: Natural Balance updates their site. Full release after the jump.
Natural Balance Pet Foods,® Inc. Issues A Voluntary Nationwide Recall on Specific Venison Dog & Cat Food Products
Contact:
Consumer Inquiries:
(800) 829-4493
Media Inquiries:
Daniel Bernstein
310-275-0777
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Pacoima, CA — April 17, 2007– Natural Balance, Pacoima, CA, is issuing a voluntary nationwide recall for all of its Venison dog products and the dry Venison cat food only, regardless of date codes. The recalled products include Venison and Brown Rice canned and bagged dog foods, Venison and Brown Rice dog treats, and Venison and Green Pea dry cat food. Recent laboratory results show that the products contain melamine. We believe the source of the melamine is a rice protein concentrate. Natural Balance has confirmed this morning that some production batches of these products may contain melamine.
The recall was prompted by consumer complaints received by Natural Balance involving a small number of cats and dogs that developed kidney failure after eating the affected product.
Dogs or cats who have consumed the suspect food and show signs of kidney failure (such as loss of appetite, lethargy and vomiting) should be seen by a veterinarian. We recommend our customers immediately stop feeding our recalled venison products regardless of date code and return unused product to their retailer for a full refund.
The products are packaged in bags, cans and zip lock treat bags and sold in pet specialty stores and PetCo nationally.
No other Natural Balance products are involved in this voluntary recall as none of our other formulas include the rice protein concentrate.
Although the problems seem to be focused on a particular production period of the venison products, over the last four days we have notified our distributors and retailers by phone and e-mail to immediately stop selling and return all recalled Venison dog foods and treats and the Venison dry cat food. Venison canned cat food is not involved.
The source of the melamine appears to be a rice protein concentrate, which was recently added to the dry venison formulas. Natural Balance does not use wheat gluten, which was associated with the previous melamine contamination.
None of Natural Balance’s other dry formulas, none of our other canned or roll products and none of our other treats are involved with this voluntary recall.
We continue to work closely with the FDA in their ongoing investigation.
Consumers with questions may contact the company at 1-800-829-449 or email info@naturalblanceinc.com.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Looks like the CEO of NB is playing the Menu Foods game by not naming the American Supplier of the rice protein and generally not being honest, forthright, and showing a little contrition. Didn’t they learn ANYTHING in the last month or so? This industry is in desperate need of public relations professionals…These guys deserve to lose their asses and their companies. It’s just ridiculous.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
this is rice gluten–not wheat gluten. does that mean there are other shoes to drop with other brands and products since the focus has been on wheat gluten up to this point.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
[…] Â Itchmo has confirmed that Natural Balance is pulling additional product, including canned foods and […]
April 17th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
itchmo you are amazing. Don’t know where we’d be without you. Even tho I’m home cooking, until yesterday I was giving a little NB. Now nothing will go into my dog except for what I cook. Wish you could get the name of the American Supplier for the rice protein. So much for the pet food companies that claim to test their ingredients.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Am I crazy? I am looking at NB’s website and I am not seeing rice gluten or rice protein listed on the ingredients of the dry foods. I see rice protein on the wet, but not the dry. Is this an ingredient that they are not required to list? Or am I just missing it? I read it over a couple of times.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
I just don’t understand this. The NB website specifically says that its Venison and Pea dry cat food does not contain:
“Artificial Preservatives, Flavors, Colors, or Bleached Ingredients. Does not contain Corn, Soy, Wheat, Rice, Eggs, Dairy Products or Sunflower Oil”
So what the heck is rice gluten doing in it???? And for the first time (because I have read the ingredients on the bag in the past) I now see that rice protein concentrate is an ingredient. When did they start this? I feed my cats this food because I thought there was no grain in it!!!
April 17th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Listen folks, I just opened a bag of Karma ORANIC dry dog food by NaturaPet and it is like nothing I have ever seen before - it was the nastiest, smelliest, most horrendous bag of dog food I have ever seen. The girl at the store had the audacity to tell me that is what it is supposed to look and smell like - no wonder the animals are dropping like flies. I am having this bag tested. I have a very strong feeling that we could take any can or bag of pet food off the shelf (recalled or not) of any store and there would be a very good likelihood of contamination. We are just now getting a true picture of the underbelly of the industry - which has probably included inappropriate products and contaminates for many years. It justr took an epidemic of illnesses and deaths to uncover the true extent of the outright lies by these companies.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Good point Sue! I wonder if they have old ingredient lists on the website and have changed the formulas.
Now I am wondering how many other rice formulas are going to be recalled because of this. I just hope that my food doesn’t show up.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Listen folks, I just opened a bag ORANIC dry dog food and it is like nothing I have ever seen before - it was the nastiest, smelliest, most horrendous bag of dog food I have ever seen. The girl at the store had the audacity to tell me that is what it is supposed to look and smell like that - no wonder the animals are dropping like flies. I am having this bag tested. I have a very strong feeling that we could take any can or bag of pet food off the shelf (recalled or not) of any store and there would be a very good likelihood of contamination. We are just now getting a true picture of the underbelly of the industry - which has probably included inappropriate products and contaminates for many years. It just took an epidemic of illnesses and deaths to uncover the true extent of the outright lies by these companies.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
That was Karma dry dog food by naturapet, by the way
April 17th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
That was Karma dry dog food.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
http://www.oldmotherhubbard.co.....onary.html
Rice Protein
Rice protein is the dried material from rice after the removal of the starch and separation of the bran by milling. It typically contains a minimum of 60% protein.
It’s possible that a US supplier produced the rice protein, but may have used imported rice–since they’re saying only that the rice protein was purchased from a US company. [Technically, the wheat gluten was purchased from a US company, as ChemNutra does business in NV.]
http://www.usatoday.com/money/.....lled_N.htm
Herrick also said Diamond got the rice protein concentrate from an American company, which he wouldn’t name.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
The bag of food I had a problem with, came from naturapet, not NB.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Why is the CEO playing games with pet owners by not releasing the name of his supplier? Hasn’t anything been learned from this debacle???? It’s not like we won’t find out eventually, and by then, we’ll all be pissed as hell all over…
April 17th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
All pet food companies dealing with ChemNutra should be disclosed.
If this is a different American supplier, NB should name it right now.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
“UPDATE: Natural Balance is not yet releasing the name of the US supplier. We’ll let you know as soon as we know.”
Publically release I read that. They may have told the FDA. There may be legal stuff and investigative angles to this we don’t know, why it’s not being broadcasted over the media.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Natural Balance dry and canned formulas are co-packed at separate facilities in the United States. Dry formulas are co-packed at Diamond and canned formulas are co-packed at American Nutrition
SO finally here’s another “gluten” being implicated - just as many of us were pleading from the beginning (BEFORE the beginning in fact) .
Next, how about: The gd Corn gluten meal in Nutro dry.
Earth to FDA get a move on you morons.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
I have always fed my dog Natural Balance - In the last douple of months she has had loose stools. I am now feeding her chicken and rice that I cook with some vegetables tossed in and she is better.
When all the problems started with the recall I switched my four cats to Natural Balaance dry and canned from Science diet- for a couple of days then one of my cats started throwing up constantly. - I rushed him to the vet. and they took blood samples - He had slightly abnormal kidney readings. I am feeding him chicken and yestersay had another blood test that came back normal.
Thank God I found out soon enough I am sooooo mad with these pet food companies.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
[…] massive pet food recall would be expanded to include products containing rice and corn gluten, Natural Balance has confirmed that it has found melamine in its rice gluten, and is now recommending that customers avoid all of […]
April 17th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
I’m wondering if the rice protein used in the NB was also a product of Xuzhou Anying.. (http://en.dg668.com/web/xzay123.html).
Last month, I put a bag of the NB Venison & Pea cat food in my cart- (one of my cats was on the IVD prescription formula and hated it, so I thought I’d give the NB a try)- but, as I was leaving, I thought, ‘you know.. this cat is notoriously finicky, and the food’s not cheap. I’ll try the cans first and see how she likes them.’
Incidentally, she didn’t- (like them, that is)- so I never went back to purchase the dry.
Thank goodness!
April 17th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
stephanie-
I looked at the dog food ingredients on NB’s website and I did see the rice protein concentrate listed in both canned and dry food. Maybe they just added it on the website!! I have one cat eating the canned venison and pea. So far only the dry venison and pea cat food has been mentioned (and the rice protein concentrate was listed in its ingredients on the website). This seems fishy to me, does anyone else agree? Why is the canned cat food not involved? Can I trust that they haven’t put this ingredient in it as well? I looked up the ingredients for the dog food on a pet food sales website, and it didn’t list the rice protein, so if it’s recently been added how are we to know?
Sue-
I agree with your confusion as to why rice protein was added to the venison and pea cat dry food! Are your cats still eating it and how are they doing?
I’m looking for another canned cat venison brand if anyone has any suggestions!
Lanie
April 17th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Ha! They did just put it on there.
This is what was on there before I refreshed….
Venison, Venison Meal, Brown Rice, Ground Rice, Rice Bran, Peas, Tomato Pomace, Canola Oil, Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Inulin, Taurine, Natural Tocopherols, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin D Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B).
They just added that in over the last hour or so.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Hi lanie - I also feed my cats the canned venison & pea food. Like you, I’m wondering whether rice protein concentrate is also in the canned product (off-label).
April 17th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Can someone please share a list of foods that they’ve found to be safe and good for cats? So far we’ve avoided brands in the recall, but it seems to be a crap shoot.
I know it will be insanely difficult to get my cats to eat wet food, and I don’t want to waste time and money trying what they’ll eventually like. So please, share some more resources of commercially available products that people can buy. For many of us, making our own or buying organic just isn’t feasible.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
This is all so disturbing. These companies are in the business of providing healthy foods for our four legged loved ones and it seems that they are now being deliberate in not trying to help these poor animals at all. If that is the case then lets get the class actions going and do not hold back. This is no less of importance than someone or some company tainting the food of humans and not trying to find the problem or the origin of it, criminal!!!! So lets all be committed to a class action and get these people the only place they seem to have any feeling , the WALLET.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Uh oh, I think NB just got caught playing with this ingredients.
“melamine found in the rice protein concentrate (described by the company as rice gluten) used by Natural Balance” and at the end they say in BOLD “Natural Balance recommends avoiding all rice protein in their products.”
Oopsie, they got busted.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Rice protein suddenly showing up on the Natural Balance web site is a crock. The Google cache from Apr 12, 2007 13:08:33 GMT for the dry cat food page, for instance, is here: http://tinyurl.com/2875ac
The ingredient list: “Peas, Venison Meal, Venison, Canola Oil, Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Methionine, Choline Chloride, Inulin, Taurine, Natural Tocopherols, Zinc Proteinate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Potassium Iodide, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Manganous Oxide, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B).”
I’m so disappointed in NB. I locked the bag I bought last week in the only location the cats can’t access in the house. They have been known to occasionally get the munchies and get into unopened bags of cat food, and that’s not a good idea now.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
i am feeding my cat purina medley, unfortunatley i tried to introduce
her to organic foods but she wouln’t go for it. I would be interested
in any recall on purina medley. Thanks
April 17th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
This is so fustrating! My dog Coby was on Solid Gold up until a month ago when I switched him over to Natural Balance Potato and Duck due to allergies and I can’t believe this is happening. I thought we were safe since I’ve never fed him anything from Menu Foods but it seems like nothing is really safe these days. Even though he is not eating anything from the Venison line, I still worry…he’s gone through half the bag already and he’s doing great, his stools are nice and firm and there’s a lot less of it than when he was on solid gold and his allergies are practically gone.
I’m really not sure what to do once he finshes this bag…should I continue with this brand of food or start searching again for another brand and price is certainly not an issue. I hate living in fear each day that some news alert will show up telling me that Coby’s food is being recalled as well.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Stephanie you should keep that cache. This NB recall is very disturbing. I think most pet owners were feeling safe as long as they avoided wheat gluten. Now any kind of rice has to be on their minds too. What will be next melamine laced fake protein carbohydrate, corn?
April 17th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
This should not surprise us. I have always felt this pet food recall would somehow be linked to a GMO product. In my heart I always felt it was just a matter of time until a disaster would show up.
Melamine is a byproduct of pesticides. Some GMO products contain pesticides!
Check out this link: speical attention to 5th March 2007 USA; 26th January 2007 Japan; 12th December 2007 USA
www.gmcontaminationregister.org
for more info on GMO products visit
www.saynotogmos.org
www.greenpeace.org
www.gmfreeireland.org
There are many other sites to visit that would scare the “you know what out” of you!
It’s time we ALL pay attention.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
As of 3:55 pm PST, here’s what is on the NB website. Only 2 products are listed, not 4 (”No other Natural Balance Products are affected”), and only on the “Home” page, rather than the lower-level cat and dog food pages:
NOTICE:
We are receiving consumer complaints regarding the Venison & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food, and Venison & Green Pea Dry Cat Foods. We do not know what is wrong with the food at this time, but we have heard that animals are vomiting and experiencing kidney problems. Although the problems seem to be focused on one particular lot, as a precautionary measure, we are pulling all dates of Venison & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food and Venison & Green Pea Dry Cat Food from the shelves.
Please discontinue feeding all Venison and Brown Rice Dry Dog Food, and Venison and Green Pea Dry Cat Food.
We are working closely with the FDA.
We will update this website today, as more information comes available.
NO OTHER NATURAL BALANCE PRODUCTS ARE AFFECTED.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
“Natural Balance recommends avoiding all rice protein in their products.â€
ummm, yes, it’s seems to be added to the webite today that you are using this in foods without putting it on the label, so exactly which of your foods should we avoid in the store? The labels won’t reflect what’s there, so are we supposed to take your word as to what has rice and what doesn’t? Should we take our laptops with us so we don’t miss any breaking news while reading pet food labels in the store?!
April 17th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
[…] Dry Food for Dogs (Reported Sunday), and Venison and Green Pea Dry Food for Cats (Reported Sunday). More info here, at a blog called […]
April 17th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
And they did an sloppy job of editing. Above the ingredient list it still says: Does not contain Corn, Soy, Wheat, Rice, Eggs, Dairy Products or Sunflower Oil.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
I just check out what CatLady said (April 17th, 6:52 pm)–she’s correct. Look at the cache at http://tinyurl.com/2875ac
No rice in the ingredient list. Also, the website specifically states:
҉ۢ Grain Free
• No Artificial Preservatives, Flavors, Colors, or Bleached Ingredients. Does not contain Corn, Soy, Wheat, Rice, Eggs, Dairy Products or Sunflower Oil.”
Okay, I’ll editorialize. Didn’t some “expert” state that pet food was more heavily regulated than human food? (Or was that the new front organization developed by the pet food industry?) Well, if the “expert” is correct … we’re all in trouble!!
I just hope rice protein is not a hidden ingredient in any of their other products.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
There was coment from an FDA official that some people are speculating that in the menu foods recall Melamine may have been intentionally added to the Wheat Gluten to make its protien content appear higher than it really was thus making it worth more when the origional supplier sells it. Since this Rice Protein Concentrate soulds like a similar ingredient, just with a different grain, I wonder if the same thing occured. If suppliers are intentionally adding ingredients like melamine to their products so they test higher for attributes that will increase their value.
There may be a larger overall issue going on here with the quality of the raw ingredients going into pet foods. If that is the case it’s not really the fault of Natural Balance or any other Brand that’s been involved in the recall, but the suppliers intentionally doctoring the raw ingredients so they make more money.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
i believe the “expert” had the balls to say it at the hearing . . . .
April 17th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
So, they added Rice Protein Concentrate to the ingredient list for cat food today, but left the note about not containing rice.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
For all to compare:
NB Venison and brown rice dry formula (dogs):
what it says now:
Venison, Brown Rice, Ground Rice, Rice Bran, Venison Meal, Rice Protein Concentrate, Peas, Canola Oil, Tomato Pomace, Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Methionine, Inulin, Taurine, Natural Tocopherols, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin D Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B).
what it said before - April 2006 (courtesy of Waybackmachine - internet archives):
Venison, Whole Grain Brown Rice, Rice Flour, Venison Meal, Rice Bran, Canola Oil (preserved With Mixed Tocopherols And Citric Acid), Natural Flavor, Flaxseed Oil, Kelp Meal, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Chloride, Choline Chloride, L-lysine, Dl-methionine, Dicalcium Phosphate, Dried Parsley, Rosemary Extract, Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Taurine, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Potassium Iodide, Thiamine Mononitrate, Manganese Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9).
April 17th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
With all this coming to light- should we trust any company that doesn’t alert consumers to a change of food ingredient unless, or until, they have to? If they’re following minium requirements and not setting a higher standard for themselves that tells me all I need to know. *New ingredient* should be stamped in bold letters on the face of every container.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
http://www.iht.com/articles/20.....php?page=1
This Chinese company is not only lying, but may have intentionally added the contaminant to falsely raise the apparent protein content in their gluten - read and boycott ANY dog food brand using ingredients from China.
(Wasn’t the Chinese govt clubbing thousands and thousands of pet dogs to death and throwing them in a slow moving waste truck? And our pet food ingredients come from this country? I am sickened beyond words)
April 17th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
To all those that are looking for a good alternative to NB, look no further! I have been feeding FirstMate for the last ten years and my dogs have been doing wonderfully the whole time. Their Potato and Fish is truly “hypoallergenic” and has done wonders for the dogs skin and coat. Check them out www.firstmate.com. After the Menu debacle, I looked a little closer at FirstMate and found out that they have their own manufactuing facility (unlike NB and Solid Gold). They also source most of their ingredients from North America (some US, some Canada). Hope this helps with all those who are fed up with the industry these days…
April 17th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
You bet there’s been some changes:
Google cache from 4/12/07-Venison & Green Pea Dry Cat–
http://72.14.209.104/search?hl.....+green+pea
Venison, Whole Dried Green Peas, Venison Meal, Canola Oil, Venison Liver, Natural Flavor, Phosphoric Acid, Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Chloride, Kelp, DL Methionine, Salmon Oil, Flaxseed Oil, Lysine, Rosemary Extract, Dried Parsley, Taurine, Zinc Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Acetate, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin C Supplement (Ascorbic Acid), Yucca Schidigera, Folic Acid, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Vitamin K Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Ethylene Dihydriodide, Sodium Selenite.
http://www.naturalbalanceinc.c.....enCat.html
Same product–non-cache–as of right now:
http://www.naturalbalanceinc.c.....enCat.html
Peas, Venison, Venison Meal, Rice Protein Concentrate, Canola Oil, Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Methionine, Choline Chloride, Inulin, Taurine, Natural Tocopherols, Zinc Proteinate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Potassium Iodide, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Manganous Oxide, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B).
http://72.14.209.104/search?hl.....brown+rice
Google Cache–Venison & Brown Rice Treats–cached 4/10/07
Rice Flour, Venison, Brown Rice, Venison Meal, Molasses, Rice Protein, Canola Oil, Lecithin, Sodium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Mixed Tocopherols, Citric Acid.
http://www.naturalbalanceinc.c.....reats.html
Webpage non-cached–as of now:
Rice Flour, Venison, Brown Rice, Venison Meal, Molasses, Rice Protein, Canola Oil, Lecithin, Sodium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Mixed Tocopherols, Citric Acid.
http://72.14.209.104/search?hl.....brown+rice
Venison & Brown Rice Canned–Google Cache as of 4/10/07
Venison, Venison Broth, Venison Liver, Brown Rice, Rice Flour, Rice Protein, Venison Meal, Rice Bran, Canola Oil, Guar Gum, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Flaxseed, Kelp, Parsley, Rosemary Extract, Carrageenan, Methionine, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Abscorbic Acid (Vitamin C Supplement), Sodium Selenite, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin, Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, Vitamin K1 Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement.
http://naturalbalanceinc.com/d.....enDog.html
Venison & Brown Rice Canned–non cached–as of right now:
http://naturalbalanceinc.com/d.....anned.html
Venison, Venison Broth, Venison Liver, Brown Rice, Rice Flour, Rice Protein, Venison Meal, Rice Bran, Canola Oil, Guar Gum, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Flaxseed, Kelp, Parsley, Rosemary Extract, Carrageenan, Methionine, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Abscorbic Acid (Vitamin C Supplement), Sodium Selenite, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin, Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, Vitamin K1 Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement.
http://72.14.209.104/search?hl.....brown+rice
Venison & Brown Rice Dry-Google cache–as of 3/31/07
Venison, Venison Meal, Brown Rice, Ground Rice, Rice Bran, Peas, Tomato Pomace, Canola Oil, Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Inulin, Taurine, Natural Tocopherols, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin D Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B).
http://naturalbalanceinc.com/d.....enDog.html
Venison & Brown Rice Dry–non-cached as of right now:
Venison, Brown Rice, Ground Rice, Rice Bran, Venison Meal, Rice Protein Concentrate, Peas, Canola Oil, Tomato Pomace, Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Methionine, Inulin, Taurine, Natural Tocopherols, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin D Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B).
http://72.14.209.104/search?hl.....brown+rice
Venison & Brown Rice Dry–Google cache as of 3/31/07:
Venison, Venison Meal, Brown Rice, Ground Rice, Rice Bran, Peas, Tomato Pomace, Canola Oil, Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Inulin, Taurine, Natural Tocopherols, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin D Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B).
You can get these cached pages by doing a Google search for Natural Balance Venison Brown Rice and Natural Balance Venison Green Pea or by clicking the links here. Would suggest those who’ve been feeding any of the recalled items do this now–before the Google cache page changes. You can save these as entire web pages–on IE it’s “File”, then “Save As”.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
I say most, because they get their Lamb Meal from Australia and NOTHING from China.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
I just checked the NB canned venison and peas that I bought (I bought a whole case of it about 2 weeks ago) and there is NO mention of rice gluten or rice protein concentrate listed in the ingredients.
I am pretty sure that the dry venison and peas I purchased about 3 weeks ago did not mention any rice in it. But the NB website now lists rice protein concentrate as an ingredient in the dry. I am pretty sure they just listed this on their website. I’m really mad about this. Especially since the reason I feed my cats this food is because I thought it had no grains in it!!!
So far my cats seem fine…..but I sure am mad about this deception!
April 17th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
I’ve read elsewhere in the last couple days (likely thepetlistusa.com boards) that NB admitted to recently changing their formula & adding the rice gluten.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Yeah, it’s a good idea to save these pages;
To save screen shots: hit “print screen” key, open Word, paste it and then save to file.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Hi,well here we go again…. During the subcomitte hearings on the pet food industry it was interesting to hear that companies only get checked once or twice a year every 3 years. One person on the panel said that during checks she would get different kibbles in one kind of food.
In Dec. 2005, Jan. 2006, Diamond Pet Foods had a recall because of aflatoxin in the DRY food. Pets were dying of liver failure. They were being poisoned.
Is it a coincidence? That Diamond Pet Food Company is in the news again.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Kiki’s comment about bad smelling Natura scares me. We switched to Cal Natural about 6 days ago, but so far all I’ve used are the samples. Now I’m getting nervous about buying a bag.
IT’S REALLY PAST TIME FOR THE FDA, NB, MENU, DIAMOND & everyone else involved to let us know what’s REALLY going on. How many pets must dies so that these a###oles can maximise their corporate profits. Unfortunately, this is one of the consequences of how the Bush administration “governs”. Everyting is shrouded in secrecy.