FDA Expands Pet Food Recall

[Shayna]

FDA expands pet food recall - CNN.com

The nationwide pet food recall was expanded Wednesday to include products containing rice protein laced with melamine, a toxic agent, the Food and Drug Administration said.

Before this latest announcement, the FDA attributed pet illness and deaths to recalled pet food with wheat gluten found to contain melamine, a component of fertilizers and plastic utensils.

Also on Wednesday, Menu Foods, the company that recalled more than 60 million cans and pouches of wet cat and dog food on March 15, added one of its Natural Life brand products to its recall list. It added two product dates to eight of its already recalled pet foods.

Check your pantries!

[mnemosyne]

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html

This link to the FDA, taken from the news article in the OP, has a good summary of what is going on, what foods are affected, and what is being done about it. Pass it on to all your friends and family with pets… I’d hate to hear of more animals becoming ill!

[Ragiel]

http://www.petconnection.com/index.php

This site has good ongoing coverage of the new recall information as it’s disclosed. I’ve been stopping by to check it every day or two. They are also taking reports from folks with sick or dead pets and update the numbers daily. Over 4,200 dead as of today.

My cat ate some of the food and got sick. He spent three days in the hospital and has been gradually getting back to normal. Just this week I noticed he’s eating happily again and even asking for more and his weight is stabilizing.

We’ve been lucky.

[Caridwen]

I’ve sincerely had it.

If I decide to prepare my own food for my dog does anyone know where I can find a chart to determine how much to feed them?