# Major recall of pet food **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-recall-of-pet-food/396436 "2007-03-18T16:09:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-recall-of-pet-food/396436/1 "2007-03-18T16:09:49Z")
Didn’t see a thread on this, figured Dopers with pets would wanna know… [http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/17/petfood.recall.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/17/petfood.recall.ap/index.html) \*Recalled cat foods Americas Choice; Preferred Pets; Authority; Best Choice; Companion; Compliments; Demoulas Market Basket; Fine Feline Cat, Shep Dog; Food Lion; Foodtown; Giant Companion; Good n Meaty; Hannaford; Hill Country Fare; Hy-Vee; Key Food; Laura Lynn; Li’l Red; Loving Meals; Main Choice; Nutriplan; Nutro Max Gourmet Classics; Nutro Natural Choice; Paws; Presidents Choice; Price Chopper; Priority; Save-A-Lot; Schnucks; Sophistacat; Special Kitty; Springfield Pride; Sprout; Total Pet; My True Friend; Wegmans; Western Family; White Rose; and Winn Dixie. Recalled dog foods America’s Choice; Preferred Pets; Authority; Award; Best Choice; Big Bet; Big Red; Bloom; Bruiser; Cadillac; Companion; Demoulas Market Basket; Fine Feline Cat; Shep Dog; Food Lion; Giant Companion; Great Choice; Hannaford; Hill Country Fare; Hy-Vee; Key Food; Laura Lynn; Loving Meals; Main Choice; Mixables; Nutriplan; Nutro Max; Nutro Natural Choice; Nutro; Ol’Roy; Paws; Pet Essentials; Pet Pride; President’s Choice; Price Chopper; Priority; Publix; Roche Bros; Save-A-Lot; Schnucks; Springsfield Pride; Sprout; Stater Bros; Total Pet; My True Friend; Western Family; White Rose; Winn Dixie and Your Pet.\* ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-recall-of-pet-food/396436/2 "2007-03-18T16:20:06Z")
This news comes a little late for us as we’ve gone through two flats of Authority cans this past week or so. I’ll throw away the four remaining cans, of course, and lord knows, my demons do not look in any way ill. I honestly don’t know what to do at this point. It’s apparent from the list of brands affected that they all seem to use the same suppliers. I’d switch to Science Diet or another brand, but what’s the guarantee it won’t be that brand having a recall next month. Sheesh. Thanks for the info, **Oakminster**. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-recall-of-pet-food/396436/3 "2007-03-18T16:23:40Z")
[Pssst. . .over here. . .](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=412726) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-recall-of-pet-food/396436/4 "2007-03-18T16:30:08Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] [Pssst. . .over here. . .](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=412726) [/QUOTE] K. Self reported as a duplicate. May not hurt to leave this one, as the other has fallen off the first page in IMHO. Mod’s call. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-recall-of-pet-food/396436/5 "2007-03-18T16:32:06Z")
Oh great. I feed my dog a food that is not on that list, but we ran out two days ago and I went to the corner store to get something to get her through until I could get to the pet store. Of course I had to pick up one of the recalled kinds :smack: Guess I am going to the store today. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-recall-of-pet-food/396436/6 "2007-03-18T16:36:33Z")
It’s useful having it in MPSIMS, too. I’da said it was more a MPSIMS-y thing than a IMHO-y thing, anyway. But, wow, you talk about your major PITA. And it serves to underscore just how few manufacturers of pet food there really are out there. Basically all those hog penises and chicken feet are going to the same factory, just coming out with different labels pasted on them. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-recall-of-pet-food/396436/7 "2007-03-18T16:55:20Z")
[QUOTE=Ludy] Oh great. I feed my dog a food that is not on that list, but we ran out two days ago and I went to the corner store to get something to get her through until I could get to the pet store. Of course I had to pick up one of the recalled kinds :smack: Guess I am going to the store today. [/QUOTE] [Here](http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/menu03_07.html) is the FDA press release. Note that it only concerns “cuts and gravy” format wet foods, and that the affected animals exhibited specific symptoms. At this point, no causal link between the food and the illnesses has been found. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-recall-of-pet-food/396436/8 "2007-03-18T17:34:16Z")
I saw the press release, but I didn’t see that list of brands. I didn’t think I had anything to worry about (we usually feed them Pro Plan and Purina brands) but it’s good to know specifically which ones are involved. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-recall-of-pet-food/396436/9 "2007-03-18T21:26:27Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] [Here](http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/menu03_07.html) is the FDA press release. Note that it only concerns “cuts and gravy” format wet foods, and that the affected animals exhibited specific symptoms. At this point, no causal link between the food and the illnesses has been found. [/QUOTE] Right. It’s only canned and foil-packed wet pet foods. No dry foods involved.