PET FOOD CONTAMINATED

barbaranoela · Post by **barbaranoela** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:27 pm

Anyone who has cats--dogs--

came over TV----call 1-866-463-6738
or go to menufoods.com on puter

Doug and Lori use for catz IAMS
Dog----PRIORITY---

and these were mentioned--

jUST IN CASE any of U animal peoples have NOT seen this blub~~

Barbara

Post by **tex** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:05 pm

Thanks, Mrs. Columbo,

I hadn't seen or heard about that, yet. Here is a list of all the brands of cat food that are affected, (41 brands):

http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_cat.html

And here is a list of all the dog food brands affected, (49 brands):

http://www.menufoods.com/recall/product_dog.html

This appears to be a huge recall, but it apparently involves only certain products packaged in cans and/or foil pouches. Dry products are not affected, (assuming that I'm reading the press release correctly).

Luve,
Galahad

Peggy · Post by **Peggy** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:33 pm

I believe you read it correctly Wayne, it does only effect "wet" foods.

barbaranoela · Post by **barbaranoela** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:03 pm

yup----forgot to also add---WET

B.

CAMary · Post by **CAMary** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:52 am

I read in our paper that it is due to contaminated WHEAT GLUTEN - apparently it is from a different supplier and they believe that to be the source of the problem...

Mary

Post by **tex** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:18 pm

Hmmmmmmm. If that's the case, I'll make a WAEG that the final verdict will be that the culprit is a naturally-occurring mycotoxin, called ochratoxin, primarily because it is commonly found in wheat and other grains, and ochratoxin is known to cause renal failure in animals and humans. It's a byproduct of a fungus that grows on wheat heads during grain development, in years when adverse growing conditions occur.

http://www.lfra.co.uk/eman2/fsheet3.asp

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... t=Citation

Tex

piemom · Post by **piemom** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:02 pm

Wayne, how do you know so much about everything?

Wendy

Post by **tex** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:14 pm

Hi Wendy,

Hahahahaha. Actually, I don't know very much about anything, I just know a little about a lot of things.

I used to be in the food corn business, and had to learn a lot about mycotoxins out of necessity, since corn is vulnerable to aflatoxin, which is one of the most potent mycotoxins known. I had to learn to test it, also, to assure that it was below 20 parts per billion. Feed corn has to be certified to the same level, by the way, since a lot of it goes into pet food, these days.

I think the "safe" level on ochratoxin is generally considered to be about 5 parts per million, which makes aflatoxin roughly 4,000 times more toxic than ochratoxin, FWIW.

Wayne

P S I'm just guessing that ochratoxin is the problem - I could be all wet, you know.

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:08 am

Don't let him kid you, Wendy. If he doesn't know, he'll research the subject and find out what he wants to know.

Love, Shirley

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:34 am

Wayne,

I remembered your discussion of this problem earlier and wondered if it might be the culprit. Interesting...........

And how ironic if it does turn out to be a grain like wheat or corn, since grains are not naturally part of any canine or feline diet. As you know, I have had my dog on a raw food diet since he developed an autoimmune problem. When I did research, I learned that the wolf (the ancestor of all dogs today) has no grain in its diet at all - other than if it eats a chicken or other animal that has already digested grain that it has eaten.

Love,

Polly