Sorry to hear of your loss, Jeff.

Sad for any loss to any pet owner because of this. I watched the new yesterday and a lady in Edmonton, Alberta had 1 of her cats die and the second isn't looking too good. The foil packets of cat food that she fed to them was the direct cause and was verified by the vet. I'm a pet lover so I certainly can understand pet owner's anger and sadness.

My company is not in the food industry but in the chemical industry and we have to Quality Control every raw material that comes into our building and our finished good that leaves our building. That is not to say that once in a while something might slip through but thankfully death is not an issue we have to worry about. This will most certainly hurt this company's reputation and books.

And the lawsuits begin:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6475067.stm

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Re: Joel's comment about a prior animal food problem...one I didn't know about....make one wonder. Had another cat that died from renal failure several years ago...

I start to think: why do I even feed the animal 'processed' stuff at all? Because it's on the shelves? Because that is what my parents did? What did cats eat 50 years ago?

<<Sorry to hear of your loss, Jeff.

Thank you Joel my family & I are grateful...

Jeff

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Mice

Rat poisen?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070323/ap_on_re_us/pet_food_recall

Update, and useful links:

http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/chemnutra04_07.html

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

http://www.fda.gov/

There has also been an unrelated recall on Dingo brand cat, dog, and ferret chicken jerky treats for salmonella.

Recall expanded, as melanomine found in rice gluten.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-goldstein/tainted-rice-gluten-now-l_b_46116.html

http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/naturalbalance04_07.html


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/17/health/main2696784.shtml