Texas lab finds apin medicine in pet food
Texas lab finds apin medicine in pet food
By Karen Roebuck
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating a Texas laboratory's finding of acetaminophen in dog and cat food, an agency spokesman said Monday.
"We're very interested in being able to test these samples ourselves to determine the levels of those contaminants," said FDA spokesman Doug Arbesfeld. "What's significant is these things are there. They don't belong there."
The pain medication is the fifth contaminant found in pet foods during the past 2 1/2 months and can be toxic or lethal to pets, especially cats. It is not known if any animals became sick with acetaminophen poisoning, or died from it.
"We were looking for cyanuric acid and melamine, and the acetaminophen just popped up," Donna Coneley, lab operations manager for ExperTox Inc. in Deer Park, Texas, told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review yesterday. "It definitely was a surprise to find that in several samples."
Dog food sold in Wal-Mart recalled
Dog food sold in Wal-Mart recalled
By The Associated Press
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
MANASSAS, Va. (AP)
A pet food maker today recalled some of its dog food sold exclusively at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. because of concerns about possible salmonella contamination.
The recall issued by Brentwood, Tenn.-based Doane Pet Care Co. is unrelated to recent pet food recalls connected to tainted Chinese proteins used in some pet food production.
Only a single batch of 55-pound bags of Ol' Roy Complete Nutrition dog food is being recalled. The dog food was produced at a plant in Manassas and distributed to 69 Wal-Mart stores in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Ohio. Forty of the stores are in Virginia.
The company recalled the dog food after the Food and Drug Administration detected the presence of salmonella. People handling the food could potentially be exposed to the bacteria, along with pets that eat the food. The company said no illnesses have been reported.
Affected bags have the code 04 0735 1 and a "best by" date of April 13, 2008.
Doane Pet Care is a division of the privately held, McLean-based Mars Inc. manufacturer of candy and pet foods.
Consumers with questions can call 800-624-7387 or find further information online.
This is going to be the death of me!
littlek
littlek wrote:This is going to be the death of me!
Not if you stop eating pet food.
BBB :wink:
BumbleBeeBoogie
Your link goes to the main page. Is this the page you wanted the link to go to?
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_060607_3
TTH
Yes, that site the best source for pet food recall updates.
BBB
I wasn't sure if that is the page you wanted to link. Actually click on your link in your post: 2698888
It says something like whoops that page does not exist and the look on the dog's face is priceless.
