Comments on: ASPCA advises pet parents to pause before cooking up a storm

By: Dear Mel

Dear Mel — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:03:51 +0000

In other words, if Menufoods supplied pet food to ALL those brand names, does that mean that all the pet food out there on the market … the fancy high-priced brands AND the low-cost off-the-shelf supermarket stuff … is actually all the same stuff?

Kinda makes you wonder, doesn’t it? /Gary

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:47:38 +0000

I wish the ASPCA would concern itself with the information on the commercial food it recommends, which is virtually non-existant.

Look at ANY dog food or treat, and you will not find any information calories, RDA or other information that would help in making an informed decision.

What I found interesting about this latest incident, is that this contaminated stuff was supplied to not only the generic suppliers, but was in the expensive vet-sold products as well.

By: Jon O.

Jon O. — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 05:28:06 +0000

Hi:

I was just at the ER vet for an unrelated (not pet food) situation and spoke to the vet about the recall. Don’t mean to sound alarmist, but I’ll tell you his exact words:

“In the past 48 hours, we’ve put down 4 dogs and treated more than 40. The press is seriously under-reporting the severity of contamination. At this point, no one really has an idea about how many pets will die during this event. [implication: Many, many pets will be killed/sick from this poisoning]
The recall is still expanding. We are making our own food right now.”