Iams and Eukanuba are voluntary and only for certain cans and pouches;
IT SEEMS others could be mandatory.
The Menufoods site is up again. Clicking on the names brings up Excel
Spread Sheets right now, so calling 1-866-895-2708 might be best.
The Eukanuka site says this plant makes wet foods, but "when in doubt
check it out" applies so if you have these foods call to check on non-
wet ones, too, and MEANWHILE FEED SOMETHING ELSE. You might want to
check with the individual brands as well to see what info is on their
own websites. I am leading with the cat foods and not the dog foods
since some people feed cat foods whereas dogs foods are very different
in levels of taurine, fat, protein, etc. from what ferrets need. Ferret
food is still usually best, though some cat foods are fine.
Certain specific cat foods by these labels are the ones to look into
according to the Menu Foods site:
Americas Choice, Authority, Best Choice, Companion, Compliments,
Demoulas Market Basket, Fine Feline Cat, 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, My True Friend,
Nutriplan, Nutro Max Gourmet Classics, Nutro Natural Choice, Paws,
Preferred Pets, Presidents Choice, Price Chopper, Priority, Save-A-Lot,
Schnucks, Shep Dog, Sophistacat, Special Kitty, Springfield Pride,
Sprout, Total Pet, Wegmans, Western Family, White Rose, Winn Dixie
Here are the specifics for which Iams and Eukanuba canned and small
foil pouch wet foods which are on voluntary recall. Notice that other
types of Iams and Eukanuba foods are not affected. The problem was in
a manufacturing plant in Kansas which makes wet foods for a number of
companies which is why so many brands of foods are involved.
Below is part of that company's announcement.
<http://www.iamsco.com/en_US/jhtmls/iamsco/news/sw_in_News_page.jhtml?li=en_US&bc=C&pti=IN&ai=3885>
BEGIN QUOTE
P&G Pet Care Announces Voluntary Participation in Menu Foods'
Nationwide U.S. and Canadian Recall of Specific Canned and Small Foil
Pouch 'Wet' Cat and Dog Foods
Dayton, OH (March 16, 2007) -- In response to the recent Menu Foods,
Inc. nationwide recall of wet pet foods, P&G Pet Care has announced a
voluntary recall in the United States and Canada on specific 3 oz., 5.5
oz., 6 oz. and 13.2 oz. canned and 3 oz. and 5.3 oz. foil pouch "wet"
cat and dog food products manufactured by Menu Foods Inc. Emporia,
Kansas plant with the code dates of 6339 through 7073 followed by the
plant code 4197. This voluntary recall is part of a larger product
recall by Menu Foods Inc., a contract manufacturer that makes a small
portion of canned and foil pouch'wet' cat foods for Iams and Eukanuba
as well as other non-P&G brands. There have been a small number of
reported cases of cats from the US (none in Canada) becoming sick and
developing signs of kidney failure. The signs of kidney failure include
loss of appetite, vomiting, and lethargy. P&G Pet Care has received no
case reports involving dogs...
END QUOTE
In case someone needs the dog list:
Americas Choice, Authority, Award, Best Choice, Big Bet, Big Red,
Bloom, Bruiser, Cadillac, Companion, Demoulas Market Basket, Fine
Feline Cat, Food Lion, Giant Companion, Great Choice, Hannaford, Hill
Country Fare, Hy-Vee, Key Food, Laura Lynn, Loving Meals, Main Choice,
Mixables, Nutriplan, Nutro Max, My True Friend, Nutro Natural Choice,
Nutro, Ol'Roy, Paws, Pet Essentials, Pet Pride, Preferred Pets,
Presidents Choice, Price Chopper, Priority, Publix, Roche Bros,
Save-A-Lot, Schnucks, Shep Dog, Springsfield Pride, Sprout, Stater
Bros, Total Pet, Western Family, White Rose, Winn Dixie, Your Pet
Sukie (not a vet)
Current FHL address:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
[Posted in FML 5550]
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