I am lacking time. Here are the applicable recalls for meat and poultry. Click on the dates to find out which retail stores have them. http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/Open_Federal_Cases/index.asp Notice that most -- NOT all -- are now found before they get out to the public which is a big improvement over recent years. That indicates that the USDA and FDA are beginning to rebuild and improve after the too extreme administrative cut-backs during 2001 - 2007 or so (when all heck broke loose because the cutbacks were making it impossible to find a large number of very serious risks by then so many made it to shelves in those years). Now the problems finally are usually being caught before the public is exposed. That's a major but quiet improvement that helps us all and our critters, too, so which should make all smile, knowing all are getting safer again. I don't know how much more improvement is needed to get back to the very high level of safety which existed in 2000 (not perfect, obviously, but still very good back then). Again, to know which retail stores were/are involved for the ones that made it to retail shelves click on the dates at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/Open_Federal_Cases/index.asp Diamond Pet Foods has a voluntary recall going on of Premium Edge Finicky Adult Cat and Premium Edge Hairball cat foods due to Thiamine deficiency. date codes: RAF0501A22X 18 lb, RAF0501A2X 6 lb, RAH0501A22X 18 lb, and RAH0501A2X 6 lb. <http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/news/thiamine-deficiency-causes-cat-food-recall> Nutro has a voluntary recall going on after a factory worker's plastic helmet fell into the line and was melted with some puppy food. http://www.cliniciansbrief.com/news/nutro-takes-puppy-food-shelves Sukie (not a vet) 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/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html [Posted in FML 6492]
