IF you are in the U.S. sign up for the automatic alerts from the USDA
and FDA:

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/2008_news_releases/index.asp

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/default.htm

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

[Moderator's note: For recalls specific to pet food, I'd suggest:
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/newpetfoodrecalls/       BIG]

[Posted in FML 6563]