http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm310916.htm For those who feed mice to their ferrets, do note that more foods have been added to this recall as more are tested. Vitamin D is oil soluble so can stay in bodies for a while meaning that there may be a risk to ferrets fed mice who had that mouse food. In dogs and ferrets too much Vitamin D in foods can cause hypercalcemia more easily than it occurs in people. That causes calcium deposits in organs like the kidneys and heart, and can be fatal if not stopped in time. The last food recall in any way applicable to ferrets which included too much Vitamin D for either dogs or ferrets was Blue Buffalo and then it turned out that they were widely using another additive which can -- and did -- release D3 in the body as well as putting in D3. As everyone knows the almost complete lack of regulation over farming and food practices in the Peoples' Republic of China has played a part in a number of recalls, including the melamine one http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/petfoodrecall/ You also know that pet jerkies made in China are currently under recall. The products given to farm animals are almost completely uncotrolled there bit some pet food makers, including at least one which sells itself as being of a high grade have used products from China, which can be a cost control measure, being able to speak of high meat content while spending less but getting unregulated products (which should be a good lesson on the importance of regulation and oversight) and no one knows yet what is causing the poisonings with the pet jerky. There was a recent article on Clenbuterol contamination of meats in China recently due to the athletes there needing to either avoiding all Chinese meat products for three weeks before matches or have special meat raised for them because this drug is so very widely found in the meats. There are other drug contaminents found at times, too, and I will have to look up what actually happened to those animals fed the jerky, but I think that I might vaguely recall liver and heart problems which are among what Clenbuterol toxicity can do in people. My time is scarce right now so if others want to look it up I have no objections. On a very brief search last night i could not find any applicable testing. Of course, even if it fits it will only be a possible candidate and nothing more. The article on the athletes http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/718720.shtml Sent from my iPad so the URLs were hand transcribed [Posted in FML 7482]