Petfood worries

This is just gross Nebraska By-Products converts unwanted dead animals into high-energy dog food, other useful products. And this just makes us sick A year to forget at Menu Foods
It was a year Paul Henderson says he would rather forget.

From the moment he initiated a recall of 60 million cans and pouches of pet food in 2007, the chief executive of Menu Foods Income Fund knew life would never be the same

We wishes we could forget March 2007, we wishes Menu Foods hadn't poisoned our beloved Whiskers. Mr. Henderson we will never forget that our Whiskers died because you sold food that was not safe for  pets to eat.

For pet food retailers and sellers looking for quality products, Menu’s name remains at the top of the list, Mr. Henderson insists.


“We certainly didn’t seem to have much anonymity at the time [of the recall]. But the individuals who were in positions of decision-making, who had access to the facts, gave us comfort in our ability to weather this,” Mr. Henderson said. “Menu’s reputation in the industry remains one of a very high quality manufacturer who just happened to have been a victim of fraud.”

Note from Alasandra
I would never EVER consider purchasing a product that had any connection with Menu Foods. But now I am wondering about Diamond Pet Foods

The Chicken Soup for Cat Lovers was highly recommend to me, but when I realized it was made by Diamond I wondered if it was safe in light of the recent recalls involving Diamond.

I have been feeding The Chicken Soup for Cat Lovers (canned) to  Socks, Scylla & Charybdis in an effort to get Socks to come in at night. Socks & Scylla are fine but Charybdis is having trouble breathing. The vet said it was a possible allergic reaction and I wonder if it is to the food. She is suppose to be on canned catfood only in order not to irritate her throat and she seemed to get worse after eating last night. It may be totally unrelated to the food.

The vet said it was possible sinus allergies, some sort of respiratory virus, an allergic reaction to something like a bee sting, or asthma, but now I am obsessing about the food.

7 comments:

Daisy said...

It is impossible not to worry about foods the way this industry is so poorly regulated.

I hope Charybdis will be all better soon.

The Creek Cats said...

I am also obsessing about food. I have even tried going the homemade raw food route, and with 7 cats it's going to be a big job. Only 2 of he 7 would eat what I made.

Tama-Chan, Benny, Vidock, Violette, Ollie, Heloise, Momo, Ryu said...

This is an ongoing issue for all of us. There are unfortunately just too many unscrupulous people out there for whom a quick buck is a lot more important than healthy pets.

♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...

It has not been very good lately with all the different pet food issues - so hard to know what to do. We are feeding the pups EVO right now and so far so good. But one always worries.

Woos, the OP Pack

Islay said...

icky - why not just go to the fish market? The men there are always happy to give scraps to kitties!

cosmic lickies
from Charlie's human alone

The Island Cats said...

You are not alone. Ever since the pet food recall, our mom is obsessed about what she feeds us.

Quill and Greyson said...

Between the fussy eaters and the unacceptable manufacturers it is so hard to find a quality food!

Fin is so finicky. Hope Charybdis is okay very soon.

Meg