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Cargill Expands Recall of Animal, Equine Feed Due to High Levels of Aflatoxin; Eighty-Four Southern States Brands Affected
Cargill Inc. announced the recall of an astounding number of additional brands of animal feed this week, including horse feed, due to elevated aflatoxin levels. Aflatoxin is a toxin found on moldy crops that if ingested can kill animals. Cargill’s is expanding its recall to include an additional eighty-four Southern States feed brands, including eleven equine horse feed formulas, due…
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Top US pet foods test positive for aflatoxin, melamine and cyanuric acid
A consumer organization in Hong Kong found contaminates in several top US pet food brands. The Consumer Council found trace amounts of aflatoxin, melamine and cyanuric acid in both dry dog and cat foods. Brands Aflatoxin Melamine Cyanuric acid Purina One Yes 1st Choice Yes Pedrigee Yes No Frills Yes Kitekat Yes Hill’s Science Diet Yes Avoderm Yes Solid Gold…
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P&G Pet Care Quietly Recalls Iams Shakeables Dog Treats for Mold
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is quietly recalling Iams® Shakeables Soft & Chewy Treats for Dogs due to the potential for mold growth. What type of mold, P&G did not say. Nor, in fact did P&G say much of anything it seems. The notice of the recall was “announced”, oddly, on Petsmart’s Facebook page. Without knowing any further details it is…
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Dangerous Mold Found in Dog Food, Prompting Recall of Hy-Vee Brand Dog Kibble
Iowa-based grocer Hy-Vee is recalling some of its dog food for aflatoxin contamination, a dangerous mold commonly found in corn which can be lethal to pets. “Routine random tests conducted by the Iowa Department of Agriculture indicated higher than normal levels of aflatoxin in some samples of Hy-Vee dog food produced at a Kansas City plant operated by Pro-Pet, LLC,” the…
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Moldy Dog Candy Recalled via Twitter: Claudia’s Canine Cuisine Dog Candy Fruit Hound Cake and Dog Candy Blueberry Hound Cake
Just in time for Christmas – an obscure recall of Claudia’s Canine Cuisine Dog Candy Fruit Cake and Dog Candy Blueberry Cake for the possibility of mold. Now I know people are the unfortunate recipients of fruit cake during the holidays, but dogs? These two questionable dog treats, if you can call them that, were recalled via, get this, a…
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Wellness’ Sneaky Facebook Recall of Moldy Dog Food Leaves Consumers Worried
Following the recall of a Wellness brand dog food posted on Facebook a week ago, consumers are still waiting for an official announcement of the recall of the moldy dog food. Recalls posted on Facebook don’t really count. Why? Because, unless a press release is issued, the media won’t pick it up, consumers won’t find out about it, and the…
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Sandy wipes out Wellness, Holistic Select, Eagle Pack & Old Mother Hubbard websites
Hurricane Sandy wiped out at least four major pet food sites this week; all of them WellPet’s websites: Wellness, Holistic Select, Eagle Pack and Old Mother Hubbard, are down since their server suffered sever damage. They are hoping they will be back online by Friday. It may seem ridiculous to give people an update about a website outage when people…
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RECALL: Wellness dog food due to mold contamination
Wellpet slipped a notice into their Facebook page late yesterday evening that they were recalling one of their Wellness dry dog foods because it contains a higher than acceptable level of moisture. The danger with high moisture of course is that dry pet food is the perfect breeding ground for mold. And not just any mold, but Aflatoxin; A mold…
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Kroger Faces Class-Action Suit Over Pet Food Recall
Macuga, Liddle & Dublin filed a class action complaint in federal court against the Kroger Company on behalf of all customers who purchased pet food contaminated with aflatoxin, which posed a serious health risk to pets. The lawsuit facing Kroger stems from a pet food recall involving 10 brands in 19 states nearly two years ago. Following complaints by consumers…
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Wrong batch of aflatoxin contaminated dog food recalled, new batch reported: big boo-boo or little oopsy-daisy? You decide
This latest, or should I say very late, updated recall of Advanced Animal Nutrition’s Dog Power Dry Dog Food back in December, was updated today with all new date codes (lot numbers). More precisely, the recall has been corrected, as in the original recall was incorrect. The original recall had the wrong lot numbers. It’s sort of the FDA’s version…
