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Halo recalls Spot’s Stew dry cat food for toxic mold
A recall notice dated October 26, 2015 was finally released today on the FDA’s website of a recall for Halo, Purely for Pets brand Spot’s Stew Sensitive Cat Turkey kibble due to reports of mycotoxins. Halo reports that at this time no other products are affected. Halo is instructing consumers who have Spot’s Stew Sensitive Cat Turkey kibble to discontinue…
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Covert recall of moldy KONG dog treats pisses-off pet parents
Reports of a creepy covert op to quietly recall KONG-branded pet treats and chews for mold have consumers worried and upset. Very little information is known, other than the treats involved are the Kong Aussie Sticks dog treats have been quietly recalled by the product manufacturer JAKKS Pacific due to possible contamination with mold. According to a letter obtained by…
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Expanded Natura Pet Food Recall Hurts P&G’s Global Market
Procter & Gamble’s pet food sector is suffering from it’s third batch of recalls in less than two weeks; recalls that included its Iams Shakables Treats brand for mold and last weeks enormous Natura Pet Innova, EVO, California Natural, and Healthwise pet food brands for bacterial contamination — just got a whole lot bigger. Natura Pet, which unveiled the first recall…
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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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Cargill Scrooged up again – recalls spreads to more dog food contaminated with aflatoxin
Pets and consumers got Scrooged again with a flurry of recall notices released by FDA today amidst a cloud of black smoke from Ebeneezer’s coal plant. Three pet food recall press releases languished, gathering a thick layer of dust, for over two weeks at the FDA until they finally got around to publishing the additional dog foods discovered contaminated with aflatoxin.…
