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Vast quantities of recalled pet food items have been quarantined or discarded. In late March, investigators named wheat gluten as the melamine-contaminated pet food ingredient responsible for recent cases of food-poisoning. Now another ingredient, rice protein, has been identified with melamine contaminants.
Natural Balance Pet Foods has voluntarily recalled all of its Venison dog products and its dry Venison cat food after melamine was found in the food. According to Natural Balance, the source of the melamine appears to be a rice protein concentrate, which was recently added to the dry venison formulas. Natural Balance has received reports of animals vomiting and experiencing kidney dysfunction.
On Wed. April 18, the FDA expanded the pet food recall to include products with suspect rice protein concentrate. This means the list of recalled foods is still growing, and pet owners are urged to check the updated list as often as possible.
Did you know that over 5500 pet foods are now involved in the recall? Click here to see the FDA's latest list.
A month after this catastrophy began, veterinarians all across America are still seeing cases of potential food poisoning.
Unfortunately, there are still many items from the recent food recall sitting in cupboards and shelves around the country. Retailers and distributors have gone to exhaustive effort to stop the spread of contaminated food items before they make it to our pets' food bowls
The work of the FDA, the government, and private investigators are only the beginning of the food recall, the rest is up to us. In order to take full control of this problem, we need the help of every pet owner in this recall process.
Owners need to contact their veterinarians right away if they believe their pets have been exposed to the recalled food. Melamine contaminants have been linked kidney failure in pets, whose symptoms include lethargy, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive drinking of water and urinating more often than usual.
If you haven't looked at the recall list recently, you are urged to right away. The list is continually being updated with more food items.
FDA Recall List
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