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03-20-2006, 02:29 PM | #1 |
No Longer a Member | Royal Canin recall *This is not related to the Diamond Brand news of old.* The Department of Agriculture and Markets has become aware of a recall of a ROYAL CANIN dog food. ROYAL CANIN Veterinary Diet Canine URINARY SO in gel canned product has been recalled because of excessive levels of vitamin D3. The excessive levels of vitamin D3 have resulted in 8 cases of hypercalcemia in dogs. The attached alert from the ROYAL CANIN Company contains important information concerning the recall of this product. This product is only available for purchase through veterinarians. February 2, 2006 IMPORTANT PRODUCT QUALITY NOTICE We regretfully inform you of a recently uncovered problem with our ROYAL CANIN Veterinary DietTU canned diets. Since November, we have had 8 reported cases from across the USA of hypercalceroia dogs. Clinical work-ups suggested high levels of vitamin D3. All of the dogs affected were on ROYAL CANIN Veterinary Diet(tm) Canine URINARY SO(tm) in gel canned diet. Consequently we started an exhaustive nutrient analysis of our canned products. This week, we received the independent laboratory results of these nutrient analyses. It is now clear that there are production tots of ROYAL CANIN Veterinary Diet" Canine URINARY SO(tm) in get canned product in the market with excessive levels of Vitamin D3. The following production Lots are affected (the "best before" date codes are noted on the cardboard tray pack mURINARY SO"1** m gel canned (best before 03/2007,05/2007 and 06/2007), Our records indicate that you may have purchased some of the affected products. These production code lots should not be fed to pets. Please contact, your clients currently feeding these products to determine if they are feeding an affected code tot. Our veterinarians and representatives are also available to support you at all times. You may contact your distributor for product replacement or refund. Please do not hesitate to contact you? ROYAL CANIN Veterinary Diet(tm) representative, or our technical veterinary support team at 800 592-6687 with any questions or concerns that you may have, The excess levels of Vitamin D3 in the affected production lots are due to a vitamin premix error. We have taken ! appropriate actions to ensure that this type of error does not recur. subsequent code lots have been tested and, other than the production lots noted above, can be used with confidence. We genuinely regret, that this has occurred as we piace the highest priority on the health of pets. Sincerely Denise A.Vihott BVSc PhD Dtp ACVIM Dip ACVN Director of Scientific Communications |
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03-20-2006, 03:50 PM | #3 |
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| How scary! I feed Miko Royal Canin Veterinary Hepatic food...It's dry food though, and of course, it's not the urinary one, but still scary! Thanks for posting!
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