pet food recall list ????

[aka_yorkie_mama]

ok i am not going to get on my soap box .. but its so sad that so much of our ag land is now housing and so many companys out source there work to other countrys Nike has been doing it for years to places that dont have envirometal laws or human rights and also have you heard people talking about hard to find a job ... when our major companys all outsorce to china mexico india. see no soap box well mebe a widdle soap box

[yorkieusa]

Originally Posted by KELLYLYNN

Yep, they were Waggin Train, all natural chicken treats, i'm calling Wal-marts and getting my money back..

Here's an article from yesterday:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/23/bu...l?ref=business

U.S. Is Checking Dog Treats Wal-Mart Says Are Tainted

The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that it was checking dog treats recently withdrawn from Wal-Mart’s shelves but had not yet detected any chemical or biological contamination in the Chinese-made products.

A spokeswoman for Wal-Mart Stores, the world’s largest retailer, said it was aware of other companies’ selling the suspect products to pet owners.

And China, on the defensive over the safety of its products, lashed out at the United States yesterday by claiming that American soybean exports contained pesticides, poisonous weeds and dirt.

Wal-Mart, based in Bentonville, Ark., said this week that it had stopped selling Chicken Jerky Strips from the Import-Pingyang Pet Product Company and Chicken Jerky from Shanghai Bestro Trading in July, after customers said the products sickened their pets.

Wal-Mart said 17 tests showed trace levels of melamine, the same pesticide byproduct that led to a widespread pet food recall in March after an unknown number of dogs and cats died.

An F.D.A. spokeswoman, Kimberly Rawlings, said yesterday the agency was actively investigating Wal-Mart’s products in light of the store’s removal of the items from its shelves.

She also said in an e-mail message to The Associated Press that the agency had reviewed Wal-Mart’s lab report that mentioned 20 parts per million of melamine. “This level of melamine would not be expected to result in any animal illness,” she said.

A Wal-Mart spokeswoman, Deisha Galberth, said that with such small amounts of melamine found, its laboratory recommended more testing.

Ms. Galberth said Wal-Mart was aware of other retailers that were selling the products, but she declined to identify hem.

More than 150 brands of pet food were recalled this year after American inspectors said wheat gluten from China that had been used to make the food was tainted with melamine. An unknown number of dogs and cats died.

Since then, other Chinese products, including tires, toothpaste, seafood, juice and toys decorated with lead paint have been recalled or come under scrutiny.

A distributor has announced a recall in Australia and New Zealand of Chinese-made blankets found to contain high levels of formaldehyde, a potentially cancer-causing chemical preservative that gives a permanent-press finish to clothes.

Beijing has tried to defend its safety record and reassure consumers by highlighting similar problems in other countries.

“Numerous quality problems” have been found with American soybeans, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, a Chinese watchdog agency, said in a notice posted yesterday on its Web site.

In February, one batch of beans was found to contain pesticides that constituted a “great potential hazard to the food safety of Chinese consumers,” it said.

Soybeans, which are mainly crushed for oil and used as animal feed, are the biggest single United States farm export to China, according to the American Soybean Association.

[Superstarkba]

Originally Posted by KELLYLYNN

Yep, they were Waggin Train, all natural chicken treats, i'm calling Wal-marts and getting my money back..

I would too!

[yorkieusa]

I didn't see a brand called "waggin train" on the recall list, but if it is made in china I wouldn't feed it to mine.

[KELLYLYNN]

Originally Posted by yorkieusa

I didn't see a brand called "waggin train" on the recall list, but if it is made in china I wouldn't feed it to mine.

i just called wal mart - they pulled a couple of them, and one was "waggin train" she told me to bring it back and get a refund and i asked why it was pulled and she said she couldn't answer that, it just was recalled... so i gave them some yesterday, what should i do ... Harley just came from the vets !!!

[yorkieusa]

Just don't feed them anymore. If you buy treats for your doggies, look at the box or package to see WHERE they are made.

[KELLYLYNN]

Originally Posted by yorkieusa

Just don't feed them anymore. If you buy treats for your doggies, look at the box or package to see WHERE they are made.

im going back to drsfostersmith, should of stayed with them, maybe that's what made Harley sick, i thought it was Chem lawn, oh boy... never ending, no more China nothing for me.....

[Superstarkba]

Originally Posted by KELLYLYNN

im going back to drsfostersmith, should of stayed with them, maybe that's what made Harley sick, i thought it was Chem lawn, oh boy... never ending, no more China nothing for me.....

WEll you know Dr.Foster and Smith is having a great sale!!!! I just got some of there catalogs, and if you don't receive them and you request them you get a $5 off coupon!!!!

[Tiggerwit]

Originally Posted by KELLYLYNN

im going back to drsfostersmith, should of stayed with them, maybe that's what made Harley sick, i thought it was Chem lawn, oh boy... never ending, no more China nothing for me.....

Double check the drsfostersmith first. I think they are listed as being recalled at one point per itchmo.com

[yorkieusa]

Originally Posted by KELLYLYNN

im going back to drsfostersmith, should of stayed with them, maybe that's what made Harley sick, i thought it was Chem lawn, oh boy... never ending, no more China nothing for me.....

Well, I wouldn't buy anything on-line or through catalogs unless you can first verify WHERE they are made as well as the ingredients. If they have any kind of GLUTIN in the ingredients, run for your life. Always check the Made in country as well as the ingredients.

Also, I want you guys to look at this. It was posted in April of this year and they are talking about Waggin Train:

Apr 14, 2007
my beautiful 5 year old standard poodle healthy as could be within two weeks of vet care had to be put down.
i have two products i highly suspect
beefeaters tasty strips and the
waggin train chicken strips
both from china one packaged in new jersey and the other in calif.
they have not hit the ;list; YET

http://www.topix.net/forum/source/ne...GJM6D4MVVA/p16

[Superstarkba]

Originally Posted by yorkieusa

Well, I wouldn't buy anything on-line or through catalogs unless you can first verify WHERE they are made as well as the ingredients. If they have any kind of GLUTIN in the ingredients, run for your life. Always check the Made in country as well as the ingredients.

Thats true. But you can call Dr. Foster and Smith and they should be able to tell you. They have a 24hr customer service number.

[KELLYLYNN]

Originally Posted by yorkieusa

Well, I wouldn't buy anything on-line or through catalogs unless you can first verify WHERE they are made as well as the ingredients. If they have any kind of GLUTIN in the ingredients, run for your life. Always check the Made in country as well as the ingredients.

there all natural and the company is in Wisconsin..

[KELLYLYNN]

Originally Posted by Tiggerwit

Double check the drsfostersmith first. I think they are listed as being recalled at one point per itchmo.com

wow your right they are on the recall list for chenango valley pet food lamb and rice ,,, is there anywhere i can get pet food that's not tainted !!!!!!

[Superstarkba]

I stated earlier that I feed min Solid Gold, and its never been recalled and its made in the USA.

[Superstarkba]

Originally Posted by Superstarkba

I stated earlier that I feed min Solid Gold, and its never been recalled and its made in the USA.

Heres the link, http://www.solidgoldhealth.com/faq/