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Pet Deaths Linked to Pet Food Recall Higher than Reported According to Veterinarian Website
The death toll associated with the recent pet food recall implemented by Menu Foods could be much higher than the 16 cases confirmed by the company. According to the Veterinary Information Network at least 471 cases of kidney failure due to the contaminated pet food have been reported. Of those 471 cases 104 pets have died while several others are still undergoing treatment.
The pet food recall issued on March 16 involved 95 brands of “cuts and gravy” style dog and cat food distributed by Menu Foods. A recall was ordered after several pet owners began reporting their animals became sick after eating the food. Scientists pinpointed the cause to be a rodent poison that made its way into the food supply.
Menu Foods had confirmed the deaths of 15 cats and one dog but that number is considered extremely low according to Paul Pion, the founder of Veterinary Information Network.
Pion believes the number could be in the thousands as his website has gathered information from about 10-20% of its 30,000 members.
While Menu Foods has asked retailers to pull all “cuts and gravy” style food packaged dated Dec. 3 to March 6 researchers have warned that there may be undetected hazards in the food.
A list of the recalled pet food includes Menu Foods Products listed below:
Cat foods recalled
Americas Choice; Preferred Pets; Authority; Best Choice; Companion; Compliments; Demoulas Market Basket; Fine Feline Cat, Shep Dog; Food Lion; Foodtown; Giant Companion; Good n Meaty; Hannaford; Hill Country Fare; Hy-Vee; Key Food; Laura Lynn; Li'l Red; Loving Meals; Main Choice; Nutriplan; Nutro Max Gourmet Classics; Nutro Natural Choice; Paws; Presidents Choice; Price Chopper; Priority; Save-A-Lot; Schnucks; Sophistacat; Special Kitty; Springfield Pride; Sprout; Total Pet; My True Friend; Wegmans; Western Family; White Rose; and Winn Dixie.
Dog foods recalled
America's Choice; Preferred Pets; Authority; Award; Best Choice; Big Bet; Big Red; Bloom; Bruiser; Cadillac; Companion; Demoulas Market Basket; Fine Feline Cat; Shep Dog; Food Lion; Giant Companion; Great Choice; Hannaford; Hill Country Fare; Hy-Vee; Key Food; Laura Lynn; Loving Meals; Main Choice; Mixables; Nutriplan; Nutro Max; Nutro Natural Choice; Nutro; Ol'Roy; Paws; Pet Essentials; Pet Pride; President's Choice; Price Chopper; Priority; Publix; Roche Bros; Save-A-Lot; Schnucks; Springsfield Pride; Sprout; Stater Bros; Total Pet; My True Friend; Western Family; White Rose; Winn Dixie and Your Pet.
