Once more, with feeling - pet food recall stuff

Unrelated to tainted wheat gluten or any forms of rat poison:

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday warned consumers not to use American Bullie A.B. Bull Pizzle Puppy Chews and Dog Chews as it is possibly infected with Salmonella, which can cause serious infections in dogs and cats.

That's right, folks - do not feed bovine generative members to your puppies.

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Anyway, back to the bad gluten:

Del Monte Pet Products voluntary recall:  

Following is a COMPLETE and UPDATED list of Del Monte Pet Products and Best Buy Dates that have been voluntarily recalled in the United States:

( TABLE: Mostly Ol' Roy stuff, but also some cat treats )

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In response to a news release – issued by ChemNutra Inc. during the evening of April 3, 2007 - Menu Foods today voluntarily expanded its pet food recall for selected "cuts and gravy" pet food products... to include all products manufactured with wheat gluten purchased from ChemNutra Inc. which Menu Foods' records show was first used on November 8, 2006 and last used on March 6, 2007.

As a result of actions previously taken by Menu Foods, the vast majority of the products affected by this expansion are already off retailers' shelves. No new brands have been added. A total of 20 varieties have been added to the recall list and the additional varieties are listed below. All Menu Foods products not made with the recalled wheat gluten are safe to consume.

A complete and updated list of recalled products is available at the Menu Foods website.

( TABLE: Menu Foods recall additions )

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And one more:

As a precautionary measure, Sunshine Mills, Inc. ("Sunshine"), a branded and private-label pet food manufacturer based in Red Bay, Alabama, is voluntarily recalling a portion of its branded dog biscuits made at its Red Bay, Alabama biscuit plant during part of March 2007. These brands include: Nurture Chicken & Rice, Nurture Lamb & Rice, Pet Life Large, Pet Life Extra Large, Pet Life Large Variety, Pet Life Large Peanut Butter, Lassie Lamb and Rice, and Pet Life People Pleasers Dog Treats. Private label biscuits for six of Sunshine's customers were also affected. A complete list of affected biscuit brands, sizes, and codes is available below or at our website, www.sunshinemills.com.

(I'm not including the table for this one, I'm tired of reformatting for LJ. *grin* Click-a da link.)

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FDA Pet Food Recall information page

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Annnd... paranoia and other news:

• Pet Food Melamine is a Red Herring
  
  QUESTION: Could "powerful interests" subvert this "scientific process" like they did the Climate Change issue?


• China probes source of contaminated pet food; FDA says it may have been intentional
  
  "Somebody may have added melamine to the wheat gluten in order to increase what appears to be the protein level," the FDA's Stephen Sundlof told CNN on Friday.


• To avoid gluten in your diet, consider quinoa
  
  ...celiac disease, a gluten intolerance means avoiding foods containing wheat, rye or barley (which have the protein known as gluten).


• Center for the Study of Autism: 'Leaky Gut' and the Gluten- / Casein-Free Diet
  
  Another popular intervention for autism is the gluten-/casein-free diet. Thousands of parents throughout the world have placed their children on this restricted diet and have observed dramatic improvements.