Dog food recalled due to potentially harmful levels of vitamin D
Source: CNN
Sunshine Mills, the maker of several brands of pet food, is recalling three of its puppy and dog food products, citing potentially high levels of vitamin D that could lead to "serious health issues," including kidney failure.
The brands affected are Evolve, Sportsman's Pride and Triumph, the company said in a statement that is also posted on the US Food and Drug Administration's website.
"Vitamin D, when consumed at very high levels, can lead to serious health issues in dogs including renal dysfunction," the company said. Symptoms include vomiting, loss of appetite, increased thirst and urination, excessive drooling and weight loss.
Evolve Chicken & Rice Puppy Dry Dog Food, Sportsman's Pride Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food and Triumph Chicken & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food with a "Best Buy Date Code of November 1, 2018, through November 8, 2019" are affected and should not be fed to pets. Dogs who have eaten them and exhibit any of the symptoms should be seen by a veterinarian, the company said.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/01/us/dog-food-recall/index.html
When you start poisoning people's pets, that IS the final straw!
Woe on you Sunshine Mills.
What other brands does this two-bit company make?
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I've done just about everything one can do for justice and have received none.
These companies are greedy criminals.
They don't care abt. you and your dog/cat, etc. as they profit from their toxic products.
How much was that veterinarian's bill again I ask? Watching my beloved cat sicken and die has taken a huge chunk out of me and I won't even bother to state what toll it took on my LATE cat!
Recalls – of which there are three types – are actions taken by a firm to remove a product from the market. Recalls may be conducted on a firm's own initiative, by FDA request, or by FDA order under statutory authority.
See: https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/SafetyHealth/RecallsWithdrawals/default.htm
Note; I count 41 recalls on animal feed during 2018 from this web site (5-pages), with at least 7 relating to excess Vitamin D.
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People really NEED TO KNOW!
I'll be checking this FDA list regularly from now on.
doing a field service job at a dog food plant back in the 90s. It was disgusting, just from a walk through the plant.
Same with restaurants. When I was a volunteer firefighter, we had grease fires often in restaurant kitchens. If the public could see some of those places, they might never eat out again. The worst ones were the fancy, expensive places.
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