Acetaminophen (Tylenol) found in dog food

[Holly_Hobby]

ExperTox, a Texas lab, found acetaminophen (a fifth possible
contaminant) in at least five samples of pet food that were submitted by pet
owners and pet manufacturers. The medication was mostly found with cyanuric
acid, and hundreds of other samples that were sent in tested positive
for melamine. The contaminants were found in pet foods that have not
been recalled.

ExperTox said that the highest level of acetaminophen was found in a
dog food sample submitted by a pet food manufacturer, but the lab is not
identifying the company. The FDA is now investigating the findings from
the lab and a FDA spokesperson says that: “what’s significant is
these things are there. They don’t belong there.”

http://www.itchmo.com/read/texas-lab-finds-acetaminophen-in-pet-food_20070605

[BrklynLiberal]

1. It will never end. There is still so much they have not told us.....

[Berry Cool]

2. Oh, that's dandy.

I don't know how dogs metabolize acetaminophen, but cats definitely cannot. Put acetaminophen in cat food and what you will have is dead cats.

[pitohui]

6. this drug is really hard on the liver

you need to be aware of when you are using it so you can avoid other strains on the liver such as alcohol

i can only imagine the effects on a cat!

[REP]

9. Answered in Post #2 - Acetaminophen Kills Cats

A toxic dose is 325 mg (one "regular strength" pill); a lethal dose is 500 mg (one "extra strength" pill). It causes anemia and Heinz-body anemia, renal papillary necrosis and other horrid things. Cats won't eat it voluntarily, so there's not a big risk of them eating a pill that goes astray, but in their food ... well, it will kill them, rather nastily.

[rucky]

3. Okay, WTF is going on?

:mad:

[Gloria]

4. Most acetaminophen, including J&J's Tylenol, is made in China....as

are a whole bunch of vitamins, inc. B-12 and C.

[pitohui]

5. no wonder their livers are crashing

i wouldn't give tylenol to a ... dog...oops, sorry, folks, couldn't resist that one i'm afraid

[magellan]

7. And once again, they won't identify the company

Any questions as to who really owns things?

[undergroundpanther]

8. The owners are invisible

Because they KNOW what evil they are doing.

[TZ]

10. I would like to see another lab confirm these findings

Thats standard practice here. If you recall, the first toxin they found was the rat poison (aminopterin?) but the results could not be confirmed in any other labs, while the melamine, and the cyanuric acid was. Until they can confirm these results, they will not reveal the sources of the food because if it does turn out that its a false positive, you have just unfairly smeared a pet food maker, and its hard to say "my bad" on something like that.