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P & G recalls some IAMS canned food
Yes another recall. More info can be found he
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm214996.htm It only involves a single type of IAMS canned food at this time. rh |
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P & G recalls some IAMS canned food
"rhelsenborg" wrote in message ... Yes another recall. More info can be found he http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm214996.htm It only involves a single type of IAMS canned food at this time. rh It really is only fair to mention that there is nothing wrong with the food. It isn't going to hurt anyone's cat. It just has less vitamin B1 than advertised and could be a problem if a cat had that particular food from that particular batch as its only diet for months on end. Jo |
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P & G recalls some IAMS canned food
On 6/9/2010 6:28 PM, Jofirey wrote:
"rhelsenborg" wrote in message ... Yes another recall. More info can be found he http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm214996.htm It only involves a single type of IAMS canned food at this time. rh It really is only fair to mention that there is nothing wrong with the food. It isn't going to hurt anyone's cat. It just has less vitamin B1 than advertised and could be a problem if a cat had that particular food from that particular batch as its only diet for months on end. Jo True enough but if the cat did eat the food from that batch for months they could suffer from thiamine deficiency: Diagnostic testing indicated that the product may contain insufficient levels of thiamine (Vitamin B1), which is essential for cats. Cats that were fed these canned products as their only food are at greater risk for developing signs of thiamine deficiency. Early signs of thiamine deficiency may include loss of appetite, salivation, vomiting and weight loss. In advanced cases, signs may include ventroflexion (downward curving) of the neck, wobbly gait, falling, circling and seizures. Contact your veterinarian immediately if your cat is displaying any of these signs. If treated promptly, thiamine deficiency is typically reversible. Better to be forewarned then not to know at all. But I think the risk is probably minimal as how many people feed their cat or cats that food out of the hundreds of food brands available during the limited time frame indicated. rh |
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P & G recalls some IAMS canned food
"Jofirey" wrote in message ... "rhelsenborg" wrote in message ... Yes another recall. More info can be found he http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm214996.htm It only involves a single type of IAMS canned food at this time. rh It really is only fair to mention that there is nothing wrong with the food. It isn't going to hurt anyone's cat. It just has less vitamin B1 than advertised and could be a problem if a cat had that particular food from that particular batch as its only diet for months on end. I will not feed Boyfie on anything that has ever been touched by China. He has Whiskas. I know it is not considered to be a premium food, but I know where it is made, only 12 miles away from here and I also know that some humans they employ have to eat it to make sure it's safe and palatable. Wouldn't be a job I would want - cat food taster, eh? but I do know that their food is safe and they do not source their meat from China. Tweed |
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P & G recalls some IAMS canned food
On 6/10/2010 9:51 AM, Christina Websell wrote:
wrote in message ... wrote in message ... It really is only fair to mention that there is nothing wrong with the food. It isn't going to hurt anyone's cat. It just has less vitamin B1 than advertised and could be a problem if a cat had that particular food from that particular batch as its only diet for months on end. I will not feed Boyfie on anything that has ever been touched by China. He has Whiskas. I know it is not considered to be a premium food, but I know where it is made, only 12 miles away from here and I also know that some humans they employ have to eat it to make sure it's safe and palatable. Wouldn't be a job I would want - cat food taster, eh? but I do know that their food is safe and they do not source their meat from China. If you are sure of the meat source that is cool. Sometimes it is not easy to tell where all of the components of cat food come from. For example during the big recall a few years back one of the foods on the list had that it was a product of Canada. But it did contain what gluten from China. rh |
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P & G recalls some IAMS canned food
"rhelsenborg" wrote in message ... On 6/10/2010 9:51 AM, Christina Websell wrote: wrote in message ... wrote in message ... It really is only fair to mention that there is nothing wrong with the food. It isn't going to hurt anyone's cat. It just has less vitamin B1 than advertised and could be a problem if a cat had that particular food from that particular batch as its only diet for months on end. I will not feed Boyfie on anything that has ever been touched by China. He has Whiskas. I know it is not considered to be a premium food, but I know where it is made, only 12 miles away from here and I also know that some humans they employ have to eat it to make sure it's safe and palatable. Wouldn't be a job I would want - cat food taster, eh? but I do know that their food is safe and they do not source their meat from China. If you are sure of the meat source that is cool. Sometimes it is not easy to tell where all of the components of cat food come from. For example during the big recall a few years back one of the foods on the list had that it was a product of Canada. But it did contain what gluten from China. I haven't forgotten the melamine that China put in cat/dog food to raise the protein levels, and that killed so many beloved cats & dogs in the USA. I would not touch IAMs with a barge pole. They advertise a premium, quite expensive food and they let the ingredients come from China and cause deaths. Nope. My boy gets food manufactured 12 miles away and they promise nothing touches their food that has been anywhere near China. I'd actually like to feed him on food I prepare myself, but he won't have it - nothing that doesn't have a picture of a cat on the box/tin/pouch will touch his lips, he sez. Tweed |
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P & G recalls some IAMS canned food
On Jun 18, 11:24*am, "Christina Websell"
wrote: "rhelsenborg" wrote in message ... On 6/10/2010 9:51 AM, Christina Websell wrote: *wrote in message ... *wrote in message ... It really is only fair to mention that there is nothing wrong with the food. *It isn't going to hurt anyone's cat. *It just has less vitamin B1 than advertised and could be a problem if a cat had that particular food from that particular batch as its only diet for months on end. I will not feed Boyfie on anything that has ever been touched by China.. He has Whiskas. *I know it is not considered to be a premium food, but I know where it is made, only 12 miles away from here and I also know that some humans they employ have to eat it to make sure it's safe and palatable. Wouldn't be a job I would want - cat food taster, eh? *but I do know that their food is safe and they do not source their meat from China. If you are sure of the meat source that is cool. Sometimes it is not easy to tell where all of the components of cat food come from. For example during the big recall a few years back one of the foods on the list had that it was a product of Canada. But it did contain what gluten from China. I haven't forgotten the melamine that China put in cat/dog food to raise the protein levels, and that killed so many beloved cats & dogs in the USA. I would not touch IAMs with a barge pole. *They advertise a premium, quite expensive food and they let the ingredients come from China and cause deaths. Nope. *My boy gets food manufactured 12 miles away and they promise nothing touches their food that has been anywhere near China. I'd actually like to feed him on food I prepare myself, but he won't have it - nothing that doesn't have a picture of a cat on the box/tin/pouch will touch his lips, he sez. Tweed I, too, have quite a long memory of the Iams pet food melamine sneaky ploy not so long ago at that. To this day I buy no Iams food of any kind. There also was melamine in human *candy* not so long ago, and I cringe when I see that brand (which Hershey dropped like a *hot potato*, LOL) on the shelves at really cheap prices and people snapping it up. There is NO LIMIT to the subcontractors' gall and ingenuity in saving money at the cost of lives and health. Good for you, Tweed. |
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P & G recalls some IAMS canned food
On Jun 18, 1:08*pm, Jack Campin - bogus address
wrote: I will not feed Boyfie on anything that has ever been touched by China. He has Whiskas. *I know it is not considered to be a premium food, but I know where it is made, only 12 miles away from here Whiskas is such a widely sold product that it must be made in dozens of factories. *Can you decode the lot number on the tin to work out where yours came from? *(The last one I saw had a code including "GB", which suggests it was made in Britain, but there were both British and Irish contact addresses). Hey, Jack, I researched 3 sources and discovered....are you ready for this?....that Whiskas cat food is one of multiple "global" brand names used by a huge *candy* conglomerate popular both in your UK and in USA called *MARS, INC.*. This blew my mind equal to long ago discovering the biggest marketers of orange juice in USA is owned and operated by the two biggest soft drink conglomerates here. I am tired to trying to find origin of your Whiskas cans, UK or GB or Ireland. Good luck with finding out on your own. Some people are fascinated by what they can turn up online about both people and corporate doings, in public records accessible to anyone. I'm one of them. We have not even touched the outsourcing to subcontractors. |
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P & G recalls some IAMS canned food
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
I will not feed Boyfie on anything that has ever been touched by China. He has Whiskas. I know it is not considered to be a premium food, but I know where it is made, only 12 miles away from here Whiskas is such a widely sold product that it must be made in dozens of factories. Can you decode the lot number on the tin to work out where yours came from? (The last one I saw had a code including "GB", which suggests it was made in Britain, but there were both British and Irish contact addresses). It's true. You need a private detective to figure out where all the different ingredients that are in a can of food came from - and they could all be from different places. Which is why I think it's impossible to "boycott China", as much as I'd like to. Besides, why assume China is the only culprit? I'm sure some manufacturers in other places have cottoned on to these cost-cutting tricks as well. China's food-regulation body is (or was) very corrupt, but the same could be true in other places. For that matter, I don't trust the FDA (US's food/drug-regulators) all that much. Anyone remember fen-phen? Some officials in the FDA objected to it because they knew of the dangers, but they managed to get it signed off anyway. There was big money to be made, after all. Joyce -- Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia. -- Joseph Wood Krutch |
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