Comments on: Pet food recall: Where to register complaints http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/ "I'll see your viewpoint, and raise you mine." Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:40:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: STACY http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-12483 STACY Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:09:31 +0000 http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-12483 I HAVE WORKED WITH THIS COMPANY MANY YEARS AND WAS APPALLED AT THE WAY SOME THE PRODUCT WAS BEING DONE EMPLOYEES WALKING OVER IT IN THE STORAGE BINS, RECLAIMING IT OFF THE FLOOR TO REPACKAGE, THE STUFF THAT THE METAL DETECTORS DID NOT KICK OUT GOT PACKAGED I WAS AS SHAMMED TO HAVE PACKED IT I EVEN GOT IN TROUBLE SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF REPORTING THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT TO THE LAB FOR TESTING AND NOT TO MENTION THE WAY IT TREATS ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THAT TRY TO WORK FOR THEM LOOK AT THE TURN OVER RATE, THE MANAGEMENT NEEDS A HUGE OVERHAUL!!! THE QUALITY IS NO GOOD ALOT OF THE EMPLOYEES DO NOT EVEN BUY THE PET FOOD DOG OR CAT! STACY ZIMMERMAN I HAVE WORKED WITH THIS COMPANY MANY YEARS AND WAS APPALLED AT THE WAY SOME THE PRODUCT WAS BEING DONE EMPLOYEES WALKING OVER IT IN THE STORAGE BINS, RECLAIMING IT OFF THE FLOOR TO REPACKAGE, THE STUFF THAT THE METAL DETECTORS DID NOT KICK OUT GOT PACKAGED I WAS AS SHAMMED TO HAVE PACKED IT I EVEN GOT IN TROUBLE SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF REPORTING THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT TO THE LAB FOR TESTING AND NOT TO MENTION THE WAY IT TREATS ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THAT TRY TO WORK FOR THEM LOOK AT THE TURN OVER RATE, THE MANAGEMENT NEEDS A HUGE OVERHAUL!!! THE QUALITY IS NO GOOD ALOT OF THE EMPLOYEES DO NOT EVEN BUY THE PET FOOD DOG OR CAT!

STACY ZIMMERMAN

]]> By: Jeri http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-8056 Jeri Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:59:05 +0000 http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-8056 The following is my e-mail and complaint to Iam's:We use Eukanuba Low Residue and now you are changing the name to Iam's Low Residue. Even though Iam's owns Eukanuba I still do not trust the name change to Iams. Eukanuba low residue saved my dogs life after she had tainted Iams dry food and tainted nutro max wet. This is a bad idea for you to take out the name"Eukanuba" from your low residue. I will always feel that you have changed the formual and will again sicken my dog. Bad idea. And if my dog gets sick from the change to Iams Low residue I will take my $2,000.+ in Vet bills from December thru March and the new Vet bills and file a law suit against Iam's. So, you see that this stupid idea to drop Eukanuba from the bag is a very bad idea, change it back !!!!! Or loose me and probably many other customers, too! You prove to me that the formaula has not changed and that the following tainted ingredients are not in the new packaging of Low Residue: all gluten including wheat,corn, and gluten meal. All tainted protein, such as, rice and corn or any other tainted protein. For that matter as long as you use Menu foods out of China I will never again competely trust Iam's. Thanks for a life long fear and stress about what I feed my cats and dogs. By the way,June thru August 2007, IVD product, made my cat deathly ill and when we stopped using it and gave him Whiskas he got well. How about that? Food is still poisoned out there and it is a crime how much of this is being covered up. The following is my e-mail and complaint to Iam’s:We use Eukanuba Low Residue and now you are changing the name to Iam’s Low Residue. Even though Iam’s owns Eukanuba I still do not trust the name change to Iams. Eukanuba low residue saved my dogs life after she had tainted Iams dry food and tainted nutro max wet. This is a bad idea for you to take out the name”Eukanuba” from your low residue. I will always feel that you have changed the formual and will again sicken my dog. Bad idea. And if my dog gets sick from the change to Iams Low residue I will take my $2,000.+ in Vet bills from December thru March and the new Vet bills and file a law suit against Iam’s. So, you see that this stupid idea to drop Eukanuba from the bag is a very bad idea, change it back !!!!! Or loose me and probably many other customers, too! You prove to me that the formaula has not changed and that the following tainted ingredients are not in the new packaging of Low Residue: all gluten including wheat,corn, and gluten meal. All tainted protein, such as, rice and corn or any other tainted protein. For that matter as long as you use Menu foods out of China I will never again competely trust Iam’s. Thanks for a life long fear and stress about what I feed my cats and dogs. By the way,June thru August 2007, IVD product, made my cat deathly ill and when we stopped using it and gave him Whiskas he got well. How about that? Food is still poisoned out there and it is a crime how much of this is being covered up.

]]> By: chris bittle http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-1039 chris bittle Wed, 09 May 2007 19:20:59 +0000 http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-1039 So sorry for your loss. I have been going around and around with vets a bad? food it seem. I bought some low residue in the can and today my little Yorkie who has been sick of and on since Nov. Please let me know if you find out anything about this food. I am in the high $$ and now they want just to run more test.I called the factory and many other and all said food was fine.Thank you, Chris So sorry for your loss. I have been going around and around with vets a bad? food it seem. I bought some low residue in the can and today my little Yorkie who has been sick of and on since Nov. Please let me know if you find out anything about this food. I am in the high $$ and now they want just to run more test.I called the factory and many other and all said food was fine.Thank you, Chris

]]> By: patricia http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-405 patricia Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:34:08 +0000 http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-405 Hi Stephanie, I f I were you I'd call the FDA to report the food that you think your dog died of. The more reports of certain foods will prompt the FDA to test those certain brands and hopefully recall them if tainted. You could save the lives of other dogs that are eating that food now. By the way, I have been cooking for my dogs as soon as I heard bad news about the dry cat food on the recall. I'm very sorry to hear about your dog. Hi Stephanie,
I f I were you I’d call the FDA to report the food that
you think your dog died of. The more reports of certain
foods will prompt the FDA to test those certain brands
and hopefully recall them if tainted. You could save the
lives of other dogs that are eating that food now.
By the way, I have been cooking for my dogs as soon
as I heard bad news about the dry cat food on the recall.
I’m very sorry to hear about your dog.

]]> By: Laurel http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-287 Laurel Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:23:40 +0000 http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-287 Hello Stephanie, Sorry to hear about losing your dog before her time, there are too many people who know what that feels like. My mother's 5yr old Border Collie recently died of kidney failure, there is no reason she should have except that she ate a chew bone containing wheat gluten the day prior to getting sick. It was not made by a company on the recall list either, it was by Goodlife Recipe. There was no possibility of antifreeze poisoning with her dog. Let me know if your University can do the tests, we don't know where to take our samples and the vet could not find another cause but doesn't know where to send samples. Hello Stephanie,

Sorry to hear about losing your dog before her time, there are too many people who know what that feels like.

My mother’s 5yr old Border Collie recently died of kidney failure, there is no reason she should have except that she ate a chew bone containing wheat gluten the day prior to getting sick. It was not made by a company on the recall list either, it was by Goodlife Recipe. There was no possibility of antifreeze poisoning with her dog.

Let me know if your University can do the tests, we don’t know where to take our samples and the vet could not find another cause but doesn’t know where to send samples.

]]> By: SoCalMuchacha http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-256 SoCalMuchacha Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:02:33 +0000 http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-256 Sorry for your tragic loss, Stephanie. They have said that many of the symptoms sick pets were exhibiting from the tainted food were quite similar to that of antifreeze, so I understand your concern. I think taking the food you have to be analyzed is a fabulous idea. Especially since this recall continues to change and expand as time goes on. Who is to say that at some point they may not possibly have the food you were feeding on the list. Yes, it may be a long shot, but with the way things are progressing with this mess, I wouldn't be surprised by anything. Please let us know if you do get the food analyzed, and what the outcome is. While the findings obviously won't bring your sweet poochie back, at least it will help answer some of those haunting questions you have. Take care. Sorry for your tragic loss, Stephanie. They have said that many of the symptoms sick pets were exhibiting from the tainted food were quite similar to that of antifreeze, so I understand your concern.

I think taking the food you have to be analyzed is a fabulous idea. Especially since this recall continues to change and expand as time goes on. Who is to say that at some point they may not possibly have the food you were feeding on the list. Yes, it may be a long shot, but with the way things are progressing with this mess, I wouldn’t be surprised by anything. Please let us know if you do get the food analyzed, and what the outcome is. While the findings obviously won’t bring your sweet poochie back, at least it will help answer some of those haunting questions you have. Take care.

]]> By: Stephanie McTee http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-239 Stephanie McTee Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:55:51 +0000 http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-239 This is my first time posting anything. I am wondering if there is anyone else that lost a pet to Kidney failure around January? My dog food is not on the list and it was dry food as well as my cat's food special kitty. So I have two dry pet foods, 1 dog ( thriving Border Collie under 2) passed and the cats are fine. My concern jumped even more when I heard they released news of a dry cat food being contaminated. I wondered how this recall would only apply to the moist foods. If anyone else has experienced this I would love to hear. My vet insisted it was antifreeze however the Kidney was not crystalized, also they day prior to putting her down I took her into the vet for what I thought to be depression and the vet said she was fine they forced some (small amount) of Eukanuba low-residue-adult food into her. Next day she was failing bad and I rushed her in and they said her Kidneys were gone. I plan to take this food to our local University and see if they can test it. Please any feedback suggestions would be great. I have not even started to process of complaints. This has been very disturbing and has haunted me everyday. This is my first time posting anything. I am wondering if there is anyone else that lost a pet to Kidney failure around January? My dog food is not on the list and it was dry food as well as my cat’s food special kitty. So I have two dry pet foods, 1 dog ( thriving Border Collie under 2) passed and the cats are fine. My concern jumped even more when I heard they released news of a dry cat food being contaminated. I wondered how this recall would only apply to the moist foods.

If anyone else has experienced this I would love to hear. My vet insisted it was antifreeze however the Kidney was not crystalized, also they day prior to putting her down I took her into the vet for what I thought to be depression and the vet said she was fine they forced some (small amount) of Eukanuba low-residue-adult food into her. Next day she was failing bad and I rushed her in and they said her Kidneys were gone.

I plan to take this food to our local University and see if they can test it.

Please any feedback suggestions would be great. I have not even started to process of complaints. This has been very disturbing and has haunted me everyday.

]]> By: SoCalMuchacha http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-235 SoCalMuchacha Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:17:23 +0000 http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-235 Alasandra, I'm SO glad I could help you. Heck, if you're the only one that found the information they needed, then I know it was time well spent on my part. Very sorry about your loss. Catmanager, thanks so much for the info on the USDA having a list. Your link didn't want to work for me, but I did <a href="http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/sregs/official.html" rel="nofollow">find a list</a> there using their search engine. I'm in the process of comparing their list to the one I compiled and have decided to add either "compiled" <em>(meaning information from various sources is included in my list)</em> or "from state web site" <em>(meaning information was taken directly from that state's web site for my list)</em> next to each state, Canada, Guam, and Puerto Rico. As for the lists I used and linked, I linked them mostly just so folks could see where I got some of my information from, even though none of them seems to have the most up-to-date information. I did see that the USDA had a couple instances of state information different than what the actual state web site had. Like I said before, soooo confusing for everyone, isn't it? You think there would be ONE main list SOMEWHERE that is up-to-date and accurate...sigh. Cadaveo, thank you very much for your kind words! And I agree with you that hopefully some good can come out of all this misery so many are feeling. Alasandra, I’m SO glad I could help you. Heck, if you’re the only one that found the information they needed, then I know it was time well spent on my part. Very sorry about your loss.

Catmanager, thanks so much for the info on the USDA having a list. Your link didn’t want to work for me, but I did find a list there using their search engine. I’m in the process of comparing their list to the one I compiled and have decided to add either “compiled” (meaning information from various sources is included in my list) or “from state web site” (meaning information was taken directly from that state’s web site for my list) next to each state, Canada, Guam, and Puerto Rico. As for the lists I used and linked, I linked them mostly just so folks could see where I got some of my information from, even though none of them seems to have the most up-to-date information. I did see that the USDA had a couple instances of state information different than what the actual state web site had. Like I said before, soooo confusing for everyone, isn’t it? You think there would be ONE main list SOMEWHERE that is up-to-date and accurate…sigh.

Cadaveo, thank you very much for your kind words! And I agree with you that hopefully some good can come out of all this misery so many are feeling.

]]> By: cadeveo http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-234 cadeveo Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:34:01 +0000 http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-234 You've provided a good service here, SoCalMuchacha. Your compassion is very much appreciated. I feel it's worth the consideration of current pet owners to find out how it was that their parents and granparents prepared their dogs food and followed suit--cooking real meat, boiling bone and marrow (that's what dogs are intended to eat evolutionarily, it seems. Granted it's more time consuming than buying canned food; but making ourselves more and more dependent on massive companies whose big honchos are bufferred from ever really "seeing" us as people will only make the likelihood of a repeat of this issue grow. Rely not on these companies, but on yourselves and your community). Condolensces to all who've lost their pets due to this still unexplained poisoning. Somehow, may something good come out of this situation that will help to comfort you in your loss. You’ve provided a good service here, SoCalMuchacha. Your compassion is very much appreciated. I feel it’s worth the consideration of current pet owners to find out how it was that their parents and granparents prepared their dogs food and followed suit–cooking real meat, boiling bone and marrow (that’s what dogs are intended to eat evolutionarily, it seems. Granted it’s more time consuming than buying canned food; but making ourselves more and more dependent on massive companies whose big honchos are bufferred from ever really “seeing” us as people will only make the likelihood of a repeat of this issue grow. Rely not on these companies, but on yourselves and your community).
Condolensces to all who’ve lost their pets due to this still unexplained poisoning. Somehow, may something good come out of this situation that will help to comfort you in your loss.

]]> By: catmanager http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-233 catmanager Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:33:57 +0000 http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-233 Hi, please notet that the list of state veterinarians you link to is not up to date. I think you'll find <A>this USDA Web site</A> has the most up-to-date information. Hi, please notet that the list of state veterinarians you link to is not up to date. I think you’ll find this USDA Web site has the most up-to-date information.

]]> By: Alasandra http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-232 Alasandra Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:16:24 +0000 http://socalmuchacha.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/pet-food-recall-where-to-register-complaints/#comment-232 Thank you for providing the link to the State Veterinarian. My cat, Whiskers, died of kidney failure after eating the Special Kitty Pouch Cat Food. I have already contacted the FDA, but I couldn't find the info for the State Veterinarian. Thank you for providing the link to the State Veterinarian. My cat, Whiskers, died of kidney failure after eating the Special Kitty Pouch Cat Food. I have already contacted the FDA, but I couldn’t find the info for the State Veterinarian.

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