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Sixty million containers of cat and dog food made by Menu Foods have been recalled after an unknown number of cats and dogs suffered kidney failure that was believed to be caused by the affected food. This has resulted in at least 10 deaths...
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This is a sad news. we lost our dog to kidney failure. The death is very painful.

Make sure you say that it was canned food that was recalled, not the dry kibble....

Today they added 37 more brands and the anchor on ABC at noon added the word "chow" from the report he was reading. I threw out my Fancy Feast and kibble-my cats are getting Mom's home-cookin' until this has passed and I'm reassured that mass produced pet foods are safe! These annual statistics are from Pet Industry Magazine, November 2003! How badly do you think they want this story to go away?

These are estimates compiled by Davenport and Company, and are in the US millions:

Dry Dog Food
Dog Chow, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $384.8
Puppy Chow, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $175.6
Meal Time, manufactured by Master Foods USA - $87.2
Purina ONE, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $75.2
Come 'N Get It, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $74.1
Kibbles & Chunks, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $72.3
Fit & Trim, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $58.9
Field Trial, manufactured by Sunshine Mills - $51.8
Grravy, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $ 49.7
Gravy Train, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $27.8

Wet Dog Food
Kal Kal Pedigree, manufactured by Master Foods USA - $120.4
Pedigree Choice Cuts, manufactured by Master Foods USA - $81.9
Alpo, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $79.1
Mighty Dog, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $73.3
Alpo Prime Cuts, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $71.2
Skippy, Premium, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $48.9
Pedigree Select Dinners, manufactured by Master Foods USA - $28.6
Twin Pet, manufactured by Allied Foods - $12.2
Reward, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $8.6

Semi-Moist & Soft-Dry Dog Food
Kibbles 'N Bits, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $149
Moist & Meaty, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $22.2
Moist & Beefy, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $15.4
Puppy Kibbles 'N Bits, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $3.2
Tender Chops, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $2.7
Smorgasburger, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $1.1
Dinner Rounds, manufactured by 'Private Label' - $0.9
Gaines Burgers, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $0.8
Moist & Chunky, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $0.2

Dog Treats
Milk Bones, manufactured by Kraft Foods - $132.6
Pupperoni (including Nawsomes), manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $66.6
Meaty Bones, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $42.8
Cheweez, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $44.0
Private Label Soft Chews, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $35.9
Jerky Treats, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $32.8
Purina Biscuits, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $31.4
Beggin' Strips, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $31.1
Snausages, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $26.1
Bonz, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $18.6

Dry Cat Food
Meow Mix, manufactured by Meow Mix - $190
Cat Chow, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $183
Friskies, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $137.2
9-Lives, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $67.6
Chef's Blend, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $52.8
Purina O.N.E., manufactured by Nestle Purina - $47.9
Deli-Cat, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $38.2
Kitten Chow, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $30.9
Alley Cat, manufactured by the Meow Mix Company - $24
Cat Cafe', manufactured by Sunshine Mills

Wet Cat Food
Friskies Buffet, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $316.6
9-Lives, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $216.1
Fancy Feast, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $154.8
Whiskas, manufactured by Master Foods USA - $72
ALPO Canned Cat Food, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $55.8
Purina Premium, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $29.4
Sheba, manufactured by Master Foods USA - $27.8
Figaro, manufactured by Bumble Bee - $6.8
Gourmet, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $6
Twin Pet, manufactured by Allied Foods - $4.6

Semi-Moist Cat Food
Tender Vittles, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $22
Happy Cat, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $11

Cat Treats
Pounce, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $58.2
Whisker Lickins, manufactured by Nestle Purina - $19.8
Bonkers, manufactured by Doane Pet Care - $2.4
9-Lives Finicky Bits, manufactured by Del Monte Foods - $0.7

I found info that says Purina voluntarily withdrew canned and pouches of Mighty Dog but not any other of their food. Other Purina products appear to be safe for now.

I can't find anything on any news or the FDA site that says 37 more brands were added.

I decided to make my dogs' food. I give them Solid gold dry and just a little canned but I'm going to make their food and treats.

Good Decision, Joan. I'm doing the same. I spent some time on Dogster.com and found this valuable info. There were 17 pages of posts on this thread. Here are just 2 of them:
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Yes, it is. I'm sorry to hear about your dog. We've lost three cats to kidney failure (2 of the 4 we lost between July 2005 & January 2006 were to kidney failure), so unfortunately I know more about that horrible disease in pets than I ever wanted to. With all three, though, we had to make the decision to euthanize them. We just couldn't watch them suffer knowing there was nothing more we could do.

Neither can I.

We feed our cats Solid Gold dry cat food, and I think since it's a natural holistic food it should be safe.

I found this on the LA Times website:

"The FDA said the investigation was focused on problems with wheat gluten, which the manufacturer said had been coming from a new supplier."

Solid Gold does not use wheat in their pet food products.

Thank you for posting these numbers.