Pet Food Recall Expanded from Menu Foods

On April 5, 2007, Menu Foods located in Canada has voluntarily expanded the already horrifying pet food recall to cover even more dates than was previously covered in their food recall that covers more than 100 brands of pet food. Pet owners sit around anxiously reading labels and trying to decipher ingredients while the recall list grows almost daily.

When the recall was, first starting many will remember that the recall only included Menu Foods that was manufactured from December 3, 2006 up until March 6, 2007. This has been changed to bring the date of the recall up to November 8, 2006 until March 6, 2007. The recall has been linked to contaminated wheat gluten that was purchased from ChemNutra Inc. The good news is that ChemNutra Inc is no longer the current source of the wheat gluten after the contaminated batch they imported from Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Company in Wangdien, China.

The recall of the various pet foods now covers wet and dry foods all across the country. The has even been pet treats added recently to the recalls making it even more frightening for pet owners to give their beloved pets food. As the companies continue with the massive widespread recall many are forced to start looking for homemade pet food recipes to avoid the tragedy of the kidney failure linked to these recalls.

The recall scare is always badly shaken when a new brand is added to the list, as well as when more pictures of poor ill pets surface that became ill from eating the contaminated food. Treasure your pets, and carefully read the ingredient labels to avoid having a tragedy in your home. Stay tuned for more pet food recall news, as it is available.