Pet Food Company Recalls Dry Food
May 21, 2009 by News Hound
Pet News
Today, Nutro Products announced a voluntary recall of select varieties of NUTRO® NATURAL CHOICE® COMPLETE CARE® Dry Cat Foods and NUTRO® MAX® Cat Dry Foods with “Best If Used By Dates” between May 12, 2010 and August 22, 2010. The cat food is being voluntarily recalled in the United States and ten additional countries. This recall is due to incorrect levels of zinc and potassium in our finished product resulting from a production error by a US-based premix supplier.
Two mineral premixes were affected. One premix contained excessive levels of zinc and under-supplemented potassium. The second premix under-supplemented potassium. Both zinc and potassium are essential nutrients for cats and are added as nutritional supplements to NUTRO® dry cat food.
This issue was identified during an audit of our documentation from the supplier. An extensive review confirmed that only these two premixes were affected. This recall does not affect any NUTRO® dog food products, wet dog or cat food, or dog and cat treats.
Affected product was distributed to retail customers in all 50 states, as well as to customers in Canada, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Israel. We are working with all of our distributors and retail customers, in both the US and internationally, to ensure that the recalled products are not on store shelves. These products should not be sold or distributed further.
Consumers who have purchased affected product should immediately discontinue feeding the product to their cats, and switch to another product with a balanced nutritional profile. While we have received no consumer complaints related to this issue, cat owners should monitor their cat for symptoms, including a reduction in appetite or refusal of food, weight loss, vomiting or diarrhea. If your cat is experiencing health issues or is pregnant, please contact your veterinarian.
Consumers who have purchased product affected by this voluntary recall should return it to their retailer for a full refund or exchange for another NUTRO® dry cat food product. Cat owners who have more questions about the recall should call 1-800-833-5330 between the hours 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST
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THIS PET FOOD HAS NEVER BEEN RECALLED- I was (and still am) so outraged & scared by the continuing pet recalls that I became a representative for Life’s Abundance Pet Food. Their pet foods have NEVER been recaledl in the company’s ten-year history. Trilogy Intl. manufactures Life’s Abundance Pet Food in the USA, and their facilities are USDA certified by APHIS (Animal Plant Health Inspection Service). APHIS certification allows the sale of a finished product to the International market, including the European market, which has extremely high standards on ingredient sources- these standards are more strict than AAFCO’s standards, the pet food standards used in the USA. Under AAFCO definitions, there can be a limited amount of by-products in pet food, and the manufacturer is not required to list them on the ingredients label.
Life’s Abundance pet foods have been proven to contain organic chicken meal as the main ingredient, with absolutely NO BY-PRODUCTS of any kind. It is a safe, top-quality pet food, made with only human-grade quality ingredients. They never use corn, wheat, soy, gluten, chemical preservatives, hormones, by-products, sugars, corn syrup, animal digest, beef fats or other undigestible or artificial ingredients. In addition to healthy ingredients, only Life’s Abundance pet food contains essential fatty acids and five types of probiotics. Trilogy Intl. utilizes cruelty-free animal feeding tests, and cage-free chicken from New Zealand. They can offer competitive pricing without compromising on the ingredients or the manufacturing process because Life’s Abundance pet foods are not sold in stores. It may cost less than you think- as many pets will eat smaller portions due to the food’s nutrition density, giving your pet more servings per bag than other foods.
If you’re as scared as I was about the pet food recalls, visit today to learn more- watch our video “Do you really know what’s in your pet’s food? Compare your current brand of premium pet food to Life’s Abundance and find out why you should switch today!
And this wasn’t even a Chinese manufacturer like some of the other ‘toxic’ pet foods came from. Makes you just want to get out the rice, chicken and make it yourself!