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water consumption and changes in the frequency or amount of . It was advised that pets exhibiting these symptoms should be taken for veterinary care as soon as possible, even if the animal of the again called pet food , as these characters can be indicative of other illnesses. Ultrasounds of animals who have eaten the contaminated food in most cases show cortical echogenicity, perirenal fluid and pyelectasia. One of the largest veterinary hospital chains in the U.S., Banfield clinics , has released statistics on the recent rates of pet kidney failure. Banfield's veterinarians treat an estimated 6 percent of the nation's cats and dogs, and their findings provide "the most authoritative picture of the harm done by the tainted cat and dog food," according to the FDA. Based on analysis of data collected by more than 600 hospitals and clinics in 43 states, out of every 10,000 cats and dogs seen in Banfield clinics, three developed kidney failure during , which time pet food with contaminated

we require volunteer to help get recalled food off store shelves. Read post at Spocko s Brain for instructions. Print a list (or two) on this site. Visit stores, then report safe stores here at Itchmo.com. Printing Information: the head fda pet food recall page which is this handy to show retailers who haven t heard anything about the recall. (3 pages) 2. Print the list of 14 Major National Brands - it includes flavors and date information where applicable so you can tell if specific products for these brands have been recalled. The brands are: Alpo Prime Cuts, Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover s Soul, Doctors Foster and Smith, Eukanuba, Gravy Train, Hill s Science Diet, Iams, Jerky Treats, Lick Your Chops, Mighty Dog Pouches, Natural Balance, Nutro, Pounce, Royal Canin. (It s 7 pages and includes FDA contact information.) 3. Print the List of all labels it

while a demand of grain products unknowingly contaminated with melamine makes for a convenient business lie. That doesn't work for cyanuric acid contaminated with acetaminophen, which is not allowed in food under any circumstances. Perhaps the most patently absurd lie being told by Menu Foods is the claim they were unaware they pet food allotted, which contains deadly poison substances for past 4 months before they noticed it. The claim is they accidentally discovered the problem as a result of "regular" food testing trials at the end of February. The initial claim was such tests are conducted at least quarterly. Menu Foods has also admitted the manufacture of contaminated food dates back to at least November. That being the case, Menu Foods was well aware the food contained poisons deadly to pets no later than December as a result of the previous quarter's taste tests. You might ask why Menu Foods would delay the recall for months, knowing pets were dying slow and terrible deaths with every hour the recall was delayed. $350 million in annual revenue is why. With a third of a billion dollar market share at stake, criminals do not admit to criminal acts. The cover up required that they allow enough time to pass to let every last can of poisoned food be consumed by pets, or discarded by the pet's owner after the death of the pet, in order to destroy the evidence.

while sources vary, it is estimated there are 80 million cats and 70 million dogs in the US. At that rate, it would be expected that 415,000 cats and 182,000 dogs would die of kidney failure in any given 3 month period. A 30% increase caused by poisoned food would come to a total of 180,000 dogs and cats. The "16 confirmed cases" quote, so popular with the media, has largely been openly debunked at this late date, although some sources still insist on repeating it. The current trend is to quote hundreds to several thousand. Those numbers are still orders of magnitude too low. As of this writing, the FDA has reported 18,000 cases pet food in connection of standing poisonings, with half of the reports entered into their systems resulting in death. The FDA alone has 9 , 000 reported over pet food in connection deaths which were, and this calculates only for those willing to take time to file a complaint. The 180,000 figure is consistent with the FDA statistics if 5% of pet deaths have been reported. Considering how difficult it has been to get through to the FDA, and less than easy to find information on what number to call, 5% is probably high, and an estimate of 180,000 deaths is probably low. ACETAMINOPHEN According to the merck manual

while this menu food checks is engaged in fraud, the question of how acetaminophen got into the food still needs to be explained. While the possibility of sabotage is not impossible, there would be no reason for Menu Foods to engage in a 6 month long cover up. A quick criminal investigation, an indictment, a recall of the batches contaminated by the criminal, and the usual PR fluff about how sorry, etc.. It would have been a done deal last December. A more likely scenario is that Menu Foods, after suffering massive losses the previous year, with no cash cushion due to a policy to pay out all profits to shareholders, having briefly returned to profitability as a result of the cyanuric acid scam, found the cyanuric acid to be contaminated. As the least enlightened citizen knows these days, adulterating food with industrial chemicals for fun and profit is against the law. Intentionally doing so means heap big trouble and massive liabilities, both civil and criminal. Among other considerations, Menu Foods' product liability insurance would not provide coverage for intentional adulteration pet food by the company . Chemicals such as acetaminophen don't come from the factory in neat little pills. It is shipped in bulk and has to be packaged for further distribution. While you would not want acetaminophen to be present in food intended for cats and dogs, it would not be a major concern if it was present in cyanuric acid intended to be mixed with 10,000 gallons of swimming pool water. In our corner cutting, modern industrial world, while some care to clean packaging equipment before processing acetaminophen would be in order, getting fussy about cleaning the equipment for a subsequent cyanuric acid run just means lost productivity and a higher cost of doing business.