Spread the word to all those you know who use this dog food:
Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Chicken Dry Dog Food
with the “Best By” date of June 17, 2011, in 5-lb. and 28-lb. bags
because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

It is shocking that the FDA still allows the pet food industry to add harmful and disgusting ingredients in their products after all the recalls in the industry. These are the same brands that have the wonderful commercials on TV, sponsor ACK Dog Shows, and have full page ads in most dog magazines. Advertising at its best.

These are just a few of the ingredients found in some well known brands of pet foods. A warning to those with weak stomachs please read with caution!

*Animal meat meal and animal by-products: this is what is left of the slaughtered animal after the meat is removed. It can include things like beaks, feet, blood, intestines, bones, and tissue.

*Beef and bone meal: another by product of beef which can include hair, hooves,horn,manure, entrails and blood.

*Chicken Byproduct Meal: Consists of the dry, ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered chicken, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs, and intestines — exclusive of feathers except in such amounts as might occur unavoidably in good processing practices.

*Corn bran: which is the outer layer of the corn kernel. It has no nutritional value.

*Corn Gluten: is the residue from corn which can be used as a protein but can cause allergies in many dogs just like wheat gluten.

*Wheat Gluten: The tough, viscid nitrogenous substance remaining when wheat is washed to remove the starch. An inexpensive byproduct of human food processing with almost no nutritional value left, serves mostly as a binder.

Wheat also exacerbates pain in dogs and humans.

Take the time to research your pet’s food before buying a pretty package. Most of the smaller pet supply shops carry the healthy brands. It is difficult to find those in most grocery chains unless it is a natural health food store.

If you would like to learn more about the best commercial dog foods on the market please visit the link below. Your dog will thank you!
www.dogaware.com

For Immediate Release:
Nutro Products Voluntary Retrieval of Select Puppy Foods

Q: I heard that there may be plastic in some NUTRO® products. Is this
true?
A: Small pieces of melted plastic were recently found in the production
line of select varieties of NUTRO® dry dog and cat food products. We
immediately retrieved the affected pet food from our distributors, and only
three sku’s reached retail stores. These were delivered to a small number
of PetSmart and Petco stores. The specific products are listed below.

Upon discovery of the melted plastic, we immediately halted manufacturing
and performed a thorough search of all equipment. We identified the source
as a worker’s “bump cap,” similar to a hard hat, which inadvertently made
its way into our manufacturing process.

Based on our extensive review, it is highly unlikely that any pieces of
plastic made it into finished product. However, upon learning of the
incident, we voluntarily retrieved all potentially affected products.

We strive to produce pet food of the highest quality and safety standards.
Consumers who believe they have purchased potentially affected product
should return it to their retailer for a full refund or exchange for another
NUTRO® product, or contact the Nutro Products Consumer Care team at
1-800-833-5330.

Thank you for your continued loyalty and support for Nutro Products.

PRODUCT THAT MADE IT TO SELECT PETSMART STORES IN CA, AZ, CO, TX and NM ONLY

Product Name
UPC
Size
Best by Date
NUTRO® ULTRA™ Puppy food for dogs
79105 51313
4.5 LB
09/10/10
NUTRO® NATURAL CHOICE® Chicken Meal, Rice and Oatmeal Formula Small Bites
Puppy
79105 23050
5 LB
09/10/10

PRODUCT THAT MADE IT TO SELECT PETCO STORES IN CA, NV, HI and UT ONLY

Product Name
UPC
Size
Best by Date
NUTRO® ULTRA™ Puppy food for dogs
79105 51315
30 LB
09/10/10
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For all of you who feed your dogs peanut butter biscuits please note the following recall news.
I would advise not giving your dog any peanut butter products while this scare in on. There are several great brands of dog cookies that are free of wheat, corn and soy that are much healthier for your dog such as Solid Gold Cinnabones or the Wellness Ocean fish and sweet potato cookies.

Pet Food Recall: Peanut Butter Salmonella Scare, Grreat Choice Dog Biscuits

By Karen Diaz
Jan 21, 2009
www.nationalledger.com

The peanut butter scare is now moving towards pet food items for dogs and there is now a voluntar pet food recall involving dog treats as well. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, at least one company has a recall on dog food and biscuits that contain peanut paste.

The pet food recall includes PetSmart Grreat Choice Dog Biscuit products.

In a release PetSmart noted that even though they were not aware of any reported cases of illness related to these products they would go ahead and voluntarily put out the order to recall the items that contain the peanut paste.

The recalled products include packages ranging in size from 32 ounces to 10 pounds, sold between Aug. 21, 2008, and Jan. 19, 2009. Customers can visit www.petsmartfacts.com for more information or contact PetSmart Customer Service at 1-888-839-9638.

The list:

Small Assorted 32 oz., UPC 73725702900

Small/Medium Assorted 4 lb., UPC 73725700601

Small/Medium Assorted 8 lb., UPC 73725700605

Small/Medium Assorted 10 lb., UPC 73725702755

Large Assorted 8 lb., UPC 73725700638

Extra Large Assorted 8 lb., UPC 73725700779

Peanut Butter 4 lb., UPC 73725700766

Recall: Hartz Mountain rawhide chips

SECAUCUS, N.J. – The Hartz Mountain Corporation has voluntarily recalled a specific lot of its Hartz chicken-basted rawhide chips for dogs due to concerns that one or more bags within the lot are potentially contaminated with Salmonella.

The company announced the recall Friday, saying the two-pound plastic bags of chips with lot code JC23282, UPC number 3270096463 were distributed to a national retail customer it did not identify.

Hartz said the normal testing it conducts through an independent outside laboratory did not detect the presence of Salmonella in any of its rawhide products, but sample testing conducted by another laboratory did indicate the presence of the bacteria in a single bag of the chicken-basted rawhide chips.

Salmonella can cause serious infections in dogs and _ if there is cross-contamination caused by handling of the rawhide chips _ in people as well, especially children, the aged, and people with compromised immune systems.

Hartz is investigating the difference in test results and the potential source of the problem. It said there have been no reports of any animals or humans becoming ill.