Comments on: New Cat Food Recall Hopefully Won’t be Linked to Serious Illness

By: Dentist West Palm Beach

Dentist West Palm Beach — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:12:56 +0000

I actually bought this a couple of months ago but my cat wouldn’t eat it so it went to waste. Thank goodness that she didn’t eat it…

By: Michelle Mobley

Michelle Mobley — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:43:59 +0000

Two years ago, Nutro Brand cat food was the brand that caused the demise of my much loved Miss Hollywood Swinger. My attempt to communicate with them was met with silence as they feared legal action.

Now they are being careless yet again. And they chose to NOT be forthcoming about their defective products.

AND, it appears they are buying their “premix” products from the Chinese yet again. Do they farm out their lab work to the Chinese, as well? If they cannot manufacture a quality product on their own, using qualified, on-site lab testing, they should just shut down their plant…or the government should do it for them.

By: Hazel Lucy

Hazel Lucy — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:13:23 +0000

A friends cat became ill from this food. She stopped eating, stopped drinking water, she was meowing a lot. Saw the vet, nothing worked, she came around, had a relapse and is doing better.
I expect that other products will be added to the list. They say there were no complaints!???

Is this a company that deserves our trust, our money?
NOT!

By: Offy

Offy — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:35:51 +0000

Please post the symptoms of an animal with an excess of zinc or a deficiency of potassium so that pet parents have an idea of what to look for if they’ve used the foods.

Also, here’s a good reference I found
Zinc Toxicosis in Small Animals.

http://vlsstore.com/Media/PublicationsArticle/PV_24_09_712.pdf

Since I was a turnip that fell off the truck in 2007 with my trust in the pet food industry, I’ve been rolling around long enough now, to not believe it is not in the dog foods. There’s too much coincidence in the number of dogs & cats claimed to have similar problems as what this represents now. And, a test at pfpsa.org showed high zinc levels in dog foods some time back.

Nutro says the FDA isn’t investigating, FDA does a release saying they aren’t. Consumer Affairs takes the FOIA to court & lo & behold,, here’s a recall. Turnip, yup, makes me feel like a turnip again.