SmartPak Announces LiveSmart Weight Management Chicken and Brown Rice Food Recalled
I just received this announcement from the FDA.
LiveSmart Weight Management Chicken and Brown Rice Recall
Contact:
SmartPak
1-800-326-0282STATEMENT: On Friday, April 20, SmartPak initiated a voluntary recall of a single production run of the LiveSmart Weight Management Chicken and Brown Rice Dog Food.
The particular lot of food recalled included rice protein concentrate that was supplied by Wilbur-Ellis, the same company that supplied rice protein concentrate contaminated with Melamine to Natural Balance. This was the first time that our supplier purchased and used rice protein concentrate from Wilbur-Ellis. No previous lots were affected, nor do we use rice protein concentrate in any other formulas of LiveSmart dog or cat foods.Thankfully, the product was just produced, and only a very limited amount of product had left our facility prior to the recall (less than 1200 pounds). We have notified every affected pet owner via both phone and email.
We have not had any reports of injury to any dogs. Dogs who have consumed the LiveSmart Weight Management food and show signs of kidney failure (such as loss of appetite, lethargy and vomiting) should be seen by a veterinarian.
We have temporarily suspended further distribution of the LiveSmart Weight Management Chicken and Brown Rice Dog Food. We will notify you when we have the product back in stock and will continue to update our website as more information becomes available.
Does anyone know the difference between rice and rice protein? I checked the SmartPak website and the recalled food does not have “rice protein” listed as an ingredient. This worries me greatly as both my dog and cat foods (Canidae/Felidae) contain whole-grain rice, but don’t list rice protein. Thus far my foods have thankfully been safe, and my foods are all of US origin only, but I’m starting to worry… is all rice bad?
no, not all rice is bad. Rice protein just has more things (like for ex. dye or unatural objects) put into it. But you should be careful with ANYTHING you feed your pet ,and if you are unsure about something, make sure you check up on it before giving it to your animal.
We just saw an articel that now they have discovered something else in the feeds imported here is the link .
http://health.yahoo.com/news/174474
Do you know if there is a list somewhere we can post our Kitty (Chicklet) who passed two weeks ago from the tainted food we purchased at walmart.
Thank you
Stryker
Basically, yes – Dogs were never meant to eat ANY cereal and certainly not rice.