Thanks to the FDA’s Enforcement Report from December 26, 2007 for this recall notice.

Hartz Vitamin Care for Cats and Kittens; Vitality Formula:

Delivers Critical Daily Nutrients Pets Need for Optimal Health; Liver Flavored; Net contents: 100 chewable Tablets. UPC 32700-97701, Recall # V-020-2008
CODE
Lot: SZ-16371

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So many dogs have suffered from items like this jerky that should be immediately recalled! Unfortunately the manufacturers and the stores think we’ll all get busy and forget about the way they have abused our trust and endangered or killed our furry family members.

Dogster Rosie was poisoned by the Bestro Jerky Treat but it seems the brands don’t matter a lot. I’m avoiding ALL chicken jerky until the manufacturers can prove their products are safe.

Winston’s furmom, Kelly has been barking to get attention to the products that seriously damaged her beloved Winston.

Let us not forget! We must keep these poisonings in the public awareness!

My Yorkie almost died last week from Smokehouse Jerky treats from PetSmart.

They caused him to go into acute renal failure! He spent 6 days in the hospital!!! By some miracle he pulled through BUT with permanent kidney damage.

I am trying to gather people who have been affected by this. I am in communication with several people with hopes of approaching the media and get this stuff out of stores. I have spoken to others and dogs are still dying!!!!!!! The FDA has had over 100 complaints and both UC Davis and Cornell Universities are conducting studies right now. Why would that be happening if there wasn’t something really wrong with these things.

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This seems to be the same PetEdge product that was recalled last month. It was just reannounced so I’m passing this along in case someone hasn’t seen it.

Thanks to the National Pet Foundation for this recall notice.

Pet Edge Tooth Paste Recall

PetEdge is voluntarily recalling Top Performance brand ProDental Toothpaste with Toothbrush kit because the toothpaste could contain diethylene glycol. Only one product, which comes in two flavors, is affected:

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Thanks to Donna, furmom to Gizmo the Great, for barking in this recall announcement.

ATTENTION – VOLUNTARY RECALL – PET TOOTHPASTE

PetEdge is voluntarily recalling Top Performance brand ProDental Toothpaste with Toothbrush kit because the toothpaste could contain diethylene glycol. Only one product, which comes in two flavors, is affected:

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If you are one of those industrious Dogsters who make your dog food, please be aware that some of this tainted beef could still be around.

Thanks to StlToday.com for this article.

BEEF RECALL FOR E. COLI IS EXPANDED TO 21.7 MILLION POUNDS
By Robert D. Mcfadden
NEW YORK TIMES
09/30/2007

NEW YORK — A meat company issued on Saturday a nationwide recall for 21.7 million pounds of ground beef products after reports of as many as 25 cases of illness caused by suspected E. coli bacteria in eight states, federal officials reported.

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Time to pull back those chicken jerky strips! The article is saying they don’t know where the tainted jerky comes from but I bet we can guess…

Thanks to Scientific American for this warning.

FDA warns chicken jerky may make dogs sick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chicken jerky products for dogs may be making some pets ill, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Wednesday.

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Thanks to the FDA for this recall notice.

Bravo! Issues Nationwide Recall of Select Poultry Products for Dogs and Cats

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –Vernon, CT — Sept. 18, 2007— Bravo! announces a voluntary recall of select tubes of three of its poultry products for cats and dogs. The pet food is being recalled because two of the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, while the other product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

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I guess we all suspected this was coming didn’t we? Millions of human Chinese-made toys have toxic levels of lead. It should be no surprize that pet toys are just as dangerous.

So where do we buy North American-made or European-made dog toys? If you’ve got a source, please bark it in!

Thanks to Mojotiki for barking in about this story.

(Joy note — I received a comment from a Wal-Mart spokesperson. Please see the end of the post for the official Wal-Mart comment on this story.)

Thanks to Consumer Affairs for this news.

Lab Tests Find Lead, Other Toxins in Pet Toys Sold at Wal-Mart
Vets say there’s no risk to pets but others aren’t so sure

By Lisa Wade McCormick
ConsumerAffairs.Com
Copyright © 2007 ConsumerAffairs.Com Inc. All Rights Reserved

September 16, 2007

Two Chinese-made toys for pets sold at Wal-Mart stores contain elevated levels of lead, chromium, and cadmium, according to a forensic toxicologist whose lab tested the products for ConsumerAffairs.com.

Two veterinarians, however, said the levels of toxic metals found in the toys do not pose a health risk to dogs or cats. Whether the toys are a hazard to children and adults who handle them isn’t clear.

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Thanks to the National Pet Foundation for this tainted treat news.

Update: AVMA warns of potential new threat to pets

“The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has recently been made aware of several complaints from pet owners and veterinarians that multiple brands of jerky treats manufactured in China have been making pets sick. Symptoms of illness have included vomiting, diarrhea, and lethargy. To our knowledge, no deaths have been reported.

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Itchmo Blog is reporting that PetSmart has sent out a notice to their stores to pull some Smokehouse Dog Treats off the shelves due to some dogs being made sick by them. I haven’t seen the memo but if you have any Smokehouse treats it would be a good idea to hold them back and not give them to your furbabies until we hear more.

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