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July 29, 2011: Nestlé Purina PetCare Company (NPPC) is voluntarily recalling a limited number of 3.5- and 7-pound bags of its Purina ONE Vibrant Maturity 7+ Dry Cat Food from a single production run and shipped to customers in 12 states in December 2010. The product was distributed to customers located in California, Iowa, [...]
June 27, 2011: Nestlé Purina PetCare Company is voluntarily recalling approximately 870 bags of Purina Cat Chow Naturals Dry cat food and Friskies Grillers Blend Dry Cat Food due to the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
The specific products are:
Cat Chow Naturals Dry Cat Food, 6.3 lb bags, with best by date and production code [...]
February 13, 2011
Nestlé Purina PetCare Company has launched a new line of dry cat (and dog) food named ONE beyOnd, now available in grocery stores. This line of food has no corn or wheat, which many cats are intolerant of or allergic to (though it does contain soy, to which some cats have an [...]
December 27, 2010
Abbott Diabetes Care announced on December 23, 2010 that it has initiated a recall of 359 lots (approximately 359 million strips) of Precision Xtra®, Precision Xceed Pro®, MediSense® Optium™, Optium™, OptiumEZ and ReliOn® Ultima Blood Glucose Test Strips in the United States and Puerto Rico.
The test strips are used with Abbott’s Precision Xtra, [...]
December 19, 2010: Kroger Pet Pride, Old Yeller and Kroger Value cat and dog foods have been recalled due to possible Aflatoxin contamination. Aflatoxin poisoning is very serious and can result liver disease and death. There is no specific antidote for aflatoxicosis, but there is supportive care and treatment available.
The recall is for select [...]
October 30, 2010: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on October 27, 2010 the addition of a boxed warning to the label of two METACAM® (meloxicam) products. The drug’s manufacturer, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (B.I.V.I.), changed the label to include:
WARNING Repeated use of meloxicam in cats has been associated with acute renal failure and [...]
Aug 1, 2010: The recall of Proctor & Gamble’s Iams Veterinary Dry Formulas has been expanded to include ALL sizes and ALL UPC codes, with “best by” dates of July 1, 2010 – Dec. 1, 2011. Be sure to discard any of the product you have in a way so that stray animals can’t get [...]
July 28, 2010: The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), is voluntarily recalling two specific lots of its Iams Veterinary Formulas Feline Renal 5.5 lbs Cat Food as a precautionary measure, as it has the potential to be contaminated with salmonella. A FDA analysis identified a positive result on the lot codes listed below. The affected lots [...]
July 8, 2010: San Francisco’s Commission of Animal Control and Welfare is considering a law banning the sale of all pets, except fish. They are trying to stop the high rate of animals relinquished to shelters, where many wind up euthanized. The Commission also hopes this law will discourage puppy [...]
July 8, 2010: A cat in Britain is doing well several months after having been implanted with prosthetic feet after an accident with a combine harvester had severed both his hind paws. The three-hour procedure was performed by neuro-orthopedic veterinary surgeon Dr. Noel Fitzpatrick, at an animal hospital in Surrey, England.
The cat, Oscar, was fitted [...]
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