Nutro Food Recall Again

.. You know some people wonder why I feed only Holistic and raw foods.. I'm so sick of reading about these pet food recalls.. no wonder so many animals are dying of this that and the other.. these companies will use anything to save a buck to read the complete articles click blue links..

Recall -- Firm Press Release Click this link to read the story


http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/nutro05_09.html

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Recall of Limited Range of Dry Cat Food Products

Contact:
Monica Barrett
Nutro Products, Inc.
(615) 628-5387
monica.barrett@effem.com



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Franklin, Tennessee (May 21, 2009) -- Today, Nutro Products announced a voluntary recall of select varieties of NUTRO® NATURAL CHOICE® COMPLETE CARE® Dry Cat Foods and NUTRO® MAX® Cat Dry Foods with “Best If Used By Dates” between May 12, 2010 and August 22, 2010. The cat food is being voluntarily recalled in the United States and ten additional countries. This recall is due to incorrect levels of zinc and potassium in our finished product resulting from a production error by a US-based premix supplier.



Two mineral premixes were affected. One premix contained excessive levels of zinc and under-supplemented potassium. The second premix under-supplemented potassium. Both zinc and potassium are essential nutrients for cats and are added as nutritional supplements to NUTRO® dry cat food.

Then you get this going on in pet food ingredients..

DA Seizes $1.5 Million Worth of Ingredients, Citing Contamination and Filth
2009-05-08 - Kimberly Lord Stewart - Functional Ingredients

http://www.npicenter.com/anm/templates/newsATemp.aspx?articleid=23973&zoneid=2

Connections to food and pet companies may warrant further investigation

U.S. Marshals seized millions of dollars worth of ingredients on May 7 2009 from American Mercantile Corporation, based in Memphis Tennessee. During an inspection of the company in March, FDA investigators discovered evidence of extensive rodent and insect infestation throughout the company's warehouse, which the company failed to correct.

American Mercantile stores and processes food ingredients, which are sold or used in the dietary supplements, food, tea and pet food manufacturing industries. The seized articles include food products such as sarsaparilla, spearmint leaves, cornstarch, sweet orange peels powder, licorice powder, sassafras, and salt.