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As you are likely aware, a major Canadian pet food manufacturer – Menu Foods – has recently recalled a large quantity of their pet foods due to a number of reports of kidney failure in cats and dogs in North America. If you feed any of the recalled foods to your pet, Boxer Rescue Ontario strongly advises you to speak to your veterinarian about any concerns. We also suggest you do your own research and make an informed decision about the foods you choose to feed your pet. If you wish to learn more about the pet food recall situation, we suggest you may want to visit the follow links.

NEW - Walmart Dog Treats - Tests of two Chinese brands of dog treats sold at Wal-Mart stores found traces of melamine, a chemical agent that led to another massive pet food recall in March. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. quietly stopped selling Chicken Jerky Strips from Import-Pingyang Pet Product Co. and Chicken Jerky from Shanghai Bestro Trading in July, after customers said the products sickened their pets. No recall was announced at that time, but Wal-Mart said in a statement Tuesday that customers who bought one of the products should return it to the nearest store for a refund.

Menu Foods: http://www.menufoods.com/recall/index.html

The FDA has updated the list of recalls today (21/04/2007), here is the link for this new list http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html

Procter & Gamble, maker of Iams and Eukanaba: http://us.iams.com/iams/global/Product_Recall.htm

Ontario Veterinary College: http://www.uoguelph.ca/mediarel/ovc/2007/03/ovc_responds_to_1.html

Royal Canine has now just recalled some food, please visit their site at the following URL http://www.royalcanin.ca/index_en.php

Royal Canine also makes the Medi-Cal trademark, here is the link for this recall http://www.medi-cal.ca/

Some more pet foods are now being recalled, so just want to keep you up to date so you can keep your beloved animal friends safe. Natural Balance has expanded their recall to include some canned dog and cat food. They claim that ingredients were added without their knowledge or consent, and do not appear on the labels, please visit their site at the following URL.http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/

American Veterinary Medical Associaton. For the latest news on the pet food recall in the U.S., visit AVMA at http://www.avma.org/.

We do not believe the following products affect Canadian consumers, however, we include these links for your further information and education:

Del Monte Pet Products Voluntarily Withdraws Specific Product Codes of Pet Treats and Wet Dog Food Products. For more information visit http://www.delmonte.com/petfoodrecall.html.

You may also wish to visit Nestle Purina PetCare Co.: http://www.purina.com for information about Alpo Brand Prime Cuts In Gravy Canned Dog Food Voluntary Nationwide Recall.

Hill's Pet Nutrition has voluntarily participated in the recall. For more information, visit http://www.hillspet.com.

Diamond Pet Food Withdraws Products in Response to American Nutrition Inc. Pet Food Recall Diamonf Pet Food is made by the same company that makes Kirkland Pet food for Costco, please visit the following URL for more info. http://www.healthyhappydogs.com/DiamondPetFoodWarning or http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/diamond04_07.html

Also, some Diamond, Lick Your Chops, Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul and Dr. Fosters and Smith, Blue Buffalo, Costco's Kirkland and more Royal Canin brands are involved. Visit the FDA link below for a complete list. If you scroll down the page to "News Updates" and under that, "Recall Notices by Company". you can click on further links to obtain detailed information. www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html

For ACCURATE information on the Menu Foods recall regarding Nutro's products please visit our website at http://www.nutroproducts.com. Contact our Consumer Services at 1-800-833-5330, or visit the FDA website at http://www.fda.gov/

We list below the specific brands recalled by Menu Foods, in addition to Procter & Gamble's recall of certain Iams and Eukanuba products. Menu Foods also lists the recalled brands on its website and advises consumers to call 1-866-895-2708 for more information.

The recall covers only Menu Foods "cuts and gravy" style food, which consists of chunks of meat in gravy, sold in cans and small foil pouches between December 3 and March 6 throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Dry, kibble-type foods have not been recalled.

Recalled cat foods
Americas Choice; Preferred Pets; Authority; Best Choice; Companion; Compliments; Demoulas Market Basket; Fine Feline Cat, Shep Dog; Food Lion; Foodtown; Giant Companion; Good n Meaty; Hannaford; Hill Country Fare; Hy-Vee; Key Food; Laura Lynn; Li'l Red; Loving Meals; Main Choice; Nutriplan; Nutro Max Gourmet Classics; Nutro Natural Choice; Paws; Presidents Choice; Price Chopper; Priority; Save-A-Lot; Schnucks; Sophistacat; Special Kitty; Springfield Pride; Sprout; Total Pet; My True Friend; Wegmans; Western Family; White Rose; and Winn Dixie.

Recalled dog foods
America's Choice; Preferred Pets; Authority; Award; Best Choice; Big Bet; Big Red; Bloom; Bruiser; Cadillac; Companion; Demoulas Market Basket; Fine Feline Cat; Shep Dog; Food Lion; Giant Companion; Great Choice; Hannaford; Hill Country Fare; Hy-Vee; Key Food; Laura Lynn; Loving Meals; Main Choice; Mixables; Nutriplan; Nutro Max; Nutro Natural Choice; Nutro; Ol'Roy; Paws; Pet Essentials; Pet Pride; President's Choice; Price Chopper; Priority; Publix; Roche Bros; Save-A-Lot; Schnucks; Springsfield Pride; Sprout; Stater Bros; Total Pet; My True Friend; Western Family; White Rose; Winn Dixie and Your Pet.

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