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Im sorry to have to report Corporate America has let us down again!!
Our precious furry children under attack again,sloppy Corps /Deadly results.
< Pet food recall that won’t end? Diamond cat food now risky.
Pet food recall from Diamond Pet Foods has been expanded eight times, triggered an FDA investigation and critique, and now includes cat food. The company’s handling of the salmonella crisis may be even worse.
By Schuyler Velasco, Correspondent / May 20, 2012
On Friday morning, the Calgary Herald in Alberta, Canada, reported that two cats in a Montreal animal shelter have died, and another is ill, after eating Diamond Pet Foods products. Also in Quebec, another person has been reported with a case of salmonella, bringing the total number of cases to 16 in the United States and Canada caused apparently by handling the pet food.
Also on Friday, the company issued yet another recall involving certain sizes of its Diamond Naturals lamb and rice dog food manufactured on Aug. 26, 2011, which is later than the date range for all its other recalled products so far.
One of the unusual aspects of this recall is Diamond’s release of information. On April 12, six days after Diamond’s first recall, the FDA began an investigation. Its week-long inspection of Diamond’s Gaston facility found numerous violations.
“All reasonable precautions are not taken to ensure that production procedures to not contribute contamination from any source,” its report said, noting that the factory’s screening process for possible contaminants wasn’t thorough enough.
Other violations: Factory workers were seen handling sensitive equipment with bare hands; there weren’t enough hand-washing stations throughout the plant (even in areas where raw meat was being handled); the factory used damaged equipment with holes and cuts, which would make the tools difficult to clean properly
people it is easy to make your own pet food from table scaps mixed with brown rice
i will post a rcipe
please everybody post one also
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Fishy Balls
•1 can tuna or ¾ cup canned salmon (drained)
•¾ cup cooked white or brown rice
•2 Tbsp. whole-wheat flour
•1 to 2 Tbsp. water or broth, if needed
Mix tuna or salmon with cooked rice. Add whole wheat flour and mix well by hand or food processor. Form into small balls and place on wax paper. If the mixture is too dry, add water until it is sticky enough to form into balls. Cover balls and store them in the refrigerator no more than 4 days. Balls may be frozen and thawed before serving.
Read more: A Recipe for Homemade Cat Treats – VetInfo
Thanks, sadlyyes. I didn’t know about this…
Katie at healthy chowhounds
http://shaggydogfarms.com/_rec04.html
skip the kibble alltogether
salmon and oatmeal
argh!!! they keep it all too quiet
that is the COSTCO brand also!
Are any other brands involved?
FDA is not on top of this
but here is another article
http://newtown.patch.com/articles/dog-food-recall-expanded-after-salmonella-outbreak-update
Awful, I just want to start screaming!
Health Canada has recall info here. Won’t include US-only brands though.
The following looks like something I used to make for my kitty, but I used chicken, beans, rice, broth and a little canned pumpkin.
Turkey Supreme (for cats)
Makes 4 servings
1 turkey breast, cooked and chopped fine
1/2 cup carrots, diced
1/4 cup spinach, diced
1/2 cups green beans, diced
3/4 cup cooked brown rice
No-salt chicken broth
Combine turkey, carrots, spinach and green beans. Add rice and enough chicken broth to bind ingredients. Cool until mixture is lukewarm and serve.
—-The website said this is an occasional treat
thank you muchly
A friend moved her three cats to home-made food after the melamine contamination in 2007 and urged me to do the same, this is her source for info and recipes. It seems like a *lot* of work, but mourning a dead cat is pretty exhausting, too. Although I am not sure if I am up for grinding up bunnies, but maybe I could start easy, with turkeys.