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Dear Sadie, Dexter, and xocats:

Interesting.
Sheesh -- whatever happened to just plain FOOD?
As someone whose diet could be categorized mainly as Asian in origins, I know the health benefits of soy and rice; contaminants, from whenceever they cometh, are quite another matter.
 
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Dear beandip and crew:

Many thanks for putting this up on site. And may I congratulate you on your handsome LITTLE family.

Tarasgirl and The Nine
 
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Thanks Pat....
Send it forward.....
Please TCS members, when you learn of a new recall, even if it does not affect you personally, forward the info to friends and family.
They can forward it to people they know.....
We can save lives by getting the word out.
 
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Dear Beandip and Crew:

Yes, I heard -- thanks for posting. Will it never end???


Sounds like you're in the best place on earth, too (under a pile of cats, that is!) I tell everyone I'm a Hot Rock for cats and on a good night, I can draw as many as eight -- Maryam is the holdout, but we're working on her
 
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Updated list from MSNBC.COM: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18173908/

MSNBC
Updated: 8:25 a.m. MT April 18, 2007
The recall of pet foods and treats has been expanded to include several more products that tested positive for the industrial chemical melamine.

The recalled brands are:

Cat Food

Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
Authority
Best Choice
Companion
Compliments
Demoulas Market Basket
Eukanuba
Fine Feline Cat
Food Lion
Foodtown
Giant Companion
Hannaford
Hill Country Fare
Hy-Vee
Iams
J.E. Mondou
Laura Lynn
Liâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]l Red
Loving Meals
Medi-Cal
Meijers Main Choice
Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea dry cat food
Nutriplan
Nutro Max Gourmet Classics
Nutro Natural Choice
Nutro Products
Paws
Pet Pride
Presidents Choice
Price Chopper
Priority U.S.
Publix
Save-A-Lot Special Blend
Schnucks
Science Diet (The recall affects only 3-ounce and 5.5-ounce cans of Kitten Savory Cuts Ocean Fish; 5.5-ounce cans of Feline Adult Savory Cuts Beef, Chicken and Ocean Fish, and 5.5-ounce cans of Feline Senior Savory Cuts Chicken.)
Sophistacat
Special Kitty Canada
Special Kitty U.S.
Springfield Prize
Sprout
Stop & Shop Companion
Tops Companion
Wegmans
Weis Total Pet
Western Family U.S.
White Rose
Winn Dixie
Your Pet
 
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Several Itchmo pages of Cat & Dog food that contain Rice Protein Concentrate posted by individuals who have found it on various pet food labels.
Some are repeats...
others list just rice gluten.


There are quite a few different companies & formulas that may or may not have contaminated rice protein concentrate.
If you have questions....
call the company.

http://64.79.216.38/~itchmo/forums/index.php?topic=64.0

Good luck.
 
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Originally Posted by xocats

Several Itchmo pages of Cat & Dog food that contain Rice Protein Concentrate posted by individuals who have found it on various pet food labels.
Some are repeats...
others list just rice gluten.
Click to expand...
FWIW, some info I found on this trade site indicates that in pet food, RPC is sometimes known as "rice gluten meal" or "isolated rice protein". I don't know how reliable that info is, but probably better safe than sorry.
 
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Originally Posted by beandip

FWIW, some info I found on this trade site indicates that in pet food, RPC is sometimes known as "rice gluten meal" or "isolated rice protein". I don't know how reliable that info is, but probably better safe than sorry.
Click to expand...
Thanks for posting that....
I just asked that question in the health forum...
So.....RPC might be the same as rice gluten?

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Edit.....
I just found this article in today's China Daily.com
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/lifesty...ent_854596.htm
Wilbur-Ellis Co the company that sold the contaminated RPC has asked that all companies who used the contaminated RPC recall their food.
Why the silence?
 
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Originally Posted by xocats

Several Itchmo pages of Cat & Dog food that contain Rice Protein Concentrate posted by individuals who have found it on various pet food labels.
Some are repeats...
others list just rice gluten.


There are quite a few different companies & formulas that may or may not have contaminated rice protein concentrate.
If you have questions....
call the company.

http://64.79.216.38/~itchmo/forums/index.php?topic=64.0

Good luck.
Click to expand...
Oh man...on that list is the dry food I feed most of my cats, and I am due to go buy more today. Now I can't, I just can't. What the heck as I going to feed???
 
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Originally Posted by Pat & Alix

Oh man...on that list is the dry food I feed most of my cats, and I am due to go buy more today. Now I can't, I just can't. What the heck as I going to feed???
Click to expand...
For what this is worth....in Nutro's update from today...
they say they did not buy from the company who supplied the tainted RPC.
Here's their link....
http://www.nutroproducts.com/mfrecall.asp

Pat...I really feel for you.

We are all confused.

I hope that your food is not involved.


EDIT:
Corn Gluten alert....
I just received an e-mail Corn Gluten warning from Itchmo...
Their main point is ....
"At this point, we believe that all corn gluten should be considered at risk for contamination and should be tested by every pet food manufacturer and the FDA."

Here is their page.
http://www.itchmo.com/read/melamine-...esses_20070419

This is a nightmare....
Pet and Human food is not safe.
That is the bottom line.
 
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Originally Posted by xocats

For what this is worth....in Nutro's update from today...
they say they did not buy from the company who supplied the tainted RPC.
Here's their link....
http://www.nutroproducts.com/mfrecall.asp

Pat...I really feel for you.

We are all confused.

I hope that your food is not involved.


EDIT:
Corn Gluten alert....
I just received an e-mail Corn Gluten warning from Itchmo...
Their main point is ....
"At this point, we believe that all corn gluten should be considered at risk for contamination and should be tested by every pet food manufacturer and the FDA."

Here is their page.
http://www.itchmo.com/read/melamine-...esses_20070419

This is a nightmare....
Pet and Human food is not safe.
That is the bottom line.
Click to expand...
I did go out and buy something different...betting that the one I chose, royal canin mature 27 would be okay since the recent issue is only in food shipped overseas, but now I am not sure I want to feed it.

Instead, I think the fact that Nutro states they do not purchase from Wilbur Ellis, means I can stick to what I was using as a dry food for my guys.

So...back to Petsmart to return the royal canin...ugh. I hate this whole thing, nothing is feeling too safe except various canned food and some treats.

I know my guys would love to live off treats but that isn't going to happen ;-)
 
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Originally Posted by Mom of 10 Cats

Updated list from MSNBC.COM: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18173908/

MSNBC
Updated: 8:25 a.m. MT April 18, 2007
The recall of pet foods and treats has been expanded to include several more products that tested positive for the industrial chemical melamine.

The recalled brands are:

Cat Food

Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
Authority
Best Choice
Companion
Compliments
Demoulas Market Basket
Eukanuba
Fine Feline Cat
Food Lion
Foodtown
Giant Companion
Hannaford
Hill Country Fare
Hy-Vee
Iams
J.E. Mondou
Laura Lynn
Liâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]l Red
Loving Meals
Medi-Cal
Meijers Main Choice
Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea dry cat food
Nutriplan
Nutro Max Gourmet Classics
Nutro Natural Choice
Nutro Products
Paws
Pet Pride
Presidents Choice
Price Chopper
Priority U.S.
Publix
Save-A-Lot Special Blend
Schnucks
Science Diet (The recall affects only 3-ounce and 5.5-ounce cans of Kitten Savory Cuts Ocean Fish; 5.5-ounce cans of Feline Adult Savory Cuts Beef, Chicken and Ocean Fish, and 5.5-ounce cans of Feline Senior Savory Cuts Chicken.)
Sophistacat
Special Kitty Canada
Special Kitty U.S.
Springfield Prize
Sprout
Stop & Shop Companion
Tops Companion
Wegmans
Weis Total Pet
Western Family U.S.
White Rose
Winn Dixie
Your Pet
Click to expand...
Dear Mom:

Thank you so much for posting this update, and it's wonderful to see someone with a larger cat family than ours -- kinda reaffirms my faith in humanity, knowing others out there open their hearts and homes to so many sweet felines. Wonderful names yours have, too -- it's clear that you, like I, cherish the Cat!
 
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Originally Posted by Pat & Alix

I did go out and buy something different...betting that the one I chose, royal canin mature 27 would be okay since the recent issue is only in food shipped overseas, but now I am not sure I want to feed it.

Instead, I think the fact that Nutro states they do not purchase from Wilbur Ellis, means I can stick to what I was using as a dry food for my guys.

So...back to Petsmart to return the royal canin...ugh. I hate this whole thing, nothing is feeling too safe except various canned food and some treats.

I know my guys would love to live off treats but that isn't going to happen ;-)
Click to expand...
i just bought a bag of Chicken soup kibble for my cats... i'm going to use it, but i've also ordered some of the serengeti, the orijen & the CORE, from the grain-free drys thread. we'll see if those'll be acceptable
 
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