Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Pro-Pet LLC Recalls Dry Dog and Cat Foods
Pro-Pet LLC Recalls a Limited Number of Dry Dog and Cat Foods Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination
Pro-Pet LLC, St. Marys, Ohio, has initiated a voluntary recall of a limited number of Dry Dog and Cat Foods for possible Salmonella contamination. A single field test indicated products manufactured during a two day period, on a single production line may have the potential for Salmonella contamination. Pro-Pet LLC is voluntarily recalling the potentially impacted products made during this timeframe. There have been no reports of illness related to this product to date.
Salmonella can affect animals eating the products and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the products or any surfaces exposed to these products.
Healthy people infected with Salmonella should monitor themselves for some or all of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever. Rarely, Salmonella can result in more serious ailments, including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation, and urinary tract symptoms. Consumers exhibiting these signs after having contact with this product should contact their healthcare providers.
Pets with Salmonella infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever, and vomiting. Some pets will have only decreased appetite, fever and abdominal pain. Infected but otherwise healthy pets can be carriers and infect other animals or humans. If your pet has consumed the recalled product and has these symptoms, please contact your veterinarian.
| Product | Best By | Lot Code | UPC Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 lb Hubbard Life Happy Hound Dog Food | 05 06 14 | 096 13 SM L2 2A | 1219033878 |
| 40 lb Hubbard Life Happy Hound Dog Food | 05 06 14 | 096 13 SM L2 1A | 1219033878 |
| 18 lb Hubbard Life Cat Stars Cat Food | 05 06 14 | 096 13 SM L2 1A | 1219033873 |
| 40 lb Hubbard Life Maintenance Dog Food | 05 06 14 | 096 13 SM L2 2A | 1219033875 |
| 15 lb Joy Combo Cat Food | 05 06 14 | 096 13 SM L2 1A | 7065407721 |
| 40 lb Joy Combo Cat Food | 05 06 14 | 096 13 SM L2 1A | 7065407713 |
| 40 lb Joy Combo Cat Food | 05 06 14 | 096 13 SM L2 2A | 7065407713 |
| 20 lb QC Plus Adult Dog Food | 05 07 14 | 097 13 SM L2 2A | 2351780103 |
| 40 lb QC Plus Adult Dog Food | 05 07 14 | 097 13 SM L2 2A | 2351780104 |
| 40 lb QC Plus Adult Dog Food | 05 07 14 | 097 13 SM L2 1A | 2351780104 |
These products were distributed through select retailers, distributors and on-line consumer purchases in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia
No other products/lot numbers are affected by this recall.
Customers should immediately discontinue use of any impacted product and contact Pro-Pet at 1-888-765-4190 for disposition.
For more information on the recall, customers can contact the customer service line for Pro-Pet at 1-888-765-4190. Customer service representatives will be available Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm CT.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Synovial-Flex TRP Soft Chews Recall
Over at Pet360 they have listed a recall from Sogeval on their product named Synovial-Flex TRP soft chews being lot # 52070-1 which was inadvertently labeled.
If you have purchased Synovial Flex Soft Chews involved in the recall, please contact Sogeval at 1-800-877-0177.
Monday, January 27, 2014
20 lb. bags of Red Flannel® Cat Formula Cat Food Recall
PMI Nutrition, LLC Recalls Red Flannel® Cat Food Due to PossibleSalmonella Contamination
PMI Nutrition, LLC (PMI), Arden Hills, Minn., has initiated a voluntary recall of its 20 lb. bags of Red Flannel® Cat Formula cat food for possible Salmonella contamination. There have been no reports of illness related to this product to date. This recall is being issued out of an abundance of caution after routine testing by the FDA Detroit District Office identified possible Salmonella contamination.
Salmonella can affect animals eating the products and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the products or any surfaces exposed to these products.
Healthy people infected with Salmonella should monitor themselves for some or all of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever. Rarely, Salmonella can result in more serious ailments, including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation, and urinary tract symptoms. Consumers exhibiting these signs after having contact with this product should contact their healthcare providers.
Pets with Salmonella infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever, and vomiting. Some pets will have only decreased appetite, fever and abdominal pain. Infected but otherwise healthy pets can be carriers and infect other animals or humans. If your pet has consumed the recalled product and has these symptoms, please contact your veterinarian.
Red Flannel® Cat Food was manufactured by a third-party manufacturer for PMI. The product was sold through dealers to customers distributed in the following states: Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin and West Virginia.
The lot number is printed on the lower back side of the bag in a white box on the right-hand side. The lot number will be preceded by a time stamp that will be unique to each bag. (Example 14:32) The lot number and best-by date impacted by this recall are as follows:
Best by 05 06 14 096 13 SM L2 1A (lot number)
The UPC code for the recalled product is: 7 42869 00058 5.
No other products/lot numbers are affected by this recall.
Customers should immediately discontinue use of and return impacted product to their dealer for a full refund or replacement. We continue to work with impacted dealers and distributors to trace the bags.
For more information on the recall, customers can contact the customer service line for PMI products at 1-800-332-4738. Customer service representatives will be available Sunday, Jan. 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. CST and Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST.
Monday, December 30, 2013
National Dream Dog Park Winner For 2013 Is
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, DOG OWNER WINS NATIONAL DREAM DOG PARK CONTEST
Beneful® Brand Dog Food Will Award $500,000 Renovation to
Area Dog Park
More than one thousand dog owners from across the country
entered the 2013 Beneful Dream Dog Park Contest that posed the question:
If you had $500,000 to create a Dream Dog Park where you and your best buddy
can play together, what would you do?” Nichols dreamt big with a
commemorative fire fighter-themed entry that featured a variety of creative
elements including: a red fire truck playground area for dogs to get
exercise; a bright hydrant water feature for dogs to cool off after playing in
the hot Arizona sun; and a bronze Dalmatian statue to greet two-and four-legged
visitors at the front gate. Designer and dog lover Nate Berkus
will help design the fourth $500,000 renovation that will be unveiled in the
summer of 2014.
“Beneful is dedicated to
celebrating the special relationships people share with their four-legged best
buddies and one way we do this is through our annual Dream Dog Park Contest,”
said Brent Gleckler, Beneful brand director. “We are always inspired by the
passion and creativity of the dog owners who enter the contest and it is a
privilege to leave a lasting gift in our contest winners’ local communities
through our half-million-dollar Dream Dog Park renovations.”
The Beneful brand has
unveiled three $500,000 Dream Dog Park renovations to date: the first was in Johns
Creek, Ga.; the second in Alabaster, Ala.; and the third in Lancaster,
Pa. Construction on the fourth Dream Dog Park will begin in spring 2014.
The Beneful Dream
Dog Park Contest
To enter the contest, dog owners were asked to submit a
photo showing how life is better when they are together with their dog and a
short essay that described their ideas for a Beneful Dream Dog Park. Entries
were reviewed by a judging panel and fourteen finalists were selected based on
the contest judging criteria in the official rules. The finalists were then
asked to submit a two minute or less video that showed their daily adventure
with their dog in their current dog park and explained their ideas to make it
even better if they had the chance to inspire a Dream Dog Park
renovation.
All entries in both rounds of the contest were judged
based on the following criteria: creativity and originality of the ideas for
their “Dream Dog Park” (40%); how well their ideas made play with their best
buddy more fun in the dog park (40%); and the feasibility of bringing the ideas
to life (20%).
Beneful will award
the $500,000 renovation as an in-kind donation to an existing public or
non-profit dog park in the Prescott area. The park will be selected by
the dog food brand and the newly renovated Dream Dog Park is expected to be
unveiled in summer 2014.
For more information on the Dream Dog Park Contest and to
view Nichols’ winning entry, visit BenefulDreamDogPark.com.
To stay up to date on Beneful news, visit Facebook.com/Beneful or follow
@Beneful on Twitter, using the hashtag #DreamDogPark.
About
Beneful Brand Dog Food
Manufactured
by Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, Beneful brand dog food offers a full line of
wet and dry formulas that offer a perfect balance of taste and nutrition.
Introduced in 2001, Beneful is one of the most successful dog food brands in
the Company's history. The North American headquarters for the Nestlé Purina
PetCare Company is located at Checkerboard Square in St. Louis,
Missouri, where Ralston Purina Company was founded more than a century
ago. Nestlé Purina PetCare promotes responsible pet care, humane education,
community involvement and the positive bond between people and their pets. One
of the leading global players in the pet food industry, Nestlé Purina PetCare
is part of the Swiss-based Nestlé S.A.- the world's largest food company.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Surfer Dog Ricochet Shows Retired Staff Sergeant Randall Dexter Theres More To Life Worth Living For
SOLDIER CREDITS SURF DOG RICOCHET WITH SAVING HIS LIFE AS HE FIGHTS PTSD & TOGETHER THEY CREATE “BATTLE BUDDY INITIATIVE” TO HELP OTHERS
Click here to watch the video: http://youtu.be/linB76q5QxA
Surf Dog Ricochet, the SURFice Dog is usually seen providing a lifeline in the
water as she surfs with people with disabilities. But recently, she’s been
credited with saving the life of retired Staff Sergeant Randall Dexter who
suffers from combat related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a
traumatic brain injury (TBI).
“I definitely feel that Ricochet
saved my life. Before I met her I was very isolated, and became depressed and
suicidal. But, when I met Ricochet, I finally had a new sense of hope.” Randy
said.
Randy and Ricochet met through Paws'itive Team's six week Canine
Inspired Community Re-integration (CICR) program. The program helps service
members reduce their PTSD symptoms through canine therapy. The certified dogs
accompany the service members to places that evoke anxiety such as Walmart or
Home Depot. The program also gives them insight into what it would be like to have
a service dog of their own.
Randy
served two tours in Iraq as a U.S. Army combat medic. On April 5, 2005 his
squad was hit with a very large improvised explosive device (IED) and he
suffered a traumatic brain injury. The carnage from the blast was just the
beginning of the horrors he experienced during the twenty-seven months he
served.
In
April of 2009, Randy was formally diagnosed with PTSD, and began his long
journey into treatment. He has been active in many different therapies,
individual counseling and physical activities. But, he had a hard time
functioning in day-to-day activities and looked at most things as potential
threats. He couldn't find anything to stop the substance abuse, rage outbursts,
horrific nightmares, panic attacks, and all around feeling that he had no hope.
His soul was shattered and suicidal thoughts were frequent. Twenty-two
veterans a day die by suicide -- that's one almost every 65 minutes.
Post-deployment suicides cause more deaths than combat!
When
Randy first met Ricochet he was lost and broken, but they bonded instantly. She
gave him what he was looking for, and he felt fully alive for the first time in
years. She was sensing subtle changes in his body, detecting, alerting and re-directing his pain, anxiety,
panic attacks and other symptoms, even before he knew they were happening.
Through Ricochet, he found the
strength he was lacking for so long. He no longer needed medication, drugs or
alcohol. His suicidal thoughts subsided.
Randy
finally had the security of a battle buddy again. In the military, a battle buddy is your battlefield
partner. Battle buddies are always ready to assist one another. Wherever they
go, whatever they do… they watch each other’s backs. Ricochet was his second set of eyes when they went to places like
Walmart. Without any training, she would stop him from going down aisles that
had a lot of people or perceived threats because she intuitively knew it would
cause him more anxiety. Randy is also able to position her in front of, or
behind him to create a physical barrier between himself and other people. In
addition, when he faces one direction, she is next to him, facing the other
direction so she can see anything that may be happening behind his back.
“I
didn’t train Ricochet to do this”, says Judy Fridono, Ricochet’s guardian. Four
years ago when Fridono released her from the role of service dog due to her
propensity for chasing birds, it never dawned on her that Ricochet could be a
service dog to an able bodied person who has PTSD. But, she’s proving to be
quite capable. Just as she had the natural ambition to jump on a surfboard with
disabled surfer, Patrick Ivison, she is again making her own choices and is now
extending a lifeline to service members and veterans.
Of course Fridono thought of
giving her to Randy as a service dog. But, after much thought, both Randy and
Fridono realized Ricochet is meant to help many people in her own unique way.
Plus, she’s going to be six years old next month, which is too old to place as
a service dog. So, instead Ricochet raised $10,000 to fund a service dog for
Randy which he should be receiving in several months. Until then, Ricochet will
continue assisting Randy.
After the six week CICR program
was over, Ricochet and Randy took things to another level and created the PTSD
Battle Buddy Initiative http://www.surfdogricochet.com/ptsd-battle-buddies.html.
Randy is very courageous in his battle and wants to share his PTSD experiences,
and Ricochet has the platform to raise more awareness. Although sharing his
hardships for the whole world to see will be difficult for him, he is committed
to helping others fighting the PTSD battle.
The
goals of the PTSD Battle Buddy Initiative are to raise awareness of its
symptoms, remove the stigma associated with it, provide support to veterans and
their families and most importantly reduce the suicide rate. Ricochet and Randy
are also committed to helping veterans wade through the cumbersome process of
getting a service dog, as well as determining the type dog that would best suit
them; pet, therapy, emotional support, service or volunteering at an animal
shelter or other dog related entity to experience the healing power of dogs
before making a long term commitment as highlighted in this blog post http://www.surfdogricochet.com/1/post/2013/08/so-you-want-a-ptsd-service-dog.html
Our
service men and woman fought for us, now it’s our turn to fight for them. They
may be home from the war, but they’re still fighting a battle. Please help us
raise awareness by sharing our story, videos and links. Thank you for your
support.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Better Hope Your Dog Doesn't Get Heartworm
FDA Addresses Continued Shortage of Drug Used to Treat Heartworm Infection in Dogs
The Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will continue to allow Merial to import limited quantities of Immiticide (melarsomine dihydrochloride) from the company’s European supplier in order to address an ongoing shortage of the FDA-approved drug in the United States. A small amount of U.S.-manufactured Immiticide is also available.
The quantities of Immiticide that the European supplier can import and that the U.S. supplier recently manufactured will satisfy only a fraction of the U.S. demand. As a result, FDA and Merial ask veterinarians to conserve these limited supplies by using the drug only for dogs in most urgent need of treatment.
There has been a continued shortage of U.S.-produced Immiticide since 2011, due to technical difficulties faced by the U.S. supplier of the drug. The approved supplier for U.S. markets will close its facility by the end of this year. FDA continues to allow the drug to be imported from the European supplier while Merial works out technical issues for manufacturing Immiticide for use in the U.S.
Veterinarians should be aware that the U.S.- and European-produced Immiticide products have different expiry lengths, and they should observe the expiration date on the labeling.
The U.S.-produced Immiticide has a shorter than normal period before expiration while imported Immiticide has a normal expiry length. However, the packaging of the imported product is formatted for use in other countries and meets the regulatory requirements of those countries. Therefore, Merial will provide a copy of the U.S. Immiticide Package Insert with each shipment. Veterinarians should follow the insert’s prescribing information.
Veterinarians will only be able to obtain Immiticide directly from Merial through a restricted distribution program. They will not be able to purchase the drug through Merial’s distributors for stocking their clinic inventories.
Additional details on Merial’s temporary measures to address the Immiticide shortage can be found in the company’s recent “Dear Doctor” letter to U.S. veterinarians.
For questions on how to obtain Immiticide, please contact Merial Customer Care at 1-888-MERIAL-1 (1-888-637-4251).
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