Quote - Menu Foods seem to be doing all the right things in this situation. They aren't hiding behind their lawyers. They are taking full ownership of the situation and are paying all medical costs for those animals affected.  The company is taking a huge financial loss, because even safe products have been pulled off of the shelf.

CYA.  No company voluntarily does anything unless they're up against the wall.  It might be that someone in the company did something to the food process.  That's a lot of dog and cat food to mess with which would make you wonder what is the difference between Iams and the generic crap they sell in the grocery store.  Different label.  Same crap.  That's pretty much what I told Iams otherwise if it's a different blend it wouldn't have the same crap in it.

Could be the equipment was used for something else and there was residue left behind when it was next used for squirting into those cans and packets.  Maybe somebody is using the facilities on off hours for illegal purposes.  Sounds like a bad mystery.

The main plant, I think, is in Canada.  There's also one in Ohio.  The place where I got my bad Iams from was Ohio.  I'd suspect them more than Canada.  Lot of disgruntled and nasty people there (as well as where I live), but a lot of work on one person's part.  It was discovered back in December or January.  Boy, they sure took their time reporting it to the public, didn't they?

Pets expect you to take care of them, feed them, and love them.  They return unconditional love no matter what.  You can't be responsible for the content of the food you give to them, but the product should be genuine, not filled with dangerous chemicals or anything that is life threatening to them.  You have a trust in the makers of the food.  When they betray that trust (which they have), then you have to take independent measures to substitute for their nourishment by other means.

My grandmother told me she had cats and dogs on the farm and they didn't have the canned pet foods we have today (this was back in 1908.  She lived to be in her late 90's and was born in the 19th century).  They gave the animals food scraps and many lived well beyond their years.  Her daugher, my mother, said the same thing.  Might not be nutritious, but are the cans we buy for the dogs and cats?  I've picked bones from 9 Lives tuna fish cans (not on the recall list) before feeding to my cats.

If consumers don't start bitching and taking a stand, then next we'll be eating garbage from cans.  Actually, garbage from a trash can might be safer than what we're eating now.  Ooh!  We won't go there.

Now onto other things:

What do you tell a cat that insists on drinking out of the toilet when he has a nice pet fountain full of cold water (he loves cold water) with ice cubes and cole water in the reserve.  This same cat likes to "dry off" the shower curtain after someone takes a shower.  Is this strange or what?  Drinking toilet water can't be that good.  I do flush several times to make sure the residue is gone.

Poser 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Pro 2014, 11, 11 Pro