For Dog Lovers - Warning

[katwood]

Mad cow sparks dog food recall
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumers are being asked to return dog food that may have come from a Canadian cow that tested positive for mad cow disease.
Pet Pantry International of Carson City, Nev., which issued the request Monday, said customers should search for two products: "Maintenance Diet" with a "use by" date of "17FEB04" and "Beef with Barley" with a date of "05MAR04.

If found, the food should be held for pickup. The company's products are purchased by phone or e-mail and delivered by franchises to consumers' homes.

There is no known risk to dogs and no evidence that dogs could transmit the disease to humans, the Food and Drug Administration said. The voluntary return is a precaution to prevent discarded dog food from getting mixed with feed for cattle, goats or sheep.

Customers who purchased dog food since February should check their supplies and, if found, should call the company at 1-800-381-7387. Pet Pantry also is using sales records to contact consumers.

The suspect food, in 50 pound bags, was produced in Canada by Champion Pet Food of Morinville, Alberta.

The Canadian government already has prevented meat from the single diseased cow to be processed for human food.

Test results have cleared all other cattle in the original herd linked to North America's first mad cow case in a decade, Canadian officials said Sunday.

[weatherlover427]

:o That's not good at all! :o

[Guest]

Thanks for posting this katwood.............I sure wouldnt want my dog end up with this mad cow..............

[furluvcats]

Thanks K...did I tell you we don't have Baxter anymore? He couldn't/wouldn't stay in the yard at our new house . Still got cats tho!

[Guest]

Sorry to hear that Fur...............Nothing worse then losing a part of the family........Try to keep your head up.

[furluvcats]

Thanks King...he was jumping the fence, and getting into traffic and we were afraid he'd cause an accident....I think he upset that he didn't have a pool anymore...anyway, my house has all wood floors, and he was scratching them up, and peeing on the floors, and I can not have that in my house! Plus, I have an aversion to the smell of "doggie" in the house...he was a great outside dog when he had a huge acre back yard..too bad, we miss him, but he lives in the country now...

[JQ Public]

luckily i have no dogs...but i hope all the dog owners heed this warning. I didn't know it could be transmitted to non-cows or non-humans?!

[azsnowman]

I had heard this on the news but I missed the name of the food! Thanks!!!

Dennis

[breeze]

I get Alpo for Alex. She likes chicken, best!