Whats your general take on recalls?

I agree with Randi and Melissa..it would depend on the circumstances of the recall.

It took me a really long time to find a cat food that my cat could tolerate (he has IBD). Once I found Wellness I was extremely happy, and so was he. We use it in conjunction with dry food. Since he has done so well on it, I do not plan to switch because of the recall.
 
take4roll10 said:
I think this depends on what the recall is for. If it's for a contamination, then it can effect all the foods processed at that plant, like the big recall in 2007.
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That recall was for contaminated wheat gluten imported from China that ended up containing two chemicals that when mixed caused crystals and shut down kidneys. The whole point of the wheat gluten was to increase the protein levels in the food (since the foods don't generally contain enough meat to do it on their own). Then it turns out that the bags of rice gluten companies were getting were also wheat gluten, mislabeled. I believe it was the rice gluten problem that got Blue Buffalo.

I have serious doubts that the system has been fixed.
 
ClantyreSheltie said:
That recall was for contaminated wheat gluten imported from China that ended up containing two chemicals that when mixed caused crystals and shut down kidneys. The whole point of the wheat gluten was to increase the protein levels in the food (since the foods don't generally contain enough meat to do it on their own). Then it turns out that the bags of rice gluten companies were getting were also wheat gluten, mislabeled. I believe it was the rice gluten problem that got Blue Buffalo.

I have serious doubts that the system has been fixed.
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You're probably right. But we have to remember too that the foods that were effected were all lower quality pet foods. Even Blue Buffalo isn't the best food, even though its better than a lot of them.

I'd also like to point out that Wellness pet food was not included in that recall.
 
I think this recall is very, very serious. Do you understand how important thiamine is to a cat? It can't survive without it. It's the main reason I researched feeding my cat raw extra long b/c I want to make sure I understand how to get her the proper levels of it. I'd be VERY concerned if the food I was feeding her (although, wouldn't be surprised if most are like this) was recalled for forgetting to add one of the single more important nutrients. To me, this is worse than Salmonella. At least with Salmonella I can kind of see how someone might forget to wash their hands or something might become dirty a hell of a lot easier than them forgetting to spray on a nutrient that without it my cat would literally die. Not just get sick, DIE.
 
marymrumfelt said:
At least with Salmonella I can kind of see how someone might forget to wash their hands or something might become dirty a hell of a lot easier than them forgetting to spray on a nutrient that without it my cat would literally die. Not just get sick, DIE.
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How long was the food missing this nutrient? It must have been a long time for them to die from not having it.
 
danisgoat said:
How long was the food missing this nutrient? It must have been a long time for them to die from not having it.
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Its hard to say. They say they know the exact batches that were affected but recalled all batches from that time frame to minimize confusion. The best before dates of the recalled food range from the 14th of April, 2013-17th of Nov., 2013. So potentially the food could have been missing that ingredient for 6-7 months, tops?
 
How long was the food missing this nutrient? It must have been a long time for them to die from not having it.
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Just being a journalist: Read the letter carefully and don't propagate factual errors. Thiamine was not entirely missing. The amount was just not entirely consistent from can to can. Let's not start freaking out here.

From the letter:

Please know, the vast majority of products tested had the appropriate levels of thiamine; however, with the number of recipes we offer, we did not want to make this more confusing. Therefore to avoid confusion and in an abundance of caution, we have decided to recall all canned cat products with the specific date codes noted below. Cats fed only product with inadequate levels of thiamine for several weeks may be at risk for developing a thiamine deficiency. If treated promptly, thiamine deficiency is typically reversible.
 
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