Itchmo reports verification from Natural Balance, that more of their foods have been pulled, due to melamine found in a rice protein concentrate. Natural Balance does not use wheat gluten in their foods.

Itchmo has confirmed with Natural Balance that their recall has expanded and now covers the following items for all dates:

    * Venison and Brown Rice Treats for Dogs (New today)
    * Venison and Brown Rice Canned Formula for Dogs (New today)
    * Venison and Brown Rice Dry Food for Dogs (Reported Sunday)
    * Venison and Green Pea Dry Food for Cats (Reported Sunday)

USA Today has also run a story on the Natural Balance recall. Read it here.

Natural Balance hasn’t updated their website to reflect the new information yet, but according to Itchmo, they’ll be releasing into the mainstream media soon.

I've sent an email to the person I spoke with before at Solid Gold, asking for confirmation of who makes their dry food. For now I've put a notation on the list that says we're waiting for verification.

Therese

I can certainly relate, Mary! I normally spend quite a bit of time in front of the computer, but lately I pretty much live here. My dogs have been complaining a bit too, but just a little while ago we all went for a walk, which all of us needed!

Like you, I don't think the recall is going to 'blow over.' I think it's going to change the way a lot of people feed their pets.

And yes, I have had enough!!! And for now, I'm going to go be a couch potato with my dogs and try to find something good on TV.

The following pet food has been added to the list:

Oma's Pride

I just talked with Jennfer Freeman at Natural Balance, who informed me that their website has just been updated with new info. She said they don't know what the problem is yet, but as a precaution, they are telling people not to feed the Venison & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food, and Venison & Green Pea Dry Cat Foods.

She said they have not had any new complaints - the number stands at about 7 complaints.

From the their website:


NOTICE:
We are receiving consumer complaints regarding the Venison & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food, and Venison & Green Pea Dry Cat Foods. We do not know what is wrong with the food at this time, but we have heard that animals are vomiting and experiencing kidney problems. Please discontinue feeding all Venison and Brown Rice Dry Dog Food, and Venison and Green Pea Dry Cat Food.

We are working closely with the FDA.
We will update this website today, as more information comes available.

This topic has been moved to Natural Balance.

http://thepetfoodlist.com/forums/index.php?topic=70.0

Therese, I am talking about all of the original information you had posted about Natural Balance

Ah, ok....You'll find that post, along with all of the responses on the blog over at PetsitUSA: http://petsitusa.com/blog/?p=223

Any chance of posting the original information given by Natual Balance, and by that I mean 'all' of the replies they gave to you?

Tracy, as I said in an earlier post, I don't have any other info yet but as soon as hear something I'll post it.

You know, I thought about separating it out with wet vs. dry...cat vs. dog but I think that would be breaking it down just a bit too far. I know a lot of people have cats and dogs and feed wet and dry. I do agree though that people are better off to mention specifically what they're feeding.

Not yet, but I did email the woman I've been corresponding with about their products and will put something out as soon as I hear from her. If I don't hear from her by first thing in the morning I'll be on the phone trying to get some info.

[NOTE:]

According to Itchmo:

Natural Balance Pulling Venison Dry Dog Formula

Itchmo has confirmed an email from Natural Balance that they are removing two products from sale:

    * Venison and Brown Rice Dry Dog Formula
    * Venison and Green Pea Dry Dog Formula


This products do not contain wheat gluten. No deaths or serious illnesses have been reported and no recall warning has been issued. The warning applies only to products sold in the last week, according to Natural Balance.

Please know that at this time we are removing this product from the shelves, as we have had some phone calls indicating gastric upset after eating this formula. At this time, we are unsure if this could just be a particular batch problem, or simply customers switching diets too fast. However, in the meantime while we are looking further into this matter, we are not recommending to feed this formula, and are suggesting to feed our Potato and Duck or Sweet Potato and Fish Dry Dog Formula.

NOTE: I've emailed my contact at Natural Balance and am following up myself to verify.

You know, Mary, I've wondered about that myself. I have one cat and I use the clumping litter too. I'd be very interested to know what you might be able to find out. I wonder too, what issues there might be with the litter that doesn't clump. That's manufactured too so I'd think there may be some issues with that as well. I imagine pretty much anything we might use would have some issues. Good, old fashioned dirt is probably the safest...but I'm not about to let my Tequila be an outdoor cat!

No big deal willyagogo! You're doing fine.

Just a reminder to everybody that you can start a new topic on dog nutrition any time you want. You don't have to keep responding to this thread if it's a particular topic you want to talk about. Just click on Dog Nutrition up at the top left and then click on new topic.

I found the quote she was talking about...it was under Artemis, and was a direct quote from the company. I'm not sure about the confusion but I changed it to this:

No products made by Menu Foods.
Cans are manufactured by Evanger’s in Wheeling, IL

Hopefully that's what she was referring to.