Pig ears now part of recall:

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm189400.htm

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing this health alert to warn consumers not to use Pig Ears and Beef Hooves pet treats manufactured by Pet Carousel because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella. The products were distributed nationwide in both bulk and retail packaging for sale in pet food and retail chain stores. Pet Carousel is based in Sanger, Calif.

The products were manufactured under conditions that facilitate cross-contamination within batches or lots. Although no illnesses associated with these products have been reported, the FDA is advising consumers in possession of these products to not handle or feed them to their pets.

The affected pig ear products were packaged under the brand names Doggie Delight and Pet Carousel. The affected beef hooves were packaged under the brand names Choo Hooves, Dentley’s, Doggie Delight, and Pet Carousel. All sizes and all lots of these products made by Pet Carousel are included in this alert.

During September 2009, the FDA conducted routine testing of pig ears made by Pet Carousel. The test results detected a positive reading for Salmonella. This prompted an FDA inspection of Pet Carousel’s manufacturing facilities. During the inspection, the agency collected additional pet treat samples. Further analysis found Salmonella present in beef hooves, pig ears and in the manufacturing environment.

Salmonella can affect both humans and animals. People handling dry pet food and/or pet treats can become infected with Salmonella, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the treats or any surfaces exposed to these products. Consumers should dispose of these products in a safe manner by securing them in a covered trash receptacle.

Healthy people infected with Salmonella may experience some or all of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever. Although rare, Salmonella can result in more serious ailments including arterial infections, endocarditis (inflammation of the lining of the heart), arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation, and urinary tract symptoms. Consumers exhibiting these signs after having contact with this product should contact their health care provider immediately.

Pets with Salmonella infections may become lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever and vomiting. Some pets may only experience a 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 any of the affected products or is experiencing any of these symptoms, contact your veterinarian immediately.

The FDA will continue to investigate this matter to determine the source of the Salmonella contamination and offer updates as appropriate.

Consumers can report complaints about FDA-regulated pet food and pet treat products by calling the consumer complaint coordinator in their area. You can locate the nearest consumer complaint coordinator at:
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/ReportaProblem/ConsumerComplaintCoordinators/default.htm

Pet parents rock........this is the latest update from Susan Thixton:

http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/articles/482/1/Power-to-the-Pet-People/Page1.html

In less than 24 hours, four pet food companies and one pet treat company have agreed to participate in Pet Food Recall First Alert Program!

There was no arm twisting or bullying; they simply and promptly agreed.  The first response I received was from Nature’s Logic Pet Food.  Scott Freeman of Nature’s Logic told me “Our company has been working on the ability for consumers and stores to sign up on our website to receive newsletters, product info which would include any safety issues or recalls. It should be available to our consumers, stores, and distributors within the next two weeks.”

Within minutes of receiving Nature’s Logic response, I heard from Diane Peterson of Mulligan Stew Pet Foods.  “As per your email, we in fact do have in place, an email list that consumers may sign up within our web site.”  Not wanting any grey area in our plan, I responded to Diane of Mulligan Stew asking specifically if they will agree to notifying registered consumers should a problem arise with a pet food.  Her response “Yes, we have the email program set up notify consumers who sign up on our web site, for any important information regarding out products. “

Peter Kaufman of Complete Natural Nutrition (pet treats) told me “we have been preparing our Complete Natural Nutrition blog, Facebook Fan page and Twitter account to be launched. Using these tools, it would literally take us seconds to send out a warning or (heaven’s forbid) a recall  with instructions on what to do.  You have my promise that we will support your initiative and support it in our Blog.”  I responded to Complete Natural Nutrition specifically asking ‘if’ they would agree to notify customers of a problem with their products should it arise (no grey area).  His response “Yes – Complete Natural Nutrition absolutely agrees to notify clients directly, through whatever means available to the company, in the event of any quality issues that would directly impact the health of its dog and cat clients!”

Before noon I heard from Wysong Pet Foods.  Having just experienced one of the worst things that can happen to a pet food company – a recall – Wysong told me “We would be anxious to participate in your “Pet Food First Alert Program." We would hope that it will give us a better chance of getting the word out to those consumers that were previously unreachable.”  I am in on-going contact with Rich V. of Wysong answering questions to help them get their communication with customers up and running.  He has responded and Wysong is already working on it.

I have to note something here…Wysong has taken a severe beating on the Internet since their recent recall.  To me, because of the ‘severe beating’ Wysong has received online – justified or not – I have to respect them for being one of the front runner pet food companies to join us.  That took some massive courage in my book.  Like them or not, Wysong making this pledge to join us in the Pet Food First Alert Program is HUGE move towards change in pet food.

And so far today, still not quite 24 hours into our attempt to make pet food safer, I have also heard from Lucy Postins of The Honest Kitchen Pet Food.  She told me that The Honest Kitchen already has in place an email system to communicate to customers.  With a follow up email she replied “Yes – absolutely, we would utilize our email list and web site to initiate any necessary alert or recall. But it is dependent on customers subscribing to the newsletter list in order to receive any such alert, were it to occur.”

Yippee for us!  Even more so, yippee for customers of Nature’s Logic Pet Foods, Mulligan Stew Pet Foods. The Honest Kitchen Pet Foods, Wysong Pet Foods and Complete Natural Nutrition Pet Treats!  My thanks go out to these front runners; your active participation is much appreciated.

Customers of Mulligan Stew and The Honest Kitchen can register right now for their email list; customers of Nature’s Logic, Complete Natural Nutrition, and Wysong can check the websites often over the next couple of weeks to register your email for notification.

Customers of all other pet foods and treats…send them your letter asking for their participation in Pet Food Recall First Alert program.  We want your pet food to choose integrity over secrecy!

A new campaign by Susan Thixton:

http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/articles/480/1/The-Silent-Killer-of-Pets/Page1.html

In 2007 melamine was the killer of countless dogs and cats across the U.S. and Canada.  In 2009 there is a new killer of pets; silence.

The 2007 pet food recall taught Pet Food and the FDA something BIG.  The 2007 pet food recall taught Pet Food and the FDA that Pet Parents go a little ballistic over news of a pet food recall.  It’s been referred to as ‘pet food hysteria’.  Instead of just going on as usual, panicked ‘hysterical’ Pet Parents turned to blogging and Tweeting about a tainted pet food.  We (pet parents) want to learn everything we can and want to share every bit of pet food news the best way we can hoping to save the life of our or someone else’s pet.  This blogging and Tweeting told Pet Food and the FDA pet parents have lost trust in pet foods and have serious doubts of the effectiveness of the FDA.  The apparent new method of handling pet food recalls, is not handling them at all.  The new recalls are silent.

In recent weeks, the following 'silences' have happened in pet food...

Premium Edge Pet Food learned of cats getting sick (one died) in the Rochester, NY area.  The pet food manufacturer (Diamond Pet Foods) tracked down the food the sick cats had consumed; the company discovered all suspect foods were manufactured within a twelve minute time frame.  It is believed that some type of manufacturing error occurred during those twelve minutes.  Premium Edge contacted distributors and retailers in the Rochester area to pull suspect product from store shelves.  No official recall was initiated with the FDA nor did Premium Edge add a press release to their website until after news broke publically.  The FDA recall came 18 days after the Premium Edge recall was published here.  What happened to the pets that was already eating that cat food unknowingly?
http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/articles/458/1/Premium-Edge-Cat-Food-Voluntary-Withdrawal/Page1.html

The most recent pet food product pull was from Wysong.  After a reported death of a dog, Wysong discovered mold in several lots of dog foods believed to be caused from a “malfunctioning moisture checking device” during manufacturing.  The second Wysong statement told petsumers that incoming ingredients and finished products are tested for moisture and mycotoxins (mold).  Despite stated testing, dog foods still managed to contain mold and still managed to be shipped to distributors and retail outlets.  Wysong placed a press release on their website; however it was not easily found.  No official recall press release was initiated by the FDA. In fact, Wysong stated the FDA told them a press release was not necessary.  "The matter was of small enough consequence that we have even been told by the FDA that a news release is not necessary."  http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/10/22/wysong-pet-food-recall-way-to-miss-the-point/

Again, what happened to the pets that were eating the moldy foods sold previous to the dog food withdrawal?  (Latest statement from Wysong http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/articles/473/1/Statement-from-Wysong-Pet-Foods/Page1.html)

Why was there not a prompt FDA recall press release of these pet foods?  Why were these products (and many others of late) ‘withdrawn’ from store shelves instead of publically and promptly recalled?  What is the difference between a pet food withdrawal and a pet food recall?

The FDA provided me the following explanation to the difference between a pet food withdrawal and a pet food recall…
"FDA does not have statutory authority to require manufacturers to initiate pet food recalls. Therefore, the initiation of such recalls on the part of manufacturers or importers is voluntary.

Please see the following for additional information on recalls:

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm049070.htm

Recalls classified as Class I require a press release which is typically issued by the firm. FDA posts those releases at http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/default.htm.

Companies have conducted recalls that were not classified as Class I and issued press releases which is their prerogative but only Class I classified recalls require a press release."

The FDA website defines a Class I, Class II, and Class III recall as:
Class I: Dangerous or defective products that predictably could cause serious health problems or death. Examples include: food found to contain botulinum toxin, food with undeclared allergens, a label mix-up on a lifesaving drug, or a defective artificial heart valve.
Class II: Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.
Class III: Products that are unlikely to cause any adverse health reaction, but that violate FDA labeling or manufacturing laws. Examples include: a minor container defect and lack of English labeling in a retail food.
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm049070.htm

Now…the FDA states a Class I recall requires a press release.  Class I is defined as a dangerous or defective product that predictably could cause serious health problems or death.  Both of these recent pet food withdrawals are believed to have caused numerous serious illnesses and death, thus classifying them into a Class I recall.  Yet neither of this pet food withdrawals were promptly released on the FDA website as is standard for Class I recalls.  Why not?

The same FDA webpage states the following about recalls…
FDA seeks publicity about a recall only when it believes the public needs to be alerted to a serious hazard. When a recalled product has been widely distributed, the news media is a very effective way to reach large numbers of people. FDA can hold press conferences, issue press releases, and post updates to its Web site regularly, to alert people.
"It's about being as transparent as possible," says Catherine McDermott, public affairs manager in the Division of Federal-State Relations in FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs. "If we feel there is that much of a health risk, we will offer media updates every day to give new information, and all that we know gets posted to FDA's Web site."

‘Transparent’?  Are you kidding me?

As if the above wasn’t enough of a concern, there is one more pet food issue that must be addressed.  When a pet food is withdrawn from store shelves, what about the customers that have already purchased that suspect food?  Don’t these pet owners deserve to be warned?

It’s quite a problem.  Pet Food doesn’t like to admit an error has occurred with their pet foods.  Who would?  An official pet food recall becomes a permanent scar on the company image; furthermore it could become a haunting financial disaster.

However, on the other side of the coin, are pet owners…scared out of their wits.  There is probably not a pet owner in the U.S. or Canada that doesn’t have a first hand experience with a sick pet due to a pet food or know someone that does.  Over the past several years, thousands of dogs and cats have died directly because of a pet food.  Thousands of pet deaths, YET nothing has changed in pet food regulations to prevent future deaths.  Pet owners are frightened; worried sick if their pet’s food will recalled or silently pulled from store shelves…AFTER their dog or cat has been eating it.  Will they learn the food is bad too late?  Will their beloved dog or cat get sick or die?

There is a GAPING HOLE in the pet food withdrawal and recall system that everyone of authority seems to be ignoring; Notification of pet owners.  Ya know…the people that purchased the pet food…they’re called CUSTOMERS!  Customers and their pets are falling into this GAPING HOLE and no one seems to care.

Thanks to the Internet and a world of concerned pet parents, news of pet food withdrawals does get out sooner or later…but I have to wonder how many times has the news of a suspect pet food arrived too late?  How many pets have fallen into the GAPING HOLE?  One sick pet due to NOT INFORMING A PET OWNER is too many.

Furthermore, with every new story of a pulled pet food, without first learning it from the pet food company itself…the suspicion meter rises.  What else are they (pet food) hiding?  What else are they not telling us?  More and more pet owners become even more untrusting of ALL pet food.

Trying to keep the lid on a pet food withdrawal isn’t working.  The current recall system isn’t working either.

So…let’s try something else.

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by a very concerned pet owner.  Her own dogs had suffered from a silent recall in the past; the recent increase in silent recalls was becoming alarming.  Her idea was to develop a method for pet food companies to alert customers if they experienced a product recall.  Her hope was that every pet food company would choose integrity over secrecy.  Her hope, as well, was for us – pet parents – to push the changes through.

I completely agree, something needs to change!  We can no longer wait for FDA reform; it might not ever happen.  Silent recalls ARE making pets sick!  It has to stop.



Let’s take matters into our own hands and ask (ok, perhaps demand nicely) Pet Food Companies initiate a notification system for pet food withdrawals and silent recalls!  This isn’t brain surgery…this is a very simple system that can Save the lives of Pets!  Perhaps your pet!

Please take a few minutes, copy a letter and email it to your Pet Food Company.  Click Here for the very simple instructions.

Wishing you and your pet(s) the best…And, hoping you help us Stop Silent Pet Food Recalls.

Susan Thixton
Truth about Pet Food
Petsumer Report
www.TruthaboutPetFood.com

Wasn't sure where to post this but I think we all should give ourselves a big pat on the back........we made our point!  Thanks, Susan.

http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/articles/470/1/The-Pet-Food-Industry-Notes-that-Petsumers-are-getting-Smarter/Page1.html

Since the 2007 pet food recall, many pet owners have gained an education; a pet food education.  We know what to look for on a pet food label, we understand the definitions of many ingredients, and we are determined to find only the best for our pets.  Now, the pet food industry is talking about how to deal with educated pet owners.

The Pet Food Industry online publication has a recent article about ‘dealing with educated and empowered pet owners’.  “With pets elevated to full family member status, is it any wonder their owners approach pet care and feeding with the same mindset?  Combine that with hyper-awareness of the 2007 and subsequent pet food recalls, and you have the perfect recipe for involved pet owners who not only want, but demand, to know everything possible about pet food products, ingredients and processing.”

Yes…it’s long past the time of pet food hiding behind fluffy pictures and slick marketing.

The article continues…”Sometimes this involvement allows pet food manufacturers and the industry to shine; sometimes it puts companies in the crosshairs, particularly if it rises to the level of activism.”

Several of those quoted in this article mention fear in pet owners and those that prey on fear.  Their biggest concern was lawyers.  “The admission of a problem or guilt most likely opens a company to product liability claims and endless lawsuits.”

Marion Nestle, author of Pet Food Politics; Chihuahua in the Coal Mine, gives the best advice to industry…”Companies that take complaints seriously and treat customers with respect ought to do just fine in the long run.  Be respectful, be honest, tell the truth.  The rest will be easy.”

I completely agree.  The problem is that few pet food manufacturers are honest and few tell pet owners the truth.

To read the full article from PetFoodIndustry.com, visit http://www.petfoodindustry-digital.com/petfoodindustry/200910?folio=28#pg30

Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,

Susan Thixton
Truth about Pet Food
Petsumer Report
www.TruthaboutPetFood.com

My present Lab has no hip problems that I am aware of although she does come up lame now & again when she exercises for a little too long.  I have her on glucosamine for now & will see how that works for her (not even sure this is a joint problem, haven't done x-rays or anything yet). 

I'll be real curious to see how yucca works for you.  The place where I buy chicken jerky for my dog (made in the USA, rah rah) has come out w/holistic supplements, among them yucca.  If it works for you, I just might order some the next time I order her jerky.

The big jar of Cetyl M (which you'd need for a bigger dog) is around $100 if I remember correctly........no can do right now.   I think that's good for a few months but I honestly can't remember.  If anyone wants to know, I can look it up.

My last Lab had two really bad hips.........I had heard about Cetyl M on an agricultural channel on TV (also used on horses), did some research & decided to try it.  I personally thought it worked wonders on her........until she tore a ligament in her knee & then she was really in some serious pain.

A couple of people I know asked me about this stuff, I told them about the website, they ordered it & both of them had good luck with it.  One dog was an older Lab & the other was a GS mix.

It's expensive but I personally think it worked really well.  You can easily find the website by Googling.

HTH

Bonkers:

It probably is Trouw.  I'm sure they make up vitamin premix for most of the manufacturers.  I don't know that for sure but I don't think there are a zillion suppliers of vitamins for pf.  I know who mixes the vitamins for my dog's food:  me.  That makes me feel a lot more secure than leaving it in the hands of these big, filthy rich corporations who could care less about our pets.

I also want to know how symptoms appeared so rapidly in a thiamine-deficient pf.  I can understand an OD on vitamins showing up right away but it stands to reason (at least to me) that you'd have to be feeding this for a while for symptoms to show.  From what they've said, it appears to be one run.  Amazing how you can feed a few meals from a bag of pf & a thiamine deficiency shows up?  Sorry, don't buy that one.

I wish they'd drop this "voluntary withdrawal" nonsense & call it what we all know it is:  a recall.  Personally, it doesn't make me any less angry when you call it a withdrawal......I'm sure the pfc thinks this verbiage will make it look less threatening to pet parents.  I say BS!

(Edited to change to thiamine.......duh!)

No more recalls, folks, they are all "voluntary withdrawals" now.  Guess they think it sounds better & it won't upset pet parents as much........don't get me started!!!!!  Once again, many thanks to Susan for keeping us up to date.

http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/articles/458/1/Premium-Edge-Cat-Food-Voluntary-Withdrawal/Page1.html

Original article updated after receiving additional information from Premium Edge Cat Food representative...

A spokesman at Diamond Pet Food, manufacturer of Premium Edge Cat Food, relates information regarding problems with Premium Edge Cat Food; the food has been withdrawn from retail outlets.

I received a tip that there was a potential problem with Premium Edge cat food; follow up information provided to TruthaboutPetFood.com stated that Dr. Susan Hubbard of Stone Ridge Veterinary Hospital in Rochester, NY has treated “13+ cats eating Finicky Adult Cat or Hairball Formula” Premium Edge cat food.  Symptoms have included; decreased appetite prior to neuro signs, vomiting, vestibular-like ataxia, dull mentation, a subtle positional ventral nystagmus, dilated pupils, decreased to absent PLR and menance, blindness, seizures, head & neck weakness with ventral flexion, postural rigidity, circling, increased respiratory rate, hypothermia.

A Diamond Pet Food company spokesman confirmed the above to me late this morning (10/2/09 11:50 AM ET).  The Diamond Pet Food representative related that testing proved no contaminants were discovered in the cat food; the only issue discovered was the cat foods were deficient in Thiamine (the level in the tested food was only >1.5 ppm - should be >5 ppm).  Diamond tracked the vitamin premix lot number that was utilized in these particular cat foods and have performed testing on another lot of Premium Edge cat food that used the same vitamin premix.  That food was not deficient in thiamine.

The Diamond Pet Food company spokesman relayed the following theory to TruthaboutPetFood.com regarding this issue with Premium Edge Cat Food:

Diamond pet food time stamps each product manufactured (date and time food was manufactured).  The time stamps for the first calls logged of affected cat foods were manufactured within a twelve minute time frame.  The speculation is some type of manufacturing error during those twelve minutes resulted in these cat foods becoming deficient in Thiamine.

The company stated there have been no other complaints from pet owners or veterinarians regarding Premium Edge Cat Food except from the Rochester, NY area (location of Dr. Susan Hubbard, Stone Ridge Veterinary Hospital).  Premium Edge contacted all retail outlets asking them to pull the product from the store shelves.  The retailers were also asked to contact their customers via email or telephone requesting them to check the date code of the food.

Although it was recommended to the company spokesman (from me), no press release information has been posted on Premium Edge website as of the writing of this article.  The affected date codes are RAF0501A22X 18lb., RAF0501A2X 6 lb., RAH0501A22X 18 lb., RAH0501A2X 6lb.  If you or anyone you know has these date codes of Premium Edge cat food, please return them to your retailer for a full refund.  http://www.premiumedgepetfood.com/

Bobbie:

I'm so sorry to hear about your beloved dog.  What a terrible thing to go through, both for you & your dog.

Also upsets me to hear how the manufacturer obviously didn't seem to care.  They sure care enough to take our money.

I worry about that kind of thing happening because my Lab is a chow hound & she has to eat everything in less than a minute.  Fortunately, it seems that she does take her time with a chew.  You can bet your bippy that I watch her anyway to be sure she doesn't try to swallow a big hunk of something.

Thanks for the warning.  Will email it to all my friends w/dogs.

Lots of hugs from our house to yours........

I know people who have had really good luck with Holistic Select so I decided to buy a bag (duck & oatmeal) & give it a try.

My Lab has a lot of allergies......to be perfectly honest, I'm not even sure exactly what they are.  Whenever she reacts to food, her belly breaks out so that's always my first clue that something isn't agreeing with her.

Unfortunately, it happened with the duck & oatmeal.  This is supposed to be good for dogs with allergies but it didn't work for us.  Nothing had changed in her diet but the dry food so I figured it had to be that.

Once I pulled her off it, her belly cleared up.

I don't want to discourage anyone who has a dog with allergies from buying this food because it has worked well for other dogs........just not mine.......

There are really only a few dry foods that agree with her.  The reason I find it so odd is that I primarily give her home cooking with a very small amount of dry food.  You would think it wouldn't matter.......but it does!

http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/articles/426/1/Virbac-Recalls-Iverhart-Plus/Page1.html

Virbac Recalls Iverhart Plus
   
Heartworm preventative Iverhart Plus is being recalled by manufacturer Virbac; lots 090093 and 090095 are affected.

VIN News, a veterinary news service reports that Virbac “did not share the company’s (recall) letter with the VIN News Service, sales representative Tara Youngblood explains that veterinarians are being asked to contact their distributors to see if they’ve purchased product from the recalled lots.”  http://news.vin.com/vinnews.aspx?articleId=13680

The FDA website did not provide any information of this heartworm preventative recall, however the FDA website did provide a FDA Warning Letter issued to Virbac, Inc. dated December 10, 2008.  http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2008/ucm1048051.htm

The FDA Warning Letter to Virbac stated an inspection discovered “numerous violations of current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations…the documented violations cause drug products manufactured at your facility to be adulterated”.

Neither Virbac Corporate Website (http://www.virbac.com/p-virbaccompuben/display.aspx?srv=p-virbaccom&typ=pub〈=en&cmd=view&style=styles/home.xsl&monrep=&select=) nor the Virbac Animal Health website (http://www.virbacvet.com/ ) provided information regarding the Iverhart Plus recall (perhaps the information is on Virbac company websites, however I could not find it).


If your dog is taking Iverhart Plus heartworm preventative, contact your Veterinarian.

Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,

Susan Thixton
Truth about Pet Food
Petsumer Report

A lot of pet forums are talking about it.  Here's dogster:

http://www.dogster.com/forums/Food_and_Nutrition/thread/633854

If I can remember some of the other forums I was reading, I'll post those links too but it's being talked about on a lot of forums but can't find anything that went public about it.  So if you didn't read it on the internet, you wouldn't know.

Diamond is having a bit of a problem......... 

Not sure if this has been posted before but TOTW dry dog food (one batch) has been pulled from shelves due to high protein & low moisture.  From what I've read around the internet, no dogs have gotten sick but some have refused to eat it.  It's the Pacific Stream & the only date impacted is July 1, 2010.......assume that's the BB date.

There is nothing on their website about this.......at least I wasn't able to find it.

Rather than checking websites for you, I Googled "ingredients in dog food" & came up with a zillion websites:

http://www.google.com/search?q=ingredients+in+dog+food&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Happy reading!

http://srdogs.com/Pages/rimadylfr.html


Summer 2009 -- Reports of Adverse Reactions Continue, No Warnings Given by Veterinarians......Ten Years Later!!!

Even though the FDA mandated revised labeling for Rimadyl and the distribution of a "Client Information Sheet" when Rimadyl is dispensed, problems continue with this drug. We discontinued the regular posting on this website of adverse events due to Rimadyl quite some time ago, but, in the past few days several new cases appeared in the space of 48 hours. Is this just coincidence, or is something going on here? If, after reading these latest case histories, you're concerned about your dog's possible adverse reaction to Rimadyl, please follow these guidelines.