MY PET HAS EATEN THE RECALLED FOOD
NOW WHAT?
If you suspect you have fed your pet tainted food:
Immediatly stop feeding the suspect food
Bag what's left and stick in freezer
Save unopened cans and receipts
Keep any pet food pouches or cans with the recall-specific dates and UPC codes on them, but in a place where they can't be mistakenly fed to pets
We recommend blood work and a urinalysis to assess your pets' kidney function
Keep all receipts from your Veterinarian
Call the FDA to report your information
include as much information as possible, including the specific product name,
lot numbers for the pet food fed to your dog or cat when it was ill, date illness
first noticed, signs displayed, veterinarian's report and diagnosis, the name,
address, and telephone number of attending veterinarian, etc.
File a complaint online with the FDA
sorry, link has been removed from the FDA website. Instead, contact an FDA
complaint
coordinator
Ask your Veterinarian to report any suspected death or illness to your state veterinarian
File a complaint with the retailer from whom the food was purchased
File a complaint with the company that produces the food
Purina
(Mighty Dog, Alpo) 800-551-7392
Nutro
800-833-5330
Procter & Gamble (Iams,
Eukanuba)
800-882-1591
Hill's Pet Nutrition (Science
Diet) 800-445-5777
Del Monte
800-949-3799
Sunshine Mills Inc
800-705-2111
Blue Buffalo 1-800-919-2833
Royal Canin USA 1-800-592-6687
Natural Balance
1-800-829-4493
Search the FDA recall list
Call Menu Foods and file a complaint with them. The consumer recall hotline numbers for Menu Foods are: 1-866-463-6738 or 1-866-895-2708
Contact a state complaint coordinator. In Florida call: (866) 337-6272
Keep a log of anyone you talked to: names, dates, times, outcome etc.
If your pet was euthanized due to the severity of the condition, have your veterinarian save tissue samples (kidney, liver or any suspect tissue)