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Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Single Product, Prescription Diet - m/d - Feline Dry Food
Read MoreLatest AVMA press release: http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/mar07/x070320.asp
For pet owners:
For veterinarians:
- List of recalled products: From the Menu Foods Web site
- Homemade pet food requires study of nutrition, AVMA warns (AVMA press release, March 20, 2007)
- AVMA offers advice to pet owners after nationwide food recall (AVMA press release, March 19, 2007)
- FAQ from the AVMA: What you should know about the recall (updated March 22, 2007)
- Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc. announces voluntary participation in Menu Foods nationwide US recall of specific canned cat foods (Hills Pet Nutrition Web site)
- P&G Pet Care announces voluntary participation in Menu Foods' nationwide U.S. and Canadian recall of specific canned and small foil pouch ‘Wet’ cat and dog foods (Iams Web site)
- Purina to voluntarily withdraw Mighty DogŪ 5.3 ounce pouch products in response to Menu Foods recall (Purina Web site)
General:
- List of recalled products: From the Menu Foods Web site
- Updated information for veterinarians from the ACVIM
- Data from The Animal Medical Center of New York City
- More than 60 million pet food containers recalled after reported deaths
Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. explains why some of the company's products are co-manufactured by Menu Foods, which issued a major pet food recall March 16. (AVMA News Bulletin, March 20, 2007)
- Fact sheet for veterinarians from the Iams Company
- Timely Topics in Nutrition: Aflatoxicosis in dogs and dealing with suspected contaminated commercial foods (JAVMA, June 1, 2006)
- FDA's Consumer Complaint Coordinators (FDA Web site)
- FDA: Information on marketing a pet food product (FDA Web site)
Sandra Harbison
Media Relations
UT College of Veterinary Medicine
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