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I am making this a new topic as I feel everyone should know. I Just got this from a vet I email a lot. Mods feel fre to combine with my other post if you wish.
And now the supposed " Global Leader in Pet Nutrition", Hills is recalling a prescription veterinary diet.
It is a diet used for weight loss and diabetes in cats.
At my practice we only special order in Hills prescription diets, and we have no current clients feeding it ( fortunately).
Here is the details of the expanded recall...
Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc.Recalls Single Product, Prescription Diet(TM) m/d(TM) Feline Dry Food, Only Product Containing Wheat Gluten.
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food from the market. Hill's is taking this precautionary action because during a two-month period in early 2007, wheat gluten for this product was provided by a company that also supplied wheat gluten to Menu Foods. U.S. Food and Drug Administration tests of wheat gluten samples show the presence of a small amount of melamine.
Recalled products U.S. & Canada UPC* Size Prescription Diet(TM) m/d(TM) Feline dry food 52742 42770 4 lb. bag Prescription Diet(TM) m/d(TM) Feline dry food 52742 42790 10 lb. bag
Why is a company who is supposed to have the higghest quality of ingredients, and the strictest quality control and testing, using the same source of wheat gluten used by all of those inexpensive supermarket brands?
This is a prescription diet- only sold to veterinarians who are told it is of the "highest standard and quality".
Yet again, another large pet food company is outsourcing to get the most inexpensive ingredients..and now more pet's lives are affected.