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Anyone who saw the Marin Independent-Journal story, which we blogged last night, knew something more was coming, but the list of additional recalled products is longer than I at least expected. And while these products were apparently manufactured in Canada, they were sold in the United States as well.

From a release from Menu Foods, just out on PR Newswire:

Prompted by reports from the US Food and Drug Administration as to the presence of melamine in cans of cuts and gravy pet food produced in Menu Foods' Canadian production facility, Menu Foods undertook an accounting of all recalled wheat gluten supplied by ChemNutra Inc. to Menu Foods in the United States.

As the result of that review, Menu Foods has identified a single interplant transfer of the ChemNutra supplied wheat gluten, shipped from Menu Foods' plant in Emporia, Kansas, to its plant in Streetsville, Ontario. This wheat gluten was subsequently used in the production of pet food in December, 2006 and January, 2007, which is being recalled by Menu Foods.

The new varieties in the United States and Canada have been added to the recall list.

It includes the Nutro canned products mentioned in the Marin I-J story as having been found by testing at the University of California, Davis, to contain melamine, as well as many other canned Nutro products, and several other foods. Complete list here.

Update: Nutro's statement is now up on the company's Web site. Couldn't get through for a while, so can't say exactly when it went up.

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Comments

[Andrea]

So where is the President of Nutro now? I'd like to see him be man enough to come back to this forum and explain why it took so long to respond to reports about his 3 oz cans of food making cats sick.



And the best part - the recall dates are not limited - its all being recalled. He had been asked about the status of the cans - because his statement and website were silent about their status. At that time, I stated that I was going to assume that if the cans were OK - Nutro would have let everyone know. And that the lack of information was a danger signal.

And I was right!





The worst part - under these circumstances, I hate being right.

[Carole]

It's not just Nutro that has been updated - check out Menu's site. They have updated a bunch of brands, noted with today's date.



Unreal!

[MARY ANN]

That's it my dogs are now off nutro. if nutro does not care about my pets ,your pets. the hell with them

[Sandi K]

I feel sick. I knew this was coming but now we know why our kitty got sick in December. Why wouldnt they listen to us back in january or for that matter the numerous times we tried to call them since March 16th? How many more pets have died or become ill from this blunder? And where in the world are their tracking records, why did it take until now for them to realize , oh gosh, we sent some to Canada too, by golly.



It is too late for our girl and I feel like Im going to throw-up. The only thing making me happy right now is that this might save additional pets from the hands of Menu Foods and Nutro. Shame on all of them! I would say it how im really feeling it right now but I dont want to go into another meltdown like I did a few days ago here. I dont have to act irresponsibly just because they have.

[cerridwen]

Deepest sympathy to everyone who is here because their pets have died or are ill. This situation just makes me heartsick.



Looks like Nutro knows it can't hide behind the "all our products on the shelf are safe" statement anymore. I just checked their website, and they have updated the recall section: "April 10, 2007 -

Updated Press Release From Nutro Products will be posted later today"



http://www.nutroproducts.com/mfrecall.asp



The list of foods I have bought in the past, but fortunately was not currently feeding my cats, keeps getting longer. So I feel fortunate, but always like I just missed getting hit by a train. This never-ending, how-much-worse-can-it-get? turmoil isn't doing much for my PTSD.

[Connie]

My 80 year old mother lost her cat in January due to kidney failure. The cat became sick from December - mid January. It was put to sleep the end of January. The vet diagnosis was kidney failure with no explanation. We live in northern Ontario Canada and she purchased food at Wal-mart.



Each day another food comes on the recall list. I wish companies like Purina would go on TV and assure people that their products are okay and that they did not use the wheat gluten from china. I have 3 cats and wonder if I am feeding the food that is okay. I feed them Fancy Feast wet and dry food.

So far they appear okay.

[straybaby]

no mention of this on my local news (abc nyc) they ran 2 pet related stories and one was about pet owners going green, but they only mentioned the recall in passing and it wasn't really the point of the story. the other was a story about out leash laws.



so far no mention on nbc national news.



so sad.

[Connie R.]

My 80 year old mother lost her cat in January due to kidney failure. The cat became sick from December - mid January. It was put to sleep the end of January. The vet diagnosis was kidney failure with no explanation. We live in northern Ontario Canada and she purchased food at Wal-mart.



Each day another food comes on the recall list. I wish companies like Purina would go on TV and assure people that their products are okay and that they did not use the wheat gluten from china. I have 3 cats and wonder if I am feeding the food that is okay. I feed them Fancy Feast wet and dry food.

So far they appear okay.



This is my first message.

[Serijna]

That is the final straw. I am for boycotting any product made in Canada now. Many are. We owe it to the pet owners in Canada with no regulation on their pet foods. How many more pets did they kill by keeping quiet about their Ontario plant. Of course they (Menu Foods) knew that the same ingredient was used there too. I also fired a venom Email to HSUS. They are only parroting old news on their web site. Will stop my monthly contribution to them This is unreal. Am on pins and needles with my 19 house cats and 25 ferals/strays outside. Am soooo mad by now.

[MFEMFEM]

I fed my cat, my beautiful soulmate Nutro pouches. He was euthanized three weeks ago. Nutro has done nothing to help those of us who reported sick and dead pets to them, in my opinion.



I NEVER would have bought Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care and Nutro Gourmet Classics Chunks in Gravy if I had known Nutro was using Menu Foods as the source for its wet food. My pet is dead. I will NEVER buy another Nutro product again.

[catlover]

I am just SICK, SICK, SICK over this latest news. I fed my 3 babies the Nutro Natural Choice Chicken & Lamb canned kitten food up until the problems were found with the pouch varieties. Apparently this is the only canned variety of their kitten food that contains wheat gluten. I fed them all the kitten varieties, and the Chicken/Lamb was the hardest to find so they ate that least of all, but still they ate it regularly.



I just sent yet another nasty-gram to Nutro, since I expect them to pay for my cats to be tested. I had a vet appt. for 4/28 but now will have to re-schedule to get all 3 of them in there as soon as possible for bloodwork.

[petlover]

I'm sorry that Canada's pets are also at risk.



Since Menu Foods is a Canada-based company, I'm hoping that our pet loving friends north of the border bombard the proper agencies (financial authorities/stock trading) to look into this mess. Apparently from an earlier report posted on this blog, Mark Wiens, Chief Financial Officer of Menu Foods Income Fund, sold off 45% of the shares he owned in his company about 3 weeks before the pet food recall. The question is... was this just coincidental?



Who are the top 2 or 3 nationally well respected Canadian broadcast journalists who could delve into this horror? Any one there willing to run with this story?

[Frank]

Will someone please subpoena ChemNutra for a list of pet food companies having received the garbage gluten? There is no more doubt in my mind they are deliberately withholding information from the public.

[Karen]

http://www.royalcanin.ca/index_en.php

ROYAL CANIN RECALL FOR APRIL 10, 2007

[Steve]

Wonder what the results of the inspections on Menus plants turned out to be.



http://tinyurl.com/39r95v

[Dawn Turner]

Cerridwen wrote: "The list of foods I have bought in the past, but fortunately was not currently feeding my cats, keeps getting longer. So I feel fortunate, but always like I just missed getting hit by a train. This never-ending, how-much-worse-can-it-get? turmoil isn’t doing much for my PTSD."



I know exactly what you mean about just missing getting hit by a train. Some of the foods I fed before switching to raw are on the recall list, some added AFTER the initial recall. I've been grateful every day of this mess that I've been feeding raw. I don't even like to consider the possibility of losing one of my dogs to this mess!



With regards to boycotting all products made in Canada and their lack of regulation up there, the US isn't any better. Pet food industry regulations in the US are an absolute joke. Shoot, even the human food industry isn't controlled and protected the way many people think it is. This whole mess could just as easily have involved mass amounts of human food products, especially in light of the fact that regulations on US growers are much, much tighter than on importers. And imports are not inspected as they should be to insure safety.

[Sunshine]

Just got word from a dear friend that had been feeding Ole Roy DRY that he has now buried three of his precious dogs.



We are fighting once again to save my black lab. He had been fine for a week and now he is not eating or drinking. I have home cooked all of his meals for over a week so the food is not the issue. The vet will get more test results back in the morning.



I can't bury another one of my dogs!!!!! Any pet food manufacturer listing?

[Carole]

PRESS RELEASE

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FOR MORE INFORMATION



Tom McPheron

Phone: 847-285-6781

Cell: 773-494-5419

e-mail: tmcpheron@avma.org



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



April 10, 2007









AVMA Posts Comprehensive Pet Food Recall List



SCHAUMBURG, Ill.

— The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has posted a comprehensive list of all pet foods recalled in connection to a suspected wheat gluten contamination. The comprehensive AVMA Pet Food Recall List is available at http://www.avma.org/aa/menufoodsrecall/products.asp. This information has been posted by the AVMA to help pet owners and veterinarians more easily and quickly sort through the over 100 pet foods currently recalled.



The number and brands of pet foods that have been recalled in connection to contaminated wheat gluten has grown since Menu Foods, a private-label pet food producer based in Canada, initially announced the recall on March 16. The AVMA Pet Food Recall list consolidates all manufacturer, brand and formulation information.



The AVMA also reminds pet owners what should be done if an animal is found to be affected by these contaminated pet foods. Most importantly, pets need to be seen and treated by a veterinarian. If your pet shows signs of loss of appetite, lethargy, vomiting or change in urination, consult a veterinarian immediately.



The AVMA wants all veterinarians to know that any reporting problems with the FDA complaint lines have been addressed and they should continue to call the FDA's Consumer Complaint Coordinator for their state. A list of these coordinators is available at: http://www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/complain.html.



Pet owners must remain informed on the latest recalls, recheck all pet food in their possession, and stop feeding their pets any of the recalled pet foods that they have in their homes. Many veterinarians have reported that animals have recently been made ill by foods recalled from store shelves weeks ago.



The comprehensive AVMA Pet Food Recall List contains all recall information that has come to the attention of the AVMA, but it is not guaranteed to be complete. The AVMA encourages all concerned to contact the specific manufacturer regarding the status of any particular pet food or treat.



For the latest news releases on the pet food recalls, please visit the AVMA Web site at: www.avma.org.

[Sue Dunn]

http://tinyurl.com/2pz5dl has Nutro recall info

[Sharon]

Sunshine, please please PLEASE tell your friend to contact the FDA with as many specifics as he can about the food he fed his dogs. It won't bring back his beloved animals but it might help someone else save theirs.

[Gayle]

I get a "page cannot be found error" when I try the listed url for the comprehensive AVMA list.

http://www.avma.org/aa/menufoodsrecall/products.asp.

[steve a]

There are a few trivial tidbits of information I would really very much like to see somewhere at this website, maybe another blog topic, but THE NUMBMERS OF SICK not just the dead, please, even knowing they are self-reported and all the baggage coming with that...



Also, one of the things keeping our vet just a little skeptical over whether our cats kidney problems are directly related to the Menu... The test levels from the Feline Senior blood screening and time from original diagnosis, and I mean this only for survivors because I know these numbers are much higher in most pets that needed to be put to sleep over this...



There are several mineral concentrations measured, but the key are BUN(78) and Creatinine(7.9) levels (for our cat last week, 10 weeks from initial diagnosis).



I would very much like to know what the test results other pet parents with survivors are seeing...



Again, pet connection, please feel free to move this to another blog topic if you feel it's better not here... And please report the numbers of sick, not just the dead.

[Sandi K]

OK Im trying to be respectful and polite so I dont go off into one of my tizzy's again. Is there a polite way to say "IDIOT"? Maybe in French it would sound classier...I just went out on Menu Foods recall list. They have one section of the cat food called Nutro Products which our kitty's food is now showing up under. But there is also a section called Nutro Max Gourmet Classics....well the Nutro MAX Cat California CHicken Supreme IS a Nutro Max Gourmet Classic food and its not showing up under that list.....very confusing, do they not even know where to list the food they are recalling?

[Sharon]

Steve, I know how you feel. My vet is skeptical of one's kidney failure but not the other. It bothers me. They have said unequivocally that Maui got sick from the food but Cleo's kidney problems are chronic. How could being fed tainted food not exacerbate an existing problem? And for some unknown reason, my other cat is not showing signs of kidney failure. Thank God for that. But who knows what the next few weeks hold for my girls :(



Anyway, I'm gonna do some digging and see what I can find and I will try to get the actual figures from my cats tests when I visit the vet tommorrow.

[CatLady]

I can't reach the Nutro site (http://www.nutroproducts.com/). The connection is timing out. Is it just me?



The stories of everyone losing their pets is really hard to read. We nursed our cat Rhett through a combination of heart failure and renal failure through the end of the year and finally euthanized him at the beginning of February. It seems like every other day, there's another product recalled that we fed him in the ongoing round-robin of "what will the sick cat eat today?" With his heart condition, he will never be counted as a victim of this recall, but I keep wondering if he would be with us today if I hadn't given him some of these "premium" foods that were probably poisoning him.



My friends and family are starting to look at me funny when I talk about the latest recall news, but I can't help but obsess about it. I have three more cats to try to keep alive through this crisis.

[catlover]

to Catlady - the Nutro website must be swamped, but I have been able to get in no problem. I have sent them 2 emails tonight, plus checked their updated recall list to see many cans of cat/kitten food listed. I also re-checked the ingredients list of the recalled kitten food (chick/lamb) and sure enough, that flavor does contain wheat gluten. Apparently the other kitten flavors do not, but of course I wouldn't trust the Nutro packaging, nor would I trust the Menu plant where the food was made. The machinery could be contaminated so basically any of their products should be considered suspect.

[Steve]

Comment by CatLady — April 10, 2007 @ 6:06 pm



When a well-packaged web of spin has been spun gradually to the public such as we have seen since March 16, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic.

[Christi Alcox]

Well, I just read the new statement on Nutro's website. I just love how Dave says consumers are fed up with Menu Foods (yeah, way to try to distance yourself)then he goes on to say that he previously issued a further recall than was necessary. (Way to pat yourself on the back for minimal action)

[catlover]

And here's another thing that's p!ssing me off about Nutro. Didn;'t they say only their pouch food was made by Menu? Luckily (I think) I immediately stopped feeding Nutro after the 1st recall, I hope that was soon enough for my 3 cats.

[catlover]

And WHY didn't Nutro test ALL of their canned food (at least the ones with wheat gluten) as soon as their pouches were recalled??? Why did it take a vet from CA to send cans to UC Davis to reveal that the Nutro canned was also contaminated? This company does not deserve a second chance. I hope they go out of business.

[straybaby]

could this be a second shipment of WG out there? I can't get past Nutro not pulling ALL of their food with WG on the first recall knowing they had other foods with WG in them. What made them limit the first recall?

[catlover]

I don't give a rat's a$$ how many shipments are involved, this is completely inexcusable & irresponsible behavior on the part of Nutro.

[straybaby]

actually, i was about to agree with you, except if there are other shipments, we need to know. now.



did ChemNurto bring it in also, or someone else? the FDA sure hasn't been too on top of things. yes they are holding WG imports, but are they tracking and testing other earlier shipments or do they have tunnel vision on this? we still don't know if they are checking into any of the other ingredients that China exports and ChemNutro imports.



So yes, Nutro SHOULD have pulled ALL WG recipes off the shelves, but what made them decide not to? And keep insisting their stuff was safe even after the recall expanded to non-menu produced food?

[Sharon]

Steve A - I found reports of people saying their animals BUN and creatinine levels were 5 times higher than normal.



A post from gothamist.com. This blog links to here but also, the blogger has done a survey of owners with brands of food. The dry food information is very interesting.





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Post 543...



Editor’s Note: This story has been updated since the first posting.

Several days ago, we started reading reports of dry food possibly making pets sick, specifically Iams. We then asked our readers to provide their experience to us. Here’s what we found:



Number of pets covered: 134 (47 cats, 87 dogs)

Reported ARF (Acute Renal Failure): 24 (17%) 15 cats, 9 dogs



Cat Deaths: 20 | Cat Illnesses: 26

Dog Deaths: 9 | Dog Illnesses: 77



Since our report, one DRY food from Hills has been recalled so far.





We caution you against accepting this as the final word as these are self-reported numbers from parents who have been reading about other sick or dying pets. Given the caveats, the brands that really stood out were Iams, Nutro, and Science Diet. We expected quite a few Iams reports since the survey results from posts about sick pets who ate Iams, (read about Menu Foods’ exclusive contract with Iams) but the Nutro reports seemed to have come from nowhere. Of the 5 reported deaths parents linked to Nutro, 3 were from Acute Renal Failure. 3 ARF deaths were reportedly linked with Science Diet and 7 were linked with Iams. There may be legitimate reason why some brands are on this list, for example, Science Diet may be recommended by vets to particularly sick pets.



Our numbers are not enough data to make any conclusive decision, but some correlations were highly troubling. We are highly in favor of a statistically correct and significant study of dry food-related problems. And we’d love to hear your thoughts in our comments.



Important note: If you feel that dry food is causing your pet to fall ill, please contact the FDA.



Number of Specific Cat Food Brand Reported: What to feed your cat



Iams: 17 (ARF: 5 dead, 1 sick)

Purina: 6 (ARF: 1 dead)

Science Diet: 5 (ARF: 3 dead)

Nutro: 4 (ARF: 1 dead, 1 sick)

Special Kitty: 3 (ARF: 1 dead, 2 sick)

Royal Canin: 1 (No ARF)



Number of Specific Dog Food Brand Reported: What to feed your dog



ARF reported:

Iams: 21 (ARF: 1 dead, 2 sick)

Nutro: 14 (ARF: 2 dead)

Ol’Roy: 5 (ARF: 1 dead)

Eukanuba: 2 (ARF: 1 sick)

No ARF reported:

Science Diet: 4

Pedigree: 2

Purina: 2

Authority: 1

Beneful: 1

Natural Balance: 1

Trader Joe’s: 1



Report your pet’s death or illness now.



Keen and Abby Gayle



[545] Posted by: MikeKeen | April 5, 2007 1:13 PM

[catlover]

To straybaby - yes, you are correct, we do need to know all the shipments. Sorry for venting. My blood is boiling right now.

[Kat]

I don't see this posted.... here is Nutro's statement:



http://www.nutroproducts.com/press4-10-07.asp



Nutro Products Orders Removal of All Wet Pet Food Products Made by Menu Foods with Wheat Gluten

Nutro Dry Foods, Biscuits and Treats are NOT manufactured by Menu Foods

and are NOT Affected by Recall





City of Industry, Calif. (April 10, 2007)– Earlier today, Menu Foods expanded its recall of wet pet food products to include additional wet pet foods suspected of containing melamine from Chinese supplied wheat gluten.



Given this new information and the confusion in the marketplace, Nutro has ordered ALL Nutro wet pouched and canned foods made with wheat gluten be removed from store shelves regardless of the date of production and asks pet owners to stop feeding those products to their pets. Nutro is taking this action even though the Menu Foods press release indicates that only certain dates of production at its plant were affected.



“Pet owners are fed up with confusing information regarding the Menu Foods recall,” said Dave Kravis, President and CEO of Nutro Products. "I had previously ordered a broader recall of affected products than what Menu Foods had suggested. Given this new information from Menu Foods, I have ordered all wet pet food products containing wheat gluten to be removed from store shelves. Our dry pet food is not made by Menu and remains unaffected by the recall."



As a result of this new information, Nutro has suspended all shipments to retail stores of Nutro's wet canned and pouch products that contain wheat gluten until Nutro is able to confirm their safety.



Nutro Products is asking all customers who have the following Nutro wet pet food products (which are made by Menu Foods and contain wheat gluten) regardless of “best by date,” to immediately stop feeding the products to their pets.



All Cat Pouch Food Products

Listed Cat 3.0 oz can products

All Dog Pouch Food Products

Listed Dog 12.5 oz Canned Products

[E. Hamilton]

It was very thoughtful of the news media to get in a frenzy about who fathered a child on Anna Nicole Smith, this gave the latest recall news a way to slip a new recall in before Friday. I think there will be more bad news at ..oh. let me take a wild guess and say 4:45 Pm Friday.

And the pet food industry flunkies that are going to "testify", fine bunch they are, not a chance in hell that the truth will get out with them covering butt.

Could that be why these "impartial" experts were the ones chosen to testify?

The FDA, heckava job, the senate, ditto, yeah, more government involvement, THAT will fix this whole problem, right.

[MARY ANN]

i just read the new press release on nutro's web site. www.nutroproducts.com

[Ashlee]

Of interest for those feeding Nutro dry food.

http://hubpages.com/hub/PET_FOOD_RECALL_NUTRO_DRY_DOG_FOOD

[Steve]

This fiasco is out of control.

[Sue Dunn]

There was a mass poisoning from rat poison (fluroacetamide) in China on Monday leaving one person dead and 202 others sick. It could not be ruled out yet whether it was intentional or not. More info at http://tinyurl.com/2pujcs I wonder if there could possibly be any association with that and the wheat gluten contamination?

[Shari Mann]

Question, folks.



Where is all this recalled food going now?



Where is it going to go in the future?



Tell me it will be destroyed, please. That it will not end up being marketed anywhere, for any price, at any time.



Until then, I'm going to worry.



Shari

[Terry]

Steve A - I have a few questions...How often is your vet hydrating your cat?....How long before the renal failure did your cat have the Feline Senior Blood Screening?.....What was the Creatinine and BUN at the time of Feline Senior Blood Screening?

[David]

“Pet owners are fed up with confusing information regarding the Menu Foods recall,” said Dave Kravis, President and CEO of Nutro Products. “I had previously ordered a broader recall of affected products than what Menu Foods had suggested. Given this new information from Menu Foods, I have ordered all wet pet food products containing wheat gluten to be removed from store shelves. Our dry pet food is not made by Menu and remains unaffected by the recall.”



The bottom line, Dave, is that despite all this professed concern, the full-page ad, yada, yada, you were still selling tainted Nutro brand well past the original recall date...



What's that, Nutro... you actually don't have meaningful control over what your "co-manufacturers" are putting into packages labeled as "Nutro"? And even a few weeks into the biggest pet food recall in US history you don't know what your partner already put into packages with your name on them... packages that you assured us were safe?



I *might* consider buying Nutro food again when it is unambiguously labeled "SAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION."

[Andrea]

Mr Kravis' disingenuous statement makes me want to puke. So its Menu Foods fault huh? Where does your responsibility begin? You could have done the right thing and recalled all your food. Plenty of people reported sick animals to your company relating to the cans, lots of folks like me asked for details on your cans, but you just sat back with your big salary and stock options, and let our pets die.



As far as I'm concerned you are worse than Menu Foods because recalling bad product was under YOUR control not theirs. And you put profits before people and their pets. I wonder how many stock options you exercised in the last few weeks.



Mr. Kravis, your companies behavior has been desipicable. I hope when you go to sleep at night that your dreams are filled with the sound of animals in pain and the sobs of heartbroken pet owners.

[Kathi]

My heart goes out to all where ever you are.

Please, please ,please do not use any food brand that is even remotely connected to those on the list.

No Nutro of any kind, No Iams or Eukanuba of any kind. No store brands, grocery or Walmart. No treats, bones or biscuits. No dry, can or pouch.

There are a few independent brands available. Make sure there is no wheat, corn, gluten of any kind including rice gluten and corn gluten.

Two brands I use are: Canidae for dogs and Felidae for cats, Dick van Patten Natural Balance dry dog and cat, can dog and cat. If you can afford it their Eatables line, the loaf, and the Roll-A-Round treat (Lamb, Lamb hearts, Lamb kidneys, Lamb lungs) these are the first four ingreds. No wheat, corn, soy, eggs or dairy in this treat. Read the labels closely for their other pkgs of the dry and can. It can vary.

Find out where the other companies are, who does the actual processing, who are their suppliers and where the raw material comes from. Then check back here before you buy. Or ask here about some homecook sites.

[Steve]

Tell me it will be destroyed, please. That it will not end up being marketed anywhere, for any price, at any time.

Comment by Shari Mann — April 10, 2007 @ 6:52 pm



Have a history lesson.





Here is the following paragraph, page 8



4. Inventory Write-down. At December 31, 2005 Menu still had inventory on hand thatrelated to pre-May 20, 2003 (the date when a single case of Bovine SpongiformEncephalopathy was discovered in Alberta). Since this inventory was not saleable in theUnited States, it proved to be a challenge to sell in the normal channels available to Menu. Throughout 2005, as efforts to sell this inventory were underway, Menu made provisionsamounting to $0.9 million



http://tinyurl.com/yr9zr2

[Kim]

The post by Sharon on dry food reports is originally from itchmo.com . You can find it here:



http://www.itchmo.com/read/voluntary-dry-food-reports_20070328



A bunch of blog owners are about to coordinate a central location where folks can report their suspicions about non-recalled foods causing illness and deaths. I'm sure you'll see info on that posted here soon...

[Steve]

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy AKA Mad Cow

[Steve]

Hows the ChemNutra investigation going?