Dog lovers read this...

[Guest guest]

Hopefully, this remains just a bad story in the news...

 

Dave

 

 

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Mad Cow Possibly in Dog Food

 

WASHINGTON, D.C.-May 27, 2003 - U.S. consumers are being asked to return dog

food that may have come from a Canadian cow that tested positive for mad cow

disease.

 

Pet Pantry International of Carson City, Nev., which issued the request

Monday, said customers should search for two products: " Maintenance Diet "

with a " use by " date of " 17FEB04 " and " Beef with Barley " with a date of

" 05MAR04. "

 

If found, the food should be held for pickup. The company's products are

purchased by phone or e-mail and delivered by franchises to consumers'

homes.

 

There is no known risk to dogs and no evidence that dogs could transmit the

disease to humans, the Food and Drug Administration said. The voluntary

return is a precaution to prevent discarded dog food from getting mixed with

feed for cattle, goats or sheep.

 

Customers who purchased dog food since February should check their supplies

and, if found, should call the company at 1-800-381-7387. Pet Pantry also is

using sales records to contact consumers.

 

The suspect food, in 50 pound bags, was produced in Canada by Champion Pet

Food of Morinville, Alberta.

 

The Canadian government already has prevented meat from the single diseased

cow to be processed for human food.

 

Test results have cleared all other cattle in the original herd linked to

North America's first mad cow case in a decade, Canadian officials said

Sunday.

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