From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2008-10-28 01:56:29 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Recall: a cat food (because some people feed cat food to ferrets)
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>, ferret-l@LISTSERV.FERRETMAILINGLIST.ORG
Mars is having a second recall. This is of a cat food sold in=20
Walmarts. (Usually grocery store and department store cat food is NOT=20
a good choice for ferrets, and often not for cats, either.)
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/mars10_08.html
There may be salmonella in " a limited number of bags of SPECIAL=20
KITTY=AE Gourmet Blend dry cat food sold at Wal-Mart locations in=20
Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, North Carolina,=20
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,=20
Virginia, Vermont, and West Virginia. The pet food is being=20
voluntarily recalled following a positive test result indicating a=20
potential contamination with Salmonella.
This product should not be sold or fed to pets. Pet owners should=20
dispose of product in a safe manner (example, a securely covered trash=20
receptacle) and return the empty bag to the store where purchased for=20
a full refund."
More at the URL
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
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