Evanger's pet food recall (pentobarbital)
Just a quick note I received on my recall alert: For all pets, Evanger's of Illinois issued voluntary recall due to pentobarbital in both dog and cat food where sickness and fatality occurred. Che...
Forum Discussion
BCSnob wrote:
A couple of websites are claiming that an FDA spokesperson confirmed to eFoodAlert that FDA testing performed at Vet-LIRN labs detected pentobarbital in the deceased dog's stomach contents, the open can of food from the owner, unopened cans of food collected from the owner, and cans from the retailer where the owner purchased the food. I would prefer to see this information directly from the FDA not as hearsay.
If correct, the manufacturer more likely has an issue within their processing plant not at the USDA inspected processor. In order for there to be a lethal dose of pentobarbital for a dog in the beef chunks the cow would have had to be dead when it was brought past the USDA inspector at the processing plant who is onsite checking the status of the animals prior to slaughter.
By "issue within their processing plant" . . . you mean someone deliberately tainted the food?
