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The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) has voluntarily retrieved a single production lot of dry dog food due to aflatoxin levels that were detected above the acceptable limit. This product has already been retrieved from store shelves. No illnesses have been reported in association with this production lot to date, and no other Iams pet food products are involved.
Iams ProActive Health Smart Puppy dry dog food with Use By or Expiration Dates of February 5 or February 6, 2013
7.0 lb bag Code Date: 12784177I6 UPC Code: 1901402305
8.0 lb bag Code Dates: 12794177D2, 12794177D3 UPC Code: 1901410208
17.5 lb bag Code Dates: 12794177K1, 12794177K2 UPC Code: 1901401848
The affected product lot was distributed to a limited number of retailers located in the eastern United States (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, SC, VA). These retailers have already removed this product from store shelves. No other dry dog food, dry cat food, dog or cat canned food, biscuits/treats or supplements are affected by this announcement.
While no health effects related to this product have been reported, P&G retrieved this product as a precautionary measure. Consumers who purchased the product listed should stop using the product and discard it and contact Iams at the number below for a replacement voucher. Aflatoxin is a naturally occurring by-product from the growth of Aspergillus flavus and can be harmful to pets if consumed in significant quantities. Pets which have consumed this product and exhibit symptoms of illness including sluggishness or lethargy combined with a reluctance to eat, vomiting, yellowish tint to the eyes or gums, or diarrhea should be seen by a veterinarian.
After “pulling” nearly 4,000 cases of food from retail shelves since November 25, while denying that there was any serious problem, Procter & Gamble officially recalled one lot of Iams puppy food today. (Iams original cat food in 4, 6.8, and 20 lbs. bags were among the pulled products.)
High levels of aflatoxin, a naturally occurring toxic chemical that comes from a fungus found on corn and other grains that causes severe liver damage in animals.
What really disturbs me is that it is more hushed than the Wellness voluntary recall that was Eventually posted on Wellness website after Wellpet LLC managed to buy up, (at retail prices from many of their vendors, who does that?) most of the recalled lots.
I never could find any to have tested independently, although some consumers did.
Just the posts today contain news of 3 or more products that are being pulled off shelves, quietly or finally recalled.
So I stopped by Petco this afternoon, after posting this warning ... seems that this has been pulled from their shelves but the sales associate I spoke with didn't know why, but she was told that it wasn't anything dangerous!
I was afraid that this might become the norm, tainted products pulled quietly from shelves, only admitted to when the death toll became to large to control.
Wellness didn't even lose significant market share, it may have rewritten the way "recalls" are handled.
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