Tommy Coyote Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 2 different cans of Party Dog canned dog food. Dogs Food Advisor alert just came over. They have a really big problem. I always thought that was one of the better foods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journey Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 Is this an Evanger product? I didn't see them in the alert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Coyote Posted April 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 Evanger is the manufacturer, co-packer. I looked under Party Dog Food and more information on the recall came up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcv-border Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 Sheesh. Their sourcing is a huge problem. Not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleLake Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 If this site's to be believed, it's not just sourcing. Pretty gross. http://truthaboutpetfood.com/evangers-pet-food-troubles/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Billadeau Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 The numbers do not work out for contaminated meat being the source of the pentobarbital in the dog food. Euthanasia dose for dogs or livestock is >85mg/kg body weight. The drug quickly becomes evenly distributed throughout the body (based upon some reports from reliable sources). This means 1kg of contaminated meat would contain ca. 85mg pentobarbital. The dog would need to consume its body weight in the contaminated meat found in the pet food in order for it to be lethal; in order for the dog to get 85mg/kg of pentobarbital. We're still not getting all of the information; some key fact (how dogs are getting near lethal doses from a normal portion of pet food) is still not known or being released to the public. What is clear; there is an issue at the manufacturing plant either during production or in ingredient source(s). Using euthanized animals for meat does not provide enough pentobarbital in a normal serving of pet food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Coyote Posted April 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 This latest issue was for cans processed in 2015 . It happened a while ago. This reminds me of the Tylenol poisonings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Billadeau Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 For those interested in learning about how this drug or others get distributed and then excreted from a body, the field of study is pharmacokinetics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smalahundur Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 I raised the same doubts as Mark in the other topic. It is a really weird case of contamination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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