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As with quite a few in the Guardian article I had not heard of this problem or the recall of foods.

Looking online it appears the problem has been known since mid June - https://www.which.co.uk/news/2021/06/cat-food-recalled-over-potential-link-to-serious-illness/

It seems pancytopenia can also affect dogs but so far no cases in dogs have been recorded here, and only three brands of cat food have been recalled, but I assume dry dog food is made in the same factory as cat food it is probably something to watch.

Lets hope it gets sorted soon.

Dave
 
Tringa said:
As with quite a few in the Guardian article I had not heard of this problem or the recall of foods.

Looking online it appears the problem has been known since mid June - https://www.which.co.uk/news/2021/06/cat-food-recalled-over-potential-link-to-serious-illness/

It seems pancytopenia can also affect dogs but so far no cases in dogs have been recorded here, and only three brands of cat food have been recalled, but I assume dry dog food is made in the same factory as cat food it is probably something to watch.

Lets hope it gets sorted soon.

Dave
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The article does say that all the suspect (not proven) brands come from the one supplier.

Most dog foods are all made by a very few companies despite the many, many, brands :(.
 
sphexx said:
The article does say that all the suspect (not proven) brands come from the one supplier.

Most dog foods are all made by a very few companies despite the many, many, brands :(.
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Do you think there could be grounds for litigation ?

Maybe this is not practical or OTT but I've long thought that the TV /radio companies should, as part of their licensing contract, have to make available, free of charge, a number of hours over a year when they have to air what could be described as a public interest issues. Road safety for instance. I did a check and 24% of UK people own a cat/cats. The number of cats put at 10.4million..so I'd consider this to qualify for a public interest issue not to mention the risk of fatalities to cats. Vehicle recall is another serious issue that many of those who have a particular vehicle aren't aware of. I've had an alert from Toyota fre my Prius but only because the main dealer here has serviced the car. I've heard/seen alerts on radio/tv re contaminated foods..in the newspapers too. In reality the company involved should be obliged to pay for an alert not only via the Press but tv/radio. I expect someone will come up with something I've overl;ooked but on the face of it, a reasonable suggestion.
 
JohnC6 said:
Do you think there could be grounds for litigation ?

Maybe this is not practical or OTT but I've long thought that the TV /radio companies should, as part of their licensing contract, have to make available, free of charge, a number of hours over a year when they have to air what could be described as a public interest issues. Road safety for instance. I did a check and 24% of UK people own a cat/cats. The number of cats put at 10.4million..so I'd consider this to qualify for a public interest issue not to mention the risk of fatalities to cats. Vehicle recall is another serious issue that many of those who have a particular vehicle aren't aware of. I've had an alert from Toyota fre my Prius but only because the main dealer here has serviced the car. I've heard/seen alerts on radio/tv re contaminated foods..in the newspapers too. In reality the company involved should be obliged to pay for an alert not only via the Press but tv/radio. I expect someone will come up with something I've overl;ooked but on the face of it, a reasonable suggestion.
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Much like Radio 4 used to put out alerts for people dying in hospital etc — I assume they’ve stopped. In the present case vets could text all their customers but I bet they don’t! Or all sellers of pet products could put a notice up etc etc.

Since many people don’t watch TV these days I‘m not sure messages would reach enough people :(.

However, there is no hard evidence it’s the pet food — I think it’s just an apparent common factor in some cases but if the foods are big sellers they could be an innocent common factor, but worth changing as a precaution since death is quite swift from first signs in the described cases :(.
 
sphexx said:
Much like Radio 4 used to put out alerts for people dying in hospital etc — I assume they’ve stopped. In the present case vets could text all their customers but I bet they don’t! Or all sellers of pet products could put a notice up etc etc.

Since many people don’t watch TV these days I‘m not sure messages would reach enough people :(.

However, there is no hard evidence it’s the pet food — I think it’s just an apparent common factor in some cases but if the foods are big sellers they could be an innocent common factor, but worth changing as a precaution since death is quite swift from first signs in the described cases :(.
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Yes. I remember those SOS messages, when I were a lad :D SOS messages I think they called them. I'll always recall how grim the newsreader sounded "Here is an urgent message for ..whoever...believed to be travelling in the Kent area. Please contact home as a matter of urgency regarding your father who is seriously ill"..something like that. " .Hard to believe it happened. I haven't heard them for years.

That's a good idea. Notices put in the supermarket section where the food is and independent retailers too. Valid point re the number of people watching the T.v these days. Maybe an alert just prior to the screening of the soaps as they get high viewing figures but even they are suffering huge number losses due to the likes of Netflix,Amazon and especially iPlayer or catch-up I think some people refer to it as.

Take your point re the last paragraph. Awful for the pet owners. It was a part of having pets that I found the hardest. Losing them one way or another. Road death, illness or just old age, the latter being less of a trauma.
 
I have just read that news item and was horrified, because one of my cats rather suddenly developed kidney failure and died within a couple of days only a few months ago. However we don't use those brands of food and it seems not a factor in our case, thankfully. Unfortunately there are periodically some dodgy ingredients in animal food - think BSE in cows, and one of my wife's cats in the past developed BSE/CJD believed to be from the same cause.
 
lindsay56 said:
I have just read that news item and was horrified, because one of my cats rather suddenly developed kidney failure and died within a couple of days only a few months ago. However we don't use those brands of food and it seems not a factor in our case, thankfully. Unfortunately there are periodically some dodgy ingredients in animal food - think BSE in cows, and one of my wife's cats in the past developed BSE/CJD believed to be from the same cause.
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It’s not actually the brands but the Fold Hill Foods who manufactures hypoallergenic cat food products for various brands :(.
 
I saw that, but the article mentioned the consumer brands produced by Fold Hill
 
lindsay56 said:
I have just read that news item and was horrified, because one of my cats rather suddenly developed kidney failure and died within a couple of days only a few months ago. However we don't use those brands of food and it seems not a factor in our case, thankfully. Unfortunately there are periodically some dodgy ingredients in animal food - think BSE in cows, and one of my wife's cats in the past developed BSE/CJD believed to be from the same cause.
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We lost a cat to kidney failure years ago, but it was just down to age. He was Siamese and, like many of his breed, continued to behave like a big kitten until he was well into his teens, so it came as bit of a shock when he died at 15. Not a bad age for a cat, but we missed him greatly.

I'm not surprised that news item horrified you, and I would have felt the same way. There was a global issue with contaminated pet foods that were associated with many deaths in the US, Europe and South Africa around 2007 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_pet_food_recalls). We lived in SA then, and peoples' anger was exacerbated by the fact that one of the products, marketed as high quality, was only available through vet practices. It was expensive, and the vets weren't at fault, but it left a very sour taste ...
 
Not nice news. :( We get our cat food from Aldi, Vitacat and also use Felix.
 
MartynK said:
We lost a cat to kidney failure years ago, but it was just down to age. He was Siamese and, like many of his breed, continued to behave like a big kitten until he was well into his teens, so it came as bit of a shock when he died at 15. Not a bad age for a cat, but we missed him greatly.

I'm not surprised that news item horrified you, and I would have felt the same way. There was a global issue with contaminated pet foods that were associated with many deaths in the US, Europe and South Africa around 2007 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_pet_food_recalls). We lived in SA then, and peoples' anger was exacerbated by the fact that one of the products, marketed as high quality, was only available through vet practices. It was expensive, and the vets weren't at fault, but it left a very sour taste ...
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I see that’s the Chinese Melamine scandal. They were putting it into milk substitute for human babies too — because it showed up as “protein” when tested and presumably was cheaper than actual protein:(.
 
Our cat that died from kidney failure was not quite 10, which was why it was a shock. His brother (same age) is still going strong though, and is physically much stronger.
We have mostly fed them Felix in the past with the odd treat, but now alternating with Miaowing Heads which seems really good. Both cats hate/hated fish, the one that's left is so so about cooked chicken but loves steak! He only rarely gets that though!
 
Beef "pluck" would be an acceptable substitute for wildebeest but domestic cats would probably prefer whole rodents.
 
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