Nuttin' But Pimp

From CNN:

RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- Animal rights advocates are calling on federal food safety regulators and pet food companies to expand a nationwide recall of dog and cat food to include dry varieties, claiming they make pets sick.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it had no plans to suggest a wider recall to pet food companies, and veterinarians said they have not seen a trend of animals becoming ill after eating dry pet food.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals plans to make the appeal Friday in Washington after it said it received complaints from pet owners who claim their animals suffered kidney failure after eating dry pet food.

Norfolk, Virginia-based PETA wants the FDA and the companies to extend the recall to foods that have received complaints, chemically test it and perform necropsies on the animals involved. It also wants companies prosecuted if the FDA's probe turns up wrongdoing.

FDA spokeswoman Julie Zawisza said she did not know how many of the more than 7,000 complaints the agency has received have concerned dry pet food. The FDA plans to release preliminary results from its investigation into the recall Friday.

Officials at Ontario, Canada-based Menu Foods, which made the recalled pet food, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Full article here.

My regular readers already know my rather low feelings on so-called "animal rights group" PETA, particularly after this statement made by them: "Even if animal research resulted in a cure for AIDS, we'd be against it." While at the same time a diabetic high-level PETA executive uses insulin....duh!

But I digress....

At this point a full product recall, including dry food should be in order. I don't know about you, but as a pet owner I was highly disturbed by news that animals were dying from rat poison laced wet products. Why take the chance!

Cheers!
Sue