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What a shame that so many pets have and still are becoming ill from eating Nutro Products. I wrote about Nutro having problems in April of 2008. 

“Mars Pet Care also makes Nutro pet food, which scores of consumer’s nationwide blame for the recent illnesses — and even deaths — of their dog and cats. I wonder if they are having the same contamination problems with that product as well. (No reports yet but stay tune.)”

Consumeraffairs.com post this article;

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/04/pet_food_recalls93.html

You can read my post here:

Now a year later the FDA has finally confirm that they are looking in ot it. To me they should have warn about this a long time ago. Why do they always wait until the last minute to tell people that something might be wrong.

Pet owners have been complaining about Nutro for over two years; saying their cats and dogs have either become very ill (and survived) or died after eating the Nutro products. Finally, the word is that the FDA is investigating the pet food, an investigation could prove to be criminal or civil in nature.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed that the agency is investigating NUTRO pet food, following a series of unexplained illnesses and deaths. Consumers have been complaining for more than two years that their pets have become ill after eating NUTRO products; many have recovered when they were switched to other foods. The company has steadfastly denied that its food is to blame.

Until now, the FDA has been mum about whether it was actively investigating the company. Today, the FDA’s Division of Freedom of Information confirmed the agency has an ongoing investigation into NUTRO — and said that investigation could be criminal or civil in nature. The office did not elaborate on the nature or focus of that investigation.

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ConsumerAffairs.com filed its Freedom of Information request for NUTRO records last year after we uncovered a worrisome trend among dogs and cats across the country. An analysis of our complaints revealed that scores of pets from California to South Carolina had experienced sudden and recurring bouts of diarrhea, vomiting, and other digestive problems.

The only common denominator among those dogs and cats was NUTRO pet food. In nearly every case, we also learned the pets’ conditions improved once their owners stopped feeding them NUTRO pet food.

ConsumerAffairs.com continues to receive complaints about NUTRO from dog and cat owners nationwide. In the past year, we’ve received nearly 500 complaints from pet owners who say their dogs or cats suddenly became ill after eat NUTRO. The problems these pets have experienced are similar: vomiting, diarrhea, and other digestive issues.

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NUTRO defends its products and insists its food is safe. Many NUTRO customers also tout the food, saying their pets have had no problems. And veterinarians say several factors can cause gastrointestinal problems in dogs and cats, including changes in diet, newly developed sensitivities to pet foods, and viral infections.

But pet owners who contact us on a nearly daily basis are convinced something is wrong with NUTRO’s food. And they say it’s no coincidence that so many dogs and cats have become sick — with the same symptoms — after eating various flavors of that pet food.

See FDA Confirms Probe of NUTRO Pet Food Deaths, Illnesses from Consumer Affairs for more.

What is wrong with this picture.? How many of our pets have to become ill before the FDA steps in and does somthing about it? Why does it take them so long to let us know that the food we are feeding our pets could kill them?

To You and Your Pets Health,

Alice