Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Who in the world?

Woman sick after eating tainted dog food
The Mississauga News
Mar 25, 2007 An Ottawa woman has become sick after eating dog food that might have come from a Mississauga pet food company forced to issue a recall after rat-poison was found in some of its products, the Ottawa Citizen is reporting.
Elaine Larabie told The Citizen she ate dog food last week in an effort to get her dog, Missy, to try some. The woman and dog were soon taken to hospital with Larabie complaining of loss of appetite, vomiting and foaming of the mouth.
The woman is currently awaiting the results of medical tests.
Streetsville-based Menu Foods issued a recall of 60 million cans and pouches of wet pet food earlier this week. The recall is expected to cost the company anywhere from $30-$40 million.
On Friday, officials in the United States confirmed reports that a chemical spray designed to kill rodents was discovered on Chinese wheat found in the pet food.
The recall includes dog and cat food sold throughout North America under brands such as Iams, Nutro and Eukanuba.
Larabie said she fed her dog a bit of Iams food and, after calling the company, confirmed it was affected by the recall and that it may have been contaminated with the poison.

OK, are there not other ways to "fool" your dog into eating its food without eating it yourself? I am thinking she became fairly fond of the taste herself and kept eating it. Only using the people food story to save face.

1 comment:

Mercy's Maid said...

Wow...that's disgusting. When Mercy refuses to eat, I just pour some of that Iams gravy over her food. Maybe I'm not committed enough as a dog-mommy.