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  • Mars Petcare Recall Update

    It was only a couple of weeks ago that we brought you the story of the latest recall to affect the pet food industry. As you know Scribble’s N Bit’s is your number one stop for all pet food related recalls as is the case with today’s story that revolves around the recall of thousands of bags of pet food made by Mars Petcare. You may recall the ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by blogmaster on October 6, 2008

  • Mars Petcare Issues New Recall

    In what seems to be a regular column lately, an announcement was recently made by the Mars Petcare Company regarding the recall of all Pedigree products manufactured at it’s Everson, Pa location. The recall was announced after it was found that pet food that may have been exposed to Salmonella was shipped all across the United States. In a ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by blogmaster on September 16, 2008

  • New Recall On Pet Toys Takes Affect

    It seems like every week we are doing another story about yet another recall that has been issued by another member of the Pet Industry. Less than a month ago we brought you the story of the 100 bags of Pedigree Complete Nutrition Small Crunchy Bites that were recalled after being sold to Alberstons retail stores in Southern California and Las ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by blogmaster on September 4, 2008

  • Pet Food Safety Summit.....about time

    According to the people at ChemNutra , importers of nutritional and pharmaceutical chemicals from China to the US to resell to pet food manufacturers, they have called for a national Pet Food Ingredients Safety Summit for ingredient importers to begin drafting standards for pet food ingredients from around the world.  Steve ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on May 19, 2007

  • Pet Food Recall Spikes Web Traffic

    According to Nielsen/Net Ratings Web traffic to pet related sites grew 115% in March with 19.5 million people visiting websites about the food recall.  ''Pet food recall'' was the most popular pet food search term with 1.4 million search queries in March.  This tells me and others in the pet business that consumers ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on May 15, 2007

  • Pet Food Recall Update

    According to the CNN website scientists and veterinarians have discovered that a mixture of two compounds have caused the kidney failure that has led to almost 4000 pets.  The melamine found in the tainted foods are not at levels that would normally kill and animal but mixed with another compound, cyanuric acid, can produce crystals that may ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on May 2, 2007

  • Rat Poison Blamed for Food Recall Deaths

    According to WBZTv.com  : ''Rodent poison has been found in pet food blamed for the deaths of at least 16 cats and dogs, a spokeswoman for the State Department of Agriculture and Markets said Friday.Spokeswoman Jessica Chittenden would not identify the chemical or its source beyond saying it was a rodent poison.State agriculture officials ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on March 24, 2007

  • Recalled Pet Food

    Just letting all readers know about a recall on pet food.  KOMO4News in Seattle reports A major manufacturer of dog and cat food sold under Wal-Mart, Safeway, Kroger and other store brands recalled 60 million containers of wet pet food Friday after reports of kidney failure and deaths.An unknown number of cats and dogs suffered kidney ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on March 17, 2007