Royal Canin recalls some lines of pet food
Stephen Tesluk
It seems I just can’t get away from food topics; just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in (apologies to Al Pacino and Mario Puzo).
Last week I learned that Royal Canin, a French company that produces several dog and cat food brands, has recalled certain types of prescription dog and cat foods because they were causing increased calcium levels in the animals that consumed them.
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The Royal Canin diets that were causing hypercalcemia in dogs and cats had too much vitamin D added to them.
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Royal Canin first recalled their Canine Urinary SO canned diet on Feb. 2 by sending a letter directly to the veterinarians that sold the diet.
In the letter, they stated that they started "an exhaustive nutrient analysis" of their canned products and reported that only the Canine Urinary SO cans marked : "best before: 03/2007, 05/2007 and 06/2007 were affected.
More than a month later, a second letter was sent out that added the five following diets to the recall list:
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet, Canine Low Fat canned, best before 6/2007;
RCVD Canine Calorie Control canned, best before 4/2007 and best before 7/2007;
RCVD Feline Sensitivity VR canned, best before 5/2007;
RCVD Feline Calorie Control canned, best before 4/2007; and
RVCD Feline LP pouch diet, best before 06/2007.
I contacted a Dr. Bumitrescu at Royal Canin, who...........................
<SNIP> Read full article here
http://www.dailytidings.com/2006/Mar%20 ... 06c1.shtml
Royal Canine Verifies this information as accurate, in the statement they sent out to Royal Canin customers which can be seen here:
http://www.animalsspeak.org/viewtopic.php?t=160
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