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Pentobarbital Euthanization Drug in Dog Food REcall

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http://www.nbc-2.com/story/37536942/dog-food-brands-recalled-over-possible-euthanasia-drug

CNN) -- A drug used to euthanize animals has been found in canned dog food, prompting a recall.

Low levels of the drug pentobarbital were detected in cans of Gravy Train dog food produced by the J.M. Smucker Company, the FDA said in a statement Friday.

Pentobarbital is most commonly used as a sedative, anesthetic or to euthanize animals, it said.

"Pets that eat pet food containing pentobarbital can experience drowsiness, dizziness, excitement, loss of balance, nausea, nystagmus (eyes moving back and forth in a jerky manner) and inability to stand. Consuming high levels of pentobarbital can cause coma and death," it said.

The FDA said its preliminary evaluation of the testing results of Gravy Train samples indicated the low levels found were unlikely to pose a health risk to pets.

"However, any detection of pentobarbital in pet food is a violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act-simply put, pentobarbital should not be in pet food," it said.

'Single supplier'

The J.M. Smucker Company said it had initiated a voluntary recall of specific shipments of Gravy Train, Kibbles 'N Bits, Ol' Roy and Skippy canned dog food after pentobarbital was found.

"The Company has identified the root cause to be a single supplier and a single, minor ingredient, used at one manufacturing facility," it said in a statement.

It said it took the issue "very seriously" and was "extremely disappointed" at the contamination.

"Above all, we are a company that loves pets and understand the responsibility we have in providing high quality food for the pets our consumers love."

Customers who purchased the product could call with any concerns or for a refund or replacement product, the company said.

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This is the good stuff. Probably has cocaine, vodka, whisky, and beer in it.

 
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#3 ·
How the heck does something like that even end up in dog food? Does it have some other purpose I wonder?

I started feeding the pets some expensive as hell grain free stuff that I'm normally too cheap for, but it ends up not costing any more in the long run when I only feed them twice a day with the correct amount. They poop less too. And their farts aren't as stinky.
 
#4 ·
...it ends up not costing any more in the long run when I only feed them twice a day with the correct amount. They poop less too. And their farts aren't as stinky.
now there's a lady with a nose for a bargain!
 
#8 ·
It's like discovering trisodium phosphate (TSP), a cleanser being added to General Mills food products - cereal for your children, three of the major pizza chains, etc.
TSP is used to degrease and clean walls and decks.
TSP is a poison.

eldar
 
#10 · (Edited)
Part of the reason that
Jakob Kreutzfeld Syndrome aka "Mad Cow disease" made the species jump from sheep to bovine by infected sheep being euthanized and ground up and sold as cow proteine food supplement.
Bovine being herbivores now being fed ground up sheep....ugh.
https://www.healthline.com/health/creutzfeldt-jakob-disease
 
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