Pet Food Recall: We now know what almost killed Monty – Thanks Menu Foods

If you haven’t heard about it all over the news recently, Menu Foods, a major manufacturer of pet food, has recalled some 60 million containers of wet pet food after reports of kidney failure and deaths.

You may or may not remember back just over 2 months ago, Monty had a little health scare which required $400 worth of vet visits, blood & urin tests, and stress on our part. It was never definitively determined what had caused the sickness, but what was very definitive was that the little guy had experienced some type of heavy liver damage in the process.

So you can imagine our surprise to have heard over the weekend that the Eukanuba cuts and gravy pouches which he loves, and which we give him every few days as a treat, probably nearly killed him.

From CNN.com:

Undisclosed number of cats and dogs suffered vomiting, kidney failure; 10 dead

Sound familiar?

I think its rather unfortunate that 2 months ago we weren’t able to 100% nail down the cause of Monty’s illness. But the question remains for me: why did it take another 2 months after our scare for Menu Foods to start their recall? Did it take a few dozen dead animals for them to figure out what was up? I hope that what comes out of this is a more closely regulated pet food industry, because I don’t ever want to feel like I was the one who ultimately killed my pet because of the food I bought for him.