Partial recall

UsfdaWhile idly on the ingterneck a couple of mornings ago, we decided to see if the cat food we buy for Jake was on the recalled brands list. So we googled, and got on to the USFDA’s website, and to our shock and horror, the list was like, damn long lor!

A quick scroll down the list found the brand of cat food we normally feed Jake, and a call was made to the pet shop to see if they’d done anything about it – i.e. taken it off the shelves. The friendly pet shop boy on the phone said the distributor had just called the day before and asked for them to take the brand off the shelves.

(It turned out that the dry cat food we buy for Jake wasn’t on the recall list – only the wet cat food was)

AvaLater, we decided to take a look at the AVA (our friendly local government agency tasked to deal with such matters) website, and not surprisingly, the website was last updated on 10th April, and the latest press release to do with the pet food recall matter was dated 20th March, whereas, the USFDA’s page on the matter was updated 20th April, which was like, two days ago.

There was nothing on the AVA’s site to suggest that there was any cause for concern, as the site merely says:

According to the recall information available so far, the products are sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Nevertheless, the AVA is currently carrying out investigations to determine if the products had been exported to Singapore…

A chat with the pet shop boy suggested that the best place to go to for the latest information would be the pet shops, ‘because we get information from the distributor who get information from the manufacturer direct’.

I suppose, then when they feel like it, they then tell the AVA, and the AVA might just update their website with the latest information.

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8 responses to “Partial recall”

  1. local government agency tasked to deal with such matters) website … so far, the products are sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Nevertheless, the AVA Posted in My Very Own Glob {Curiosa Felicitas} ( 538 links from 329 sites) by busylee read full story

  2. Tabitha Avatar

    Heh… you said “pet shop boy.”

    Hilar.

  3. Tabitha Avatar

    Heh… you said “pet shop boy.”

    Hilar.

  4. We don’t blog half of what goes on…

    He grumbled about AVA’s lack of response about melamine contamination in rice concentrate components in pet food. That was enough to rouse me to send AVA feedback via their webpage. It had been at the back of my mind that early notification would be appreciated. Finding it absent, I thought feedback from the ground would be helpful.

  5. Nicholas Liang Avatar

    Aiya, our gahmen BUSY building IRs and F1 to earn money, where got time to update?

  6. Nicholas Liang Avatar

    Aiya, our gahmen BUSY building IRs and F1 to earn money, where got time to update?

  7. […] Central to recommend: Fur Friends Blk 925#01-229 Yishun Central 1 Sgapore 760925 Mare & ImagePartial recall | My Very Own Glob {Curiosa Felicitas}Nevertheless, the AVA is currently carryg out vestigations to determe if the products had been […]

  8. Nurse Staff Avatar

    I can’t believe that happened..why you said “pet shop boy”?

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