![]() Hill’s® Prescription Diet® i/d® Low Fat Canine Rice, Vegetable & Chicken Stew 12.5oz Hill’s® Prescription Diet® w/d® Canine Vegetable & Chicken Stew 12.5oz Hill’s® Prescription Diet® Metabolic + Mobility Canine Vegetable & Tuna Stew 12.5oz Hill’s® Prescription Diet® z/d® Canine 13oz Hill’s® Prescription Diet® w/d® Canine 13oz Hill’s® Prescription Diet® k/d® Canine 13oz Hill’s® Prescription Diet® j/d® Canine 13oz Hill’s® Prescription Diet® i/d® Canine 13oz ![]() Hill’s® Prescription Diet® g/d® Canine 13oz Hill’s® Prescription Diet® z/d® Canine 5.5oz Hill’s® Prescription Diet® i/d® Canine Chicken & Vegetable Stew 5.5oz Hill’s® Prescription Diet® i/d® Canine Chicken & Vegetable Stew 12.5oz Hill’s® Prescription Diet® c/d® Multicare Canine Chicken & Vegetable Stew 12.5oz At this point, it is only conjecture and not fact. However, it may be that the incorrectly formulated vitamin premix could have been supplied to both companies. In this case, it is highly doubtful that Hill’s is made by Sunshine Mills. This vitamin D recall echoes other recent excessive vitamin D recalls, both that were blamed on “supplier error.” In the previous recalls, it is presumed that all of the pet foods were made by a third-party private label manufacturer called Sunshine Mills. It is always disappointing when a manufacturer refuses to take responsibility for their failure to test their ingredients prior to manufacture. Unfortunately, Hill’s will only say the problem occurred due to a “supplier error.” ![]() It is important to realize that due to a consumer complaint about a single dog diagnosed with vitamin D toxicosis, Hill’s was able to determine that some of their formulas contained elevated levels of vitamin D in some of their canned dog foods. Vitamin D, when consumed at very high levels, can lead to serious health issues in dogs including renal dysfunction.” And death. Dogs may exhibit symptoms such as vomiting, loss of appetite, increased thirst, increased urination, excessive drooling, and weight loss. ![]() we can assume that judging from the report of the sick dog, it is an amount high enough to cause illness.Īccording to the recall notice, “Ingestion of elevated levels of vitamin D can lead to serious health issues depending on the level of vitamin D and the length of exposure. Although the recall makes no mention of the amount of the level of the vitamin D. ![]() What we are learning today is that Hill’s Pet Nutrition is recalling twenty-six canned dog food formulas due to excessive levels of vitamin D. And the FDA will take action when appropriate – irrespective of the size of the pet food company or the type of pet food they make. But today’s recall reminds us that sometimes the system works and that an individual consumer has the power to affect change. Increasingly, consumers are led to believe the FDA is a corrupt institution run by nothing but a bunch of crooks and liars and are in collusion with Big Pet Food. And that lone voice, that single consumer with a sick dog managed to trigger a worldwide recall possibly saving the lives of thousands of other dogs.īut today’s recall may never have happened. The story begins as most pet food recalls do, with a sick dog or a cat and a consumer who believed in the process enough to make a complaint. Today’s recall of Hill’s Pet Nutrition Science Diet and Prescription formula canned dog foods for elevated levels of vitamin D remind us why it is so important to report a pet food problem. ![]()
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