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The pet food industry was once again hit with concerns about its food content, after a euthanasia drug was found in lab-tested samples, an official said.
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Party Animals, a California-based pet food maker, is recalling two lots from its line of Cocolicious dog foods after some cans in Texas tested positive for pentobarbital — a chemical used to euthanize animals, reported CNN.
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Party Animals, a West Hollywood-based pet food maker, is recalling two lots from its line of Cocolicious dog foods after some cans in Texas tested positive for pentobarbital — a chemical that’s used to euthanize animals.
In a statement on its website, Party Animal said a customer in Texas had given Cocolicious samples to a lab and the dog food tested positive for pentobarbital.
Party Animal is asking for those test results, and “out of an abundance of caution” is recalling the two lots of dog food sold nationwide. The company is also sending cans of its dog foods to an independent lab for testing.
The recalled cans are:
— the 13-ounce can of Cocolicious Beef & Turkey dog food, lot number 0136E1520404, manufactured in 2015 with an expiration date of July 2019.
— and the 13-ounce-can of Cocolicious Chicken & Beef dog food, lot number 0134E15 23713, manufactured in 2015 with an expiration date of August 2019.
Pet owners who have bought either lot of dog food are asked to return the cans where they were purchased for a full refund.
This is not the first time that pentobarbital has surfaced in dog food. In February of this year, Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food of Wheeling, Illinois issued a recall for specific lots of its Hunk of Beef product due to the presence of pentobarbital.
And as of Thursday, April 27, Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food has filed suit against its beef supplier, Wisconsin-based Bailey Farms LLC. The suit charges that the beef provided to Evanger’s contained horsemeat laced with the euthanizing drugs that led to a dog’s death. Evanger’s is suing for breach of contract, breach of warranty, and fraud, said Consumer Affairs.
Pentobarbital is also known by its trade name, Nembutal and is a common barbiturate used in humans and vet applications.
“The chemical is known to cause drowsiness, dizziness, excitement, loss of balance, and nausea – and in this case, it caused the death of a pug in Washington,” according to ConsumerAffairs.com
Caleb Lunetta contributed to this report.
So HOW is phenobarbital making its way into dog food again? Is the food being actively laced with Phenobarb by some nut or is it coming from horses that were euthanized for dog food? Both of these possibilities just make me sick.
It’s not just horses, according to the other articles I read, if you take your beloved pet to the vet & the choice you really have is to have them euthenized & if you leave their body there, the body is bagged & sold off to one of several animal food manufacturers & they chop them up(collar & all) & put that in the food, so under ingredients, if it says meat byproducts, it’s very possible that what that is, is the remains of what was once some ones beloved pet. This is such a travesty! How can we humans(supposedly the superior species on the planet) do such a horrible thing? SHAME, SHAME ON ALL OF YOU who taking part in any of this!!!!