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http://www.kiro7.com/news/trending-...-euthanasia-drug-found-in-one-batch/491755392
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The company voluntarily recalled five lots of 12-ounce Hunk of Beef cans because of pentobarbital exposure in one batch of food. The drug can cause possible side effects such as drowsiness, dizziness, excitement, loss of balance, nausea or, in extreme cases, death.

Five dogs reportedly got sick and one died after eating Hunk of Beef Au Jus with the lot number 1816E06HB13.
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Evanger's is voluntarily recalling Hunk of Beef products that were manufactured the same week," the company said in a news release.

The voluntary recall includes lot numbers that start with 1816E03HB, 1816E04HB, 1816E06HB, 1816E07HB and 1816E13HB, and have an expiration date of June 2020. The second half of the barcode reads 20109, which can be found on the back of the product label.

The products were sold in the following states: Georgia, Florida, Washington, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, South Carolina, California, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Maryland.
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because of pentobarbital exposure in one batch of food

Why would a dog food factory have pentobarbital at all, let alone have it so haphazardly stored that it gets accidentally added to a batch off dog food.
 
PETA conspiracy? Unless,the factory has a sideline in euthanasia, wtf is there a reason for such a chemical in the canned pet food process? Really weird.
 
Drugs would not be anywhere in the vicinity of the production floor, but a disgruntled employee could purposefully introduce poisons for their own personal crazy reasons.

Interesting tidbit about pentobarbital. It doesn't sound related to *this* poisoning, but good to know when shopping for pet food. Makes you wanna think twice about buying that deep discount kibble! :confused:

The source of the contamination is still unknown. But since pentobarbital is routinely used to euthanize animals, the most likely way it could get into dog food would be in rendered animal products, according to a 2002 FDA report. Rendered products undergo a process that converts animal tissues to feed ingredients, the report stated, and pentobarbital seems to be able to survive this process. If animals are euthanized with pentobarbital and subsequently rendered, pentobarbital could remain in the rendered feed ingredients.

But, Evanger’s said, research suggests pentobarbital is most pervasive in dry dog foods that source rendered ingredients, unlike Evanger’s, which primarily manufactures canned foods that would not contain any rendered materials.

http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news-n...ter-euthanasia-drug-found-in-can-one-dog-dead
 
This is shocking to me that it is even legal.

How to Avoid Products with the Highest Risk
of Containing Euthanized Pets

To avoid choosing a dog food that might contain dead cats and dogs, there’s only one way to minimize the risk…

Never buy any product made with an anonymous animal ingredient

By anonymous, we’re referring to meat-based ingredients that do not specify the source animal. They use vague terms like “meat meal” rather than more specific words like “chicken meal” to describe their components.

According to the pet food industry, meat can come from virtually any mammal1.

So, generic meat meal can be legally made from road kill, dead, diseased or dying farm animals — even euthanized cats and dogs.

https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-industry-exposed/euthanized-pets-dog-food/
 
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