Two pet product recalls were announced last Friday. They both involve rather popular products, so I want to share them here.
Merrick has recalled some of their popular Beef Filet Squares. In this case “announce” means slipping a press release into the queue at the last possible minute on a Friday evening before a three day holiday weekend. This is the second recall for this product this year, but you wouldn’t know that from the latest press release.
I can’t describe how disappointing this is for me, Not the recall — these things happen — but how Merrick has handled this. I will not directly recommend a food to a client: that’s not my area of expertise. But Merrick was always on the list of foods I would tell a client to take a look at. It was always in the rotation for my three dogs too.
Note the past tense on both.
United Pet Group, who you may have never heard of, has recalled a variety of stuff, including some supplements for both dogs and cats. The products are sold under a wide variety of names and a in bunch of different place. They used the same last minute tactics as Merrick. Here is the FDA release with a complete listing of products affected.
Pet Connection has a posting about these recalls here, with well-deserved kudos for the blogger that broke the story.
I’m still on a combination catch-up and vacation. Chances are I will not be making any “real” posts here until next week.
Thnx for the recall news @dogspelledfwd Im so lazy (and perhaps slightly irresponsible?) to stay on top of this so seeing it on a blog (which oddly Im not lazy to check out) is a boon. Gracias senjor
Hi Eric,
It's always good to read Dog Spelled Forward. Thanks for this post. It's so scary with all these food recalls.
It's always so disappointing when companies do stuff like this, regardless of the industry. It's Commerce 101: Be upfront and forthright with your customer base and they will reward you with their ongoing support. Incredibly irritating, unprofessional and in this case dangerous to do anything less.
I am disappointed in Merrick as well and relieved that we are not affected as I stopped using ages ago.