Obtained by way of a FOIA (Freedom of Info Act) request, the FDA has launched the stories of sick pets (adversarial occasion stories) acquired by the company by way of January 31, 2024.
Word: the FDA launched stories present this on every web page…
“Disclaimer: This file accommodates info submitted to FDA by way of FDA’s established reporting programs.The existence of a report doesn’t, itself, imply the product listed was faulty or the reason for an adversarial occasion.”
We solely examined the stories for the month of January 2024. The information tells us:
971 complaints submitted to FDA through the month of January 2024. This complete doesn’t embrace a number of complaints of bug infested pet meals, or others that didn’t seem to match the signs of the present pet meals disaster.
886 stories have been a Purina product.
85 have been different manufacturers.
Among the stories included a couple of pet. The whole variety of sick pets acquired by the FDA in (solely) January 2024 was 1,312.
Different pet meals manufacturers complaints acquired:
Pet Delight – 1
Signature – 1
Freshpet – 1
Open Farm – 1
Ol Roy – 1
Fromm – 1
Pure Stability – 1
Kibbles n Bits – 1
9 Lives – 1
Whole pet loss of life stories acquired by FDA in (solely) January 2024: 103 pets.
The pet meals manufacturers related to these pet deaths:
Purina – 97
FreshPet – 1
Ol’ Roy – 1
Victor – 1
Kibbles n Bits – 1
Diamond 4 Well being – 1
Intuition – 1
The pet signs offered within the FDA report ranged from minor to many very severe. Many pet house owners reported their pets have been bleeding from the rectum, vomiting blood, and plenty of pet house owners reported seizures.
One report offered this horrendous element: “On the 23rd of January I got here dwelling from work and my dwelling regarded like a homicide scene. There was vomit and really very bloody diarrhea from the entrance to the again of my dwelling.” This pet proprietor submitted the report whereas her canine was hospitalized; we have no idea if the pet survived.
Many different stories have been additionally submitted to FDA whereas their pet was hospitalized.
Many stories said {that a} change in meals resulted of their pet’s restoration.
Many stories pleaded with the FDA to do one thing to forestall different pets from struggling like their pet had.
Many stories stated that after seeing stories of sick pets on-line (many particularly said the Fb group Saving Pets One Pet @ A Time – the unique) – they modified their pet’s meals and the pet survived.
However…
4 months later, the FDA has not warned pet house owners. The FDA has not offered what number of client complaints the company has acquired since January 31, 2024. The FDA has advised pet house owners NOTHING – despite the fact that we now know that they’re effectively conscious of how severe this situation is.
And…
On January 15, 2024 Purina Pet Food made the following public statement:
“Pet mother and father proceed to be understandably scared by a web-based rumor that there’s a problem with Purina pet meals. This rumor is fake, and we’re saddened to see the confusion and concern that it has brought on for pet house owners. There aren’t any well being or issues of safety with our merchandise, and so they can proceed to be fed with confidence.”
When Purina made this public assertion, the FDA (and we assume Purina itself) had already acquired 631 stories from pet house owners that month (January 1, 2024 by way of January 14, 2024) – involving 839 sick pets. 86 of these pets died.
Sadly…sickeningly…we proceed to obtain stories of sick and lifeless pets. Greater than 100 have been acquired by the Fb group simply this week.
FDA’s silence has executed nothing to cease this very severe situation.
Once more, we have now to ask…how rather more severe does this must get earlier than FDA does one thing to guard our pets? Why are pet house owners and advocates the ONLY ones to be making an attempt to guard pets?
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Wishing you and your pet(s) the most effective,
Susan Thixton
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