Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Purina's Beneful Dog Food Warning!!

Over the past two to three months, pet owners have reported their dogs becoming ill after eating Beneful Dog Food.  Pets that are more sensitive have been seeing some of the following symptoms:

  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea
  • Excessive Water Drinking
  • Lethargy
  • Weight Loss
  • Seizures
  • Bloat (life threatening to a dog)
  • Kidney Failure
  • Liver Failure
  • Death

Beneful comes in a wide variety of different types of food from puppy, healthy weight, playful life to name a few.  The problem has been reported in Beneful's Healthy Radiance, Healthy Weight and Playful Life.  Some reports though did not specify which type of Beneful the dog was fed. Some owner's said their dog became sicker and sicker overtime.  While others say upon feeding for the first time the dog became sick.

Veterinarians have reported bacterial infections, liver and kidney failure and high toxin levels in pets related Beneful food.

From October 2012 to January 2012 reported cases have increase to currently 220 incidents listed on consumer affairs website alone. In 2007 Purina dog food was identified for dog fatalities due to aflatoxins.  Aflatoxins are found in moldy grains, at that time there was a large recall.  In 2005 100 dogs died for the same reason another recall of a different brand of food.

see: examiner.com 1/11/13 written by Lisa Taylor "Purina's Beneful dog food killing dogs nationwide; No recall issued by FDA"

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