PETCO was notified Thursday 5/21 that NUTRO was voluntarily recalling select varieties of NUTRO Natural Choice Complete Care dry cat foods and NUTRO Max cat dry food with “Best If Used By Dates” between May 12, 2010, and August 22, 2010.
PETCO carries 19 of the SKUs affected by the recall and all PETCO stores have been notified.
In a news release, NUTRO said the recall was due to incorrect levels of zinc and potassium in the finished product resulting from a production error by a US-based premix supplier.
The company said it has not received any consumer complaints related to this issue and the problem was identified during a routine audit of their documentation from the supplier.
Visit the Nutro Recall page for more information including details about the affected products, pictures of where to find the date code, and a FAQ page.
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I called as soon as I recieved an e-mail about the recall. Two months before my senior cat stopped eating his food and was vomiting a lot and was losing weight. I switched food and he got better. I notified Nutro about the e-mail and that the senior food was not on their list. Employees at pet smart were not aware of this also. It seems that the senior food was not added to the list.
Posted by: Ellie McCaffrey | July 15, 2009 at 12:34 PM
We also noticed our three cats were not eating as much of their Nutro Senior indoor dry cat food. We didn't realize how bad the problem was until we took them to the vet. They all get a small amount of moist food daily. The 2 spoiled Maine Coons split a can in the morning and in the afternoon the 3 cats share a can so they were getting some food. Their dry food feeder seemed to be used very little. At the vet's office we found the Maine Coons had each lost about1.5 lbs. The other cat who gets mainly dry food had lost 4 lbs! She was way over weight so we didn't really realize what was happening. We have since purchased another brand of dry food and they are eating voraciously.
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