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After eating a famous feed product in the United States, which is also sold in Korea, dogs die or get sick one after another, and manufacturers are voluntarily recalling them.
According to the New York Times, more than 70 dogs that ate certain dry foods in the United States died, and more than 80 became ill and the American Midwestern Pet Foods, which manufactured them, initiated a voluntary recall.
Midwestern Pet Food is a companion animal feed manufacturer headquartered in Indiana, USA. The company’s’Earthborne Holistic’ and’Propac’ feeds are sold in Korea along with the advertisement of’the safest feed in the world’. There is.
At the end of last month, according to The New York Times, the company announced a recall after it was reported that 28 dogs died after eating its product,’Sport Mix’.
The company confirmed that the level of’aflatoxin’ caused by the fungus in the cause of the dog’s death exceeded the acceptable standard.
Aflatoxin is a toxin produced by fungi from corn or cereals. Pets fed a diet high in this toxin can get sick or damage the liver, and in extreme cases die.
At the time of the initial recall, the company decided to recover only six products of the’Sport Mix’ brand, but on the 11th, “It is possible that aflatoxin levels in all feed products containing corn may have exceeded the acceptable standard.” Enlarged.
Accordingly, products included in the collection target include Pro Pac Performance Puppy, Splash Fat Cat 32%, Nunn Better Maintenance, and Sportstrail 50. It has been increased to 20.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also announced the recall of Midwestern Pet Food, saying, “We are investigating this issue, and it has not been confirmed that all reported cases are caused by aflatoxin.”
Midwestern Petfood says no aflatoxin-related disease has been found in humans and cats.