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douglas9

(4,358 posts)
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 12:49 PM Feb 2017

Evangers Dog Food Recalled Due To Contamination With Euthanasia Drug: Wait, What?

How did a sedative used in euthanasia end up in cans of a premium brand beef dog food? The company behind the food, Evanger’s, would really like to know. So would the owner of four pugs that became sick and one that died after eating cans of Evanger’s Hunk of Beef.

Sodium pentobarbital is a sedative and sometimes used to control seizures and for insomnia in humans, but it’s most commonly used for euthanasia in cats, dogs, and horses, as well as other farm and companion animals that aren’t going to be eaten. It’s also used for human euthanasia in localities where that’s legal, and has been used for executions by lethal injection.

Because sodium pentobarbital is not intended for use in livestock that will eventually be consumed, everyone wants to know how it ended up in these cans of dog food. Evanger’s says it is investigating, but currently believes its beef supplier is the likely source.

https://consumerist.com/2017/02/06/evangers-dog-food-recalled-due-to-contamination-with-euthanasia-drug-wait-what/

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Evangers Dog Food Recalled Due To Contamination With Euthanasia Drug: Wait, What? (Original Post) douglas9 Feb 2017 OP
Have you seen the crap they put in pet food? frogmarch Feb 2017 #1
That's what I thought as well Merlot Feb 2017 #2
They've definitely found horse DNA in Evanger's food jmowreader Mar 2017 #4
I am waiting cheri010353 Feb 2017 #3

frogmarch

(12,145 posts)
1. Have you seen the crap they put in pet food?
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 01:51 PM
Feb 2017

Mr. froggy and I got stuck in a traffic jam behind a rendering truck once, and we both got sick from the stench. It was vile. The truck was full of rotting dead animals to be "purified" with peroxide spray and chopped up and cooked for dog food. That's what the drivers told us.

Maybe mixed in with the dead cows, Evangers got some euthanized dogs from a vet clinic, and that's how the drug got into their dog food.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
2. That's what I thought as well
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 01:53 PM
Feb 2017
Maybe mixed in with the dead cows, Evangers got some euthanized dogs from a vet clinic, and that's how the drug got into their dog food.

Kind of like people getting anti-depressants through the water supply.

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
4. They've definitely found horse DNA in Evanger's food
Thu Mar 23, 2017, 08:43 PM
Mar 2017
http://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/6292-drug-and-horse-meat-in-evangers-dog-food-still-a-mystery

Which would explain where the pentobarbital came from, whether they use dog and cat meat - there's a good chance they do - or not.

cheri010353

(127 posts)
3. I am waiting
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 02:34 PM
Feb 2017

to hear of others whose dogs became ill after eating that food. Evanger's has been in business for 82 years and never had a recall. I find it odd that there are no other reports of illness from this. It will be interesting to see what the investigation reveals.

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