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Dr. Elizabeth Severino is a Best-Selling
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Animal Communicator, and Ordained Spiritual
Healer. She does her work now in 32 countries.
Her Overarching Mission is "Compassion for All
Beings." Her Dream is "An Animal Communicator
in Every Family."
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Dear
Dr. Liz,
On
June 18, Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc., announced
a voluntary recall of Natural Balance Sweet
Potato & Chicken Dry Dog Food in the 5-lb and
28-lb bags with the "Best By" date of June 17,
2011. The recall is precautionary and is due
to the potential for Salmonella contamination.
The product was originally manufactured in one
production run on December 17, 2009, and is
the only Natural Balance product being recalled.
The product was delivered only to pet
specialty stores in the states of Alaska, Arizona,
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South
Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and
Wyoming. These therefore are the only
states where product is being recalled.
If you don't live in these states but
know someone who does, who buys or might be
buying Natural Balance foods for their animals,
please send this email along to them.
Natural
Balance executives affirm that no illnesses
have been reported to the company to date regarding
these products. The company further states that
the recall notification is being issued VOLUNTARILY
because a random sample test conducted by the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration had a positive
result for Salmonella.
I've discovered
that a respected independent lab testing facility
AND Natural Balance's own internal testing were
NOT able to duplicate the FDA's result.
The
fact that results could not be duplicated made
me very curious, suspicious even, especially
since I know that Natural Balance spent over
$900,000 creating their own internal quality
control testing lab, quite possibly the best
of its kind in the industry.
My reaction therefore is to wonder WHO in the
FDA did the testing, HOW it was done, and WHO
the testers are connected to. If anyone knows,
please share that information.
Natural
Balance is a good company run by good people
producing quality pet foods. I am KEEPING
Natural Balance on my overall recommended list.
About
Salmonella
Salmonella
affects human and non-human animals. There
is risk to humans and non-humans handling or
consuming any foods contaminated with salmonella.
Be sure to thoroughly wash your hands after
having contact with any foods at risk for Salmonella
contamination. Also thoroughly wash any surfaces
exposed to such food products.
Salmonella
infections in pets produce symptoms such as
lethargy, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever,
vomiting, decreased appetite, and/or abdominal
pain. It is possible for an otherwise very healthy
animal to be infected and a be carrier, infecting
other animals, but not showing symptoms itself.
If your
pet has consumed the recalled product and
has these symptoms, please contact your veterinarian.
More
information
The
voluntarily recalled product UPC's are 7-23633-9000-4
and 7-23633-99003-5 for the 5-lb bags and 7-23633-99002-8
for the 28-lb bag. If you purchased these
foods, return any unused foods to your place
of purchase for a full refund.
For additional
information, please contact Natural Balance
Pet Foods Customer Service at (800) 829-4493
(8am - 5pm, PDT) or
visit
www.naturalbalanceinc.com.
By the way,
Natural Balance has an excellent feature on
their web-site where you can check the exact
test results of ANY of their products.
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Thank you for
YOUR caring and support!
Blessings on our shared journey,
Dr. Liz
Elizabeth Severino, D.R.S.
The Healing Connection |
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