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If this isn’t enough to get your goat I don’t know what is. Apparently several stores nationwide are still peddling the tainted pet food to unsuspecting consumers. So if you thought it was safe to pick up what was on the shelves, because surely by now the tainted food is off the shelves, you were dead wrong.

WASHINGTON - Contaminated pet food is still being sold at some stores, U.S. health officials warned on Thursday after checking hundreds of retail outlets.The Food and Drug Administration said it had inspected about 400 stores nationwide and still found some dog and cat food products affected by last month’s recall by Canada-based pet food maker Menu Foods Income Fund and other manufacturers.

“FDA believes most companies have removed the recalled product; however, some have not,” the agency said in a statement. (source)

It just disgusts me to think that corporate America is so gung ho about making an extra buck that retailers are out there still peddling the contaminated food with no thought or care to innocent lives they’ll be destroying!

If you are a pet owner please be aware of the dangers of the food currently on the shelves. Visit the FDA’s official list of recalled pet products. Are you perhaps curious about making your own pet food? If you are thinking about it I recommend reading this post first.

With the massive recall of wet (and some dry) cat and dog food many pet owners are fearing for their pet’s health, and with good reason. So what is a concerned pet owner to do when they never know which pet food might be next on the list of contaminated foods? Why cook their own special goodies of course!

It’s a trend that is gaining momentum. Grinding up one’s own meat and mixing it with a variety of healthy supplements to give pets a well balanced and contaminate-free meal is easier than most think, the only key is to remember what is necessary in pet’s food and what things should be left out to avoid bacterial contamination. Arden More and Anne Davis’ book Real Food for Dogs: 50 Vet-Approved Recipees to Please the Canine Gastronome has jumped in rankings on Amazon.com and is the most widely sought after book for canine food recipes.

Vets recommend that you contact your veterinarian for assistance or turn to other valid sources before trying to whip up your own pet food. It is also recommended that you use this a temporary fix until the scare is passed.

View: AP article on home cooked meals for pets and recipes
View: Official FDA list of recalled pet foods