Wal-Mart is Reportedly Selling Previously Recalled Menu Cat and Dog Food Pouches

Just when you thought it might be safe to purchase one of the many brands of cat food that was recalled during the Menu pet foods scare back in the Spring of this year, Wal-Mart steps into the picture... and it isn't pretty. According to this web site, http://www.wsfa.com/global/story.asp?s=6976794 it seems that Menu Foods and Wal-Mart agreed to sell certain Special Kitty wet food pouches. These pouches, with the supposedly fresh, new, and un-contaminated food, are sold in the old pre-recall packaging with a sticker placed over the original UPC code. Menu has good reason for wanting to hide that UPC code. The UPC codes were what told consumers which foods were being recalled, based on a long list issued by Menu and posted in every store that sold pet food during the hellish days of the recall.

I would be very hesitant to buy any of this food. Just the fact that Menu and Wal-Mart cared so little about consumer's feelings is enough to make me want to never enter my local Wal-Mart again. Didn't they consider the fact that someone might be a bit squeamish about buying pet food still packaged in a pouch identified with an old UPC that pretty much stands for poisoned food? So what if they put a sticker over it? It still represents the death of many, many innocent cats. The food could be the best ever made for cats, but who could give it to their pet in absolute good faith? Not me. There would always be a hint of worry that something was wrong with the food. The scores of people who unfortunately fed Menu products to their beloved animals had no clue that these food were going to kill! Who's to say that these old packaging/new food combinations are perfectly safe? There's only one way to find out, and my pets are not going to be the guinea pigs for this company!

The canine aisle in Wal-Mart has been bombarded with the old packaging as well. Reports of Ol' Roy dog food with a new sticker over the old UPC code have been circulating the internet as well. Dog owners, beware! You'll have to decide for yourself if it's worth the risk to feed this food to your canine buddy.

These foods may be perfectly safe, but with the history behind this recall, who knows? I do think both Menu and Wal-Mart should have taken the time to think this thing through, and produced some new packaging to take the sting out of what happened earlier this year. I don't think any of us want to be reminded of the horror of those days. Many of my friends lost beloved pets because of this pet food recall. Many also had huge vet bills as well. It is irresponsible of Menu and Wal-Mart not to invest in whatever it would take to ease the minds of the pet owning public.