Yet another reason to avoid Wal-Mart - um coverup mucho?

Wal-Mart quietly pulled dog treats By JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press Writer
Tue Aug 21, 12:48 AM ET

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. quietly stopped selling two brands of dog treats in July, after customers voiced concerns that the Chinese products may have caused their pets to fall ill, but no recall has been announced, a company spokeswoman confirmed.

The world's largest retailer started pulling Chicken Jerky Strips from Import-Pingyang Pet Product Co. and Chicken Jerky from Shanghai Bestro Trading on July 26, spokeswoman Deisha Galberth said late Monday.

Wal-Mart also placed a computerized block on all cash registers to prevent workers from selling the products, Galberth said.

"When we took it off shelves at the end of July, we pulled it based on the customer feedback so we could do testing prior to announcing anything publicly," Galberth said. "That's why did not make a public announcement — it was still going through the testing process."

Wal-Mart's action follows a massive pet food recall in March, when retailers began pulling products made in China that included the chemical melamine — a contaminant that's a byproduct of several pesticides.

Galberth said she did not know what the specific customer complaints were about the dog treats, nor when the testing would be complete.

Galberth said she did not immediately know if the treats were sold at every Wal-Mart store.

"We are diligently testing this product," she said.

Philadelphia television station WPVI reported last week that a woman claimed her 2-year-old Chihuahua died after eating Bestro Chicken Jerky Strips. The station reported that an autopsy found the dog died of an infection caused by toxic bacteria.

Re: Yet another reason to avoid Wal-Mart - um coverup mucho?

It stinks, but its not a cover-up. They have no proof about the dog treats, but removing them from shelves is better than not doing so. The FDA hasn't banned the product so the removal of them is strickly Walmarts doing, which is actually a good thing.

When a food product is recalled, its usually cleared from the FDA, who monitors such food recalls.

Re: Yet another reason to avoid Wal-Mart - um coverup mucho?

I am not a wal mart fan but in this case I think they did the right thing. They are trying to be proactive and determine whether the product contains a poison.

Re: Yet another reason to avoid Wal-Mart - um coverup mucho?

how is that a cover-up?

they are trying to do the right thing without unnecessarily causing mass hysteria

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Re: Yet another reason to avoid Wal-Mart - um coverup mucho?

Re: Yet another reason to avoid Wal-Mart - um coverup mucho?

I think the point the article was trying to make is that customers stated it made their dogs sick and Walmart pulled the items without notifying the public and other consumers who purchased these items that there were dogs out there getting sick.

So many who purchased it were still using it meanwhile it could potentially be harmful and they have no idea.



I Agree, you cannot beat Walmarts prices though. Sad thats that is true b/c of their practices....

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Message edited 8/21/2007 3:10:52 PM.

Re: Yet another reason to avoid Wal-Mart - um coverup mucho?

I don't care how much I have to spend on something, their practices are horrible and I refuse to shop there.