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Alert— The Hartz Mountain Corporation Voluntarily Recalls One Specific Lot of Nationwide Chicken-Basted Rawhide Chips Because of Possible Health Risk
October 20, 2008 -- The Hartz Mountain Corporation, Secaucus, NJ is voluntarily recalling one specific lot of Hartz Chicken-Basted Rawhide Chips due to concerns that one or more bags within the lot are potentially contaminated with Salmonella. Hartz is fully cooperating with the US Food and Drug Administration in this voluntary recall. Read the entire release

Stand Up for Our Pets
Our mission is to share information and collaborate with other pet owners who have been victims of the Chinese jerky treats, to gather information for the FDA on the number of dogs affected, and to identify the poison. We have been fortunate to have Sonja Fishel and our volunteer coordinator, Sharon, both dogged researchers, join us in this effort. They have contributed greatly to the information on this site.

About Us
Lacie's site was conceived by Barbara Fafard and Johanna Ohlsson to collaborate with other pet owners who have been victims of poisonous pet jerky treats. Barbara's and Johanna's Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Lacie, Misty and Emma, became extremely ill after eating these treats, experiencing kidney failure, anorexia, weight loss, and lethargy. Emma and Misty survived; Lacie did not.

Barbara and Johanna reported the illnesses to Smokehouse and to PetSmart, who responded that the product had been tested for heavy metals and melamine and that they considered the treats safe. Neither PetsSmart nor Smokehouse tested the particular packages of treats that sickened our dogs. After taking the product off the shelves in September 2007, PetSmart quietly put them back.

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