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• Rescue birds dangers update#

Consumers should dispose of any remaining food and return the packaging to the store where they purchased it for replacement or refund. The products were shipped by the company between the dates of 5/21/12 and 8/23/12 for distribution nationwide through pet retailers, veterinary clinics, on line pet supply merchants and to breeders, and zoological parks.Ĭonsistent with this voluntary recall, the company is reminding bird owners to check the expiration dates and lot numbers of any product they may still have in their possession. ZuPreem FruitBlend with Natural Fruit Flavors Premium Daily Bird Food for large birds ZuPreem FruitBlend with Natural Fruit Flavors Premium Daily Bird Food for medium/large birds The lot and expiration dates by sku, are listed below: The two voluntarily recalled lots are 598405005072. Customers whose birds exhibit these symptoms should immediately contact their veterinarian.

Symptoms include decreased activity level or appetite, increase in water consumption or watery droppings. Consumption of food from these particular lots may make birds sick and, in some cases, may be fatal. The recall is being conducted due to the product containing the combination of exceedingly high calcium levels, low phosphorus, and high vitamin D concentration resulting in a significant health risk to the birds. initiated a voluntary recall of ZuPreem FruitBlend™ With Natural Fruit Flavors maintenance formula bird foods for medium/large birds and for large birds with use by date codes of 11/30/13 or 11/13 and lot numbers 598405052 or 598405072. The following updated notice appeared today on the FDA website:įOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Octo– On September 27, 2012, Premium Nutritional Products, Inc. Unfortunately, the recalled products have been distributed nationwide through pet retailers, veterinary clinics, online pet supply merchants, breeder, and to zoological parks. No word yet on how the formulation foul-up occurred and why it took them a month to figure out it wasn’t just the calcium level they screwed up on is beyond me. I think it goes without saying that pet bird parents whose birds exhibit any of these symptoms should immediately contact their veterinarian. Taking this as a message as a sign of a clear and present danger, it is important to pay close attention to your bird and to be aware of the symptoms to watch for: decreased activity level, decreased appetite, increase in water consumption or watery droppings. So, when a manufacturer uses strong language like, “significant health risk”, “exceedingly high levels” and “may be fatal” that ZuPreem used this recall notice, alarm bells go off. Normally, when manufacturers issue a recall notice, they attempt to minimize their risk by peppering their press releases with soothing phrases meant to obfuscate the possibility of danger so as not to alarm people.

Rescue birds dangers update#

Today’s update points to a decidedly more serious problem than they initially reported, according to the updated press release. This recall is an update of a previous recall of ZuPreem bird foods in late September in which ZuPreem originally stated “may contain calcium levels higher than the recommended level”. The recalled ZuPreem Medium/Large and Large FruitBlend bird food formula is for medium to large birds such as Conures, Amazons, Greys, Pionus, Caiques, Senegals, Macaws, Cockatoos, and other medium to large parrots

Feeding the recalled products to your pet birds may make your birds sick and even die. Nationwide recall of bird food due to dangerous levels of calcium, phosphorus & vitamin D.Īn ongoing recall of ZuPreem FruitBlend, a bird food formulated for various species of adult psittacines and passerines, has been updated to include a new information that the products contain a potentially lethal combination of “exceedingly high calcium levels, low phosphorus, and high vitamin D concentration” resulting in a “significant health risk” to pet birds.