I found this on a cat-owner's website: "November 17, 2003. Warning on Wellness canned food: The customer service department at Wellness has confirmed that the company has been adding brown rice to their canned foods without changing the label or their website to reflect this difference. Although they say that this only occurred with a "test batch" of Beef & Chicken flavor, I have seen reports that all flavors have been affected, and the problem is geographically widespread in the USA. People who do not want to feed grain to their cats, or whose cats are objecting to the altered formula, should avoid purchasing any cans with a batch number beginning with "GW". UPDATE, mid-December: Wellness has seen the error of their ways and has told people that they will be returning to the original formula. Cans with the GW label with an expiration date after December, 2005 should be okay. Some people are reporting that their cat does not care for the food made at this plant; others have no problem."
Here's a link to the website! http://www.sugarcats.net/sites/jmpeerson/canfood.html -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sue Feldbusch Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 6:14 PM To: felvtalk@vlists.net Subject: RE: Wellness - is it any good anymore? I'm still using wet wellness food. >From: BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: felvtalk@vlists.net >To: felvtalk@vlists.net, felvtalk@vlists.net >Subject: Wellness - is it any good anymore? >Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 02:36:50 -0600 > >I have two large cans of Wellness and I'm afraid to use them after >reading some posts here. Last week, I gave a little to my 18 year-old >Fu, along with other food - a little bit of A/D, a little of Nutro, and >a tad of Fancy Feast (I usually put several kinds on my finicky eaters' >dishes) - and he had diarrhea for a couple of days. Fu has been in >remission from intestinal cancer for nearly three years. > >Should I throw out those two new cans of Wellness, feed them to my >other kitties, is anyone else still feeding Wellness??? > >puzzled in Wisconsin, >Bonnie >
