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Long story:
I have a very good friend in Madison, WI who was feeding her cat Evangers canned mackarel as part of his diet. She was in China on business and left her cat to board at the vet as he had had multiple health problems and was finally healthy. She got a call from the vet that he got sick and died very suddenly. She assumed it was related to his previous health problems.
The vet did emergency surgery and was unable to save him. He then did an autopsy and suspected botulism based on the results. He sent the food sample off to be tested. My friend and the vet then received phone calls from the FDA saying that the company was under investigation and that there had been other cases regarding Evangers canned food causing sickness!
There is currently no recall happening but that is enough for me not to feed that food. The FDA just started their investigation on this case yesterday. Just wanted to let everyone know.
I have a very good friend in Madison, WI who was feeding her cat Evangers canned mackarel as part of his diet. She was in China on business and left her cat to board at the vet as he had had multiple health problems and was finally healthy. She got a call from the vet that he got sick and died very suddenly. She assumed it was related to his previous health problems.
The vet did emergency surgery and was unable to save him. He then did an autopsy and suspected botulism based on the results. He sent the food sample off to be tested. My friend and the vet then received phone calls from the FDA saying that the company was under investigation and that there had been other cases regarding Evangers canned food causing sickness!
There is currently no recall happening but that is enough for me not to feed that food. The FDA just started their investigation on this case yesterday. Just wanted to let everyone know.