Eukanuba is a brand name of cat and dog foods sold by the Iams company since 1972, owned by Procter & Gamble. Eukanuba is highly touted world-wide by breeders and veterinarians. Dry pet food products sold by Eukanuba are manufactured in-house, and are not subcontracted. Some of the Eukanuba-brand wet foods sold in North America are manufactured by Menu Foods Income Fund of Ontario, Canada though analysts speculate whether that relationship will continue after a June 11, 2007 press release from Menu Foods stated a significant customer discontinued purchases for cuts and gravy products. Under the Eukanuba label, Iams sells a wide variety of dietary choices for pets, including soft and hard foods, as well as an array of treat products. They also provide specialized veterinarian prescription diets for treatment of various ailments, including allergies and digestion problems.

The article comes from a pet owner whose Yorkie became ill, and after a couple of days in the vet’s office, the owner looked at her Eukanuba canned food and realized it had expired 3 years ago. When she checked the cupboard she discovered several other cans of dog food – all recently purchased at PetCo – had expiration dates from 2004.

Stilted blogger/dog owner lists a link to free pet food promotion... Looks like Eukanuba is trying to win customers back.

Lists the top five ingredients of 11 Major Dog Food Brands, including HealthyPetNet, Flint River, Wellness, Science Diet, Iams, Purina One, Purina Pro Plan, Natures Recipe, Nutro Natural, Beneful, Eukanuba. Added bonus: It lists the cost per serving. Watch for by-products, undigestible grains, or WHEAT.

Eukanuba, Iams, Nutro and store brands tied to kidney failure, deaths. As many as one in six animals died in tests of suspect dog and cat food by the manufacturer after complaints the products were poisoning pets around the country, the government said Monday. During those tests, the company fed its product to 40 to 50 dogs and cats and seven died

A massive pet food recall for over 60 million containers of wet / moist cat and dog food spanning most major brands (Iams, Eukanuba, Purina, Science Diet, Nutro) and retailers (Wal-Mart, Kroger, Food Lion, Safeway, etc) was initiated this past Friday. Check out the link and if you have any of the foods recalled, stop using them immediately.