The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a letter to the famous pet food production unit Iams, warning about a specific additive in some of its products for fat dogs and cats.
The letter said that several Eukanuba-brand dry and canned pet food products made by The Iams Company that is a unit of Procter & Gamble Co. (Charts) contain chromium tripicolinate. Chromium tripicolinate is only allowed as a source of supplemental chromium in swine feed actually.
The company said that it will take chromium tripicolinate out from the future formulations of its Eukanuba Veterinary Diets Optimum Weight Control and Restricted-Calorie dry and canned products. The FDA, till now, had not ordered any recall of the products yet. According to the FDA, genotoxic compounds can cause genetic mutations or tumors. FDA has asked Iams to respond within 15 days of receiving the letter with documentation of its corrective actions. However, the company did not mention a specific date by which the compound - which still is being listed as an ingredient on the Iams Web site - would be removed.
Source: CNN
