Technically, it never will be complete, you're right.  What wasn't consumed also may have been discarded by many once they realized they had recalled food. 

BTW--took a minute to check on what happened to the Pets.ca poster (ahaigh9999) who made the post.  Here's the link to this member's information at Pets.ca:

http://www.pets.ca/forum/member.php?u=26146

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http://www.pets.ca/forum/register.php?s=fe718ac984f36e5bd49d14fd39f608f1&

Above link shows the rules prior to registering--it may have been felt by someone that it was slander, etc.--have a look at the rules there and you see how it may have been interpreted.

Don't know if an admin there disabled the account or if the poster deleted it him/herself. 

That may be why I can't see the profile--I'm not registered there.  Good to know, though, that he wasn't banned from there.

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"This situation gets everyone's tempers boiling for sure, but until ahaigh9999 provides more definitive information let's please not jump to conclusions." -Marko, Pets.ca Admin

My thoughts, exactly, Marko.........and, thanks from all of us over here!
 

I've been reading this thread & it really is unbelievable that this crap is still ongoing.

Like all of you have said, I also believe that the recall was so large & so totally disorganized that there are bound to be stores with clerks who could care less (lots of those out there) that didn't handle the recalled food as it was supposed to be handled.  Therefore, if there is recalled food that was never returned & is sitting in their storeroom, it's bound to get back on the shelves.

This probably isn't fair but I won't touch any food from a company that had a recall......or a manufacturer that had problems plus cross contamination.  I still think there is a lot of recalled food sitting around in storerooms just waiting to go back on shelves.  Whether it's intentional or not really doesn't matter as the end result will be the same:  you're going to have a very sick or dead fur baby.

I'm going to try to get to PS in the next day or two to see what they have on sale for toys......don't trust toys made in China but difficult to find anything else (menusux posted a thread about pet toys from China being tested & they were all ok).  The only good thing I can say is that Hannah plays with all of her toys so she doesn't stay with one in her mouth for very long which may be a good thing.  Anyway, I'll go down the cat aisle & see if there are canned/pouched foods by my favorite pet food company (gag puke) that have new UPC codes over old ones.  Maybe I'll even start a big thing & ask why......tee hee.

"confirm that no melamine is detected"

what about the other 3 or 4 toxins that were detected?! they're ok i guess as long as the melamine isn't present, is that what Nutro is saying . . . 

i personally wouldn't trust a recalled product unless it was in entirely new packaging. there's just way too much of that stuff floating around out there (pun intended).

I checked a local big indie pet supply warehouse-style store (not PetSmart!) over the weekend and did not find any stickers on the Nutro packets they had.  But I did manage to stop a couple from buying a certain (name withheld since they are probably monitoring this thread) cat food that had had recalls by telling them about my experience with it.  (The store should thank me--the couple ended up choosing a more expensive brand after talking to me.)

i don't want to register over there, but maybe you can invite her over here. there are several home cooking recipes for kidneys available from the main books on natural pet care. also, i had a rescue that needed a prescription diet. the vet gave me a prescription so i would be able to give it to the adopter so they could get the food ordered. meaning the pet owner could go to a local mom and pop store etc and not have to rely on a vet etc. and i think in the past i have also gotten prescriptions for prescription cat food. ah, yes! i got one from my current vet a few years ago! she's not keen on the stuff, but if i couldn't get the natural diet she preferred, she wanted to make sure i could get the ***** diet (which she considered safe for the condition, but far from optimal). the poster shouldn't be restricted as to where she gets the food.