I saw this post too and am so worried about this.  Here is my post from the other thread...
I don't know if anyone has seen my post in porblems with pet food but I just sent a bag of wellness's complete health dry food to get tested last week because of a stange smell.  I purchased 6 different bags at 6 different stores and they all smelled the same.  My cat has many allergies and after trying 6 different foods this is the only one that has helped calm down his allegies so I would hate to change it.  Does anyone know how long it will take for the testing of this food to come back?  Please help if you can.  Thanks so much!

I feed 3 different brands of canned food and one of dry (my cats get very, very little dry), but the Wellness is the one that I use most often for their afternoon meal.  Last week, I took one of my cats in to the vet because she was walking away from food that she normally eats with gusto.  I told the vet I could not put my finger on it, but that something was off.  They did blood work and everything came back normal, but when I saw this recall information this morning and that one of the symptoms was "decreased appetite", I immediately called the vet to see if thiamine levels were included in the blood panel they had done last week on my cat.  It is not, and is a pretty specific test.  I just got back from the vet and she said that she is going to do more research, but she thinks the thiamine test needs to be done after the cat has not eaten anything for at least 12 hours.  Since my girls had already eaten breakfast, the test could not be done, but I will need to bring them back in the morning for the test. 

I am a little concerned, but not frantic since they eat other foods besides the Wellness, but I am getting really tired of not ever knowing what to feed them for fear that the next recall will again be something they are eating.

I am so sorry to hear about this.  I am so concerned about feeding wellness now too.  Please let us know when your get the blood test results back.  I hope everything is ok. 

Thank you.  I have been feeding Wellness since they were babies, and they will be two years old this month.  Hopefully, if there is a problem with the thiamine, it's not very bad and we caught it in plenty of time.

I still had a few cans in my pantry that fall within the recalled dates and some newer ones that don't.  I'm not sure I want to feed even the newer ones because the recalled dates go through Sept. 2013 and my new cans are Oct. 2013.  I may just take them back to the store and think about it. 

Mods, maybe we should merge this thread with the other Wellness recall thread?

Dear Mr. Callahan,

My name is 5CatMom, but I really have 7 cats whom I love very much.

Over the years since the Pet Food Recall of 2007, I have put much effort into researching pet food companies and pet food.  You see, I would like to identify a few safe, nutritious, and consistent commercial foods that I can feed with confidence.

I contacted most of the pet food companies (including Wellness), but the responses were very disappointing.  It seems that pet food companies (including Wellness) are not prepared to answer tough questions about their products.  For example, Wellness could not explain how they manage their large number of co-packers in order to produce a consistent product, and when I asked about their GMP's, QAP's, and statistical process control -- Well, forget it!

In my search for a safe commercial food, there was one word that pet food companies (including Wellness) repeated most often.  The word was PROPRIETARY.  I learned that "proprietary" is code for "we don't know, we don't want to know, and we don't want to answer your questions".

You claim that Wellpet /Wellness has worked hard to earn the reputation of being a company that does everything possible for the pets that depend on you.

There are a few facts you should consider before making such a claim:

1)  Your company threw it's independent retailers under the bus, and instead decided to work with big box stores.  The indie retailers built Wellness' reputation, but apparently volume is more important than loyalty to your company.

2)  My friends routinely compare date codes to see which ones are causing problems such as vomiting and food refusal.  This is a huge red flag which we brought to your attention, but we were ignored and told that "no problems have been reported".

3)  Your company deals with an equity partner and many co-packers.  That makes for a complicated and hard to manage operation.

4)  Your company produces waaaaay too many products.  A visit to the big box store reveals that Wellpet/Wellness produces many dozens of different products - canned food, dry food, treats.  It's really overwhelming and reminds me of Nutro's shelves - just too much of too much.

Contrary to what you write, it is clear that product quality and safety ARE NOT your highest priority.  Otherwise, you would have TESTED your products for adequate thiamine levels, before they were sold to pet owners.  After all, thiamine deficiency is not a new issue.  Diamond recalled food in 2010 for the same problem.  Did you miss that?    

IMO, Wellpet/Wellness has serious problems as a company, and has become just another high volume producer of low quality food.

Sincerely,

5CatMom

Hi all I just got an email from The Pet Food list forum.
I just found it and joined it recently.

Anyway they sent me an email saying that Wellness has recalled some of their canned cat foods.
Wanted to pass it on since I know alot of you use it.
I had been til a while back when all my cats got diarrhea from it so I stopped. I still have several cans I haven't used need to check their codes to see if they are some or not.
Plan to take them back anyway.

Heres what they said

While recent laboratory testing found that most lots of Wellness canned cat food that were tested contain sufficient amounts of thiamine (also known as Vitamin B1), some of the lots listed below might contain less than adequate levels of thiamine. However, out of an abundance of caution, WellPet has decided to recall all of the lots listed below.

The lots involved in this voluntary recall are:
Wellness Canned Cat (all flavors and sizes) with best by dates from 14APR 13 through 30SEP13;
Wellness Canned Cat Chicken & Herring (all sizes) with 10NOV13 or 17NOV13 best buy dates.

You can also find the info on The Pet Food List Forum.
Just wanted to share this with you guys in case you all hadn't hear.

Hope everyone has a nice day.
mel