Several cats have fallen ill and died from consuming Purina Cat Chow.
On 9 November 2014, a Facebook user posted the above-quoted status update to the social network about Purina Cat Chow and her cat Killian's recent death. The woman claimed shortly after consuming the kibble, her pet became ill and subsequently died.The complaints referenced by the poster in her status update appear to be from a user-submitted consumer complaints site where other pet owners have shared stories of their animals' becoming ill after eating Purina Cat Chow or related products:I purchased the large bag of Purina Cat Chow Complete. Says it is new shape same taste. My cat became very sick and started vomiting after feeding for a couple of days. I gave it to my daughter thinking it was just my cat but her cat became sick and started vomiting also. I am going to throw it away - but I thought someone should be aware of it.More than 700 complaints have been lodged on the Purina page,but the submitted content spans a number of different Purina products. It's important to note Purina and related brands (such as Friskies) are consumed by millions of pets across America on a daily basis, and pets who become ill are likely to have consumed that brand's products simply due to their ubiquity in stores and pet food bowls nationwide.While the plea from a grieving pet owner has caused concern among cat owners on social media sites, her warning was expressed as a suspicion that was under investigation, not as something that had been definitively proved. On Twitter, an official account linked with the Purina brand addressed concerns about Purina Cat Chow's safety:We assure you there are no product issues with Cat Chow or any Purina product. Safety and quality are our top priorities.While the Purina Cat Chow warning has spread across sites like Facebook, the original poster has not yet issued an update stating whether a cause of death for her cat was ever confirmed. And although a large number of pet owners have ascribed their cats' or dogs' illnesses to recent consumption of Purina products, no illnesses or pet deaths have recently been positively linked to the brand. Many of the pet owners reporting cat illnesses surmised Purina products were to blame, but no causal connection between Purina Cat Chow and pet illness has been documented despite the brand's widespread consumption by American cats.
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