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Glenn Harmon, 56, told Sainsbury’s his vets believed their hypoallergenic recipe was responsible for killing all three of his pets in one week on April 22
Pet food suppliers were warned about the cat ‘poisoning’ scandal two months before the full product recall but did nothing, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Glenn Harmon, 56, told Sainsbury’s his vets believed their hypoallergenic recipe was responsible for killing all three of his pets in one week on April 22.
But the store replied nearly a month later saying it had carried out a ‘full report’ which found ‘no issues’ and claimed they had ‘no other complaints of sickness for this product’.
Mr Harmon flagged that vets were finding cases across the country on May 29 and says he attached a full post-mortem report for one of his pets but got no response.
Two weeks later the Food Standards Agency (FSA) issued a voluntary recall of Sainsbury’s hypoallergenic recipe as well as Applaws and Pets at Home’s AVA.
A direct link has not yet been proven between the premium brands which are made by Fold Hill Foods but the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and FSA are investigating.
Mr Harmon, an architect who lives with his beekeeper wife Jodi Moger, 55, in Shipham, Somerset, said: ‘They are trying to spin the narrative.
‘They wanted to make it out that this was some mystery illness that had nothing to do with the cat food, but it was clear there was a link. We are not after revenge, we just want someone to hold their hands up and apologise.’
The couple first noticed something was wrong when Lucy, their nine-year-old
