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I’m very glad that I never used these gels on my hounds. It just never seemed right smearing some type of chemical on my dog’s back.
— Kenn
Recall Avoided but Government Calls Product Labels ‘Inadequate’
Anti-flea and tick products, known as spot-on, and sold for use on dogs and cats, will not be banned or pulled from the market after a nearly nine-month government investigation into their safety.
But labels are expected to change in the coming months.
The products under scrutiny are called spot-on because they are liquid products that are applied topically, usually once a month, to a dog or cat’s skin, often between the shoulder blades. After a reported spike in the number of dogs and cats getting sick or dying in 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency investigated whether the anti-flea and tick products were the cause.
The EPA’s concluded that, while the products are safe, the labeling on these products is “inadequate” and needs to be changed. Some of the problems found were attributed to dosages intended for large dogs being used on small dogs, and some dog flea and tick products being misused on cats.