Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., marketed simply as "Hill's", is an American pet food company that produces dog and cat foods. The company is a subsidiary of Colgate-Palmolive.
Hill's Pet Nutrition was founded in the spring of 1907 by Burton Hill and started operation as Hill Rendering Works.[1][2] Hill Rendering Works provided rendering services to Shawnee County, Kansas, and had a contract with Topeka, Kansas, to dispose of dead and lame animals. Hill Rendering Works produced tallow, hides, tankage, meat scraps and farm animal feed including hogs and chicken feed.
By the 1930s,[3][4][5] the name had changed to Hill Packing Company, which included a milling division, Hill Milling company. At this time the company produced farm animal feed, dog food and horse meat for human consumption, processing 500 head of horse per week.[6] The meat was shipped to markets in Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands. Much of the horse meat was sold to the east coast as a product called Chopped and Cured and shipped to Europe as barreled horse loins.[citation needed]
Hill's Dog Food can label
In 1948, Mark L. Morris contacted Hill Packing Company to produce Canine k/d. Hill Packing Company became the license producer of Canine k/d.[7] In 1968, the food line was made available through veterinarians and pet professionals as Hill's Science Diet. The line continued to expand and includes more than 60 Prescription Diet brand pet foods (prescription foods for cats and dogs with specific diseases, only available through a vet or pet pharmacy) and Science Diet brand pet foods (sold through veterinarians and pet specialty stores). In 1968,[8] Hill Packing Company was sold to Riviana Foods,[9] then in 1976 the Colgate-Palmolive Company merged[10] with Riviana Foods.[11]
Product brandsedit
Science Dietedit
Science Diet was developed in the 1960s by Mark L. Morris Jr. (1934 – 2007). Morris was the son of veterinarian Dr. Mark Morris Sr., who pioneered the field of veterinary clinical nutrition when asked to create a specialized diet for the original seeing-eye dog, Buddy, a female German Shepherd with kidney disease. That success led Morris and his son to create additional condition-specific and life-stage pet food formulas under the Prescription Diet and Science Diet brand names.[12]
Prescription Dietedit
Prescription Diet is a line of pet food formulated to help cats and dogs with health issues.
Recallsedit
One Prescription Diet line and five products of the Science Diet line were involved in the 2007 pet food recalls for their inclusion of melamine tainted wheat gluten received from China.[13][14][15][16]
On January 31, 2019, Hill's recalled 25 varieties of its canned dog food, because of elevated levels of vitamin D, due to a supplier error. Vitamin D overdose in animals can cause irreversible kidney damage and eventually death.[17] On February 12, 2019, San Francisco law firm Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Hill's on behalf of affected owners for distributing dog food which contained potentially toxic levels of vitamin D.[18][19]
Referencesedit
^"Estherville Daily News, 18 September 1962 page 1". Estherville Daily News. 18 September 1962. p. 1.
^DVM360 staff (7 February 2019). "Pet owners demand answers in Hill's canned dog food recal". UBM Life Sciences. Retrieved 16 February 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Brice-Saddler, Michael (4 February 2019). "A dog food company recalled its products, but these grieving pet owners say it's too late". The Washington Post. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
^McKinney, Maureen (15 February 2019). "Pet owners seeking justice as class action lawsuits filed against Hill's". UBM Life Sciences. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
External linksedit
Official website
February 15, 2024
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Hill s Pet Nutrition Inc marketed simply as Hill s is an American pet food company that produces dog and cat foods The company is a subsidiary of Colgate Palmolive Hill s Pet Nutrition Inc Company typeSubsidiaryIndustryDog foodCat foodGenrePet foodFounded1907 117 years ago 1907 as Hill Rendering Works FounderBurton HillHeadquartersOverland Park Kansas United StatesArea servedWorldwideKey peopleBurton HillMark Morris Sr Mark Morris Jr BrandsPrescription DietScience DietRevenue2 2 BillionParentColgate PalmoliveWebsitewww wbr hillspet wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Product brands 2 1 Science Diet 2 2 Prescription Diet 3 Recalls 4 References 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp Early Picture of Hill Packing CompanyHill s Pet Nutrition was founded in the spring of 1907 by Burton Hill and started operation as Hill Rendering Works 1 2 Hill Rendering Works provided rendering services to Shawnee County Kansas and had a contract with Topeka Kansas to dispose of dead and lame animals Hill Rendering Works produced tallow hides tankage meat scraps and farm animal feed including hogs and chicken feed By the 1930s 3 4 5 the name had changed to Hill Packing Company which included a milling division Hill Milling company At this time the company produced farm animal feed dog food and horse meat for human consumption processing 500 head of horse per week 6 The meat was shipped to markets in Norway Sweden Finland and the Netherlands Much of the horse meat was sold to the east coast as a product called Chopped and Cured and shipped to Europe as barreled horse loins citation needed nbsp Hill s Dog Food can labelIn 1948 Mark L Morris contacted Hill Packing Company to produce Canine k d Hill Packing Company became the license producer of Canine k d 7 In 1968 the food line was made available through veterinarians and pet professionals as Hill s Science Diet The line continued to expand and includes more than 60 Prescription Diet brand pet foods prescription foods for cats and dogs with specific diseases only available through a vet or pet pharmacy and Science Diet brand pet foods sold through veterinarians and pet specialty stores In 1968 8 Hill Packing Company was sold to Riviana Foods 9 then in 1976 the Colgate Palmolive Company merged 10 with Riviana Foods 11 Product brands editScience Diet edit Science Diet was developed in the 1960s by Mark L Morris Jr 1934 2007 Morris was the son of veterinarian Dr Mark Morris Sr who pioneered the field of veterinary clinical nutrition when asked to create a specialized diet for the original seeing eye dog Buddy a female German Shepherd with kidney disease That success led Morris and his son to create additional condition specific and life stage pet food formulas under the Prescription Diet and Science Diet brand names 12 Prescription Diet edit Prescription Diet is a line of pet food formulated to help cats and dogs with health issues Recalls editOne Prescription Diet line and five products of the Science Diet line were involved in the 2007 pet food recalls for their inclusion of melamine tainted wheat gluten received from China 13 14 15 16 On January 31 2019 Hill s recalled 25 varieties of its canned dog food because of elevated levels of vitamin D due to a supplier error Vitamin D overdose in animals can cause irreversible kidney damage and eventually death 17 On February 12 2019 San Francisco law firm Schubert Jonckheer amp Kolbe LLP filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Hill s on behalf of affected owners for distributing dog food which contained potentially toxic levels of vitamin D 18 19 References edit Estherville Daily News 18 September 1962 page 1 Estherville Daily News 18 September 1962 p 1 Builders of Topeka 1934 Builders of Topeka 1934 Trade horses for sale classified ad Belleville Telescope September 29 1932 p 12 SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS Sep 19030 The Belleville Telescope 1 September 1932 page 1 The Belleville Telescope September 1932 p 1 Hills Pet Nutrition The Salina Journal 18 April 1968 To Sell Hill Packing Firm The Salina Journal 18 April 1968 p 14 Riniana Foods Inc History The Des Moines Register 13 February 1976 page 25 Parker Pope Tara November 3 1997 Why Vets Recommend Designer Chow The Wall Street Journal Mark Morris Institute permanent dead link Melamine Pet Food Recall of 2007 Recalls Market Withdrawals amp Safety Alerts Press Announcements Recalls Market Withdrawals amp Safety Alerts DVM360 staff 7 February 2019 Pet owners demand answers in Hill s canned dog food recal UBM Life Sciences Retrieved 16 February 2019 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Brice Saddler Michael 4 February 2019 A dog food company recalled its products but these grieving pet owners say it s too late The Washington Post Retrieved 5 February 2019 McKinney Maureen 15 February 2019 Pet owners seeking justice as class action lawsuits filed against Hill s UBM Life Sciences Retrieved 16 February 2019 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hill 27s Pet Nutrition amp oldid 1189868314, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
