Below are the companies that have recalled pet food.
NEW UPDATE
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has tested two Chinese brands of dog treats that they sell and found traces of melamine, and has therefore pulled the products from their shelves as a precaution. The treats are Chicken Jerky Strips from Import-Pingyang Pet Product Co. and Chicken Jerky from Shanghai Bestro Trading (particularly those treats with the UPC number 0087784900006 and item number 839751). Customers had reported that the treats made their dogs ill. Wal-Mart conducted its own tests and found trace amounts of melamine. The FDA has not ordered a recall on the products and is conducting its own tests, which so far have not detected any contamination.
Please visit these pet food websites to learn more, as they have extensive lists of the recalled food.
Menu Foods - www.menufoods.com/recall
Natural Balance -www.natualbalanceinc.com
Royal Canin -www.royalcanin.us
Updated May 11, 2007
These eight Sensible Choice dry dog food products and seven Kasco dry dog and cat food products with Best By date codes between July 28, 2007 to April 30, 2008 are being voluntarily recalled:
SENSIBLE CHOICE® (available in pet specialty stores nationwide)
- SENSIBLE CHOICE® Chicken and Rice Adult (Dry Dog Food)
- SENSIBLE CHOICE® Chicken and Rice Reduced (Dry Dog Food)
- SENSIBLE CHOICE® Lamb and Rice Reduced (Dry Dog Food)
- SENSIBLE CHOICE® Chicken and Rice Puppy (Dry Dog Food)
- SENSIBLE CHOICE® Chicken and Rice Large Breed Puppy (Dry Dog Food)
- SENSIBLE CHOICE® NATURAL BLEND Adult (Dry Dog Food)
- SENSIBLE CHOICE® NATURAL BLEND Senior (Dry Dog Food)
- SENSIBLE CHOICE® NATURAL BLEND Puppy (Dry Dog Food)
KASCO® (available in pet specialty stores nationwide)
- KASCO® Chunks (Dry Dog Food)
- KASCO® Hi Energy (Dry Dog Food)
- KASCO® Maintenance (Dry Dog Food)
- KASCO® Mealettes (Dry Dog Food)
- KASCO® Mini Chunks (Dry Dog Food)
- KASCO® Puppy (Dry Dog Food)
- KASCO® Cat (Dry Cat Food)
Consumer Contact Number
1-866-895-2708
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- May 2, 2007 -- Menu Foods has previously recalled wet cat and dog food produced with adulterated wheat gluten supplied by ChemNutra Inc. Menu Foods is now expanding the recall to include cuts and gravy and select other products which do not include ChemNutra wheat gluten but which were manufactured at any of Menu Foods’ plants during the period that ChemNutra wheat gluten was used at that plant, to the extent they have not already been subject to a recall, due to the possibility of cross-contamination. Menu Foods has received a report from a customer and has received study results, both of which indicate cross-contamination.
As a result, Menu advises the public:
· Additional items in the United States and Canada have been added to the recall list as shown below. A further two varieties for Europe have been added to the recall list.
· The recall dates of those products previously recalled have been modified to include all dates during the period that ChemNutra wheat gluten was used in the applicable Menu plant. All of these products, including the expanded dates, have previously been withdrawn from the market and should already be off the retailer shelves.
Menu estimates that this additional recall represents less than 5% of the products that have already been recalled or withdrawn.
An updated list of the recalled products, including this addition, is available at the Menu Foods website at http://www.menufoods.com.
Menu Foods Recall List.pdf |
