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Menu Foods Recalls More Cat Food Made With ChemNutra Wheat Gluten

Nutro Products Recalls All Wet Pet Foods Regardless of Date





April 11, 2007

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Menu Foods and Nutro Products have expanded their recalls of pet food.

Menu said its latest recall was prompted by reports from the US Food and Drug Administration about the presence of melamine in cans of cuts and gravy pet food produced in Menu Foods' Canadian production facility, Menu Foods said it undertook an accounting of all recalled wheat gluten supplied by ChemNutra Inc. to Menu Foods in the United States.

As the result of that review, Menu Foods said it has identified a single interplant transfer of the ChemNutra supplied wheat gluten, shipped from Menu Foods' plant in Emporia, Kansas, to its plant in Streetsville, Ontario. This wheat gluten was subsequently used in the production of pet food in December, 2006 and January, 2007, which is being recalled by Menu Foods.

The new varieties in the United States and Canada have been added to the recall list. The latest recall group is listed below, and a complete list of recalled products, including the new items can be reviewed at www.menufoods.com.

Nutro Products said it's ordering all its wet pet food product made with wheat gluten removed from store shelves -- regardless of production dates.

"Pet owners are fed up with confusing information regarding the Menu Foods recall," Dave Kravis, President and CEO of Nutro Products, stated in press release. "I had previously ordered a broader recall of affected products than what Menu Foods had suggested. Given this new information from Menu Foods, I have ordered all wet pet food products containing wheat gluten to be removed from store shelves. Our dry pet food is not made by Menu and remains unaffected by the recall."

Kravis said his company has also suspended all shipments to retail stores of Nutro's wet canned and pouch products that contain wheat gluten it's able to confirm their safety. He asked customers with the following Nutro wet pet food products (which are made by Menu Foods and contain wheat gluten) regardless of "best by date," to immediately stop feeding the products to their pets:

• All Cat Pouch Food Products;
• Listed Cat 3.0 oz can products;
• All Dog Pouch Food Products;
• Listed Dog 12.5 oz Canned Products

Kravis said Menu Foods' recall does not include Nutro's dry pet food. Nutro's dry pet foods are not produced by that Canadian company and do not contain wheat gluten. Nutro's dry pet foods, biscuits and treats, are not involved in the recall and remain safe for pets to eat, Kravis said.

Menu Foods, he added, only manufactures wet, canned and pouch products for Nutro.

Menu Foods Update

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brand

Look For This Date On The Bottom of Can or Back of Pouch

Variety Description

Can / Pouch

Size

UPC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americas Choice, Preferred Pet

 

 

 

 

 

Jan/2/10

Flaked Tuna 3oz

Can

3oz

54807-59114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Pet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec/19/09

Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz

Can

3oz

72036-29026

 

 

Jan/24/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov 06 09

Sliced Variety Pack 3oz

Can

3oz

72036-40013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pet Pride

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec/19/09

Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz

Can

3oz

11110-86264

 

 

Jan/24/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov 06 09

Sliced Variety Pack 3oz

Can

3oz

11110-86003

 

 

Dec 05 09

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec 06 09

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan 23 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan 24 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laura Lynn

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan/2/10

Flaked Tuna 3oz

Can

3oz

86854-02407

 

 

Dec/19/09

Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz

Can

3oz

86854-02406

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nutriplan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec/19/09

Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz

Can

3oz

41130-06755

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Price Chopper

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec/19/09

Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz

Can

3oz

41735-12828

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan/2/10

Flaked Tuna 3oz

Can

3oz

41415-08327

 

 

Dec/19/09

Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz

Can

3oz

41415-08827

 

 

Jan/2/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan/24/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stop & Shop Companion

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan/2/10

Flaked Tuna 3oz

Can

3oz

88267-00286

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winn Dixie

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec/19/09

Sliced Beef/Gravy 3oz

Can

3oz

21140-19419

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J.E. Mondou

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan/2/10

Flaked Tuna 85g

Can

85g

71127-54202

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medi-Cal

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan/8/09

Dissolution Formula 170g

Can

170g

70705-21280

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nutro Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Dates

Chicken Cacciatore 3oz

Can

3oz

79105-35205

 

 

All Dates

Orleans Seafood Jambalaya 3oz

Can

3oz

79105-35206

 

 

All Dates

Beef Ragout 3oz

Can

3oz

79105-35207

 

 

All Dates

Alaskan Halibut/Rice 3oz

Can

3oz

79105-35221

 

 

All Dates

Kitten Chicken/Lamb 3oz

Can

3oz

79105-35202

 

 

All Dates

California Chicken 3oz

Can

3oz

79105-30011

 

 

All Dates

Lamb/Turkey Cutlets 3oz

Can

3oz

79105-30014

 

 

All Dates

Salmon/Whitefish 3oz

Can

3oz

79105-30013

 

 

All Dates

Beef/Egg 3oz

Can

3oz

79105-30015

 

 

All Dates