Del Monte Pet Products Voluntarily Withdraws Specific Product Codes of Pet Treats and Wet Dog Food

Del Monte Corporation ^ | 3/31/2007 | Del Monte Press Release

[Political Junkie Too]

Del Monte Pet Products Voluntarily Withdraws Specific Product Codes of Pet Treats and Wet Dog Food Products

SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, 2007—As a precautionary measure, Del Monte Pet Products is voluntarily recalling select product codes of its pet treat products sold under the Jerky Treats^®, Gravy Train^® Beef Sticks and Pounce Meaty Morsels^® brands as well as select dog snack and wet dog food products sold under private label brands. A complete list of affected brands and products is below.

The Company took this voluntary recall action immediately after learning this morning from the FDA that wheat gluten supplied to Del Monte Pet Products from a specific manufacturing facility in China contained melamine. Melamine is a substance not approved for use in food. The FDA made this finding as part of its ongoing investigation into the recent pet food recall.

The adulteration occurred in a limited production quantity on select product codes of the brands below. This recall removes all Del Monte pet products with wheat gluten procured from this manufacturing facility from retail shelves.

No other Del Monte Pet Products treats, biscuits or wet dog food products are impacted by this recall,and no Del Monte dry cat food, dry dog food, wet cat food or pouched pet foods are subject to this voluntary recall. The affected products comprise less than one-tenth of one percent of Del Monte Pet Products' annual pet food and pet treat production.

Del Monte Pet Products has proactively engaged and fully cooperated with the FDA since the start of its investigation. The adulterated ingredients were used in limited production over the last three months for those items identified by specific product codes. Del Monte Pet Products has not used wheat gluten from this manufacturing facility in China in any other pet products except those described below.

Consumers should discontinue feeding the products with the Product Codes detailed below to their pets.

Del Monte Pet Products are 100% guaranteed and all returned product will be refunded.

Del Monte Pet Products customers can visit our website or contact our Consumer Hotline at (800) 949-3799 for further information about the recall and for instructions on obtaining a product refund.

BRANDED	Production Code/Best By Date
Jerky Treats Beef Flavor Dog Snacks	Code: Best By:	TP7C05 Aug 05 08	TP7B07 Aug 07 08	TP7B08 Aug 08 08	TP7B09 Aug 09 08	TP6B10 Aug 10 08
		Code: Best By:	TP7B15 Aug 15 08	TP7C05 Sep 02 08	TP7C06 Sep 03 08
Gravy Train Beef Sticks Dog Snacks	Code: Best By:	TP7B19 Aug 19 08	TP7B20 Aug 20 08	TP7B21 Aug 21 08
Pounce Meaty Morsels Moist Chicken Flavor Cat Treats	Code: Best By:	TP7C07 Sep 04 08	TP7C12 Sep 09 08

PRIVATE LABEL	Production Code/Best By Date
Ol' Roy Beef Flavor Jerky Strips Dog Treats	Code: Best By:	TP7B06 Aug 06 08	TP7B07 Aug 07 08	TP7C05 Sep 02 08	TP7C06 Sep 03 08	TP7C07 Sep 04 08
	Code: Best By:	TP7C08 Sep 05 08
Ol' Roy Beef Flavor Snack Sticks Dog Treats	Code: Best By:	TP7B19 Aug 19 08	TP7B20 Aug 20 08	TP7B21 Aug 21 08	TP7C08 Sep 05 08	TP7C09 Sep 06 08
Ol' Roy Bark'n Bac'n Beef & Bacon Flavor Dog Treats	Code: Best By:	TP7C14 Sep 11 08
Ol' Roy with Beef Hearty Cuts in Gravy Dog Food	Code: Best By:	BC6M21 Dec 21 09
Ol' Roy with Beef Hearty Strips in Gravy Dog Food	Code: Best By:	BC7A19 Jan 19 10
Ol' Roy Country Stew Hearty Cuts in Gravy Dog Food	Code: Best By:	BC6M15 Dec 15 09
Dollar General Beef Flavored Jerky Strips Dog Treats	Code: Best By:	TP7C06 Sep 03 08
Dollar General Beef Flavored Beef Sticks Dog Treats	Code: Best By:	TP7B20 Aug 20 08	TP7B21 Aug 21 08
Happy Tails Beef Flavor Jerky Strips	Code: Best By:	TPY7B08 Aug 08 08	TP7B09 Aug 09 08
Happy Tails Meaty Cuts with Beef in Gravy Dog Food	Code: Best By:	BC7A29 Jan 29 10

[Political Junkie Too]

Another recall.

-PJ

[basil]

I'm going to keep feeding my dog table scraps for now. I usually give her Royal Canin breed specific dry food, and I haven't seen a recall for it, but to stay on the safe side, she eats what we eat--LOL!

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

TANKS a Bunch for the thread,,,all the Ol'Roy just went in the trash...

[BagCamAddict]

If anyone is looking for an American-made, American-ingredients, food made specifically for carnivores, try ABADY.

http://therobertabadydogfoodcoltd.com/index.html

You'll have to call them and ask for the name of the distributor near you. 1-845-473-1900 Or if you're on the west coast, private message me and I'll give you the name/number of my distributor in Oregon who can ship by UPS to wherever you are.

There are no fillers in Abady, so you feed 1/2 - 2/3 as much as commercial foods. So be careful not to overfeed or your pet will probably get the runs. And if your pet has allergies, you'll be amazed at the difference on Abady. If anyone does try it, let me know how it works out for you.

I used to feed it but got lazy and had been feeding Iams for the last couple years. I just rec'd my order of Abady yesterday, and I'm very happy to be back to a GOOD food for my dogs. (They make cat foods too.)

[Dubya]

Thank you for posting this.

[TASMANIANRED]

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[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Made in Mexico? Made in China? More fruits of uncontrolled "free trade" with third world cesspools? How long before most of OUR food is in recall mode?

[Domandred]

Jeez, this keeps up much longer and we are going to need a ping list for pet owners to keep up with it.

My Purina One is still safe so far

[ClancyJ]

I've been wondering about the Royal Canin foods also.

I'm now leery of all the dog foods since hearing all of these recalls.

[Grizzled Bear]

IIRC a certain Congresswoman, with a "D" next to her name, who is also speaker of the house is married to a man who is neck deep in Del Monte.

If it was an "R" next to her name the MSM would be playing up that angle.

Just an observation. By the way - NANCY PELOSI IS KILLING PUPPIES AND KITTIES!!!

[Political Junkie Too]

I know how you feel. I feed my dog Pedigree, which has not been on any list so far. For dry food, he gets Innova.

-PJ

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Pedigree is all my dogs are going to get for awhile, I can see...

[girlangler]

Might want to check out this FR thread on alternative food for your pets, since every day more recalls are announced:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1809829/posts

[HollyB]

Thx again for the ping, I appreciate. My little guy is not doing well at all. I look forward to seeing him running around again and harassing our Shelti.

[Danette]

bttt.......

I've always cooked my little dachsund's food, but he gets Ol Roy for treats.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Made in Mexico? Made in China? More fruits of uncontrolled "free trade" with third world cesspools? How long before most of OUR food is in recall mode?
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Shandong Province. China seems to be where most of these
companies are from,,,these and others supply human food too. FYI.

[Political Junkie Too]

I started out cooking my doxie's meals, too, for at least a year. He always had a bowl of Innova dry food available, but I cooked his wet food. I guess I got lazy after a while and started giving him canned food. The only reason I chose Pedigree is that was what my sister was feeding to her dog.

-PJ

[Tolsti]

That's what my cat gets too, but I'm constantly watching. This is ridiculous.

I also hear Purina One is fairly mediocre food anyway.. But it sure is cheap and my cat likes it a lot.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Hey There,,,Prayers Up for that lil'guy to get well soon,,,
Had Ol'Roy Jerky Strips,,,everything is "Wheat Gluten"!!

The FDA won't release the name of the company(FOX-NEWS)!!
This is so much Krap...

IMHO,,,people food will be on the list next week...

[BagCamAddict]

From www.petconnection.com:

"The most recent numbers from our Pet Connection database: (3/31 8:45 p.m. PT):

2,797 deceased pets (1,546 cats and 1,251 dogs). Remember, these are self-reported numbers, but there is now a widespread acknowledgement that thousands of pets have been made ill or killed by one of the recalled products.

Truth is, no one will ever really know how many there are."