Posted on 03/31/2007 4:37:10 AM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy
Alpo® Brand Prime Cuts In Gravy Canned Dog Food Voluntary Nationwide Recall
No Dry Purina Products Involved
St. Louis, Missouri, March 30, 2007
Nestlé Purina PetCare Company today announced it is voluntarily recalling all sizes and varieties of its ALPO® Prime Cuts in Gravy wet dog food with specific date codes. The Company is taking this voluntary action after learning today that wheat gluten containing melamine, a substance not approved for use in food, was provided to Purina by the same company that also supplied Menu Foods. The contamination occurred in a limited production quantity at only one of Purina's 17 pet food manufacturing facilities.
Earlier today the FDA announced the finding of melamine in products related to the March 16 Menu Foods recall, and advised Purina of the source of the contaminated supply. Purina then determined that it had received some quantity from the suspect supplier. The company proactively notified the FDA and immediately began this recall process
Purina is confident that the contaminated wheat gluten has been isolated to this limited production quantity of ALPO Prime Cuts canned products.
The recalled 13.2-ounce and 22-ounce ALPO Prime Cuts cans and 6-, 8-, 12- and 24-can ALPO Prime Cuts Variety Packs have four-digit code dates of 7037 through 7053, followed by the plant code 1159. Those codes follow a “Best Before Feb. 2009” date. This information should be checked on the bottom of the can or the top or side of the multi-pack cartons.
Purina's 5.3-ounce Mighty Dog® pouch products, manufactured by Menu Foods, were previously withdrawn from the market as a precaution on March 16 as part of the Menu Foods recall. ONLY Mighty Dog pouch products and specific date codes of ALPO Prime Cuts canned dog food are being recalled.
Importantly, no Purina brand dry pet foods are affected by the recall – including ALPO Prime Cuts dry. In addition, no other Purina dog food products, no Purina cat food products, Purina treat products or Purina Veterinary Diet products are included in this recall, nor have been impacted by the contaminated wheat gluten supply.
Consumers should immediately stop feeding ALPO Prime Cuts products with the above-listed date codes to their dogs and consult with a veterinarian if they have any health concerns with their pet.
Purina guarantees all of its products, and consumers can receive the full replacement value of the recalled products. Consumers can visit us at www.purina.com or call 1-800-218-5898, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CDT, to receive more information.
Purina is fully cooperating with the FDA and made the decision to voluntarily recall this product in consultation with the FDA.
At Purina, nothing is more important to us than the health and well-being of the pets whose nutrition has been entrusted to us by their owners, and we deeply regret this unfortunate situation. We will continue to take any and all actions necessary to ensure the quality and safety of our products
You all very welcome! I have received alot of posts from the various threads I have initiated and am very happy to help sort out this mess as best as we all can.
I feel I have made many new friends and look forward to sharing our thoughts and concerns for as long as this whole debacle plays out.
Freepers are the best!
I am not Southern nor am I the Eternal Feerless Leader of the Enlightened North Korean People.
The fruits of "globalism".
If they can do this with pet food, it can happen with human food.
Here's one Chinese company listed on the FDA warning list:
Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Company Ltd.
Wangdian Industrial Zone,
Peixian, CN-32, China 221623
FEI# 2000023594
3/30/07 Wheat gluten
See FDA import ALERT at this link:
http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia9926.html
Thanks for the info. and bump!
Gee, should we tell folks some more truth?
The NAME brands are typically the SAME as the off brand. The name brand has the image issue and the advertising to pay where as the off brand doesn't have that and it is cheaper. Just look at the ingredients and you'll see who is the SAME as the named brand.
The same thing happens with other items ... clothing ... etc..
What I want to know is what kind of dog food is safe to buy.
I gotta buy another big bag and don't want to assume it's safe.
I'm actually surprised that HUMAN food is not tainted. We OUTSOURCE HUMAN food too!!!! China is cheap but obviously not real careful in what they put in the food. Be careful what YOU as a human eat - seriously. I don't trust the FDA as far as I could through a house. Remember all the prescription drugs withdrawn because of INPROPER testing that the FDA ALLOWED for human consumption? Specifically synthetic hormones for women - helps cause heart attacks, cancer and does NOTHING for those strong bones, then the Statins ... etc..
Heck the if the price is right the FDA will approve anything. The FDA has little credibility for human or animal food but I do see your point on how outrageous this is for animals. Geesh, if they don't know then don't say anything. If there COULD be a problem, then TELL pet owners - rather safe than sorry.
I HATE these command and control bureaucratic outfits that are incompetent.
I love my animals ... sometimes more than some people I know ... I treat them with love and respect and they RESPOND - unlike many people ... Animal cruelty drives me crazy - I can't stand to see the commercial looking for money to help animals that suffered cruelty. So wusp that I am, I send em a check.
I'd love to take them all home and love them. On the latest commerical, a pet had their eye gouged out and it's freshly sewn shut and another hasn't gotten a "new eye" yet - it's horrible what humans can do to domesticated animals. Kids, the elderly and animals - my heart really goes out to them - often they are defenseless and abused.
I just sent you a private e-mail too ...
I just switched to Purina Pro Plan for kittens - dry cat food, Friskies wet and Spa Select made by Blue. Are they on recall? I can't keep track of this stuff. I hope those brands are safe.
I may start making them food if they are.
I'm considering boiled chicken ad rice ... I have a Bengal who NEEDS more protein and an lovey orange cat. They are quite the pair! Love em!
"So, how much of this wheat gluten has been used as a human food additive???"
You may not want to know ... recall how the FDA QUICKLY approves prescription drugs and then they are taken off the market. DOn't trust the FDA.
Please ping me if there is more on this.
I appreciate your postings!
My husband loves them, too, and I can't stand them. It's almost painful to watch them, for me.
Carolyn
My husband loves them, too, and I can't stand them. It's almost painful to watch them, for me.
Carolyn
Do you like the 3 Stooges also?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1809829/posts
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try this one...;0)
Firm: Date DWPE Product /Code:
Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology 3/30/07 Wheat gluten
Development Company Ltd. 02F[][]08
Wangdian Industrial Zone,
Peixian, CN-32, China 221623
FEI# 2000023594
Is that the source in China, the one that Menu Foods and the FDA refuse to identify?
Of course not!
They can't rush it to market fast enough!
Living in New Jersey, pharm heaven ... they are HEMORAGING financially from lawsuits and products put on the market with insufficient testing. "Fast tracking" these products has only lead to more lawsuits. Pharms desperately need the money ... another reason why they advertise directly to the consumer ... .
If you have a link on the home brewed thread, could you post it?
As a treat I make my frisky little Bengal some boiled chicken -deboned. She LOVES it. Debbie also likes Talipia. I spoil that pretty thing silly. Thomas, our orange cat, is perfectly content with cat food.
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