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Purina's 5.3-ounce Mighty Dog® pouch products, manufactured by Menu Foods, were previously withdrawn from the market as a precaution on March 16 as part of the Menu Foods recall.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
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What's the third contaminant? So far I've read about the drug and the melamine.
What makes me wonder is why we can't produce enough wheat gluten here in the USA. Do we not export lots of wheat?
Maybe it's time to start checking foods intended for human consumption to see which ones contain wheat glutton and then ask for the source of that glutton?Could people be at risk too?
The $64,000 dollar question is, what's the name of that company?
It looks like the wheat supply in the US is tighter than China's for the past year. Their yield was up I guess and their demand levelling off, so they had cheaper wheat to export.
Many have expressed a concern that this may not be over yet and the big unspoken concern is contaminated wheat gluten entering the human food supply.
No- and neither would I. Makes you wonder about ALL their products. I wonder if they use wheat gluten in the horse feed?
Purina may be in for some REALLY bad days. Bad enough this happened at all- but other companies came out early. For Purina to wait..KNOWING they had this in their food? So much for consumer confidence..
I will reiterate what they said about the melamine, which is it was not in harmful amounts.
I will say this is just another reason I prefer homemade food- too much crap in food. If it takes a paragraph to list what's in something- I don't want it! lol
More interesting would be finding out just exactly what we import and put into our foods (human and pet/livestock)- not just the wheat gluten.
Boy, you're not kidding. And if this story isn't giving Homeland Security the willies, it'd better.
Aminopterin Confirmed in Recalled Pet Food and Implicated Tissue Samples.
http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/AD/release.asp?ReleaseID=1598
FDA Issues Warning Letter to Iams Pet Food - Chromium Tripicolinate
http://www.freerepublic.com/^http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/b6285d.htm
"New York State is home to two laboratories that are part of federal emergency lab networks, created through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after 9-11 to keep the nation’s animals and food supply safe. The New York State Food Laboratory is part of the Federal Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) and as such, is capable of running a number of unique poison/toxin tests on food, including the test that identified Aminopterin.
The New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University is a member of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network and thus, is uniquely qualified to investigate the causes of animal health emergencies, like the sudden deaths of dogs and cats from the recently recalled pet food."
http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/AD/release.asp?ReleaseID=1598
Agreed.The wheat glutton seems like a good place to start.It's stated use was as a thickening agent for the gravy in the canned foods.What about human products like canned pastas that have a sauce in the product?I'm heading to the kitchen to look at some labels,no panic just a search for a little more info.
"The Pet Connection site is concerned about the responsiveness of the FDA and the pet food manufactures."
No kidding. These clowns must be the second cousins to the guys who ran FEMA.
"Some dry food might be bad, too... well, we're workin' on it. Hang on there..."
Meanwhile, we may be poisoning our pets and never know it.
Thanks again, useless government.
Everyday it's a new brand.
I'm furious that it's taking the manufacturers so long to figure out whether their products are contaminated or not.
It's pretty pathetic when a country like ours sells products that kill BOTH people and their pets!
I guess I should be thankful for my allergies and fussy palate, as I have virtually no processed foods in my kitchen.
I think the manufacturers knew in hours if their products were contaminated.It's the computer age,the supply chain info can be accessed with a few keystrokes.A metered response to a crisis is the way to go,give the info out slowly-people forget bits and pieces of it and the overall picture doesn't look so bad to them.
"New York State is home to two laboratories that are part of federal emergency lab networks, created through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after 9-11 to keep the nation’s animals and food supply safe.
Snort.
The FDA and all the manufactures still don't seem to have much information or are still trying to spin the story before releasing more information.
How much temptation is there for insider trading?
Hmmmm.....
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