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Posted on 04/27/2007 4:24:22 PM PDT by girlangler
Blue Buffalo Recalls Can and Biscuit Products Due To Tampering By American Nutrition Inc. Contact: Consumer Inquiries: 1-800-919-2833 Media Inquiries: David Petrie 1-203-762-9751
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Wilton, Connecticut, April 26, 2007- We at the Blue Buffalo Company have just learned that American Nutrition Inc. (ANI), the manufacturer of all our cans and biscuits, has been adding rice protein concentrate to our can formulas without our knowledge and without our approval. This is product tampering, and it apparently has been going on for some time. The can formulas that we developed, and trusted them to produce, never contained any rice protein concentrate. It appears that only an FDA investigation of ANI's rice protein concentrate supplies forced them to reveal this product tampering to us.
While this activity by ANI is in itself unlawful, the situation is further clouded by the fact that ANI has been receiving rice protein concentrate from Wilber-Ellis, some of which the FDA has determined to be contaminated with melamine.
So while no BLUE or Spa Select canned product has tested positive for the presence of melamine, and there has been no reported illness due to any of our canned products, we simply cannot be sure of what ANI has been including in our formulas. For this reason, we have decided to remove all of our canned and biscuit products from retail distribution. While this may seem to many to be a major over-reaction, as other ANI customers will probably only recall the products that tested positive for melamine, we see this as a matter of integrity.
We founded Blue Buffalo on the principle of providing dogs and cats with the highest quality and most nutritious food, and we will not sell any product that doesn't meet this standard. And under these circumstances, we cannot say that any products manufactured by ANI measure up.
The obvious question is "how could Blue Buffalo not know that ANI was putting rice protein concentrate into our canned food?" The answer is we trusted them. In business and in life, we all trust our partners to deal with us honestly. When we buy produce from our local grocery store, we are trusting growers, shippers and a series of handlers to have delivered a product that is safe and nutritious for our family. If any one of these parties betrays our trust, contaminated products can make their way to our dinner table.
And while we test for known toxins and contaminants, we don't test for protein sources, like rice protein concentrate, especially when we did not formulate our products to contain them.
In the end, this all comes down to an issue of integrity, and ANI has not been honest with us and with the pet parents who buy our products. We will not put any product made by ANI on the shelf, and are temporarily withdrawing an important part of our business in order to be true to our pet parents.
We have already started the process of identifying a can and biscuit manufacturer with whom we can build a partnership based on trust. Once we have accomplished this, BLUE and Spa Select cans and BLUE Health Bars will be reintroduced with the high quality and superior nutrition that our brand stands for and that dogs and cats deserve.
We have informed our retail partners and the FDA about this action and will be cooperating with them to complete this recall quickly. The specific product involved includes all "BLUE" brand can dog foods, all "Spa Select" brand can cat foods and all "BLUE Health Bar" treats.
Consumers who have unused or partially used packages of any of these products should return them to their place of purchase for a complete refund.
All "BLUE" dry natural food for dogs and "Spa Select" dry natural foods for cats are not affected by this recall and are safe for consumption. Should consumers have a specific question, they can call the Company at 1-800-919-2833, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT, to receive more information.
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Just received this by email a few minutes ago.
Hair, you might want to give this a dog ping.
meeeeeeeeeeeeeoowwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!
Beat me to it.
It’s just awful to see our small, honorable businesses get ripped to shreds while the big guys will go untouched.
What happened to the companies that made all their own product rather than find someone else to do part of it? Does anyone know anything about Newman’s Own animal food? It is expensive and their site says it is safe.
WOW, that is a VERY strong statement. They must have really solid evidence that ANI did this, and did it knowingly or with gross negligence, to put out a statement like this. If ANI had a leg to stand on, they’d sue, but I suspect Blue Buffalo’s attorneys have already checked things out and made sure their evidence is strong enough to protect them.
“What happened to the companies that made all their own product “
Saw a new product being sold on HSN yesterday.
Very $$$.
http://www.hsn.com/cnt/search/searchresults/default.aspx?Ntt=dog+food&N=0&Ntk=Std&st=1&criteria=boolean&days=&minprice=&maxprice=&o=esearch
TANKS...
On one of their dry dog adult dog foods it clearly states rice protein concentrate.
Arrggggh! I recently switched my dogs and cats to their food in the midst of this recall nightmare. Now I don’t know what to feed them.
You can't trust anybody anymore!! Hello..............this is a wake up call to all businesses that are thinking like this.
Thanks for the ping .
Haven’t read about the chicken farm yet, they have yet to tell us about what they are going to do with the chickens.
these people are getting on my last nerve.
Did hear on tv this morning on CNN, that the pork HAD been sold in supermarkets.
Just got off the phone with my Senators office and told them the March For Pets is in front of his office tomorrow at noon. Also sent him a flyer on it.
Newman manufactures nothing.
It’s all made to their specs (supposedly)
The only party that should be thinking about instigating a suit is Blue Buffalo.
They may own their own canning and packaging operation when this is over.
It is expensive but there is no cat food which is what I need. Thanks anyway.
The FDA emails come in handy, don’t they? I too received this one and was going to post it if no one else had. I was a little confused at first since I was reading cans and biscuits and thinking “Hungry Jack?? Grands??” Then as I read further it dawned on me what they were referring to.
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