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Blue Buffalo Recalls Can and Biscuit Products Due To Tampering By American Nutrition Inc.
Food and Drug Administration ^ | 4/27/07 | news release

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americannutritioninc; ani; bluebuffalo; china; doggieping; food; melamine; petfoodrecall; pets; recall; riceprotein; tampering
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To: sweetiepiezer
“What happened to the companies that made all their own product “

I have been "assured" that Friskies makes their own cat food and that it is "totally" safe. I was so worried after these massive recalls hit that I checked them out. With the exception of one time when my cats ate the meat and gravy pouches, they have always eaten Friskies with meat cuts with gravy. I had blood tests done to make sure there was no damage from the pouch food they ate. Thank God, there was nothing in their blood to show any kidney damage, so for now, I'm telling everyone to buy Friskies. My kitties (Two year old kitties. LOL) are my 'babies,' and I would be devastated if anything happened to them. ;o)

81 posted on 04/28/2007 1:02:28 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008! HE IS A TRUE CONSERVATIVE!!)
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To: Snoopers-868th

I know that Newmans’ Own salad dressing is made by LiDestri Foods in Fairport NY.


82 posted on 04/28/2007 1:46:33 PM PDT by printhead
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To: Clara Lou

Go to http://www.buckeyenutrition.com and put in your zip code in the “Dealer Locator” box.
Hopefully you’ll have a dealer nearby.

Ours is a little mom & pop farm/pet supply store near here.

We’ve been buying multiple bags at a time to compel them to keep it in stock.
[just bought 2 more today even though we didn’t really need any yet]

I don’t know exactly where you are but they’ve got 16 dealers in TX.


83 posted on 04/29/2007 12:54:28 AM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent.......)
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To: Miztiki

Okey-dokey...:)

What shocked me is that I’ve heard from many Ibizan owners that “Royal Canin” is *the* thing to buy.
I checked the bags and all of them had -corn- which along with soy, is something Ibizans should *not* have. [or only have in ~very~ small amounts]

It’s hard to find a good, reasonably priced high protein food these days *without* corn or soy hiding in there somewhere.
I’d buy what you suggested but I have 5 large, very active hounds and I’d go broke feeding them that.....;-D
[they already have more money going towards *their* food than *I* do every month]


84 posted on 04/29/2007 1:00:25 AM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent.......)
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To: girlangler

Go to itchmo.com for all of the latest with hourly updates


85 posted on 04/29/2007 8:11:18 AM PDT by acoulterfan
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To: USMCWife6869

Bump for Canidae.

Good stuff and our corgies love it!


86 posted on 04/30/2007 6:19:51 AM PDT by PissAndVinegar
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