Hey guys, I read your comments about recipes..what  a great idea! I just set up a couple new boards under Cats & Dogs where you can share your recipes.

Therese

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[See the Blue Buffalo website.]

Dear Pet Parents:

The Blue Buffalo Company has undertaken a voluntary recall of one production run of our Spa Select Kitten dry food. The production code on the recalled product is:

“Best Used By Mar. 07 08 B.”

We have taken this action because the rice protein concentrate used for this run was obtained from Wilbur-Ellis, the same company who supplied this ingredient to Natural Balance. Test results received late last evening (4/18) indicated that this rice protein concentrate tested positive for melamine. This is the first and only time our manufacturing partner sourced an ingredient from Wilbur-Ellis, and we had no knowledge that they had imported the ingredients from China.

We have advised the FDA of this finding and will be working closely with them on this issue.

Of the 4,752 bags produced in this one run, we were able to prevent the majority from ever entering retail distribution. We are working closely with our retail partners to remove this product immediately and will be re-stocking the shelves with Spa Select Kitten dry food that was produced without any rice protein sourced from Wilbur-Ellis as soon as possible.

If you currently have a bag of Spa Select Kitten dry food, please check the code date and if it matches the one shown above discontinue use immediately and return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. If your cat has eaten any of the recalled food, please call your veterinarian immediately to discuss if there are any risks to your pet.

Should you have a specific question call our Customer Service Department at 1-800-919-2833 or email us at info@bluebuff.com. We understand your desire for immediate answers and we will be working to get back to you as quickly as we can.

No other Spa Select cat food or dog food, canned or dry, is included in this recall.

As a family owned company whose reason for being is to provide cats and dogs with the highest quality natural foods, we are extremely upset by this recall and can’t begin to apologize enough to our customers. From our perspective, it is unacceptable to produce even one bag of food with the potential to cause a pet to become ill, and we will further tighten our ingredient sourcing and quality assurance procedures as a result of this incident.

Sincerely,

Bill Bishop
President
The Blue Buffalo Company


See the Blue Buffalo website.

The following listings have been updated:

Artemis
Bil Jack
Blue Buffalo
Breeder's Choice
Canidae
Castor & Pollux
Diamond
Great Life
Natura
Nature's Recipe
Nature's Variety
Pet Promise

JC, I'm so sorry to hear this. I know you're probably just beside yourself with grief and anger. It angers me that anybody should have to go through this. My heart goes out to you.

Added to the list of foods NOT on the recall list:

Nature's Logic

Removed from list of foods NOT on the recall list:

Natural Balance

[Removed from list of foods NOT on the recall list:]

Removed from list of foods NOT on the recall list:

Natural Balance

[Update:]

Last night Menu Foods announced another recall. This time for Natural Life 13.2 oz canned vegetarian dog food.


Update: (4/18/07) I just spoke with Kalep Turlip, the COO of Natural Life Pet Products. He said that they are voluntarily recalling the canned vegetarian dog food product due to the fact that it has wheat gluten in it. It is the only product they sell that contains wheat gluten.

A couple of weeks ago Natural Life had a lab test all of their products for unknown toxins, aminopterin, and melamine. Even though all of their tests were negative, they decided to pull the item.  Their supplier wasn't able to tell them exactly where the wheat gluten came from so rather than risk having a product out there that might be contaminated, they made the decision to voluntarily recall it. The item has been discontinued and will be reformulated at a later time without any wheat gluten in it. They are currently doing more another round of testing.

We've got a copy of the test results done on the Natural Life vegetarian food here.

[UPDATE (4/18/07)]

Menu Foods has just announced another recall. This time for Natural Life 13.2 oz canned vegetarian dog food.

They’ve also expanded the recall on production dates of other products that had previously been recalled.

Brands with expanded recall dates on dog food include:

    * Ol Roy
    * Pet Pride Good N Meaty

Brands with expanded recall dates on cat food include:

    * Best Choice
    * Hill Country Fare
    * Pet Pride
    * Sophisticat

You’ll find the release here.

UPDATE (4/18/07)

I just spoke with Kalep Turlip, the COO of Natural Life Pet Products. He said that they are voluntarily recalling the canned vegetarian dog food product due to the fact that it has wheat gluten in it. It is the only product they sell that contains wheat gluten.

A couple of weeks ago Natural Life had a lab test all of their products for unknown toxins, aminopterin, and melamine. Even though all of their tests were negative, they decided to pull the item.  Their supplier wasn't able to tell them exactly where the wheat gluten came from so rather than risk having a product out there that might be contaminated, they made the decision to voluntarily recall it. The item has been discontinued and will be reformulated at a later time without any wheat gluten in it. They are currently doing more another round of testing.

We've got a copy of the test results done on the Natural Life vegetarian food here.

[Solid Gold]

Hi Sharon,

I confirmed with them today that it's made by Diamond. You can see their entry on the list Solid Gold.

[The following pet food has been added to the list:]

The following pet food has been added to the list:

Sojourner Farms Pet Foods


The following listing has been updated:

Solid Gold Health Food for Pets


Notation of recall has been added to the following:

Natural Balance

Itchmo reports verification from Natural Balance, that more of their foods have been pulled, due to melamine found in a rice protein concentrate. Natural Balance does not use wheat gluten in their foods.

Itchmo has confirmed with Natural Balance that their recall has expanded and now covers the following items for all dates:

    * Venison and Brown Rice Treats for Dogs (New today)
    * Venison and Brown Rice Canned Formula for Dogs (New today)
    * Venison and Brown Rice Dry Food for Dogs (Reported Sunday)
    * Venison and Green Pea Dry Food for Cats (Reported Sunday)

USA Today has also run a story on the Natural Balance recall. Read it here.

Natural Balance hasn’t updated their website to reflect the new information yet, but according to Itchmo, they’ll be releasing into the mainstream media soon.