[ SHOWGSD-L ] Pet food recall article Chicago Tribune
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- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:52:50 EDT
This article was in our Chgo Trib this morning...I found it very interesting
that the supplier of the rice protein will not give the names of the dog food
company's they have supplied the rice to.
Patty Szymczak
Pet food recall expanded again
By Andrew Bridges
Associated Press
Published April 19, 2007
WASHINGTON -- An industrial chemical that led to the nationwide recall of
more than 100 brands of cat and dog food has turned up in a second pet food
ingredient imported from China.
The discovery expands the monthlong cascade of recalls to include more brands
and varieties of pet foods and treats tainted by the chemical.
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The chemical, melamine, is believed to have contaminated rice protein
concentrate used to make a variety of Natural Balance Pet Foods products for
both
dogs and cats, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.
The agency said there is no evidence to suggest any of the rice protein went
to companies that make human food, said Michael Rogers, director of the FDA's
division of field investigations. But the FDA has not accounted for all of the
imported ingredient.
Previously, the chemical was found to contaminate wheat gluten used by at
least six other pet food and treat manufacturers.
Both ingredients were imported from China, though by different companies and
from different manufacturers.
Natural Balance said it was recalling its Venison and Brown Rice canned and
bagged dog foods, Venison and Brown Rice dog treats and Venison and Green Pea
dry cat food.
The recalls now include products made by at least seven companies and sold
under more than 100 brands.
The Pacoima, Calif., company said recent laboratory tests showed its recalled
products contain melamine. Natural Balance believes the source of the
contaminant was rice protein concentrate, which the company recently added to
the dry
venison formulas.
A San Francisco company, Wilbur-Ellis Co., began importing the ingredient in
July from a Chinese company, Futian Biology Technology Co. Ltd., said John
Thacher, president and chief executive of Wilbur-Ellis.
It resold the ingredient to five pet food makers, including Diamond Pet Foods
Inc. of Meta, Mo. Diamond manufactured the dry dog and cat foods recalled by
Natural Balance, a Diamond spokesman said.
Thacher declined to identify his company's other four customers, except to
say two tested the ingredient and found no melamine. Wilbur-Ellis has not heard
from the other two, Thacher said.
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