Third Company recalls Pet Food-Human Food Supply now at risk
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 7:08 pm
OWL digest 830; Third company recalls pet food
Posted by: "Tradingpost"
Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:04 am (PST)
Third company recalls pet food
20/04/2007
Washington - A third US company recalled on Friday pet foods made with an
imported Chinese ingredient recently found to have been contaminated by an
industrial chemical.
The pet food ingredient, rice protein concentrate, is the second found in
the US to be contaminated by melamine. Previously, testing revealed that
wheat gluten also had been contaminated.
Royal Canin USA said it was recalling some of its dry dog and cat foods
made with tainted rice protein concentrate.
Also this week, the French company's South African unit recalled a range of
dog and cat dry pet foods after they were found to contain a third
ingredient, corn gluten, also contaminated with melamine. Those products
were sold in South Africa and Namibia.
Wilbur-Ellis Company, a US importer of the tainted rice protein, has
recalled the entire ingredient it had distributed to five US pet food
manufacturers.
The San Francisco company in turn urged its customers to recall any
products that may be on store shelves.
Earlier this week, two other pet food companies, Natural Balance Blue
Buffalo, recalled cat and dog foods made with the contaminated rice protein
concentrate.
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News ... 99,00.html
*****just got this:
More Dry Pet Food Recalled, Human Food Supply At Risk
More tainted pet food products surface in the United States and concerns are escalating that the contamination may have been deliberate by Chinese suppliers.
The possibility exists that the human food supply could be at risk because melamine, the same contaminant found in the nation's pet food supply which has killed and sickened thousands of cats and dogs, has now been found in pigs meant for human consumption at a 1500-animal facility in California.
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/arti ... nRisk.html
Posted by: "Tradingpost"
Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:04 am (PST)
Third company recalls pet food
20/04/2007
Washington - A third US company recalled on Friday pet foods made with an
imported Chinese ingredient recently found to have been contaminated by an
industrial chemical.
The pet food ingredient, rice protein concentrate, is the second found in
the US to be contaminated by melamine. Previously, testing revealed that
wheat gluten also had been contaminated.
Royal Canin USA said it was recalling some of its dry dog and cat foods
made with tainted rice protein concentrate.
Also this week, the French company's South African unit recalled a range of
dog and cat dry pet foods after they were found to contain a third
ingredient, corn gluten, also contaminated with melamine. Those products
were sold in South Africa and Namibia.
Wilbur-Ellis Company, a US importer of the tainted rice protein, has
recalled the entire ingredient it had distributed to five US pet food
manufacturers.
The San Francisco company in turn urged its customers to recall any
products that may be on store shelves.
Earlier this week, two other pet food companies, Natural Balance Blue
Buffalo, recalled cat and dog foods made with the contaminated rice protein
concentrate.
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News ... 99,00.html
*****just got this:
More Dry Pet Food Recalled, Human Food Supply At Risk
More tainted pet food products surface in the United States and concerns are escalating that the contamination may have been deliberate by Chinese suppliers.
The possibility exists that the human food supply could be at risk because melamine, the same contaminant found in the nation's pet food supply which has killed and sickened thousands of cats and dogs, has now been found in pigs meant for human consumption at a 1500-animal facility in California.
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/arti ... nRisk.html