More tainted pet food that has been recalled. Natural Balance Pet Foods have recalled all of its Venison dog products and the dry Venison cat food, regardless of date codes.
Testing by the Food and Drug Administration has detected Melamine in imported rice protein concentrate from China.
The company, which imported it, said Wednesday that the concentrate has been recalled.
The concentrate was shipped to five U.S. pet food manufacturers, but only one company, Natural Balance Pet Foods, has recalled pet food so far.
News Release: Natural Balance, Pacoima, CA, is issuing a voluntary nationwide recall for all of its Venison dog products and the dry Venison cat food only, regardless of date codes. The recalled products include Venison and Brown Rice canned and bagged dog foods, Venison and Brown Rice dog treats, and Venison and Green Pea dry cat food. Recent laboratory results show that the products contain melamine. We believe the source of the melamine is a rice protein concentrate. Natural Balance has confirmed this morning that some production batches of these products may contain melamine. (For full release go to the Natural Balance Pet Foods Web site.)
The other four manufacturers have yet to be named, but the importer says they are located in Utah, New York, Kansas and Missouri.
Melamine is the same industrial chemical that was found in wheat gluten imported from China and used in pet food made by Menu Foods, which recalled 60 million cans and pouches of dog and cat food in mid-March.
FDA Pet Food Recall Page
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html#recall
Natural Balance Pet Foods
http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/press_release.html
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