Is China's Food Production Poisoning Us?

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Chinese honey now reported among import dangers
15 senators urge FDA to get tough on adulterated sweetener

WASHINGTON – First it was poisoned pet food.

Then came the warnings that imported seafood was unfit for human consumption.

Then it was recalls of toys, fireworks, electrical products and much more.

Now China is under fire for shipping to the U.S. honey tainted with a potentially life-threatening antibiotic as well as adulterating exports with sugar.

Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., is blowing the whistle on the latest China import scandal. He is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to implement bans on tainted honey, most of which comes from China.


"Almost 70 percent of the honey consumed in our country is imported – most of it from China," says Conrad. "Unfortunately, China has a long track record of importing adulterated honey and engaging in other fraudulent conduct in the honey trade. These actions not only hurt honey producers in North Dakota and across the country, they also present needless health risks to our consumers."

In a bipartisan letter signed by 15 senators, Conrad urged the FDA to act on a petition for a standard of identity for honey. Such a regulation would provide a uniform, legal definition of honey purity levels that would aid regulators. Imported honey is an ingredient found in a wide array of products including cereals, snacks, meats and beverages and is also a common ingredient in many health and beauty products.

In 2002 and 2003, the FDA and U.S. Customs seized multiple shipments of Chinese honey at U.S. ports which were contaminated with chloramphenicol, an antibiotic that is banned in food products in the U.S. because of its potentially life threatening effects.

More recently, there are reports that imported honey is being blended with sugars or being labeled as a blend to avoid U.S. duties. This honey is subsequently sold to U.S. processors as pure honey. A long-time supporter of North Dakota's honey producers, Conrad recently called on the secretary of agriculture to address the growing problem of Colony Collapse Disorder, a mysterious condition destroying colonies of honeybees across the country.

North Dakota ranks No. 1 among honey producing states in the nation.

Conrad's letter cited recent scandals over China imports as a reason for renewed concern about honey.

"Recent alarming reports of adulterated food ingredients imported from China raise very serious concerns about the threats posed to U.S. consumers by impure and unfit food imports, and about the steps being taken by the U.S. government to detect and stop such imports," he wrote. "In this regard, we have particular concerns about imports of honey into the United States."

He pointed out that the antibiotic chloramphenicol is a food contaminant that can cause idiosyncratic aplastic anemia.

"As shown on the FDA's on-line listing of import refusals, the growing number of import refusals for impure, adulterated or otherwise unfit products from China far exceeds refusals for other countries," wrote Conrad. "We fear that these reported incidents may only be a portion of a much larger problem. We are particularly concerned about common practices that may enable those who adulterate or mislabel imported honey to readily escape detection. For example, the continually changing list of enterprises selling honey from China, and the extensive history of fraud and illegal transshipment in honey imports from China may make it especially difficult to determine the actual producers of impure imported honey."

 

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A BEIJING factory recycled used chopsticks and sold up to 100,000 pairs a day without any form of disinfection, a newspaper said today, the latest is a string of food and product safety scares.

Counterfeit, shoddy and dangerous products are widespread in China, whose exports have been rocked in recent months by a spate of safety scandals, ranging from pet food to medicine, tyres, toothpaste and toys.

Officials raided the factory and seized about half a million pairs of recycled disposable bamboo chopsticks and a packaging machine, the Beijing News said.

The owner, identified only by his surname Wu, said he had sold the recycled chopsticks for 0.04 yuan a pair and made an average of about 1000 yuan ($160) a day.

Mr Wu, who had no licence to sell the goods, said he had sold 100,000 pairs a day when business was good.

China, on track to overtake the United States this year as the world's second-largest exporter, lacks a basic food safety law and the manpower to enforce food and drug safety regulations at home or for export. Imports are generally carefully scrutinised.

A lack of business ethics and a spiritual vacuum after China embraced economic reforms in the late 1970s have been blamed for unscrupulous business practices and corruption.

In Guangzhou, capital of booming Guangdong province in south China, Mayor Zhang Guangning vowed to bankrupt serious violators of food and product safety.

The Hong Kong owner of a Guangdong manufacturer at the centre of a recall of Chinese-made toys by Mattel had committed suicide, according to Hong Kong media.

In the latest in a series of tit-for-tat measures, China has accused the United States of exporting substandard soybean shipments to China and requested "effective measures" be taken.

 

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Melamine Found in Chinese-Made Walmart Dog Treats AGAIN

Remember the dog treats that Walmart quietly pulled from its shelves instead of recalling? Walmart's own tests have shown they were tainted with melamine, the same chemical that killed all those pets back in March.

From CNN:


Wal-Mart Stores Inc. quietly stopped selling Chicken Jerky Strips from Import-Pingyang Pet Product Co. and Chicken Jerky from Shanghai Bestro Trading in July, after customers said the products sickened their pets.

No recall was announced at that time, but Wal-Mart said in a statement Tuesday that customers who bought one of the products should return it to the nearest store for a refund.

Company spokeswoman Deisha Galberth said 17 sets of tests done on the products found melamine, a contaminant that's a byproduct of several pesticides.

"There were very small amounts of melamine found," Galberth told The Associated Press. "The amounts were so small the laboratory recommended more testing."

Prior news reports said that dogs who died after eating the treats had perished from an infection of toxic bacteria, so who really knows. There's still no mention of a recall of these products on the FDA's website.

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:55 pm Post subject: On Contaminant Scares and Canned Pineapples

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On Contaminant Scares and Canned Pineapples

Source of Article: http://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/newsmaker_article.asp?idNewsMaker=14797&fSite=AO545&next=3

24/08/07 Almost weekly, there are new health or contaminant scares in the food industry. Toxicologist Prof Mike Stewart, who currently works for SA's Department of Health, recently addressed a meeting of the SA Assoc for Food Science and Technology (SAAFoST) on "Food contaminants, what we should be measuring, how and why".

A major part of his address pointed out that there are valid and credible contaminant scares - for instance aflatoxin is a very serious contaminant.

However, they are many less credible ones, for instance:
* "Aluminium pots cause Alkzheimers disease" - which has been completely disproved.
* "Acrylamide causes cancer in humans" - which has nowhere been shown, although the incidence of tumour among rats in laboratory trials has been higher.
* Likewise for Sudan Red, no human cancer case has been attributable to it.
* Cadmium (at the centre of the recent SA canned pineapple debacle) - "in order to get the same amount of cadmium from pineapples as from one cigarette, one would need to eat 4kg of pineapples ... Yet the pineapple industry was decimated in SA because someone measured cadmium."

The problem, he said, traces back to imported Chinese zinc sulphate being used as a fertilizer, which always occurs with cadmium.

On the question of why then the permitted limits for these so-called contaminants are set so low in government regulations, he said that this was apparently because:

* They can be detected as that these low levels with modern equipment
* Different regulatory agencies agencies copy each other.
* Of vested interests - for instance, laboratories do many more tests with stricter permitted limits.

He said that SA National Accreditation System (SANAS) accredits laboratories, but the government's forensic laboratories in SA are not yet accredited.

Understaffing was a problem - the laboratories of the Department of Health, for instance, had a total of five analysts, compared to scores of analysts for one laboratory company in Britain.

All that SANAS accreditation means, he said, is that "the paperwork is in order and current and that there is traceability in the system". But if an analyst is in a hurry on a Friday, the result may still not be correct (as was apparently the case for the company which tested for Sudan Red for the Sunday Times recently).

 

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NOT THIS TIME UNLESS WE DON"T KNOW

Carol M. Ostrom of the Seattle Times reported today on the growing problem of E. coli in hamburger in the United States. Over the last several months there have been close to a dozen recalls and nearly 7,000,000 pounds of meat recalled. We have a problem - again. Good thing I am about to get on the plane here in Melbourne, Australia to head back. As Ms. Ostrom reported:


Six people in Washington have been sickened by E. coli contamination in ground beef made by Oregon-based Interstate Meats, leading to a federal consumer alert for the products.

The illnesses occurred in late July and the first week of August, the state health department said.

Two other cases connected to the company's products have been reported in Oregon.

The Washington cases included one child and five adults in King, Island and Clallam counties, the health department said. Two were hospitalized and have since recovered.

The alert was issued by the U.S. Food Safety Inspection Service for products sold under the brand name "Northwest Finest." The products subject to this public health alert include:

• 16-ounce packages of "Northwest Finest 7% FAT, NATURAL GROUND BEEF." The label bears a UPC code of 752907 600127.

• 16-ounce packages of "Northwest Finest 10% FAT, Organic GROUND BEEF." No UPC code is available.

Each package also bears the establishment number "Est. 965" inside the U.S. Department of Agriculture mark of inspection, and sell-by dates between Aug. 1 and Aug. 11.

The ground-beef products were produced on various dates between July 19 and July 30 and distributed in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

The affected products were available for sale at Safeway, QFC and Fred Meyer stores in Washington. But the ground beef may have been available at other outlets, even Canada so all consumers are advised to check their freezers for these products. Any frozen ground beef should be checked and discarded as necessary.

 

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Illegal Canadian Imports to US. found to be Chinese

September 2, 2007
ALAMEDA, Calif. - When the 65 steel drums crossed from the Canadian border in late April, the accompanying documents said they contained honey from Canada, according to U.S. government officials. Since most food products from Canada are considered safe, the honey normally would have sailed through U.S. customs.

But U.S. inspectors noticed something odd.

The green steel drums were marked as containing apple concentrate from China, one official said. When Food and Drug Administration investigators examined the honey inside, they found chips of green paint -- most likely from the drums themselves -- floating at the bottom of some drums. And laboratory tests of the honey revealed the presence of ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic banned in the production of food in the U.S. but often used in the making of honey in China.

The probe of the honey, still open after more than four months, demonstrates the difficulties U.S. port inspectors face when it comes to policing imports, even on products that have drawn years of extra scrutiny. It's unclear who the importer is in the case.

The Chinese steel drums and the antibiotic led U.S. officials to believe that the honey shipment was actually from China, not Canada, said the official, who declined to be named. If so, it would not be the first time that the FDA has raised doubts over Chinese honey imports.

Accusations that China was dumping low-priced honey on the U.S. market prompted the federal government to impose trade quotas in December 2001, and the FDA a year ago issued an import alert on Chinese honey due to concerns over the presence of banned antibiotics.

 

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The Chinese steel drums and the antibiotic led U.S. officials to believe that the honey shipment was actually from China, not Canada, said the official, who declined to be named.

Who was the IMPORTER of record???????????????

 

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APEC to stress food safety amid China woes: officials

Friday, September 7, 2007 02:45 PM

Source of Article: http://www.philstar.com/index.php?News%20Flash&p=54&type=2&sec=91&aid=2007090738

SYDNEY (AFP) - Asia Pacific leaders meeting here are expected to issue a strong statement on food and product safety amid international concern over a spate of recalls of Chinese goods, official sources said Friday.

The leaders will declare that contaminated products are an emerging threat to "human security" along with terrorism, pandemics and illegal drugs, according to a draft of the communique made available to AFP.

China has been hit by increasingly frequent reports of dangerous food and other products being seized or recalled overseas. They have ranged from seafood, noodles, fruit and vegetables to toothpaste, tyres and toys.

 

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Pet food might have link to human illness


Mars Petcare and Wal-Mart have pulled certain pet foods because of safety concerns. Also, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a potential link between certain Mars pet food and a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infection in humans.

Mars Petcare issued two recalls of dry dog food because of possible contamination with Salmonella serotype Schwarzengrund. The Food and Drug Administration conducted tests on 10 samples representing seven product brands from Mars Petcare. Each sample consisted of 15 subsamples. Two of the subsamples tested positive for Salmonella Schwarzengrund—one subsample from Krasdale Gravy dog food and another from Red Flannel Large Breed Adult Formula dog food. Neither of those brands has been linked to human illness, however.

Mars recalled 5-pound bags of Krasdale Gravy dry dog food on sale in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The bar code on the bags is 7513062596. The best-by dates are July 16, 2008, and July 17, 2008.

Mars also recalled 50-pound bags of Red Flannel Large Breed Adult Formula dry dog food on sale in Reedsland, Pa., and Richlandtown, Pa. The bar code is 4286900062. The best-by date is July 12, 2008.

Consumers with questions can call Mars Petcare at (866) 298-8332.

The CDC is collaborating with public health officials in Pennsylvania and other states and with the FDA to investigate a potential link between an outbreak of Salmonella Schwarzengrund infection in humans and an undisclosed brand of dry pet food made by Mars Petcare that may have been produced at a single plant in Pennsylvania.

As of Sept. 4, 62 persons infected with the same strain of Salmonella Schwarzengrund were reported to the CDC from 18 states. Cases continue to be reported. There have been no related reports of illness in pets, although the outbreak strain was isolated in fecal specimens from two dogs that ate dry pet food in the homes of two of the ill persons.

Investigations are ongoing to determine why human illness, especially among infants, may be associated with dry pet food. Factors under investigation include handling and storage of dry pet food, hand-washing practices, exposure of children to dry pet food, and location in the home where pets are fed.

In a separate case, Wal-Mart pulled a certain type of chicken jerky for pets off store shelves. The company had received a small number of complaints about a jerky product manufactured by Import-Pingyang Pet Product Co. and Shanghai Bestro Trading. The bar code on the product is 0087784900006.

Wal-Mart carried out a variety of tests on the chicken jerky. A laboratory found traces of melamine in the jerky product, but the laboratory recommended further testing because of the low concentrations of the substance.

In addition to pulling the product off store shelves, Wal-Mart took the extra precaution of placing a computer block on the chicken jerky at the cash register. Customers may return the jerky product for a full refund.

Consumers with questions can call (800) WAL-MART

 

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China Curbs Garlic, Ginger Exports to U.S.

China in recent weeks has sharply restricted the exportation of garlic and ginger to the U.S., a huge importer of the crops, amid continuing concerns about the safety of Chinese exports.

The Chinese government has ordered numerous facilities in Shandong province, a hub for the nation's agricultural exports, to stop shipping the foods until they can abide by tougher safety standards, according to several U.S. companies that import the products from China. The move has curtailed the supply of garlic and ginger in the U.S., resulting in higher prices as buyers shift to alternative sources.

China's action follows a host of import-safety incidents in the U.S., including a July recall of fresh ginger, tainted with an illegal insecticide, that was imported from China by a California company and sold in at least two dozen supermarkets.

In China's eastern Shandong province, some produce suppliers confirmed that the Chinese government has made it so difficult that shipments have slowed to a trickle or stopped because of contamination. "Now, selling goods to the United States has basically stopped," said Chen Hongfei, a 41-year-old manager at Rizhao Qiangdi Food Co., which exports ginger, garlic, onions and other products from its headquarters in Shandong to countries around the world, including the U.S.

Mr. Chen added that the most recent shipment his company sent to the U.S. was three months ago. "The American people and Japanese do not like products from China anymore," he said. He declined to elaborate on the reasons for the shift.

 

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China Curbs Garlic, Ginger Exports to U.S.

China in recent weeks has sharply restricted the exportation of garlic and ginger to the U.S., a huge importer of the crops, amid continuing concerns about the safety of Chinese exports.

The Chinese government has ordered numerous facilities in Shandong province, a hub for the nation's agricultural exports, to stop shipping the foods until they can abide by tougher safety standards, according to several U.S. companies that import the products from China. The move has curtailed the supply of garlic and ginger in the U.S., resulting in higher prices as buyers shift to alternative sources.

China's action follows a host of import-safety incidents in the U.S., including a July recall of fresh ginger, tainted with an illegal insecticide, that was imported from China by a California company and sold in at least two dozen supermarkets.

In China's eastern Shandong province, some produce suppliers confirmed that the Chinese government has made it so difficult that shipments have slowed to a trickle or stopped because of contamination. "Now, selling goods to the United States has basically stopped," said Chen Hongfei, a 41-year-old manager at Rizhao Qiangdi Food Co., which exports ginger, garlic, onions and other products from its headquarters in Shandong to countries around the world, including the U.S.

China was a major supplier of garlic and ginger to the U.S., which is finicky about the Chinese-grown produce it allows into its borders. China accounts for more than 80% of garlic imported into the U.S., according to the U.S. government. Hawaii is the only source of ginger farmed in the U.S., so the country depends heavily on exports from China. In the wake of China's action, California garlic growers are enjoying increased demand, as are Brazilian ginger growers, according to U.S. buyers.

Fresh ginger from Brazil and other sources costs about 30% more than Chinese ginger, according to a spokesman for Melissa's/World Variety Produce Inc., a California firm that supplies produce to U.S. supermarket chains. A spokeswoman for Save Mart Supermarkets Inc., Modesto, Calif., which operates more than 250 grocery stores in California and Nevada, said consumers are paying about $1 more a pound for fresh ginger than they were before the July recall. At a Save Mart store in Sacramento, Calif., fresh ginger was selling for $2.99 a pound yesterday.

Mr. Chen added that the most recent shipment his company sent to the U.S. was three months ago. "The American people and Japanese do not like products from China anymore," he said. He declined to elaborate on the reasons for the shift.

 

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Canadian pork experts say China's rejection shouldn't shake consumer confidence
3 days ago

(CP) — China's rejection of some North American pork, including products from Manitoba, shouldn't shake consumer confidence in Canada, industry experts said Tuesday.

China has suspended shipments from a pork-processing plant operated by Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSX:MFI) in Brandon, Man., because its products contain the feed additive ractopamine, which is used to increase lean meat in hogs.

Michael Young, the Calgary-based director of Canada Pork International, said consumers should question the rejection.

"The Chinese have some of the sloppiest food safety standards on the planet," said Young.

Young points out pork with ractopamine is accepted in Japan, which has some of the world's strictest food safety standards.

"It's really a matter of meat scientists looking at it, examining the risk factors, and determining what is a safe level," he said.

Ractopamine was approved for use in Canada in 2006 and in the U.S. about seven years ago, but China has prohibited it since 2002. The feed additive is also banned in the European Union, but biologist George Foxcroft said it had little to do with the conclusions from scientists, which were identical on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

"It's got nothing to do with logic. It's part to do with politics, and it's part to do with trade barriers," said Foxcroft, a University of Alberta professor who specializes in swine reproduction.

Ractopamine is a class of neurotransmitter, rather than a hormone, Foxcroft said.

"It's found to have this somewhat bizarre effect when you treat animals with it in the diet, it somehow triggers a reaction whereby through neural systems, it directs nutrients into proteins instead of fat," he said.

Ractopamine is considered safe because it has almost instant clearance from an animal's system, unlike growth hormones, which can be detected many days later, said Foxcroft.

Industry insiders suggest China could be responding to North America's criticisms of Chinese goods, including last spring's tainted pet food scare, and a massive toy recall.

"It's interesting that they've been importing pork from the U.S. since 2000, yet this only began to be an issue this past summer," Martin Rice, executive director for the Canadian Pork Council, said in a telephone interview from Manjing, China.

"It's been two years since Canada has been using it, and therefore two years that we've had product going to China."

Rice is in the country on a trade mission, planned months before the recent restrictions on the Brandon plant.

Pork, the protein of choice in China, has doubled in price over the past year. The Canadian Pork Council, which represents 10,000 hog producers, is courting China to expand Canada's export market. Rice believes the new restrictions will make China's favourite meat even harder to find, and more expensive.

"This situation is limiting them in their availability of choices. Every supplier, other than the European Union, makes use of this product."

Rice said the Canadian government has to engage in a scientific discussion with Chinese authorities about ractopamine.

China has also suspended shipments from 10 U.S. pork plants.

 

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Safety problems limit import of Chinese garlic

( Los Angeles Times) SHANGHAI, China — Chinese exports of foods including garlic, honey and fish fell sharply this summer as Beijing officials tightened health and safety regulations.

That has meant increased revenue for some American growers whose products are in greater demand, but also higher prices for U.S. consumers.

The stepped-up enforcement by Chinese officials, who are trying to restore confidence in the made-in-China label after product-safety scares, has included close inspection of certain food producers and new requirements in some cases, such as putting tracking stickers on every outbound box and increasing testing for a wider range of food- and soil-borne diseases.

In China's garlic capital in Shandong province, many of the larger exporters were forced to stop production during much of the summer while inspectors went through their plants and books.

All containers checked

Some were ordered to install stainless-steel ceilings in factories and new record-keeping systems.

They said every container headed for the U.S. is being checked before loading, instead of the previous one out of 15 or so.

The result: Chinese garlic exports to the U.S. fell 39 percent in July from a year earlier — a stark contrast to the 59 percent year-over-year increase in the first half of 2007, according to the latest statistics from China's customs bureau.

August isn't likely to be much different.

"It's a heavy burden for us, but we have no choice," said Yang Shenming, trade manager at Hongchang Fruits & Vegetable Products, which resumed shipping this month but worries about the future.

Yang said that before this summer he could fill an overseas order in seven days. Now it's taking at least three weeks because of added inspections and lab tests.

Among his added costs: dinner for government inspectors working late.

U.S. garlic importers haven't reported quality problems with Chinese garlic. But Chinese officials aren't taking any chances.

China is the world's largest producer of garlic, supplying more than 80 percent of the crop imported into the U.S.

The influx of Chinese garlic has been a sensitive issue as it often sells for about half of what U.S.-grown garlic does. That's hurt farmers in Gilroy, Calif., the self-proclaimed U.S. garlic capital.

But the latest slowdown in Chinese shipments has reduced supplies, pushing up demand, and prices, for California-grown garlic.

Boon in Bakersfield

Effects from the shortage of Chinese garlic exports have been a bit of a boon to The Garlic Co. in Bakersfield, Calif., where co-owner Joe Lane said he has been able to raise prices.

A year ago, the garlic supplier sold whole bulbs of garlic for 80 cents to $1 per pound. Now, Lane is able to sell it for $1.20 to $1.50 per pound.

"We're pleased with the price but the sad thing is, we can't react quick enough to increase our supplies to really take advantage of the situation," he said, adding it takes a year to grow a crop of garlic.

China 's government has said that 99 percent of the nation's food exports to the U.S. — totaling about $3.8 billion in 2006 — passed muster in each of the last three years.

But after tainted pet-food ingredients sickened and killed thousands of dogs and cats in the U.S. this year, scrutiny of Chinese-produced food items has intensified.

Restrictions on fish

U.S. regulators have restricted Chinese imports of shrimp, eel and catfish because they were found to have unacceptable amounts of antibiotics and other chemical residues.

California importers have recalled ginger and fish from China, adding to the list of recalls of Chinese-made goods this year, including toothpaste, tires and toys.

Though some of the problems have stemmed from design flaws and different regulations on allowable drugs, Chinese officials have conceded the nation needs to improve standards and modernize food production, and strengthen inspection and supervision of exports.

China 's chief inspector of exported food, Wang Daning, said this month he was adding 300 workers at ports to his bureau's staffing of about 7,000.

But Wang and his crew face significant challenges, and nobody expects speedy improvements.

Difficult to keep up

Analysts say China's rapid growth has simply outstripped Beijing's capacity to regulate the industry.

Wang said about 12,700 food processors have licenses to export. An undisclosed number are monitored very closely by inspectors in their factories and at loading docks.

But China has some 450,000 food-processing companies, most with fewer than 10 employees. And it's some of these small, unlicensed and unscrupulous manufacturers, such as the two blamed for the pe-food scandal, that present the biggest problem for China's efforts to improve food safety.

"There is an old saying in China that as virtue rises one foot, vice rises 10," said Wang. "Many of the food-quality problems we found overseas, after our investigation, was that a large proportion of them are exporting illegally ... doing things to avoid and escape inspection and supervision and exporting unqualified products."

Chinese officials hope to stop some illegal shipments by suspending export licenses and publicizing the names of companies that violate regulations. The blacklist has about 55 businesses, although there are indications that some were continuing to export.

Apart from these companies, a number of other food exporters said they had voluntarily cut back or stopped doing business with U.S. customers because of the increased government enforcement and political sensitivity.

No U.S. orders

"We do not dare to accept American orders ... the risk is too high," said Chen Haibin, director of quality assurance for Guangzhou Hengfa Aquatic Product, a large supplier of tilapia, cuttlefish and other farm-raised fish.

Overall, food accounted for just 2 percent of China's total $128 billion of exports to the U.S. this year through July, according to China's customs figures. Toys accounted for even less.

And thus far, there is no indication in any official data of a slowing of Chinese exports of toys and most other products to U.S.

But "if the food and toy problems are not resolved," said Andy Rothman, an analyst at CLSA in Shanghai, " China's image may be hurt enough that foreign companies and consumers become reluctant to buy computers, telecom switches and machine tools made in China."

Zhou Qiushu, general manager of one of China's largest tilapia producers, has no doubt his government is serious about improving food safety and quality.

Cameras everywhere

Every day, he says, two or three inspectors show up at Shenzhen Allied Aquatic Produce Development collecting samples and looking through shipments and records. If that wasn't enough, cameras placed throughout the factory grounds feed live video of the manufacturing process to officials in Beijing.

Beginning this month, Zhou's workers had to attach labels with government seals and tracking identification on every box of fish loaded onto containers.

Before the containers are hoisted onto ships, he says, every one is supposed to be opened and checked by inspectors.

"I think the government has wracked its brain to improve the situation. ... The strength of the measures and punishment is unprecedented," Zhou said.

"But the crucial problem is the honesty of the entire society. If the honesty system is not built, even more regulations won't touch the root of these problems."

 

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Chinese manufacturers have little regard for the consequences of their actions and are happy to risk the lives of the young and old, the sick and vulnerable.

Baby food, fish, meat, biscuits, wine and medicine have been deliberately loaded with dangerous cheap substitute ingredients in order to fake quality standards including animal foods and ingredients.

It has been bad in the US. but here's just some of what Vietnamese authorities have managed to seize of late: 8 tonnes of fake seasoning, 85,000 tonnes of fake cement, 75,000 bottles of fake wine and beer and 35 million doses of fake drugs.

The health risks of ingesting crooked medications, food and drink are obvious, but the dodgy cement being used in construction is also highly dangerous.

Farmers are also suffering after being duped into buying 50kg bags of "fertiliser" that are nothing but sand, salt and dye.

Some of the fake products are produced within Vietnam, but most are being brought in from China.

Never buy a import without records and testing from a importer !

 

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According a recent survey conducted by the Sacred Heart University Polling Institute, Gioia is right on the money.

More Americans are now checking product and food labels, with a majority calling for a suspension of Chinese imports. According to the poll, 52.9 percent of Americans were checking product labels for nation of origin last year. That number has now jumped 15.7 percentage points to 68.6.

And when asked, 86.3 percent agreed with a statement calling for a suspension of Chinese imports until it is determined that the Chinese meet U.S. product and food safety standards. Conducted between Aug. 27 and Sept. 8, the poll surveyed 1,000 Americans over the telephone and has a 3 percent margin of error.

A lack of information and national pride may be getting the best of consumers, though, because a number of the recent recalls involve products and foods originating within the United States and Canada. For instance, just this week a product distributed by MOM Enterprises, Inc., of San Rafael, Calif., was found to contain cryptosporidium. The Food and Drug Administration discovered the parasite in Baby's Bliss Gripe Water apple flavor after investigating the illness of a 6-week-old infant in Minnesota who had consumed the product.

The product was sold in three stores in Connecticut in Avon, Ridgefield and Southbury but has since been removed from shelves. The FDA and the state Department of Consumer Protection recommend consumers check to see that they don't have the product, and if so, discard it immediately.

 

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Feds investigate NJ meat plant, suppliers after recall
By TOM HESTER Jr. | Associated Press Writer
6:59 PM EDT, September 27, 2007
TRENTON, N.J. - Federal food inspectors are investigating the Topps Meat Company facility and its suppliers after about two dozen people in eight states may have fallen ill after eating bacteria-tainted hamburgers.

U.S. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Amanda Eamich said inspectors are looking into what controls the Elizabeth-based company has to protect against E. coli.

"We are investigating the facility in response to the illnesses associated with the consumption of the products," Eamich said. "That also includes looking back to their suppliers."



She declined to comment further, saying the investigation was ongoing.

A Topps spokeswoman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday.

The inquiry comes after Topps on Tuesday voluntarily recalled nearly 332,000 pounds of frozen ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli.

E. coli causes intestinal illness that generally clears up within a week for adults but can be deadly for the very young, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems. Symptoms can include severe stomach cramps, bloody diarrhea and, in extreme cases, kidney failure.

The recall of 21 products by the leading U.S. manufacturer of frozen hamburgers came after contaminated burgers were found in one New York victim's home freezer by health officials.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said 21 people in eight states may have fallen ill after eating the hamburgers. CDC spokeswoman Lola Russell on Thursday said she had no new information.

Illnesses were reported in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Seven people in Pennsylvania reported illnesses to the state health department, spokeswoman Stacy Kriedeman said. At least five of the seven required medical treatment, with at least two hospitalized overnight, she said.

At least six people fell ill in New York, and three were hospitalized, officials said. All are recovering.

New Jersey Health Department spokesman Tom Slater said a fifth case was reported Thursday. He didn't yet have information on the new case. Of the four previously reported cases, Slater said one required hospitalization, two were treated and released from emergency rooms and the other's status was uncertain.

Ohio health officials confirmed one case of E. coli, but said they don't know if the 25-year-old man from the Akron area, who got sick in July, ate beef that was recalled.

In Maine, a victim who had the tainted beef in a freezer was confirmed as being linked to ground beef, said Dr. Dora Anne Mills, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The victim didn't require hospitalization. A second victim

Two people with E. coli infections of the same strain as the multistate outbreak were hospitalized in Connecticut, said health department spokesman William Gerrish. Both have since been released.

"What we don't know definitively is if those cases are linked to the recall," Gerrish said.

The state is investigating four other cases that could be linked to the beef, Mills said Thursday. The cases were part of a cluster of six E. coli cases in midcoast and central Maine that prompted a health advisory on Sept. 19.

In Florida, the parents of a 15-year-old Fort Lauderdale girl sued Wal-Mart on Wednesday, alleging she got sick after eating a Topps hamburger patty tainted with E. coli that her mother bought at Wal-Mart.

Their attorney, Scott J. Schlesinger, said Samantha Safranek was hospitalized for three weeks in August and nearly died from the infection, which he said caused kidney failure, intense pain, cramping, diarrhea, fatigue, and dehydration.

A report from the Broward County Health Department shows the girl ate a Topps burger on Aug. 17 that was pink in the middle.

Wal-Mart spokeswoman Sharon Weber said the company hasn't seen the lawsuit, but pulled Topps products from its shelves on Aug. 30.

"We did that on an abundance of caution," Weber said.

The boxes recalled carry the number "Est. 9748" inside the USDA mark of inspection and were produced on June 22, July 12 or July 23, the USDA said.

The recalled products include certain 10-pound boxes of Butcher's Best 100% All Beef Patties; certain 10-pound boxes of Kohler Foods burgers; certain 10-pound boxes of Sand Castle Fine Meat; some 2-pound boxes of Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers; and some 3-pound boxes of Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers.

A full list of the recalled products is available at http://www.toppsmeat.com/.

 

[PORKER]

China holds up foreign-linked exporters as role models for food safety
The Associated Press
September 30, 2007

Source of Article: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/01/business/AS-FEA-FIN-China-Food-Safety.php

QINGDAO, China: First comes the "wind shower." Wearing overalls and rubber boots, employees at Fusheng Food Co. stand in a narrow room as air jets in the walls blow away any dust on them. They wade through ankle-deep disinfectant and don caps, gloves and surgical masks.

Only then can they enter the chilly, white-tiled room where they pack Alaska salmon for American dinner tables and Russian cod for McDonald's fish sandwiches in Japan. The Japanese-owned company says the fish already has been tested for more than 100 banned chemicals.

"I am very confident in saying our food is excellent and the safest in the world," Zhong Yuhua, the general manager, told reporters who were invited on a government-organized tour of three food exporters in Shandong province, southeast of Beijing.

Fusheng is part of a Chinese food industry elite of export-oriented companies that, often with foreign help, have improved quality to meet import standards in Japan, the United States and elsewhere.

As the government tries to repair the battered "Made in China" brand, it is holding them up as models to reassure foreign consumers and to help improve the rest of the industry.

"Foreign companies have done a good job. They can play a leading role. Other companies can learn their advanced management model to promote quality control," said Huang Kunlun, the executive deputy director of the Agriculture Ministry's product testing center.

The reputation of China's US$31 billion-a-year (€22 billion-a-year) food export industry has taken a beating after incidents over toxic chemicals in Chinese pet food and toothpaste and banned drugs in seafood. Other exporters have been hammered by recalls or warnings about Chinese goods ranging from faulty tires and baby cribs to toys tainted with lead paint.

U.S. authorities restricted imports of Chinese shrimp, eel and three types of fish in July after tests found unapproved drugs in some shipments. Chinese officials criticized the move as excessive. Last month, American officials announced that one Chinese supplier was cleared to resume shipments.

At Fusheng, visitors saw masked and gloved employees cut and pack salmon in a tidy workshop. Public areas were scrubbed clean. In bathrooms, signs over the sink reminded employees to soak their hands in disinfectant after washing.

Conditions in the rest of the industry vary widely, from companies with the newest equipment and rigorous inspection to competitors that are accused of substituting cheaper materials and skimping on hygiene. Chinese authorities argue that product liability cases have involved only a small fraction of China's food processors.

Even before the recent safety cases, regulators were using leading exporters as industry role models, organizing delegations of managers to study their plants.

"A lot of visitors from companies across the country come to see how we ensure food safety," said a spokesman for the Longda Food Group Inc., who would give only his surname, Jiang. "Last year we had 200 groups of visitors."

Longda, which has joint ventures with Japanese partners, says 90 percent of its US$203 million (€143 million) in exports last year went to Japan. That included vegetable snacks sold by Itochu Corp. and 5,000 tons of Vienna sausages.

Shandong province is the heart of China's food export industry and has close ties with Japan and with South Korea, which lies a short ferry ride away across the Yellow Sea.

Its 2,600 food exporters sell frozen chicken patties, vegetables, fish and dumplings. One-third of their US$3.5 billion (€2.5 billion) in exports in the first five months of this year went to Japan, according to the government. Other markets include the United States and Britain.

People in the industry say Japan's standards are the world's most stringent, forcing Chinese companies to improve if they want to sell into its huge market.

"Japanese standards for imported food products are high, maybe too high," said Fusheng's Zhong, a three-decade veteran of food processing. "There might be political reasons, such as Japan wanting to protect its farmers. But we have no alternative but to meet those standards if we want to get into the market."

Once a state-owned company, Fusheng was bought in 1994 by Japan's Rinken Vitamin Co., which brought in consultants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and food testing companies to meet Japanese import standards, Zhong said. Last year, the company reported US$63 million (€44 million) in exports to the United States, Japan and Europe.

Today, Zhong said, enforcement measures include docking employees' paychecks by up to 40 percent if inspectors find bones left in fish or other errors.

The third company, Kaijia Food Co., a Chinese-Japanese joint venture, exported US$50 million (€35 million) worth of goods, including Japanese-style pickles to the United States and chicken patties to Britain.

After foreign reports of tainted products, all of Shandong's food plants are being inspected to see that none use chemicals cited by the United States and other countries, according to Jiang Zongliang, deputy director general of the province's export safety bureau.

Some 600 companies in Shandong have been granted "self-testing" status, with their own lab results deemed adequate for export clearance, Jiang said.

But that system is not foolproof, and products cleared by company labs sometimes later fail government tests, he said.

"There is this kind of incident, but not often," he said. "Once this occurs and there are differences between the two labs, we must find out what the problem is and take steps to fix it."

 

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RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINES - CLASS I
___________________________________
PRODUCT
Wheat Gluten, Batch No., Net Weight: 25 kg, Gross Weight 25.1 kg. Made in China, Recall # V-301-2007
CODE
Lot: 788, 796, 798, 799, 806, 808, 809
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Recalling Firm: The Scoular Company, Minneapolis, MN, by telephone on March 30, 2007 and letter dated April 2, 2007.
Manufacturer: Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co., LTD., Peixian, China (Mainland). Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
The FDA detected melamine in certain lots of wheat gluten.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
308,644 lbs
DISTRIBUTION
AL and NE

RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINES - CLASS II
___________________________________
PRODUCT
a) SmartPak Live Smart Weight Management Chicken SPE custom packed in single serving
container. Package insert identified as follows: LiveSmart Weight Management Chicken
and Brown Rice Formula, Recall # V-1122-2007;
b) LiveSmart Adult Lamb and Brown Rice. Custom packed in single serving container,
Recall # V-1123-2007
CODE
All lots, all codes
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Smart Pak Equine Co., Plymouth, MA, by telephone, e-mail and letter dated April 20, 2007 and May 3, 2007. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
Rice protein concentrate may have been tainted with melamine.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
Approx 343 lbs.
DISTRIBUTION
Nationwide
___________________________________
PRODUCT
a) Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Venison & Brown Rice Formula Dog Treats,
14 oz. bags; UPC code: 7-23633-61400-9, Recall # V-1124-2007;
b) Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Venison & Brown Rice Canned Dog Food,
13 oz can; UPC code: 7-23633-00155-3, Recall # V-1125-2007;
c) Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium Dog Food Chicken Formula
Canned Dog Food, 13oz; UPC code: 7-23633-00153-3, Recall # V-1126-2007;
d) Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium Dog Food Beef Formula Canned
Dog Food, 13oz; UPC code: 7-23633-00152-6, Recall # V-1127-2007;
e) Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium Dog Food Lamb Formula Canned
Dog Food, 13oz; UPC code: 7-23633-00151-9, Recall # V-1128-2007;
f) Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium Cat Food Ocean Fish Formula Canned
Cat Food in 3oz and 6oz; UPC code: For the 3oz, 7-23633-00253-0; for the 6 oz,
7-23633-00353-7, Recall # V-1129-2007
CODE
All date codes
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Recalling Firm: Natural Balance Pet Food Inc., Pacoima, CA, by telephone and e-mail and press release on April 13, 2007, and by press release and letters on April 27, 2007.
Manufacturer: American Nutrition Incorporated, Ogden UT. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
Product has been manufactured with rice protein concentrate contaminated with melamine.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
Dog treats: 4744 cases/12 bags per case; Canned food: 283,530 cases/24 cans per case
DISTRIBUTION
Nationwide and Internationally

RECALLS AND FIELD CORRECTIONS: VETERINARY MEDICINES - CLASS III
___________________________________
PRODUCT
58% Protein Poultry Meal Blend. Product Code 1058, Recall # V-104-2007
CODE
Products sold between 12/1/06 through 3/16/07
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Recalling Firm: Valley Proteins, Inc., Winchester, VA, by fax dated May 4, 2007.
Manufacturer: Valley Protein Inc., East Earl, PA. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
Product positive for melamine.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
13,232,680 lbs
DISTRIBUTION
PA and DE
___________________________________
PRODUCT
1) AMERICA'S CHOICE, PREFERRED PET: Sliced Chicken, Hearts & Liver Dinner Cat
Food packed in 3 oz cans, UPC 5480759117, Recall # V-107-2007;
2) BEST CHOICE: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 7003836329, Recall # V-108-2007;
3) BEST CHOICE: Sliced Chicken Dinner Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 7003859960, Recall # V-109-2007;
4) CAT'S CHOICE: Sliced Chicken in Gravy packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 8113169858, Recall # V-110-2007;
5) CAT'S CHOICE: Variety Pack packed in 5.5 oz cans, UPC 8113169861,
Recall # V-111-2007;
6) COMPANION: Sliced Chicken, Hearts & Liver Dinner Cat Food packed in
3 oz cans, UPC 8826700288, Recall # V-112-2007;
7) COMPANION: Sliced Beef Dinner Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 8826700283, Recall # V-113-2007;
8) COMPANION: Sliced Turkey Dinner Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 8826700287, Recall # V-114-2007;
9) COMPANION: Sliced Variety Pack Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 8826703352, Recall # V-115-2007;
10) COMPLIMENTS: Flaked Tuna Platter Cat Food packed in 85 gm cans,
UPC 5574235283, Recall # V-116-2007;
11) COMPLIMENTS: Flaked Trout Platter Cat Food packed in 85 gm cans,
UPC 5574235285, Recall # V-117-2007;
12) COMPLIMENTS: Flaked Beef Platter Cat Food packed in 85 gm cans,
UPC 5574235279, Recall # V-118-2007;
13) COMPLIMENTS: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Cat Food packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 5574235303, Recall # V-119-2007;
14) COMPLIMENTS: Beef Cuts in Gravy Cat Food packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 5574235301, Recall # V-120-2007;
15) CO-OP GOLD: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 85 gm cans,
UPC 5731601064 and 156 gm cans, UPC 5731601068, Recall # V-121-2007;
16) CO-OP GOLD: Sliced Chicken Beef Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 156 gm
cans, UPC 5731601070, Recall # V-122-2007;
17) DEMOULAS MARKET BASKET: Flaked Tuna Dinner Cat Food packed in
3 oz cans, UPC 4970515356, Recall # V-123-2007;
18) DOCTORS FOSTER AND SMITH: Chicken Stew with Sweet Potatoes &
Carrots Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz cans, UPC 2514125280, Recall # V-124-2007;
19) FAME: Sliced Chicken Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 4540027074, Recall # V-125-2007;
20) FELINE CLASSIC: Flaked Tuna Dinner in Sauce Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 015080, Recall # V-126-2007;
21) FELINE CUISINE: Flaked Tuna Dinner in Sauce Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 014820, Recall # V-127-2007;
22) FELINE CUISINE: Sliced Chicken Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 014790, Recall # V-128-2007;
23) FELINE CUISINE: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 014740, V-129-2007;
24) FOOD LION: Flaked Tuna Dinner Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 3582605986, Recall # V-130-2007;
25) GIANT COMPANION: Sliced Chicken Dinner in Gravy Cat Food
packed in 13.2 oz cans, UPC 8826700334, Recall # V-131-2007;
26) GIANT COMPANION: Flaked Tuna Dinner Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 8826700286, Recall # V-132-2007;
27) GIANT EAGLE: Flaked Tuna Entrée Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 3003402323, Recall # V-133-2007;
28) HANNAFORD: Flaked Trout Dinner Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 4126813537, Recall # V-134-2007;
29) HANNAFORD: Sliced Chicken Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 4126812463, Recall # V-135-2007;
30) HILL COUNTRY FARE: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 5.5
oz cans, UPC 4122063411, Recall # V-136-2007;
31) HY-VEE: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 7545005640, Recall # V-137-2007;
32) HY-VEE: Sliced Chicken Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 7545005639, Recall # V-138-2007;
37) LAGRIFFE: Sliced Chicken Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 156 gm cans,
UPC 5974939750, Recall # V-139-2007;
34) LAGRIFFE: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 85 gm cans,
UPC 5974939670, Recall # V-140-2007;
35) LAURA LYNN: Flaked Salmon & Ocean Whitefish Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 8685403886, Recall # V-141-2007;
36) LAURA LYNN: Flaked Chicken & Tuna Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 8685403790, Recall # V-142-2007;
37) LAURA LYNN: Flaked Trout Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans, UPC 8685403788,
Recall # V-143-2007;
38) MASTER CHOICE: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 85 gm cans,
UPC 6920045083 & 374 gm cans, UPC 6920045112, Recall # V-144-2007;
39) MASTER CHOICE: Sliced Chicken Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in
374 gm cans, UPC 6920045121, Recall # V-145-2007;
40) MEIJER MAIN CHOICE: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in
3 oz cans, UPC 1928341174, Recall # V-146-2007;
41) MEIJER MAIN CHOICE: Variety Pack Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in
3 oz cans, UPC 1928341177, Recall # V-147-2007;
42) NATURAL ULTRAMIX: Chicken & Vegetables Dinner, Indoor Feline packed
in 3 oz cans, UPC 8087207961, Recall # V-148-2007;
43) NATURAL ULTRAMIX: Turkey & Vegetables Platter, Adult Feline packed
in 3 oz cans, UPC 8087207955, Recall # V-149-2007;
44) NATURAL ULTRAMIX: Salmon & Vegetables Entrée, Adult Feline packed in
3 oz cans, UPC 8087207953, Recall # V-150-2007;
45) NATURAL ULTRAMIX: Chicken & Vegetables Casserole, Adult Feline packed
in 3 oz cans, UPC 8087207951, Recall # V-151-2007;
46) NUPET: Sliced Tuna Dinner Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans, UPC 1754412917,
Recall # V-152-2007;
47) NUPET: Sliced Chicken Dinner Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 1754411210, Recall # V-153-2007;
48) NUTRIPLAN: Flaked Tuna Dinner Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 4113006811, Recall # V-154-2007;
49) NUTRO NATURAL CHOICE: Tuna & Chicken Formula Kitten Food packed
in 3 oz cans, UPC 7910535204, Recall # V-155-2007;
50) NUTRO NATURAL CHOICE: Beef & Chicken Formula Kitten Food packed
in 3 oz cans, UPC 7910535203, Recall # V-156-2007;
51) NUTRO MAX CAT: Chicken & Ocean fish Formula Kitten Food packed in
3 oz cans, UPC 7910538101, Recall # V-157-2007;
52) PAWS: Sliced Chicken, Hearts & Liver Dinner Cat Food, packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 3680008691, Recall # V-158-2007;
53) PAWS: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Cat Food, packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 3680008248, Recall # V-159-2007;
54) PAWS: Tuna Dinner Cat Food, packed in 3 oz cans, UPC 3680008251,
Recall # V-160-2007;
55) PERFORMATRIN ULTRA: Chicken Stew Cat Food, packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 015180, Recall # V-161-2007;
56) PET PRIDE: Sliced Chicken, Hearts & Liver Dinner Cat Food, packed in
3 oz cans, UPC 1111086261, Recall # V-162-2007;
57) DEMOULAS MARKET BASKET: Flaked Trout Dinner Cat Food packed in
3 oz cans, UPC 4970515361, Recall # V-163-2007;
58) PET PRIDE: Variety Pack Cat Food, packed in 3 oz cans, UPC 1111086003,
Recall # V-164-2007;
59) PET PRIDE: Shredded Turkey & Cheese Dinner Cat Food, packed in
5.5 oz cans, UPC 1111084878, Recall # V-165-2007;
60) PRESIDENT'S CHOICE: Chicken Cuts Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed
in 374 gm cans, UPC 6038365965, Recall # V-166-2007;
61) PRESIDENT'S CHOICE: Beef in Gravy Cat Food packed in 156 gm cans,
UPC 6038365882, Recall # V-167-2007;
62) PRESIDENT'S CHOICE: Turkey in Gravy Cat Food packed in 85 gm cans,
UPC 6038337158, Recall # V-168-2007;
63) PRESIDENT'S CHOICE: Chicken in Gravy Cat Food packed in 85 gm cans,
UPC 6038337159, Recall # V-169-2007;
64) PRESIDENT'S CHOICE: Chicken & Turkey in Gravy Cat Food packed in 85
gm cans, UPC 6038367291, Recall # V-170-2007;
65) PRICE CHOPPER BEST FRIENDS: Flaked Tuna Dinner Cat Food packed in
3 oz cans, UPC 4173512826, Recall # V-171-2007;
66) PRIORITY: Flaked Tuna Dinner Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 2113041398, Recall # V-172-2007;
67) PRIORITY: Chunky Chicken Feast Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 2113041293, Recall # V-173-2007;
68) PRIORITY: Sliced Tuna Feast Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 2113041344, Recall # V-174-2007;
69) PRIORITY: Variety Pack Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans, UPC 2113041397,
Recall # V-175-2007;
70) ROCHE BROTHERS: Sliced Beef in Gravy Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 3963909711, Recall # V-176-2007;
71) ROUNDYS: Flaked Fish & Shrimp Dinner in Sauce Cat Food packed in
3 oz cans, UPC 1115078478, Recall # V-177-2007;
72) SCHNUCKS: Sliced Chicken in Gravy Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 4131807102, Recall # V-178-2007;
73) SCHNUCKS: Sliced Beef in Gravy Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 4131807099, Recall # V-179-2007;
74) SCHNUCKS: Sliced Tuna in Gravy Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 4131807087, Recall # V-180-2007;
75) SOPHISTACAT: Sliced Chicken in Gravy Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 3725701311, Recall # V-181-2007;
76) SOPHISTACAT: Sliced Turkey & Liver in Gravy Cat Food packed in
5.5 oz cans, UPC 3725701313, Recall # V-182-2007;
77) SOPHISTACAT: Tuna & Egg in Sauce Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 3725741106, Recall # V-183-2007;
78) SOPHISTACAT: Sliced Tuna Dinner in Sauce Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 3725701315, Recall # V-184-2007;
79) SOPHISTACAT: Tuna in Sauce Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 3725741107, Recall # V-185-2007;
80) SOPHISTACAT: Special Diet Sliced Chicken Dinner in Gravy Cat Food
packed in 5.5 oz cans, UPC 3725701309, Recall # V-186-2007;
81) SOPHISTACAT: Sliced Ocean Whitefish Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed
in 5.5 oz cans, UPC 3725701314, Recall # V-187-2007;
82) SOPHISTACAT: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz
cans, UPC 3725701312, Recall # V-188-2007;
83) SOPHISTACAT: Sliced Chicken & Salmon Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed
in 5.5 oz cans, UPC 3725701316, Recall # V-189-2007;
84) SOPHISTACAT: Beef in Gravy Cat Food packed in 13.2 oz cans, UPC
3725701328, Recall # V-190-2007;
85) SOPHISTACAT: Chicken in Gravy Cat Food packed in 13.2 oz cans,
UPC 3725701327, Recall # V-191-2007;
86) SPECIAL KITTY: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz
cans, UPC 7874264598, Recall # V-192-2007;
87) SPECIAL KITTY : Sliced Chicken Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz
cans, UPC 7874264597, Recall # V-193-2007;
88) SPRINGFIELD PRIZE: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz
cans, UPC 4138013806, Recall # V-194-2007;
89) TRIUMPH: Turkey & Giblets in Gravy Cat Food packed in 3 oz pouches,
UPC 7365700332, Recall # V-195-2007;
90) TRIUMPH: Mixed Grill in Gravy Cat Food packed in 3 oz pouches, UPC
7365700334, Recall # V-196-2007;
91)TRIUMPH: Sliced Beef in Gravy Cat Food packed in 3 oz pouches, UPC 7365700167,
Recall # V-197-2007;
92) WEGMANS: Sliced Beef in Gravy Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 7789076381, Recall # V-198-2007;
93) WESTERN FAMILY: Flaked Tuna Dinner Cat Food packed in 85 gm cans,
UPC 6263929254, Recall # V-199-2007;
94) White Rose: Shredded Turkey & Cheese Cat Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 7480734377, Recall # V-200-2007;
95) WINN DIXIE: Flaked Tuna Entrée Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans, UPC
2441018632, Recall # V-201-2007;
96) YOUR PET: Flaked Tuna Dinner Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans, UPC 7203640010,
Recall # V-202-2007;
97) YOUR PET: Sliced Chicken, Hearts & Liver Dinner Cat Food packed in 3 oz cans,
UPC 7203629028, Recall # V-203-2007;
98) AUTHORITY: Lamb & Rice Formula Dog Food packed in 6 oz cans, UPC
3725736971, Recall # V-204-2007;
99) AUTHORITY: Lite Chicken & Rice Formula Dog Food packed in 14 oz cans,
UPC 3725712044, Recall # V-205-2007;
100) AWARD: Beef Casserole Dinner in Sauce Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 3725700504, Recall # V-206-2007;
101) AWARD: Chicken Casserole Dinner in Sauce Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 3725700502, Recall # V-207-2007;
102) AWARD: Sliced Chicken Dinner in Gravy Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 3725700432, Recall # V-208-2007;
103) AWARD: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 3725700431, Recall # V-209-2007;
104) BEST CHOICE: Beef & Liver Dog Food packed in 13.2 oz cans, UPC 7003860079,
and 22 oz cans, UPC 7003860082, Recall # V-210-2007;
105) BEST CHOICE: Beef Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans, UPC 7003860081,
Recall # V-211-2007;
106) BEST CHOICE : Chicken Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans, UPC 7003860085,
Recall # V-212-2007;
107) COMPLIMENTS: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 5574235307, and packed in 624 gm cans, UPC 5574235311, Recall # V-213-2007;
108) COMPLIMENTS: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 5574235390, and packed in 624 gm cans, UPC 5574235310, Recall # V-214-2007;
109) COMPLIMENTS: Country Stew Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 624 gm cans,
UPC 5574235387, Recall # V-215-2007;
110) COMPLIMENTS; Lamb & Vegetable Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 624 gm cans,
UPC 5574235315, Recall # V-216-2007;
111) CO-OP GOLD: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 5731601075 and in 624 gm cans, UPC 5731601080 Recall # V-217-2007;
112) CO-OP GOLD: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 5731601077 and in 624 gm cans, UPC 5731601081, Recall # V-218-2007;
113) CO-OP GOLD: Stew Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 5731601079 and in 624 gm cans, UPC 5731601082, Recall # V-219-2007;
114) HANNAFORD: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 4126812292, Recall # V-220-2007;
115) HANNAFORD: Country Stew Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 4126813533, Recall # V-221-2007;
116) HEALTH DIET GOURMET CUISINE: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in
156 gm cans, UPC 7819801515, & packed in 374 gm cans, UPC 7819801519, and
624 gm cans, UPC 7819801524, Recall # V-222-2007;
117) HEALTH DIET GOURMET CUISINE: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in
624 gm cans, UPC 7819801527, Recall # V-223-2007;
118) HEALTH DIET GOURMET CUISINE: Country Stew Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed
in 624 gm cans, UPC 7819801529, Recall # V-224-2007;
119) HILL COUNTRY FARE: BBQ w/ Beef Slices in Sauce Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 4122005168, Recall # V-225-2007;
120) HILL COUNTRY FARE: BBQ w/ Chicken Slices in Sauce Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 4122005169, Recall # V-226-2007;
121) HILL COUNTRY FARE: Chicken Slices in Gravy Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 4122068708, Recall # V-227-2007;
122) HILL COUNTRY FARE: Country Stew in Gravy Dog Food packed in 13.2 oz cans,
UPC 4122068712, and packed in 22 oz cans, UPC 4122067531, Recall # V-228-2007;
123) HILL COUNTRY FARE: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 4122068715, Recall # V-229-2007;
124) HILL COUNTRY FARE: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 4122000864, Recall # V-230-2007;
125) HILL COUNTRY FARE: Lamb Cuts & Vegetables in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 4122067530, Recall # V-231-2007;
126) HILL COUNTRY FARE: BBQ Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 13.2 oz cans,
UPC 4122068711, Recall # V-232-2007;
127) HILL COUNTRY FARE: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 4122068532, Recall # V-233-2007;
128) HY-VEE: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 7545005546, Recall # V-234-2007,
129) HY-VEE: Sliced Chicken Dinner in Gravy Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans, UPC 7545005561,
Recall # V-235-2007;
130) HY-VEE: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 13.2 oz cans, UPC 7545005606,
Recall # V-236-2007;
131) HY-VEE: Beef & Liver Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 13.2 oz cans, UPC 7545005604,
and 22 oz cans, UPC 7545005611, Recall # V-237-2007;
132) HY-VEE: Stew Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 13.2 oz cans, UPC 7545005572,
Recall # V-238-2007;
133) HY-VEE: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans, UPC 7545005608,
Recall # V-239-2007;
134) LAGRIFFE: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 624 gm cans,
UPC 5974939662, Recall # V-240-2007;
135) LAGRIFFE: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 624 gm cans,
UPC 5974939654, Recall # V-241-2007;
136) MASTER CHOICE: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 6920045163, and 624 gm cans, UPC 6920045185, Recall # V-242-2007;
137) MASTER CHOICE: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed 624 gm cans,
UPC 6920045182, Recall # V-243-2007;
138) MASTER CHOICE: Country Stew Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed
624 gm cans, UPC 6920045187, Recall # V-244-2007;
139) NATURAL LIFE: Adult Lamaderm Dog Food packed in 13.2 oz cans,
UPC 1234406144, Recall # V-245-2007;
140) NATURAL LIFE : Puppy Complete Dog Food packed in 13.2 oz cans,
UPC 1234401114, Recall # V-246-2007;
141) NUPET: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans, UPC 1754413153,
and 22 oz cans, UPC 7175441315, Recall # V-248-2007;
142) NUPET: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans, UPC 175412499,
Recall # V-248-2007;
143) NUPET: Country Stew Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 1754412501, Recall # V-249-2007;
144) NUPET: Lamb Cuts & Vegetables in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 1754412922, Recall # V-250-2007;
145) OL' ROY CANADA, Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 7874251411 & Value Pack UPC 7874252011; and packed in 624 gm cans,
UPC 7874251388, Recall # V-251-2007;
146) OL' ROY CANADA, Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 7874251403 & Value Pack UPC 7874252019, packed in 624 gm cans,
UPC 7874251435, Recall # V-252-2007;
147) OL' ROY CANADA Country Stew Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 7874264516, and packed in 624 gm cans, UPC 7874264520, Recall # V-253-2007;
148) OL' ROY CANADA: Beef & Liver Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 7874264515 and packed in 624 gm cans, UPC 7874264519, Recall # V-254-2007;
149) O' ROY CANADA: Beef, Bacon & Cheese Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed
in 624 gm cans, UPC 7874251433, Recall # V-255-2007;
150) OL' ROY CANADA: Beef Cuts & Barley in Gravy Dog Food packed in 624 gm cans,
UPC 7874251425, Recall # V-256-2007;
151) OL' ROY CANADA: Lamb & Vegetable Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 624 gm cans,
UPC 7874252132, Recall # V-257-2007;
152) PERFORMATRIN ULTRA: Chicken & Wild Rice Stew Dog Food, packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 7819801776, Recall # V-258-2008;
153) PERFORMATRIN ULTRA: Lamb & Wild Rice Stew Dog Food, packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 7819801775, Recall # V-259-2008;
154) PET PRIDE: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy Dog Food, packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 1111086025, Recall # V-260-2007;
155) PET PRIDE: Beef & Liver Cuts in Gravy Dog Food, packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 1111086232, Recall # V-261-2007;
156) PRESIDENT'S CHOICE: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 156 gm cans,
UPC 6038364168, 374 gm cans, UPC 6038337457; and 624 gm cans, UPC 6038337456,
Recall # V-262-2007;
157) PRESIDENT'S CHOICE: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 156 gm cans,
UPC 6038364167; 374 gm cans, UPC 6038337459; and 624 gm cans, UPC 6038337458,
Recall # V-263-2007;
158) PRESIDENTS CHOICE: Chicken and Veal Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in
624 gm cans, UPC 6038368762, Recall # V-264-2007;
159) PRESIDENTS CHOICE: Beef Stew Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed
in 624 gm cans, UPC 6038365895, Recall # V-265-2007;
160) PRESIDENT'S CHOICE: Beef Cuts w/ Bacon & Cheese in Gravy Dog Food
packed in 624 gm cans, UPC 6038367619, Recall # V-266-2007;
161) PRESIDENT'S CHOICE: Beef Cuts w/ Barley in Gravy Dog Food packed in
624 gm cans, UPC 6038367620, Recall # V-267-2007;
162) PRESIDENT'S CHOICE: Beef & Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in
624 gm cans, UPC 6038367618, Recall # V-268-2007;
163) PRIORITY: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 2113042017, Recall # V-269-2007;
164) PRIORITY: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 2113042007, Recall # V-270-2007;
165) SCHNUCKS: Sliced Turkey in Gravy Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 4131807108, Recall # V-271-2007;
166) SCHNUCKS: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 13.2 oz cans,
UPC 4131807121, Recall # V-272-2007;
167) SCHNUCKS: Beef & Liver Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 13.2 oz cans,
UPC 4131807118, Recall # V-273-2007;
168) SCHNUCKS: Country Stew Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 13.2 oz cans,
UPC 4131807123, Recall # V-274-2007;
169) SCHNUCKS: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 4131807146, Recall # V-275-2007;
170) SCHNUCKS: Chopped Beef Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans, UPC 4131807147,
Recall # V-276-2007;
171) SPRINGFIELD PRIZE: Country Stew Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 13.2 oz cans,
UPC 4138013908 and 22 oz cans, UPC 4138013907, Recall # V-277-2007;
172) SPRINGFIELD PRIZE: Lamb & Vegetable Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in
22 oz cans, UPC 4138013891, Recall # V-278-2007;
173) SPRINGFIELD PRIZE: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 4138013890, Recall # V-279-2007;
174) Springfield Prize: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 4138013904, Recall # V-280-2007;
175) Springfield Prize: Sliced Chicken in Gravy Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 4138014291, Recall # V-281-2007;
176) Stater Brothers: Sliced Beef in Gravy Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 7417512351, Recall # V-282-2007;
177) Stater Brothers: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 7417512282, Recall # V-283-2007;
178) Stater Brothers: Beef & Liver Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 7417512359, Recall # V-284-2007;
179) Stater Brothers: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 7417512280, Recall # V-285-2007;
180) Stater Brothers: Country Stew Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 7417512283, Recall # V-286-2007;
181) Stater Brothers: Lamb & Vegetables Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 22 oz cans,
UPC 7417512357, Recall # V-287-2007;
182) TRIUMPH: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 7365700171, Recall # V-288-2007;
183) TRULY: Beef & Liver Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 624 gm cans,
UPC 0036441665, Recall # V-289-2007;
184) TRULY: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 624 gm cans, UPC 0036442036,
Recall # V-290-2007;
185) TRULY: Country Stew Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 624 gm cans,
UPC 0036441806, Recall # V-291-2007;
186) TRULY: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 624 gm cans,
UPC 0036449564, Recall # V-292-2007;
187) WESTERN FAMILY: Chicken Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 6263919580, Recall # V-293-2007;
188) WESTERN FAMILY: Country Stew Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 374 gm cans,
UPC 6263919579, and packed in 624 gm cans, UPC 6263919590, Recall # V-294-2007;
189) WESTERN FAMILY: Lamb and Vegetable Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in
624 gm cans, UPC 6263929264, Recall # V-295-2007;
190) WESTERN FAMILY: Beef Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 624 gm cans,
UPC 6263919587, Recall # V-296-2007;
191) WESTERN FAMILY: Beef & Liver Cuts in Gravy Dog Food packed in 624 gm cans,
UPC 6263919588, Recall # V-297-2007;
192) WESTERN FAMILY: Sliced Beef Dinner in Gravy packed in 5.5 oz cans,
UPC 1540005192, Recall # V-298-2007;
193) WESTERN FAMILY: Beef & Liver Cuts in Gravy packed in 13.2 oz cans,
UPC 1540004070, Recall # V-299-2007;
194) WESTERN FAMILY: Country Stew Cuts in Gravy packed in 13.2 oz cans,
UPC 1540004069, Recall # V-300-2007
CODE
Best By/Date Codes: Dec/06/09 to Jan/24/10;
Best By/Date Codes: Nov/08/08 to Mar/07/10;
Best By/Date Codes: Dec/11/09 to Mar/07/10;
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Menu Foods Midwest Corp., Emporia, KS, by telephone, fax, and e-mail beginning on May 1, 2007, and by letters dated May 9, 2007. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
Menu Foods is recalling cuts and gravy style and select other products which do not include ChemNutra wheat gluten but were manufactured at any of Menu Foods' plants during the period that ChemNutra wheat gluten was used due to the possibility of cross-contamination. Menu Foods has received a report from a customer and has received study results, both of which indicate cross-contamination.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
464,565 cases
DISTRIBUTION
Nationwide, Mexico and Canada
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PRODUCT
Squirrel Corn Nuggets in 5 lb bags. The product is shipped in cases containing 6 bags, Recall # V-320-2007
CODE
7095JA best if used by 040509 and 7094JA best if used by 040409
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Recalling Firm: Brown's F M Sons, Inc., Sinking Spring, PA, by telephone on June 1, 2007.
Manufacturer: Zeigler Brothers, Inc., Gardners, PA. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
Binding agent (AquaBond) was recalled due to melamine.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
207 bags
DISTRIBUTION
PA and VA

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PRODUCT
a) Ginger brand Brine Shrimp Sinking Pellets, 2.2 ounce jars, Item/product code #P956,
Recall # V-321-2007;
b) Ginger Brine Shrimp Sinking Pellets Item/product code P958. Product is packaged in
4.5 ounce jars, Recall # V-322-2007;
c) Ginger Brine Shrimp Sinking Pellets, Item/product code P959. Product is packaged in
11 ounce jars, Recall # V-323-2007;
d) Ginger Brine Shrimp Sinking Pellets, Item/product code BP959. Product is packaged in
10 lb. bags, Recall # V-324-2007;
e) Discovery Pet Brands Sinking Pellets with Brine Shrimp, Item/product code A2491.
Product is packaged in 2.2 ounce jars. Recall # V-325-2007;
f) Discovery Pet Brands Sinking Pellets with Brine Shrimp, Item/product code A2492.
Product is packaged in 5.5 ounce jars, Recall # V-326-2007;
g) Earl May Brand Sinking Pellets with Brine Shrimp, Item A2492. Product is packaged in
5.5 ounce jars. Product code: EM2492, Recall # V-327-2007
CODE
The product is identified with the product code.
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Recalling Firm: Ginger Inc., Toledo, OH, by letter on June 14, 2007.
Manufacturer: Tembec BTLSR, Inc., Toledo, OH. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
Product contains melamine, an unapproved additive for animal and fish feed.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
1,250 units
DISTRIBUTION
Nationwide
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PRODUCT
a) 25% Shrimp Feed, Net Weight 50lbs (25.00 kg), Recall # V-328-2007;
b) 30% Shrimp Feed, Net Weight 50lbs (25.00 kg), Recall # V-329-2007;
c) 35% Shrimp Feed, Net Weight 50lbs (25.00 kg), Recall # V-330-2007;
d) Bulk product, Recall # V-331-2007
CODE
a), b) and c) F160037;
d) None
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
SouthFresh Feeds, Demopolis, AL, by telephone on May 31, 2007 and June 5, 2007. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Products were manufactured using an aquatic binder which contains melamine, a substance unapproved for use in animal and fish feeds.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
233.9 tons
DISTRIBUTION
Belize and AL
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PRODUCT
a) Xtra-Bond All Purpose Pellet Binder For Use In Animal Feeds, Ingredients: Urea formaldehyde
condensation polymer and calcium sulfate, 50 Pounds, Recall # V-357-2007;
b) Aqua-Tec II Pellet Binder for Fish, Shrimp & Animal Feeds, For Manufacturing Use Only,
Ingredients: Polymethylolcarbamide, Sodium Sulfate, and Silicon Dioxide, 25 kg.,
Recall # V-358-2007;
c) Aquabond-CM (Product No. 3941009083), A proprietary formula containing sodium sulfate
and other nutritionally compatible binding agents, 25 KG, Recall # V-359-2007
CODE
Any product manufactured after 01/2004.
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Recalling Firm: Uniscope, Inc., Johnstown, CO, by telephone on May 29, 2007 and letter on May 31, 2007.
Manufacturer: Tembec BBTLSR, Inc., Toledo, OH. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
Binding agents used in the manufacture of livestock and aquaculture feeds contain melamine, an unapproved feed additive.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
4,917,624 lbs
DISTRIBUTION
Nationwide and Internationally
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PRODUCT
a) Shrimp Pellets, 1.6oz, 4.6oz and 9.1oz., For All Tropical Fish, UPC #'s 009112250006,
009112250013, 009112250020, Recall # V-360-2007;
b) African Cichlid Attack, Sinking Pellet Food, 3.8oz, 8.0oz and 28oz, for African cichlids and
other bottom-feeding fish; UPC #'s 009112220016, 009112220085, 009112220092,
Recall # V-361-2007;
c) TOPFIN Shrimp Pellets, Granules de Crevette, Nutritious Sinking Treat for Bottom
Feeders, 4.6oz and 9.1oz, UPC #'s 737257370197, 737257370180, Recall # V-362-2007;
d) Goldfish Pellet Food Small Nibblets, sinking pellets, 3.6oz, 7.6oz and 25oz.,
UPC #'s 009112110133, 009112110249, 009112110157, Recall # V-363-2007;
e) Goldfish Large Pellet Food, sinking pellets, 25oz., UPC # 009112110164, Recall # V-364-2007;
f) Oscar Bites, Micro pellet mix, 1oz, Oscar Grow, Medium Pellet Mix, 3.8oz, Oscar Show,
Large Pellet Mix, 8oz, UPC #'s 009112110171, 009112110188, 009112110195, Recall # V-365-2007;
g) Baby Bites, Guppy & Fry Fish Food, 1.2oz, UPC #009112200070, Recall # V-366-2007;
h) Crab & Lobster Bites Fast-Sinking Crustacean Food, 1.3oz, UPC #009112200025, Recall # V-367-2007;
i) Goldfish Bites, Goldfish Small Pellet Food, 1.5oz, UPC # 009112110126, Recall # V-368-2007
CODE
UPC code only
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
HBH Enterprises, Springville, UT, by letter on June 8, 2007. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
Shrimp pellets made from recalled melamine containing aquaculture product were used in the manufacture of various ornamental fish foods.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
165,740 lbs
DISTRIBUTION
Nationwide and Internationally
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PRODUCT
a) Bulk MoorMan's Beef Trate-RU-150, 470AD, Medicated, A Supplement for Beef Replacement
Heifers and Beef Cattle, containing 600 gm/ton Monensin, Recall # V-369-2007;
b) Bulk ADM Alliance Nutrition GroFast Step 2, 34629NKS, Medicated, A Supplement for
Growing Calves, containing 114.3 gm/ton Monensin, Recall # V-370-2007;
c) Bulk ADM Alliance Nutrition GroFast Soybean Balancer, 34717CCP, Medicated,
A Supplement for Beef Cattle Fed in Confinement, containing 400 gm/ton Monensin,
Recall # V-371-2007;
d) MoorMan's Expeditor Dairy Beef RU/TY Medicated, product #573AB, A Supplement for
Dairy Beef Cattle Fed In Confinement for Slaughter, packaged in 50-lb. bags, containing
400 gm/ton Monensin and 180 gm/ton Tylosin, Recall # V-372-2007
CODE
a) Batches 40912, 40835, 40639, 40575, 40233, 40100, and 39998;
b) Batches 41015, 40904, 40820, 40636, 40517, 40173, and 40037;
c) Batches 41018, 40804, 40767, 40512, 40393, 40247, 40030, 40224, 40348, and 41087;
d) Batches 39993 and 41090
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Recalling Firm: ADM Alliance Nutrition, Inc., Quincy, IL, by telephone and/or visits on June 12, 2007 and by follow-up letters dated between June 18, 2007 and June 27, 2007.
Manufacturer: ADM Alliance Nutrition Inc, Le Mars, IA. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Binder used in the manufacture of the premixes contained melamine.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
90.65 tons bulk and 478/50-lb. bags
DISTRIBUTION
SD, IA, and MN
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PRODUCT
a) Bulk ADM Alliance Nutrition Self Feeder 40/15, 51361BIU20, Medicated, A Supplement for
Cattle in Confinement for Slaughter, containing 330 gm/ton Lasalocid, Recall # V-373-2007;
b) Bulk ADM Alliance Nutrition Superlean 26, 50252AAA, Medicated, A Supplement for
Feedlot Beef Cattle. (NOTE: The label indicates the product is medicated, but no drug is
listed--This label has been determined by ADM to be incorrect and does not contain any
medication.) , Recall # V-374-2007
CODE
a) Batches 58210, 59336, 60027, 60699, and 61495;
b) Batch 59310
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Recalling Firm: ADM Alliance Nutrition, Inc., Quincy, IL, by telephone and/or visits on June 12, 2007 and letters dated June 18, 2007.
Manufacturer: ADM Alliance Nutrition Inc., South Sioux City, NB. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
Binder used in the manufacture of the premixes contained melamine.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
18 tons bulk
DISTRIBUTION
NE and SD
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PRODUCT
a) Aquaculture feeds labeled as being manufactured by Rangen, Buhl, ID.
Products are sold in 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags or sold in bulk. Bulk ranges
from 1 Ton to 22 Tons. 400 Sink:
Item 5000 EXTR 400 SINK 3/16 4.8mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4981EXTR 400 8mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4980 EXTR 400 SINK 8mm sold in bulk;
Item 4959 EXTR 400 SLOW SINK 1/8 3.3mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4974 EXTR 400 SINK 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4975 EXTR 400 SLOW SINK 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5579 EXTR 400 SLOW SINK 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4964 EXTR 400 SLOW SINK 3/8 9.5mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4978 EXTR 400 SLOW SINK 5/32 4.0mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4976 EXTR 400 SINK 5/32 4.0mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4977 EXTR 400 SINK 5/32 4.0mm sold in bulk;
Item 4958 EXTR 400 SINK 1/8 3.2mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4949 EXTR 400 SINK 1/4 6.4mm sold in bulk;
Item 5001 EXTR 400 SINK 3/16 4.8mm sold in bulk;
Item 4961 EXTR 400 SLOW SINK 3/8 9.5mm sold in bulk,
Recall # V-375-2007;
b) 45/11 Brood w/Red & XXVits:
Item 5123 FISH FEED 45-11 Broodstock 1/2 12.7mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5652 FISH FEED 45-11 Broodstock 1/8 3.2mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5120 FISH FEED 45-11 Broodstock 3/16 4.8mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5122 FISH FEED 45-11 Broodstock 3/8 9.5mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5121 FISH FEED 45-11 Broodstock 1/4 6.4mm in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-376-2007;
c) 45/20: Item 5905 EXTR 45/20 1/8 3.2mm sold in bulk;
Item 5907 EXTR 45/20 3/16 4.8mm sold in bulk;
Item 5906 EXTR 45/20 5/32 4.0mm sold in bulk;
Item 5624 EXTR High Performance POULTRY 45/20 3/16 4.8mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5902 EXTR High Performance POULTRY 45/20 3/16 4.8mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5332 EXTR Hi-PERFORMANCE 45/21 3/16 4.8mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5523 EXTR Hi-PERFORMANCE 45/21 1/4 6.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5515 EXTR Hi-PERFORMANCE 45/21 1/8 3.2mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5331 EXTR Hi-PERFORMANCE 45/21 5/32 4.0mm in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-377-2007;
d) 45/25 Poultry: Item 5575 High Perf. 45/25 "POULTRY" 3/16 4.8mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5577 High Perf. 45/25 "POULTRY" 3/16 4.8mm in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-378-2007;
e) 45/25 Sinking: Item 5546 EXTR High Performance 45/25 1/4 6.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
5460 EXTR Hi-Performance 45/25 3/16 4.8mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5233 EXTR High Performance 45/25 5/32 4.0mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5526 EXT High Performance 45/25 1/8 3.2mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5517 EXTR High Performance 45/25 1/4 6.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5513 EXTR High Performance 45/25 5/32 4.0mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5634 EXTR High Performance 45/25 3/16 4.8mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5576 EXTR High Performance 45/25 3/16 4.8mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5232 EXTR High Performance 45/25 5/32 4.0mm sold in bulk;
Item 5516 EXTR High Performance 45/25 1/4 6.4mm sold in bulk,
Recall # V-379-2007;
f) 450 Low Phos: Item 5393 EXTR LOW PHOSPHORUS TROUT 3.0mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5388 EXTR LOW PHOSPHORUS TROUT 2.0mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5395 EXTR LOW PHOSPHORUS TROUT 5.0mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5394 EXTR LOW PHOSPHORUS TROUT 4.0mm in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-380-2007;
g) 450 Sinking: Item 4861 EXTR 450 MISCELLANEOUS in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5129 EXTR 450 SLOW SINK 1/8 3.2mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5133 EXTR 450 SINKING 1/8 3.2mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5480 EXTR High Performance POULTRY 45/20 4.8mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5100 EXTR 450 SINK 3/16 4.8mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5130 EXTR 450 SINKING 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5102 EXTR 450 SINKING 5/32 4.0mm in 50 lb. bag
Recall # V-381-2007;
h) 470 Sink: Item 4772 EXSL 440 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4705 EXSL 470 SINKING 1/8 3.2mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4704 EXSL 470 SINKING 1/8 3.2mm sold in bulk;
Item 4752 EXSL 470 SLOW SINKING 1/8 3.2mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4625 EXSL 470 SLOW SINK 2.00mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4624 EXSL 470 SLOW SINK 2.00mm sold in bulk;
Item 4706 EXSL 470 SLOW SINK 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4707 EXSL 470 SLOW SINK 3/32 2.4mm sold in bulk;
Item 4864 EXSL 470 SINKING w / XX Vit 2.00mm sold in bulk,
Recall # V-382-2007;
i) Abernathy Crumbles & Pellets:
Item 4681 Abernathy A2-2 (92) Salmon Granules 3/64 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4682 Abernathy A2-2 (92) Salmon Granules 4/64 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4684 Abernathy A3-2 (92) Salmon Pellets 6/64 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4685 Abernathy A3-2 (92) Salmon Pellets 8/64 in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-383-2007;
j) Custom Trout Crumbles/Starter: Item 4760 Custom Trout #0 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4761 Custom Trout #1 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4762 Custom Trout #2 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5399 Custom Trout w/ xxvit #2 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5400 Custom Trout Crumbles w/xxvit #3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4763 Custom Trout Crumbles #3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5401 Custom Trout Crumbles w/xxvit #4 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4764 Custom Trout Crumbles #4 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4722 Custom Trout Crumbles #4 sold in bulk;
Item 5056 Custom Trout Crumbles 42-13 #4 in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-384-2007;
k) EXTR Sinking Brood: Item 4727 Trout Broodstock With 150g Red 1/4 6.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4535 Trout Broodstock w/150g Red Slow Sink 1/4 6.4mm in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-385-2007;
l) Medicated: Item 4788 MEDICATED FISH FEED 1/8 3.2mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4832 MEDICATED FISH FEED 1/8 3.2mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4785 MEDICATED FISH FEED 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4884 MEDICATED FISH FEED 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4850 MEDICATED FISH FEED 3/32 4.0mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4835 MEDICATED FISH FEED 5/32 4.0mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4791 MEDICATED FISH FEED 5/32 4.0mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4831 MEDICATED FISH FEED 5/32 4.0mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4834 MEDICATED FISH FEED # 2 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4775 MEDICATED FISH FEED #1 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4777 MEDICATED FISH FEED #2 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4779 MEDICATED FISH FEED #3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4830 MEDICATED FISH FEED #3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4781 MEDICATED FISH FEED #4 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4833 MEDICATED FISH FEED #4 in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-386-2007;
m) Salmon Brood Sinking: Item 4836 Salmon Broodstock w/ 150g Red 1/4 6.4mm in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-387-2007;
n) Salmon Grower Crum & Pellets: Item 1681 Salmon Grower No. 3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1675 Salmon Grower No. 4 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1674 Salmon Grower No. 4 sold in bulk;
Item 2493 Salmon Grower 1/4 6.4mm sold in bulk;
Item 1705 Salmon Grower 1/8 3.2mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1695 Salmon Grower 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1694 Salmon Grower 3/32 2.4mm sold in bulk,
Recall # V-388-2007;
o) Seasticks: Item 4965 CUSTOM SEA STICKS 3/32in 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-389-2007;
p) Shrimp 30%, 35%, 40%: Item 4750 MEDICATED SHRIMP FEED 3/32 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5531 MEDICATED SHRIMP FEED 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 2513 Shrimp Production 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5712 Shrimp Production 35/2.5 # 2 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 2497 Shrimp Production 35/2.5 #3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5456 KimCo Crumbles #1 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4815 KimCo Crumbles #3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 2518 MEDICATED SHRIMP FEED 3/32 2.4mm 30% sold in bulk;
Item 5628 SHRIMP PRODUCTION 40/5 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4986 SHRIMP PRODUCTION 40/0 3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 2511 SHRIMP RODUCTION 40/5 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4817 SHRIMP PRODUCTION 40/5 #1 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4818 SHRIMP PRODUCTION 40/5 #2 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4819 SHRIMP PRODUCTION 40/5 #3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4745 SHRIMP PRODUCTION 40/5 #4 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4816 SHRIMP PRODUCTION 40/5 #0 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5605 SHRIMP PL 40-9: V-PAK BLEND #2 & #3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5604 SHRIMP PL 40-9: V-PAK BLEND #1 & #2 in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-390-2007;
q) Shrimp 45%: Item 2508 Shrimp Production 45/10 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 2498 Shrimp Production 45/10 No. 0 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 2500 Shrimp Production 45/10 No. 1 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 2502 Shrimp Production 45/10 No.2 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 2504 Shrimp Production 45/10 No.3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 2506 Shrimp Production 45/10 No.4 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4999 Shrimp Production 45/10 3/32 in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-391-2007;
r) Shrimp 50%: Item 2451 Shrimp Maturation Feed 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5298 Shrimp Production 50/15 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5209 Shrimp Production 50/15 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-392-2007;
s) Shrimp w/o TAP: Item 5549 Shrimp Production 35/2.5 w/o TAP 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5606 SHRIMP PROD 40/5 w/o TAP # 2 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4971 SHRIMP PROD 40/5 w/o TAP 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5542 SHRIMP PROD 40/5 w/o TAP # 4 in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-393-2007;
t) Starter: Item 1530 STARTER #0 Granules in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5087 STARTER #00 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1538 STARTER #1 Granules in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1545 STARTER #2 Granules in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1552 STARTER #3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4543 STARTER w/o TAP 3/16 4.8mm in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-394-2007;
u) Starter - Aquamax: Item 4910 AQUAMAX FRY STARTER 100 in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-395-2007;
v) Starter - Fast Start: Item 1540 FAST START with Krill No.0 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 2399 FAST START with Krill No.1 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5484 FAST START with Krill No.2 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 2405 FAST START with Krill No.3 in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-396-2007;
w) Starter - w/o TAP: Item 1546 STARTER w/o TAP # 0 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1598 STARTER w/o TAP # 1 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 2402 STARTER w/o TAP # 2 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 2403 STARTER w/o TAP # 3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1567 STARTER w/o TAP # 4 in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-397-2007;
x) Steelhead Sinking WA Pelleted:
Item 5709 SINKING STEELHEAD PELLETS 1/8 3.2mm in 25 lb. bag;
Item 5245 SINKING STEELHEAD PELLETS 1/8 3.2mm in 25 lb. bag;
Item 5244 SINKING STEELHEAD PELLETS 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5328 SINKING STEELHEAD PELLETS 5/32 4.0mm in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-398-2007;
y) Trout Grower w/Avian: Item 5757 Trout Grower w/ avian blood No.2 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5758 Trout Grower w/ avian blood No.3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 5759 Trout Grower w/ avian blood No.4 in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-399-2007;
z) Trout Grower: Item 1553 TROUT GROWER No.3 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1560 TROUT GROWER # 4 in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1559 Trout Grower No.4 sold in bulk,
Recall # V-400-2007;
aa) Trout Production: Item 1616 TROUT PRODUCTION 1/4 6.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 4509 Trout Production w/o tap 1/4 6.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1620 Trout Production w/ 1# Red 1/4 6.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1615 Trout Production 1/4 6.4mm sold in bulk;
Item 1592 TROUT PRODUCTION 1/8 3.2mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 2406 Trout Production w/o tap 1/8 3.2mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1584 TROUT PRODUCTION 3/32 2.4mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1594 Trout Production 3/8 9.5mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1601 Trout Production 3/8 9.5mm sold in bulk;
Item 1600 TROUT PRODUCTION 5/32 4.0mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1604 Trout Production w/ 1 # RED 5/32 4.0mm in 50 lb. bag;
Item 1655 Trout Broodstock 1/4 6.4mm in 50 lb. bag,
Recall # V-401-2007
CODE
a) thru o) and t) thru aa) Products are coded with the numerical date of manufacture 5/26/06
through 5/26/07,
p) thru s) Products are coded with a letter designating the month: May = N, June = E, July = A,
August = T, September = D, October = V, November = P, December = J, January = K,
February = B, March = C, April = L; the year 2006 = I, 2007 = Q
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Rangen, Inc., Buhl, ID, by letters on May 31, 2007 and June 12, 2007. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
Firm received binder (Aqua Tec II) that was contaminated with melamine (unapproved feed additive) from another manufacturer and subsequently used that binder in the manufacture of their finished products.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
10,841,077 lbs. total of various feeds
DISTRIBUTION
Nationwide
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PRODUCT
a) Rangen, Inc., Extr 42/15 sink, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall # V-402-2007;
b) Rangen, Inc., Extr 420 sink, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall # V-403-2007;
c) Rangen, Inc., Trout & Salmon, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall # V-404-2007;
d) Rangen, Inc., Shrimp 40/5, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall # V-405-2007;
e) Rangen, Inc., Shrimp 45/10, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall V-406-2007;
f) Rangen, Inc., Shrimp 35/0, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall V-407-2007;
g) Rangen, Inc., Shrimp 35/2.5, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall V-408-2007;
h) Rangen, Inc., Shrimp 35/0 Mash, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall # V-409-2007;
i) Rangen, Inc., Shrimp 30/0, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall # V-410-2007;
j) Rangen, Inc., Shrimp 35/0 SC, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall # V-411-2007;
k) Rangen, Inc., Shrimp 30/0 SC, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall # V-412-2007;
l) Rangen, Inc., Shrimp 35/2.5 SC, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall # V-413-2007;
m) Rangen, Inc., Shrimp 35/0 short short cut, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags,
50 lb. bags and bulk, Recall # V-414-2007;
n) Rangen, Inc., Shrimp 40/0, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall # V-415-2007;
o) Rangen, Inc., Shrimp 40/0 short SC, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall # V-416-2007;
p) Rangen, Inc., Extr 4413 sink, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall # V-417-2007;
q) Rangen, Inc., PR32 (sinking), custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall # V-418-2007;
r) Rangen, Inc., Trout Grower, custom aquaculture feed, 25 lb. bags, 50 lb. bags and bulk,
Recall # V-419-2007
CODE
All feeds manufactured between May 26, 2006 and May 26, 2007
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Rangen, Inc., Angleton, TX, by letter on June 12, 2007. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
Fish feeds manufactured using ingredient contaminated with melamine and its analogs.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
10,729,420 pounds
DISTRIBUTION
AR, CA, MS, KY, TX, CO, AL, VA, AZ, OK, MN, LA, MO, and FL

END OF ENFORCEMENT REPORT FOR OCTOBER 3, 2007

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WHEN Companies like these sell us FEED.Nationwide and Internationally
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PRODUCT
a) Bulk MoorMan's Beef Trate-RU-150, 470AD, Medicated, A Supplement for Beef Replacement
Heifers and Beef Cattle, containing 600 gm/ton Monensin, Recall # V-369-2007;
b) Bulk ADM Alliance Nutrition GroFast Step 2, 34629NKS, Medicated, A Supplement for
Growing Calves, containing 114.3 gm/ton Monensin, Recall # V-370-2007;
c) Bulk ADM Alliance Nutrition GroFast Soybean Balancer, 34717CCP, Medicated,
A Supplement for Beef Cattle Fed in Confinement, containing 400 gm/ton Monensin,
Recall # V-371-2007;
d) MoorMan's Expeditor Dairy Beef RU/TY Medicated, product #573AB, A Supplement for
Dairy Beef Cattle Fed In Confinement for Slaughter, packaged in 50-lb. bags, containing
400 gm/ton Monensin and 180 gm/ton Tylosin, Recall # V-372-2007