Menu Foods, the manufacturer of the pet food recently recalled, has recalled all lots of their “cuts and gravyâ€style pet foods. Here is their press release:
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(CCNMatthews – March 26, 2007) –
NOT FOR RELEASE OVER US NEWSWIRE SERVICES
Media outlets have reported conflicting and incorrect information, including that Menu Foods has expanded its recall to include all products produced.
To clarify, late last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) and various media outlets reported that some retailers still had recalled product on their shelves. In response, Menu Foods issued instructions for retailers to remove from their shelves all cuts and gravy products of the flavours listed on the recall list, regardless of the dates produced. For many retailers, this had already been completed as their standard operating procedure.
This step did not expand the recall but provided the remaining retailers with an efficient means of withdrawing the recalled product. The full recall list is available at www.menufoods.com.
In addition, Menu Foods reiterated that there is no evidence of any problems in any products manufactured at either its Streetsville, Ontario, facility or its North Sioux City, South Dakota, facility. Furthermore, there is no evidence of problems in any of the products not on the recall list produced at Emporia, Kansas, or Pennsauken, New Jersey.
There’s been some confusion over what Menu Foods is actually doing. They have not expanded the recall beyond the original product lines, only to cover lots of those foods other than those originally announced.
My previous posts on the pet food recall:
Latest Developments in the Pet Food Recall
More on the Pet Food Recall: It’s Rat Poison
