It does not look at this time as if other foods beyond those already announced will be affected. FDA Press Release: http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/chemnutra04_07.html working from http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html >Recall -- Firm Press Release FDA posts press releases and other >notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a >service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA >does not endorse either the product or the company. > >ChemNutra Announces Nationwide Wheat Gluten Recall > >Contact: > >Devon Blaine/Lisa Baker > >310-360-1499 > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --Las Vegas, NV -- April 3, 2007 -- ChemNutra >Inc., of Las Vegas, Nevada, yesterday recalled all wheat gluten it >had imported from one of its three Chinese wheat gluten suppliers -- >Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co. Ltd. > >The wheat gluten ChemNutra recalled was all shipped from China in 25 >kg. paper bags, and distributed to customers in the same unopened >bags. The bags were all labeled "Wheat Gluten Batch No.: _______ Net >Weight: 25 kg Gross Weight: 25.1 kg Made in China". The batch numbers >included in the recall are 20061006, 20061027, 20061101, 20061108, >20061122, 20061126, 20061201, 20061202, 20061203, 20061204, 20061205, >20061206, 20061208, 20061221, 20070106, 20070111, 20070116, and >20070126. Each ChemNutra shipment had the certificate of analysis >information from the supplier, including batch number and the >supplier's content analysis and test results. ChemNutra shipped from >its Kansas City warehouse to three pet food manufacturers and one >distributor who supplies wheat gluten only to the pet food industry. >ChemNutra's shipments commenced November 9, 2006 and ended March 8, >2007. ChemNutra did not ship to facilities that manufacture food for >human consumption, and the distributor ChemNutra shipped to supplies >wheat gluten only to pet food manufacturers. The total quantity of >Xuzhou Anying wheat gluten shipped was 792 metric tons. > >ChemNutra learned on March 8 from one pet food manufacturer that the >wheat gluten it had sold them -- all from the Xuzhou Anying - was >among ingredients suspected as a potential cause of pet food problems. >ChemNutra immediately quarantined its entire wheat gluten inventory >and assisted this customer's investigation. > >After that manufacturer issued a pet food recall, the FDA immediately >commenced a thorough investigation of ChemNutra's wheat gluten, >including documentation analysis, inspection, and laboratory testing. >ChemNutra cooperated fully with the FDA and immediately notified its >other three wheat gluten customers about the FDA's investigation. >Those customers had all purchased smaller amounts of the Xuzhou Anying >wheat gluten commencing in January, 2007. > >On Friday, March 30, the FDA announced they had found melamine in >samples of the wheat gluten ChemNutra had imported from Xuzhou Anying. >The FDA did not inform ChemNutra of any other impurities in the Xuzhou >Anying wheat gluten, nor of any impurities in the wheat gluten from >ChemNutra's other two Chinese suppliers. > >The toxicity of melamine is not clear. However, since melamine is not >approved by the FDA for pet food, it should absolutely not have been >in wheat gluten. ChemNutra is extremely concerned about the purity of >all of its products. The company is particularly troubled that the >certificates of analysis provided by the above-named supplier did not >report the presence of melamine. > >ChemNutra wants to ensure its products are safe. Consequently, in >addition to its ongoing cooperation with the FDA, ChemNutra will be >conducting its own independent, analytical tests of wheat gluten from >all of its suppliers. > >Yesterday ChemNutra sent recall notices to all four of its direct >customers. If any other company received bags of recalled wheat gluten >from the lot numbers referenced above, please call ChemNutra at >702.818.5019. > >Consumers who have questions about the pet food they should go to the >FDA's website at www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01590.html. >This website lists all brands of petfood involved, with links to the >manufacturer who should be contacted with questions. Sukie (not a vet) Current FHL address: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Moderator's note: One of my favorite takes on the entire recall fiasco can be found here: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/04/03/petscol.DTL It's entitled "Bigger than you think: The story behind the pet food recall". I've been following this quite a bit, and the amount of contradictory information -- even from the manufacturers -- is astonishing. BIG] [Posted in FML 5568]