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By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:38:29 +0000

They will announce it “after the bell” on Friday. Nestle stock went up today because they are buying Gerber. If I had an infant I would be thrilled with that news, not.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:31:07 +0000

Oh, what the heck. We’ll know in a matter of hours. Hope they don’t do another late-Friday-night recall alert.

http://www.anibrands.com/about.htm

By: Teresa

Teresa — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:28:24 +0000

I think I know the company in Utah. There aren’t that many pet food companies and they do use RCP (rice protein concentrate). The brand names seem to be the cheapy brands made with corn, etc. This one produces 290,000 tons of pet food and snacks per year… they also do cat litter, I hope not in the same facility!

I’m reluctant to name it but perhaps I will post some info on my blog: http://safepetfood.wordpress.com

You don’t suppose Science Diet is the one in Kansas who got the RCP?

By: teric

teric — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:36:14 +0000

Why do they wait so late when it WAS TESTED LAST NIGHT????

I’m sure there are several kittens out there that ate Blue Buffalo today.

WHO ARE THE OTHER 4 COMPANIES!!!!!!!!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:32:55 +0000

Blue is one of the companies. They just issued a recall of their kitten food, based on a test for melamine that came back positive “last evening.” Why did they wait until the end of this business day? (I guess the other companies are waiting even longer but still…)

By: Lorie

Lorie — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:21:12 +0000

if you do a search engine of (wilbur -ellis supplies purina) all kinds of docs come up along with the mention of Knox Mcdaniel. How they deal with each other in pet and livestock chemical trade

By: Barry

Barry — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:15:46 +0000

Thanks, all, for the info.

By: 4lgdfriend

4lgdfriend — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:03:05 +0000

OTHER NUTRO DRY (MAX CAT GOURMET CLASSICS ADULT CHICKEN)

CONTAINS CORN GLUTEN MEAL. DO NOT FEED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SAME KIDNEY SYMPTOMS.

By: 4lgddfriend

4lgddfriend — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:00:52 +0000

petconnection: It seems the Wilbur-Ellis co. poisoned some dairy cattle a few years ago. According to this http://tinyurl.com/22york FDA warning letter (there are other references if you look around), the cattle died from acute selenium poisoning (selenosis).

The FDA found that samples of a Mineral Premix manufactured by Knox McDaniel Co. (which is owned by Wilbur-Ellis and manufactures pet food pre-mixes) contained some 1152 parts per million (ppm) selenium rather than the labeled amount of 13.25 ppm.

…….Dr. Richard Martorano, a big Melamine & Selenium researcher with lots of melamine/selenium/gluten based resin/feed/coating technology patents, has the position of Regional Technical Sales Manager at [b]Singapore-based Connell Brothers, Inc which is a division of Wilbur Ellis Co[/b]. Dr. Martorano moved to Singapore in 1990, converted to Islam and now has the name [i]Muhammad Ali Amin.[/i]

Comment by Joy â€” April 19, 2007 @ 12:39 pm

By: CathyA

CathyA — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:06:47 +0000

Sue J
Exactly. At this point it’s not enough for a company to say they didn’t buy their protein powders from a specific company. If the origin was China they need to run tests on their food immediately ……..and tell us that they’re doing it NOW, not wait a week. Enough with the weasel words and the obfuscations. Any company not coming forward by the end of the day and making a full disclosure can just eat their own pet food. They might want a little gravy with that though……..

By: Sue J

Sue J — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:52:55 +0000

TO Nutro and everyone else:
It’s in one product - wheat gluten. No - it’s in 2 products from 2 different companies - wheat gluten and rice gluten/protein. No - it’s in 3 products from 3 companies - wheat, rice and corn protein/gluten. What’s that you say - you didn’t get it from any of those companies? And WHY do you think YOURS is safe???
There is NO safe product that is protein coming out of China until proven safe. And no one is proving it safe right now. They won’t even let the US inspect one company!

By: Barry

Barry — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:47:35 +0000

Nutro has changed their recall information to address the rice protein concentrate issue.

See http://www.nutroproducts.com/mfrecall.asp

Statement by Nutro Products on
Rice Protein Concentrate Recall

City of Industry, CA (April 19, 2007)â€”In response to recent media inquiries regarding a pet food recall announced for certain Natural Balance products with rice protein concentrate containing melamine, Nutro Products wishes to provide the following important information:

(1) It has been reported that the recall is focused on products containing rice protein concentrate (also referred to as rice gluten) provided by Wilbur-Ellis Company.

(2) Nutro has never purchased or used rice protein concentrate from Wilbur-Ellis Company in any of our pet foods.

(3) Nutro uses rice protein concentrate in some of its products because it provides an important alternative source of protein for pets, especially for those with sensitivities to certain proteins.

(4) Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc. is not in any way affiliated with Nutro Products nor Nutroâ€™s Natural ChoiceÂ®, MAXÂ® or UltraÂ® brands.

Nutro customers may check Nutro’s website (www.nutroproducts.com) or contact Nutro’s Consumer Hotline (800) 833-5330 for further information about its products. Nutro’s website will be updated as more information becomes available.

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