Alpo® Brand Prime Cuts In Gravy Canned Dog Food Voluntary Nationwide Recall
No Dry Purina Products Involved
Contact:
Keith Schopp
314-982-2577
Jill Winte
314-982-3032

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- St. Louis, Missouri, March 30, 2007 . . . Nestlé Purina PetCare Company today announced it is voluntarily recalling all sizes and varieties of its ALPO® Prime Cuts in Gravy wet dog food with specific date codes. The Company is taking this voluntary action after learning today that wheat gluten containing melamine, a substance not approved for use in food, was provided to Purina by the same company that also supplied Menu Foods. The contamination occurred in a limited production quantity at only one of Purina's 17 pet food manufacturing facilities.

Earlier today the FDA announced the finding of melamine in products related to the March 16 Menu Foods recall, and advised Purina of the source of the contaminated supply. Purina then determined that it had received some quantity from the suspect supplier. The company proactively notified the FDA and immediately began this recall process.

Purina is confident that the contaminated wheat gluten has been isolated to this limited production quantity of ALPO Prime Cuts canned products.

The recalled 13.2-ounce and 22-ounce ALPO Prime Cuts cans and 6-, 8-, 12- and 24-can ALPO Prime Cuts Variety Packs have four-digit code dates of 7037 through 7053, followed by the plant code 1159. Those codes follow a “Best Before Feb. 2009” date. This information should be checked on the bottom of the can or the top or side of the multi-pack cartons.

Purina's 5.3-ounce Mighty Dog® pouch products, manufactured by Menu Foods, were previously withdrawn from the market as a precaution on March 16 as part of the Menu Foods recall. ONLY Mighty Dog pouch products and specific date codes of ALPO Prime Cuts canned dog food are being recalled.

Importantly, no Purina brand dry pet foods are affected by the recall – including ALPO Prime Cuts dry. In addition, no other Purina dog food products, no Purina cat food products, Purina treat products or Purina Veterinary Diet products are included in this recall, nor have been impacted by the contaminated wheat gluten supply.

Consumers should immediately stop feeding ALPO Prime Cuts products with the above-listed date codes to their dogs and consult with a veterinarian if they have any health concerns with their pet.

Purina guarantees all of its products, and consumers can receive the full replacement value of the recalled products. Consumers can visit us at Pet Food: Premium, Healthy Pet Food | Purina.com or call 1-800-218-5898, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CDT, to receive more information.

Purina is fully cooperating with the FDA and made the decision to voluntarily recall this product in consultation with the FDA.

At Purina, nothing is more important to us than the health and well-being of the pets whose nutrition has been entrusted to us by their owners, and we deeply regret this unfortunate situation. We will continue to take any and all actions necessary to ensure the quality and safety of our products.

Thanks for the heads-up, Karen. I believe Hills also recalled one of their Science Diet feline dry foods yesterday as well. I cringe whenever I read a new story about this, and keep hoping the deaths won't spread any further.

Getting real scary now that it's made it's way into some dry foods also.

according to our news here. they are expanding to the recall to dog biscuts. dont now the full list of yet. the wheat product that was found in the wet found has been found in the biscut.

There is a lot of canned food being recalled, I'll see if I can find the list someone posted on my cross stitch board. I know a member lost thier puppy just yesterday from eating tainted dog food.

Here is one link I found. This may not be a complete list, just because your pet's food isn't on this list, doesn't mean it's not tainted.

Menu Foods Income Fund - Annual General Meeting

If you click on the individual brand name, it will give you the products that are being recalled.

The suspected culprit is wheat gluten. Check your pet's food-wet or dry, if it has wheat gluten in it, I'd switch to something else until this is resolved.

Here is a list of recalled cat foods, again may not be complete

Menu Foods Income Fund - Annual General Meeting

Does anyone have a link or a list of the biscuits that have been recalled?

Here's some more lists

Del Monte Pet Products Voluntarily Withdraws Specific Product Codes of Pet Treats and Wet Dog Food Products

Alpo® Brand Prime Cuts In Gravy Canned Dog Food Voluntary Nationwide Recall

Hope this helps, if I find more I'll post them.

Thanks Amanda, I appreciate it. We're getting worried about some biscuits here. My daughter fed some Ol'Roy biscuits purchased from WalMart to her dog and he hasn't been acting normal. It would be a relief to find out they have not been recalled. I have been searching but can't come up with anything that says if they might be suspect or not.