NEW pet food recall. Bird food included this time!

[christie99]

Stealth Recall: United Pet Group Pet Treats
Posted on Friday, January 4th, 2008 at 7:00 am in National Dog, Cat & Pet Info, Other Pets, Pet Food Recalls & Safety.
By Emily Huh
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On the FDA’s Enforcement Report, dated December 26, 2007, there was a recall involving various United Pet Group products. United Pet Group owns various brands including 8 in 1, Dingo, Tetra, Nature’s Miracle, and Marineland.

Here are the details from the report:

FDA Enforcement Report December 26, 2007

PRODUCT
a) Wild Harvest Fruit and Honey Cockatiel, Recall # V-021-2008;
b) Ecotrition Tropical Fruit and Honey Bars, Recall # V-022-2008;
c) Wild Harvest Hamster, Gerbil, Mouse & Rat Honey Cakes, Recall # V-023-2008
CODE
a) Lot: 07096 and Lot: 07108;
b) and c) Lot: 07096
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
United Pet Group Inc., Cincinnati, OH, by telephone and letter. Firm initiated recall is ongoing.
REASON
Pet treats were imported from China. LOS-DO sampled the treats and they were positive for melamine. The shipments were placed on hold for redelivery and was erroneously shipped into commerce.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
54,178 units
DISTRIBUTION
AZ, CA, FL, MI, NJ, NY, TX, and WA


We contacted United Pet Group, but we did not receive a response from the company in time for press.

Also, Menusux pointed out that these products have showed up several times on the FDA OASIS Refusals Reports for September, October, and November of 2007.

Source: FDA Enforcement Report, FDA OASIS Refusals

(Thanks menusux)


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[natzback]

WOW!

Makes me wonder, I was feeding my Scarlett Ecotrition food and she had started toe tapping, wonder if it was related, of course I have since moved her to cooked food,etc

[PeninaD]

Thanks.
I will be tossing all my Ecotrition parrot treats, even though they were not the ones mentioned....I did not like the smell of them.
Lefebre from now on!
My baby Severe is too precious to allow ANY chance of harm to her.

[4HAND]

Thanks for the info!Stupid melamine!@#^^$#@!!@#$%^
Tena

[Suesue]

Wow I never saw this on the news I have Wild Harvest Parrot Food. I am not taking any chances.

[narnibird]

It wasn't on our news, either. We live in Orlando. Jeez. I'm SO glad I use Halo. Still, I wonder what those treat sticks are that my fiance's mother gave us. I think I'll just throw them out to be safe. I don't want to take any chances, either

[christie99]

This was never on the news, that is the scary part. I only found out about it through a bird email list and the link to the FDA site.

[Monica]

I never did like 8n1!!!! Thought it was crap to begin with! Of course, I think that way about most foods found in regular chain petstores... which includes Kaytee, Pretty Bird, LM Animal Farms, Sun Seed, Nutriphase and Brown's not looking too good either! But of course, that's my opinion!


Sorry ta do this but it's not the only bird food recall! Found this one out while doing a search for companies that give free pellet samples! EEKS!

Zeigler Issues A Voluntary Recall on Pelleted and Crumbled Shrimp Feeds
Zeigler Issues A Voluntary Recall on Pelleted and Crumbled Shrimp Feeds

Contact:
info@zeiglerfeed.com
800-841-6800

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Gardners, PA — May 31, 2007 — In cooperation with the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Zeigler Bros., Inc. is issuing a voluntary nationwide recall of its pelleted and crumbled shrimp feeds. Zeigler is recommending to customers to immediately stop feeding its pelleted and crumbled shrimp feed products. We are in the process of providing the entire shrimp feed product list on our website at Zeigler - A World of Sound Nutrition.

The recalled products all include the feed ingredient "AquaBond", which has been found to contain the chemical melamine and related compounds. AquaBond is a binding agent purchased in the United States by Zeigler and used in its production of pelleted and crumbled shrimp feeds. It is used in a much lower concentration than similar ingredients used in the recent U. S. pet food recall.

No other Zeigler products are involved in this voluntary recall. Only Zeigler pelleted and crumbled shrimp feeds are formulated with AquaBond. Zeigler extruded shrimp feeds and shrimp larval feeds do not contain AquaBond and are not included in the recall.

Zeigler is working closely with the FDA and with Uniscope, Zeigler's supplier for AquaBond, to provide timely product information and immediate recall instructions to its customers to assure product safety. Zeigler is not aware of any instances of ill health effects in shrimp fed with Zeigler pelleted and crumbled shrimp feeds.

The FDA has issued a press release, dated May 30, 2007, indicating that feeds made with these binding agents are "very unlikely" to pose a human health risk. Details from the full FDA press release can be found at Tembec and Uniscope Voluntary Recall Feed Ingredients. FDA has also issued a safety/risk assessment on melamine and analogues at US FDA/CFSAN - Interim Melamine and Analogues Safety/Risk Assessment.

Questions can be directed to Zeigler at 800-841-6800 or info@zeiglerfeed.com.


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