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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Before getting to the latest FDA pet food recall (below), I also
want to share that in addition to the already identified tainted wheat gluten &
rice protein (below), news is breaking about tainted corn gluten (allegedly
imported from China as well) used to manufacture pet food in South Africa &
sold in South Africa and Nambia only:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2101493,00.html">http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2101493,00.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Press releases
about FDA Recalls [mailto:FDA-RECALLS-L@LIST.NIH.GOV] <b>On Behalf Of </b>FDA
Recalls<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> FDA-RECALLS-L@LIST.NIH.GOV<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Wilbur-Ellis Voluntarily Recalls Rice Protein Concentrate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Recall
-- Firm Press Release</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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.
This listserv covers mainly Class I (life-threatening) recalls. A complete
listing of recalls can be found in the FDA Enforcement Report at: <a
href="http://www.fda.gov/opacom/Enforce.html">http://www.fda.gov/opacom/Enforce.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wilbur-Ellis
Voluntarily Recalls Rice Protein Concentrate</span><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Contact:</span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
Ann Barlow <br>
415-438-9826; 925-200-6539 <br>
Deborah Brown<br>
212-931-6113<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> -- San Francisco, CA -- April 18, 2007 -- Wilbur-Ellis
Company is voluntarily recalling all lots of the rice protein concentrate the
San Francisco company’s Feed Division has shipped to pet-food
manufacturers because of a risk that rice protein concentrate may have been contaminated
by melamine, an industrial chemical used to make plastics and fertilizers that
can lead to illness or fatalities in animals if consumed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wilbur-Ellis
noted that it obtained rice protein from a single source in China and shipped
to a total of five U.S. pet-food manufacturers located in Utah, N.Y., Kansas
and two in Missouri.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Last Sunday,
April 15, Wilbur-Ellis notified the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that a
single bag in a recent shipment of rice protein concentrate from its Chinese
supplier, Binzhou Futian Biology Technology Co. Ltd., had tested positive for
melamine. Unlike the other white-colored bags in that shipment, the bag in
question was pink and had the word “melamine” stenciled upon it.
Wilbur-Ellis separated that bag and quarantined the entire shipment for further
testing and since that time, no further deliveries of rice protein concentrate
have been made. Samples from the white bags tested negative for melamine.
However, subsequent and potentially more sensitive tests by the FDA came back
positive for melamine, leading Wilbur-Ellis to voluntarily issue the recall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wilbur-Ellis
began importing rice protein concentrate from Binzhou Futian Biology Technology
in July 2006. A total of 14 containers holding 336 metric tons of rice
protein concentrate were sent from Futian to Wilbur-Ellis. Wilbur-Ellis has
distributed 155 metric tons to date.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On Monday
(April 16), a pet food distributor issued a voluntary recall of its pet food,
believing the source of contamination to be rice protein concentrate supplied
by Wilbur-Ellis. As an additional precaution, Wilbur-Ellis is urging all pet
food manufacturers using rice protein concentrate supplied through Wilbur-Ellis
to recall any pet food that may be on supermarket shelves.<strong><u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Consumers
with questions about the pet food they use should visit the FDA Web site at <a
href="http://www.fda.gov/">www.fda.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts Page: <a
href="http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html">http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html</a>
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