Yet another recall

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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.


P&G Voluntarily Recalls a Small Amount of Dry Cat Food

Company Estimates Fewer Than 60 Bags Purchased

Company Contact:
Jason Taylor, P&G
513-622-3205



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 31, 2010 – CINCINNATI, The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is voluntarily recalling a small number of bags from a specific lot of one of its dry cat food products due to potential salmonella exposure.

No illnesses have been reported, and no other Iams pet food products are involved.

Only one code date is affected by this announcement:

Product Name
\t

Version
\t

Code Date
\t

UPC Code

Iams Indoor Weight Control with Hairball Care dry cat food
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6.8 lb bag
\t

02304173 (B1-B6)
\t

1901403921

The company successfully traced and retrieved nearly all of the affected product and estimates that fewer than 60 bags from this production run may have been purchased by consumers.

This production run was sold through a single retailer in the following states: Illinois, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.

Consumers who have purchased one of these few bags with the specific code date listed above should discard it. For a product replacement or refund, please call P&G toll-free at 800-862-3332 (Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST).

People handling dry pet food can become infected with salmonella, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with surfaces exposed to this product. Healthy people infected with salmonella should monitor themselves for some or all of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever. Rarely, salmonella can result in more serious ailments including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation and urinary tract symptoms. Consumers exhibiting these signs after having contact with this product should contact their healthcare providers.

Pets with salmonella infections may have decreased appetite, fever and abdominal pain. If left untreated, pets may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever and vomiting. Infected but otherwise healthy pets can be carriers and infect other animals or humans. If your pet has consumed the recalled product and has these symptoms, please contact your veterinarian.

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm224675.htm
 

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I was just coming in to post about this, too.



This is just out of control. P&G buys out all these pet food companies, and then the recalls start. I came across this info when looking for a new source for Tolly's food, as the feed store is not going to carry it anymore, I don't think, since the P&G buyout of Natura products.

I guess for safety sake I might as well not even try the new post-buyout batches.
 

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Lots of companies get salmonella problems and other mini-plant related recalls (holds). You just don't hear of most of them because the companies are smart enough to do positive release.

A local pet food plant just had one last week on a bunch of product... I can't remember the name of the additive that wasn't getting added (machine broke and said it was being added when it wasn't). But because they do positive release they only have to issue a hold ("don't load it out") then get rid of the stuff - no recall is ever issued. This has likely happened with a brand of cat food you use or at a plant that makes the cat food you use - heck, it's probably happened with something you eat.


P&G's mistake here: they need to go to positive release.
 
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