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or about February 27, 2007:
Menu Foods notifies the FDA that several dogs and cats died
after a taste test and some consumer complaints around February
20, 2007. Consumers claim Menu Foods was receiving complaints
back in December 2006.
March
16, 2007: Menu Foods announces recall of numerous dog
and cat food products.
March
24, 2007: Menu Foods expands recall to all products
on the recall list regardless of manufacture date.
March
30, 2007: Nestle Purina Petcare Company announces a
voluntary recall of all sizes and varieties of its ALPO(R)
Prime Cuts in Gravy wet dog food with specific date codes.
The company claimed the contamination occurred in a limited
production quantity at only one of Purina's 17 pet food
manufacturing facilities. Purina's 5.3-ounce Mighty Dog(R)
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withdrawn from the market as a precaution on March 16 as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.
March
30, 2007: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. announced it was
instituting a voluntarily recall of Prescription Diet m/d
Feline dry food from the market. Hill's claimed it too had
purchased wheat gluten for this product that was provided
by a company that also supplied wheat gluten to Menu Foods.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration tests of wheat gluten
samples from this period show the presence of a small amount
of melamine.
March
31, 2007: Del Monte Pet Products announced it was instituting
a voluntarily recall of select product codes of its pet
treat products sold under the Jerky Treats®, Gravy Train®
Beef Sticks and Pounce Meaty Morsels® brands as well
as select dog snack and wet dog food products sold under
private label brands [which include] Ol' Roy dog treats
and canned dog foods, Dollar General dog treats and Happy
Tails dog treats and canned dog foods.
April
3, 2007: Menu Foods expands recall of selected "cuts
and gravy" products manufactured as far back as November
8, 2006.
April
4, 2007: FDA issues a directive to detain and not release
any wheat gluten products coming into the United States
from a Chinese company, Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology
Development Co, Ltd.
April 5, 2007: Senate Investigation is announced.
April 12, 2007: Senate Oversight Committee begins
the hearing processes, investigating the FDA and the Manufactures.
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