Pet Food Recall: Menu Foods Recalls All Foods Containing Wheat Gluten

Pet food recall Update - A new recall has hit in what seems like the never ending recall of dog and cat foods.  A press release has been issued that notes that all Menu Foods pet food with ChemNutra wheat gluten will be voluntarily recalled.  The company notes that in response to a news release - issued by ChemNutra Inc.during the evening of April 3, 2007 - Menu Foods today voluntarily expanded its pet food recall for selected "cuts and gravy" pet food products, manufactured back to November 8, 2006.
   
ChemNutra Inc., a former supplier of wheat gluten to Menu Foods, announced a recall of all wheat gluten it imported from Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co. in Wangdien, China. As a result, Menu Foods today announced an expansion of its recall to include all products manufactured with wheat gluten purchased from ChemNutra Inc. which Menu Foods' records show was first used on November 8, 2006 and last used on
March 6, 2007.

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As a result of actions previously taken by Menu Foods, the vast majority of the products affected by this expansion are already off retailers' shelves. No new brands have been added. A total of 20 varieties have been added to the recall list and the additional varieties are listed at this link. All Menu Foods products not made with the recalled wheat gluten are safe to consume.

   
A complete and updated list of recalled products is available at the Menu Foods website at http://www.menufoods.com.