From Nutro's website:
Nutro Products Orders Removal of All Wet Pet Food Products Made by Menu
Foods with Wheat Gluten
Nutro Dry Foods, Biscuits and Treats are NOT manufactured by Menu Foods
and are NOT Affected by Recall
City of Industry , Calif. (April 10, 2007)- Earlier today, Menu Foods
expanded its recall of wet pet food products to include additional wet pet
foods suspected of containing melamine from Chinese supplied wheat gluten.
Given this new information and the confusion in the marketplace, Nutro has
ordered ALL Nutro wet pouched and canned foods made with wheat gluten be
removed from store shelves regardless of the date of production and asks pet
owners to stop feeding those products to their pets. Nutro is taking this
action even though the Menu Foods press release indicates that only certain
dates of production at its plant were affected.
"Pet owners are fed up with confusing information regarding the Menu Foods
recall," said Dave Kravis, President and CEO of Nutro Products. "I had
previously ordered a broader recall of affected products than what Menu
Foods had suggested. Given this new information from Menu Foods, I have
ordered all wet pet food products containing wheat gluten to be removed from
store shelves. Our dry pet food is not made by Menu and remains unaffected
by the recall."
As a result of this new information, Nutro has suspended all shipments to
retail stores of Nutro's wet canned and pouch products that contain wheat
gluten until Nutro is able to confirm their safety.
Nutro Products is asking all customers who have the following Nutro wet pet
food products (which are made by Menu Foods and contain wheat gluten)
regardless of "best by date," to immediately stop feeding the products to
their pets.
All Cat Pouch Food Products
Listed Cat 3.0 oz can products
All Dog Pouch Food Products
Listed Dog 12.5 oz Canned Products
Nutro's products are 100% guaranteed and all returned product will be
refunded. Customers should return products affected by the recall to the
retail location where they purchased the product.
The Menu Foods wet pet food recall does not include Nutro's dry pet food.
Nutro's dry pet foods are not produced by Menu Foods and do not contain
wheat gluten. Nutro's dry pet foods, biscuits and treats - over 90% of the
pet food Nutro sells - are not involved in the recall and remain safe for
pets to eat. Menu manufactures only wet, canned and pouch products for
Nutro.
Nutro customers may check Nutro's website (
www.nutroproducts. com ) or
contact Nutro's Consumer Hotline (800) 833-5330 for further information
about its products. Nutro's website will be updated as more information
becomes available.
