[Vision2020] FW: Wilbur-Ellis Voluntarily Recalls Rice Protein Concentrate

[Saundra Lund]

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:

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2101493,00.html

 

<sigh>

 

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Wilbur-Ellis Voluntarily Recalls Rice Protein Concentrate


Contact:
Ann Barlow  
415-438-9826; 925-200-6539  
Deborah Brown
212-931-6113

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- 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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Consumers with questions about the pet food they use should visit the FDA
Web site at www.fda.gov <http://www.fda.gov/> .

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