Jerky Treats, Pounce and Gravy Train among brands in Del Monte Recall

Del Monte Pet Products Voluntarily Withdraws Specific Product Codes of Pet Treats and Wet Dog Food Products

As a precautionary measure, Del Monte Pet Products is voluntarily recalling 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.

A complete list of affected brands and products is on the Del Monte web site.

The Company took this voluntary recall action immediately after learning this morning from the FDA that wheat gluten supplied to Del Monte Pet Products from a specific manufacturing facility in China contained melamine. Melamine is a substance not approved for use in food. The FDA made this finding as part of its ongoing investigation into the recent pet food recall.

The adulteration occurred in a limited production quantity on select product codes of the brands below. This recall removes all Del Monte pet products with wheat gluten procured from this manufacturing facility from retail shelves.

No other Del Monte Pet Products treats, biscuits or wet dog food products are impacted by this recall, and no Del Monte dry cat food, dry dog food, wet cat food or pouched pet foods are subject to this voluntary recall. The affected products comprise less than one-tenth of one percent of Del Monte Pet Products' annual pet food and pet treat production.

Del Monte Pet Products has proactively engaged and fully cooperated with the FDA since the start of its investigation. The adulterated ingredients were used in limited production over the last three months for those items identified by specific product codes. Del Monte Pet Products has not used wheat gluten from this manufacturing facility in China in any other pet products except those described on the Del Monte web site.

Consumers should discontinue feeding the products with the Product Codes detailed below to their pets.

Del Monte Pet Products are 100% guaranteed and all voluntarily recalled products will be refunded.

Del Monte Pet Products customers can contact our Consumer Hotline at (800) 949-3799 for further information about the recall and for instructions on obtaining a product refund. If consumers visit our website, they can click on the "Contact Us" button and submit the Contact Us form, including UPC number, product name, Best By Date, and manufacturing code information (located under the Best By date). Consumers may also write to us at:
Del Monte
P.O. Box 80
Pittsburgh PA 15230-0080.

Comments

[Elizabeth]

If your vet sells Hills products (Science Diet), do not take any nutrition advice from them. Contrary to what I thought at first, there are few veterinarians who are dog nutrionists. Many veterinarians are offered incentives when they sell Science Diet or other commercial pet foods in their clinics. There are only a handful of vets, that are willing to give up these incentives and tell you the truth about the dog food industry. Science Diet, and any other commercial pet food (Iams, Eukanuba, Purina, etc..) are lower quality foods. Question the objectivity of any vet in the news or other that tell you otherwise.

Do not buy any commercial pet foods,'premium' foods are almost as bad as any grocery brand dog food. The commercial dog food industry has made gazillions of money turning their production waste into dog food, and selling this at a ‘premium’ price. Advertising and the media, controlled by the corporate giants such as Proctor and Gamble (Iams), Colgate-Palmolive (Hills Pet Nutrition), and Heinz (9 lives, Kibbles –n-bits) are key players, and cover up that the dog food industry is really an extension of the human food and agriculture industries. Anything that the pet food distributor does not add to the food themselves, does not have to be put on the label.

Do not trust dog food labels. They tell you to look at the first five ingredients, and if the first one is a meat such as ‘chicken’ or ‘lamb’ then it is supposed to be good. It is not. There are many contrived rules to pet food labeling, ingredients are listed in order of their weight. It takes hours to understand how to properly read a label. For example, According to US Coast Guard regulations Fish Meal not destined for human consumption has to be preserved with ethoxyquin, but since this comes from the distributor, you won’t find it on the final label.

The safest thing you can do for your pet, is to switch to a natural food that guarantees they only use human-grade ingredients. Then supplement that with home-cooked ingredients and meats. Contact a dog nutritionist to get a consultation for your dog- you can get this done for under $50. You will save on vet bills in the end.

[Nancy]

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[STACY]

I HAVE WORKED WITH THIS COMPANY MANY YEARS AND WAS APPALLED AT THE WAY SOME THE PRODUCT WAS BEING DONE EMPLOYEES WALKING OVER IT IN THE STORAGE BINS, RECLAIMING IT OFF THE FLOOR TO REPACKAGE, THE STUFF THAT THE METAL DETECTORS DID NOT KICK OUT GOT PACKAGED I WAS AS SHAMMED TO HAVE PACKED IT I EVEN GOT IN TROUBLE SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF REPORTING THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT TO THE LAB FOR TESTING AND NOT TO MENTION THE WAY IT TREATS ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THAT TRY TO WORK FOR THEM LOOK AT THE TURN OVER RATE, THE MANAGEMENT NEEDS A HUGE OVERHAUL!!! THE QUALITY IS NO GOOD ALOT OF THE EMPLOYEES DO NOT EVEN BUY THE PET FOOD DOG OR CAT!

STACY ZIMMERMAN

[STACY]

I HAVE WORKED WITH THIS COMPANY MANY YEARS AND WAS APPALLED AT THE WAY SOME THE PRODUCT WAS BEING DONE EMPLOYEES WALKING OVER IT IN THE STORAGE BINS, RECLAIMING IT OFF THE FLOOR TO REPACKAGE, THE STUFF THAT THE METAL DETECTORS DID NOT KICK OUT GOT PACKAGED I WAS AS SHAMMED TO HAVE PACKED IT I EVEN GOT IN TROUBLE SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF REPORTING THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT TO THE LAB FOR TESTING AND NOT TO MENTION THE WAY IT TREATS ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THAT TRY TO WORK FOR THEM LOOK AT THE TURN OVER RATE, THE MANAGEMENT NEEDS A HUGE OVERHAUL!!! THE QUALITY IS NO GOOD ALOT OF THE EMPLOYEES DO NOT EVEN BUY THE PET FOOD DOG OR CAT!

STACY ZIMMERMAN