Can Any commercial pet food be trusted? latest fda recall notice recalling some products from blue buffalo?
Question by darlin12009: Can Any commercial pet food be trusted? latest fda recall notice recalling some products from blue buffalo?
Blue Buffalo Recalls Can and Biscuit Products Due To Tampering By American Nutrition Inc.
Contact:
Consumer Inquiries:
1-800-919-2833
Media Inquiries:
David Petrie
1-203-762-9751
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Wilton, Connecticut, April 26, 2007- We at the Blue Buffalo Company have just learned that American Nutrition Inc. (ANI), the manufacturer of all our cans and biscuits, has been adding rice protein concentrate to our can formulas without our knowledge and without our approval. This is product tampering, and it apparently has been going on for some time. The can formulas that we developed, and trusted them to produce, never contained any rice protein concentrate. It appears that only an FDA investigation of ANI’s rice protein concentrate supplies forced them to reveal this product tampering to us.
While this activity by ANI is in itself unlawful, the situation is further clouded by the fact that ANI has been receiving rice protein concentrate from Wilber-Ellis, some of which the FDA has determined to be contaminated with melamine.
So while no BLUE or Spa Select canned product has tested positive for the presence of melamine, and there has been no reported illness due to any of our canned products, we simply cannot be sure of what ANI has been including in our formulas. For this reason, we have decided to remove all of our canned and biscuit products from retail distribution. While this may seem to many to be a major over-reaction, as other ANI customers will probably only recall the products that tested positive for melamine, we see this as a matter of integrity.
We founded Blue Buffalo on the principle of providing dogs and cats with the highest quality and most nutritious food, and we will not sell any product that doesn’t meet this standard. And under these circumstances, we cannot say that any products manufactured by ANI measure up.
The obvious question is “how could Blue Buffalo not know that ANI was putting rice protein concentrate into our canned food?” The answer is we trusted them. In business and in life, we all trust our partners to deal with us honestly. When we buy produce from our local grocery store, we are trusting growers, shippers and a series of handlers to have delivered a product that is safe and nutritious for our family. If any one of these parties betrays our trust, contaminated products can make their way to our dinner table.
And while we test for known toxins and contaminants, we don’t test for protein sources, like rice protein concentrate, especially when we did not formulate our products to contain them.
In the end, this all comes down to an issue of integrity, and ANI has not been honest with us and with the pet parents who buy our products. We will not put any product made by ANI on the shelf, and are temporarily withdrawing an important part of our business in order to be true to our pet parents.
We have already started the process of identifying a can and biscuit manufacturer with whom we can build a partnership based on trust. Once we have accomplished this, BLUE and Spa Select cans and BLUE Health Bars will be reintroduced with the high quality and superior nutrition that our brand stands for and that dogs and cats deserve.
We have informed our retail partners and the FDA about this action and will be cooperating with them to complete this recall quickly. The specific product involved includes all “BLUE” brand can dog foods, all “Spa Select” brand can cat foods and all “BLUE Health Bar” treats.
Consumers who have unused or partially used packages of any of these products should return them to their place of purchase for a complete refund.
All “BLUE” dry natural food for dogs and “Spa Select” dry natural foods for cats are not affected by this recall and are safe for consumption. Should consumers have a specific question, they can call the Company at 1-800-919-2833, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT, to receive more information.
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Answer by Goldengal
So far Candiae is squeaky clean! Thats what I feed my dogs and I am so happy with it and so are my dogs.
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What are some good, fun, stupid things to do at a 3 girl sleepover?!? Help?!?
Question by Andrea Gauthier: What are some good, fun, stupid things to do at a 3 girl sleepover?!? Help?!?
Me and my two friends are having a sleepover and we have nothing sorta planned to do :/ we all love fashion and designing things and making outfits 🙂 also stupid immature things that are awesomely fun 😛 lol Any ideas on some activities we should do?!? Thanks 🙂
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Do you wish to correct some mistakes , re-design the life and start it in new way … ?
Question by : Do you wish to correct some mistakes , re-design the life and start it in new way … ?
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Answer by Feels like tonight
Nope
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What are some of the product slogans/company slogans, jingles, and/or commercials you recall from years ago?
Question by sweetmamasam: What are some of the product slogans/company slogans, jingles, and/or commercials you recall from years ago?
If you want to name your favorite(s), they can be from past to present-day!
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Answer by Ralph T
Burma Shave had verse signs along the road side.
L.S.M.F.T. – Lucky Strike (cigarettes) Means Fine Tobacco
The bell hop that yelled “Call for Phillip Morris” another cigarette commercial.
The jingle for “Mr. Clean”
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Q&A: What would some design specifications be for a device that can intercept a bullet?
Question by blonde_haired_blue_eyed_gurl: What would some design specifications be for a device that can intercept a bullet?
Something that can be carried by a police officer that would detect a bullet being fired at the officer and intercept it. I list some specifications for my engineering class and i dont know where to start. Just some ideas.
ALSO if your going to say something rude dont bother answering. Im not stupid i just need some help. I am stressed out and just having some mental blockage, so please just shoot some ideas.
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Answer by lee26loo
It needs a 360 degrees precision radar to detect the flying bullet,a powerful laser to shoot and melt down the bullet ,a super fast computer,a smart programming software design and the control system (interfaces) to link them together.
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What are some free programs that design magazine covers?
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I’m in a creative mood….I wanna find a program that can help me design magazine covers just for fun. Like those stupid little teenie magazines….I want to design some fun magazine covers, but I need a program that is free and will work on the mac.
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Answer by Jem
I think you can use GIMP – www.gimp.org/macintosh/ they have a mac version and as far as i know its free to use.
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Q&A: Why are some people stupid enough to believe in intelligent design?
Question by Chris M: Why are some people stupid enough to believe in intelligent design?
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Answer by mindtrick
Because believing in a God makes them peaceful and calm.
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Having some stupid web design trouble, need help.?
Question by KPizzle: Having some stupid web design trouble, need help.?
So yeah, basically I haven’t even really added anything yet. All I’m trying to do is get a background color and a background image set and to repeat horizontally in a external style sheet. I can’t seem to find any errors in my XHTML file and everything seems like it should. I did link the file in the XHTML so I don’t know whats happening, maybe I did something wrong, I don’t know. I can’t find the problem. When I upload it to my host to see if it works, absolutely nothing comes up, not the colors, nor the image. I’m not very good at web design yet, so any tips will also be appreciated.
Here’s the XHTML part of it:
And here’s the style sheet link:
http://www.anakesmedia.com/style.css
Thanks
Damn, I still have a shit-load to learn. Thanks James. you got +10 once I can pick.
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Answer by James
Take out the # sign in the CSS.
You only use a number sign if you are referring to a div’s id, like if you had done this:
Then, you would have to refer to that by #body. When you just want to address the actual body of your HTML, you don’t use it.
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What are some of the worst/biggest consumer product recalls ever?
Question by Jay C: What are some of the worst/biggest consumer product recalls ever?
I’m trying to research the biggest, most publicized and damaging product recalls in history. Firestone tires, Tylenol, and the Ford Pinto come to mind. Are there any other product recalls similar in severity? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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Answer by lovingula
I think Nova or something which was a car manufactured in South American country. It doesnt sell at all because in Spanish Nova means no go and there is nobody who would like to buy a car that doesnt go. Its hard recalling bad products. Good luck
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