Alpo (Purina) (verified via website 3/23/07)

Artemis - Holistic Pet Food

Aunt Jeni’s (Home Made 4 Life) (verified with company 3/22/07)
They make all their own food (no outsourcing)

• No wheat products of any kind

Azmira Holistic Animal Care Products

Back to Basics

Beneful (Nestle Purina)

Bil-Jac

Blue Buffalo

Blue Seal (verified by company 3/22/07)

• Brands include Blue Seal, Bright Life, By Nature, Life Stages
• Menu Foods manufactures - The Loaf Style wet, but it is not involved in the recall.
• Menu Foods is not used for any of their other products.

Breeder’s Choice

• Brands:  AvoDerm, Active Care, Advanced Pet Diets Select Choice, Health Food for Dogs, Pinnacle
• Консервы производятся Меню Фоод(Menu Food) но не связаны с данным отзовом кормов

Canidae

• Brands include Canidae and Felidae
• No products made by Menu Foods

Canine Caviar (verified via website 3/25/07)

• No products made by Menu Foods
• Products contain no wheat or corn

Castor & Pollux Pet Works (verified via website 3/23/07)

• Brands include Organix & Ultramix
• Wet foods made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.
• The wheat gluten product in tainted foods is not used in their foods.

Champion Petfoods, Ltd. (verified by company 3/25/07)

• Brands include Origen and Acana
• Own and operate their own production facilities in Morinville, Alberta, Canada
• They make their own foods exclusively - their mandate is to produce world-class foods from fresh regional ingredients. That means almost all of their ingredients (over 90% for ORIJEN) are raised, fished or farmed within western Canada.
• Only imported ingredients are lamb from New Zealand and rice from California - these are used in their ACANA brand foods.
• They do not, and never have, had their brands produced or co-packed by any other pet food producer.
• They do not use glutens or other vegetable proteins in any of their foods.
• ORIJEN and ACANA foods are not on any recall list.

Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul

Del Monte Pet Products

• Brands include Cycle, Gravy Train, Kibbles ‘n Bits, MeowMix, Nature’s Recipe, Reward, Skippy, 9Lives
• None of their products are manufactured by Menu Foods

Diamond Pet Foods

Drs. Foster & Smith Products

• Wet foods made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.

Eagle Pack

• Some products made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.

Evangers

• Manufactures and packs their own food.
• No products made by Menu Foods

Evolve Pet Food

• Brands include Evolve, Hi-Tor, and Triumph

Fancy Feast

Flint River Ranch

Friskies

Fromm Family Foods (verified via website 3/25/07)

• Canned foods are NOT made by Menu Foods
• Foods produced in a human food plant without wheat gluten or other grains.
• Canned food made with 100% pure meat, duck, chicken & fish, NOT reformed meat.
• No by-products used in theirdog and cat foods.
• Fromm Family Foods does not test on animals.
• Products are all-natural. Products made with binders to make reformed meat and products which use wheat gluten are NOT considered all-natural by their standards.

Go! Natural (Petcurean Pet Nutrition) (verified by company)

• Menu Foods manufactures wet food
• Dry foods manufactured at various Canadian Mills

Halo (verified via website 3/23/07)

• No products made by Menu Foods

Healthy Pet Products (verified by company 3/23/07)

• Manufactures all products in-house.

Hills Science Diet (verified via website 3/24/07)

• Menu Foods IS used for some wet Science Diet cat food products - these have been recalled. No other Science Diet foods are affected.

Hills Prescription Diet (verified via website 3/24/07)

Homestyle Select (verified via website 3/24/07)

• All foods are manufactured in their own plant in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.
• Their foods contain none of the suspect ingredients in the recall.

Kumpi (verified by Kumpi President, 3/24/07)

• Does not use Menu Foods for any products
• No soy, wheat gluten, wheat, or wheat source of any kind
• Manufacturer is Crosswind Petfood Industries, in Sabetha, KS. ‘Dries’ are procured from Lortscher Agriculture Services in Bern, KS (about eight miles from Sabetha)
• Only outsourced product is lamb from New Zealand

Lassie Natural Way (verified via website 3/24/07)

• No products made by Menu Foods
• Dry foods are wheat, corn, and soy free - and no meat by-products are used.

Mars Pet Food

• Brands include Cesar, Pedigree, Sheba, Whiskas

Merrick Pet Foods

• No products made by Menu Foods.
• All Merrick foods, dry, canned and treats are made by their own facility.

Natura Pet Products (verified with company 3/24/07)

• Brands include Innova, Evo, California Natural, Healthwise, Mother Nature, Karma Organic
• Manufacture their own dry food, using their own formulas
• They use only US suppliers - no ingredients come from China or other foreign countries.
• They use no corn or wheat products (including wheat gluten)
• Wet foods made by Menu Foods (S. Dakota plant) but not involved in the recall.

Natural Balance (verified via phone 3/23/07)

• Dry food is made at their own plant then shipped to the Diamond plant where it is bagged.
• Canned food is made at their own plant, then shipped to American Nutrition in Utah where it is canned. Natural Balance has their own line at American Nutrition and no other canned foods are run through Natural Balance’s equipment.

Nature’s Variety

• Brands include Nature’s Variety and Nature’s Variety Prairie
• Dry foods are outsourced, but not by Menu Foods.
• Frozen and freeze-dried raw foods are made in house.
• Canned foods made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.

Newman’s Own Organics

• At least some products made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.
• Products not produced in the suspect Menu Foods plants.
• Products do not contain wheat gluten.

Nutra Nuggets

Nutrience (verified via website 3/24/07)

• Nutrience dog and cat canned foods are not produced by Menu Foods
• Manufacturer does not use the supplier in question.
• Foods contain no wheat gluten and are formulated with human-grade meat only.

Old Mother Hubbard (verified via website 3/24/07)

• Wet foods made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.
• Products do not contain wheat, corn or soy, artificial preservatives, flavors or colors.

Performatrin

• Pets Valu’s Brand
• Majority of their wet food is made by Menu Foods in Canada
• Some products (excluding Ultra) are made by Menu Foods in the US, however not at the plant in Kansas, Missouri, and are not included in the recall.
• None of their wet or dry products contain wheat gluten

PetGuard Organics

Pet Promise (verified via website 3/25/07)

• No products made by Menu Foods

Precise (verified by company 3/22/07)

• Verified their products are not on the recall list but when asked if they use Menu Foods to manufacture any of their products I was told that information was “confidential.”

Premium Edge

Professional Pet Food

Purina Dog Chow

Purina One

Purina Pro Plan

Purina Veterinary Diets

PHD Products

Royal Canin

Solid Gold Health Food for Pets

• No products made by Menu Foods.
• Dry food made by Diamond.

Timber Wolf Organics (verified by company)

• When contacted, they refused to say whether or not their food is made by Menu Foods, and said they can’t give out that information.

Trader Joe’s

• Wet food manufactured by Menu Foods but not involved in recall. As a precaution, they are recalling all canned foods.

Verus Pet Foods

Wellness (verified via website 3/24/07)

• Products do not contain wheat, corn or soy, artificial preservatives, flavors or colors.

Whole Foods 365 Everyday Value (verified by company rep 3/23/07)

• When asked, they would neither admit or deny that Menu Foods is their manufacturer - the name(s) of their manufacturer(s) is “confidential.”
• “Raw ingredient that caused the illnesses reported was not beingused in our products.”

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