{"id":20,"date":"2007-04-20T11:07:50","date_gmt":"2007-04-20T15:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aplus-flint-river-ranch.com\/frrblog\/national-pet-food-recall-expands-blue-buffalo-royal-canin-recalled.html"},"modified":"2007-04-23T02:37:20","modified_gmt":"2007-04-23T06:37:20","slug":"national-pet-food-recall-expands-blue-buffalo-royal-canin-recalled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aplusflintriverranch.com\/frrblog\/national-pet-food-recall-expands-blue-buffalo-royal-canin-recalled.html","title":{"rendered":"National Pet Food Recall Expands; Blue Buffalo, Royal Canin Recalled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The national pet food recall has expanded once again, this time due to melamine toxin in a <em>rice protein concentrate<\/em> ingredient that has been imported by Wilbur-Ellis Co. of San Francisco, California, from Binzhou Futian Biology Technology Co. Ltd. in China (a separate Chinese company from the one that shipped the tainted <em>wheat gluten<\/em> ingredient).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the previously reported <strong>Natural Balance Pet Foods<\/strong> recall for its Venison and Brown Rice Dry Dog Food and Venison and Green Pea Dry Cat Food formulas manufactured by <strong>Diamond Pet Foods<\/strong>, <strong>Royal Canin<\/strong> has now recalled seven canine dry dog foods and one dry cat food formula, and <strong>Blue Buffalo<\/strong> has recalled one production run of its <em>Spa Select Kitten<\/em> dry cat food formula.<\/p>\n<p>The recalled Royal Canin foods are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Royal <em>Canin Chicken &#038; Rice Formula Senior Dog Food<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Royal Canin <em>Lamb &#038; Rice Formula Puppy<\/em> Dog Food<\/li>\n<li>Royal Canin <em>Lamb &#038; Rice Formula Adult<\/em> Dog Food<\/li>\n<li>Royal Canin <em>Lamb &#038; Rice Formula Senior<\/em> Dog Food<\/li>\n<li>Royal Canin <em>Rice &#038; Catfish Formula Adult<\/em> Dog Food<\/li>\n<li>Royal Canin Veterinary Diet <em>Canine Early Cardiac EC 22<\/em> Dog Food<\/li>\n<li>Royal Canin Veterinary Diet <em>Canine Canine Skin Support SS21<\/em> Dog Food<\/li>\n<li>Royal Canin Veterinary Diet <em>Feline Hypoallergenic HP23<\/em> Cat Food<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wilbur-Ellis announced that it had shipped its contaminated rice protein concentrate to five different pet food manufacturers, but it didn&#8217;t identify the companies by name.  So far three have been identified (Natural Balance via Diamond Pet Foods, Royal Canin, and Blue Buffalo).  The contaminated rice protein concentrate has also made its way into hog feed, according to Wilbur-Ellis.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information is available on our <a title=\"Menu Foods Cat and Dog Pet Food Recall News Alert\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aplus-flint-river-ranch.com\/define-menufoods-petfoodrecall.php\">Menu Foods recall<\/a>, <a title=\"The Royal Canin Veterinary Diets Dog Food Recall News Alert\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aplus-flint-river-ranch.com\/define-royalcanin-recall.php\">Royal Canin recall<\/a>, and <a title=\"Natural Balance Dog Food Recall News Alert\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aplus-flint-river-ranch.com\/recall-naturalbalance.php\">Natural Balance recall<\/a> news alert pages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_20\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"20\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aplusflintriverranch.com\/frrblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The national pet food recall has expanded once again, this time due to melamine toxin in a rice protein concentrate ingredient that has been imported by Wilbur-Ellis Co. of San Francisco, California, from Binzhou Futian Biology Technology Co. 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