Here is a list of foods supposedly not effected by the recall. Well, that's today they aren't but yesterday neither was Del Monte so how do we know they will not be recalled tomorrow????
And notice just how many are made at the same plants or factories!! I am shocked as I did not know it was this bad. What if a company runs a batch right behind a contaminated batch by another company?
Daily more products are being recalled so right now I don't feel much of anything is safe. I guess tomorrow I will go buy chicken and rice and make my own until this is under control.
How can this all have happened just suddenly like this? I am beginning to feel very paranoid and wondering if this is some sort of attack or attempt to contaminate the entire food supply? It is massive and growing by the day! Wassup with all this, anyway???
So just because a food is listed as OK TODAY does NOT mean it will be OK tomorrow!
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[updated March 31, 7:47 pm CST]
With the massive pet food recall that is going on, I have had people asking me what pet food is safe. At this point, feeding our pets any commercially prepared food can feel quite risky. The following companies have made statements that their food is not affected by the Menu Foods recall. Keep in mind that we are not “recommending” any of these foods. Rather, we’re compiling a list of foods that are reported safe by the manufacturers.
For those with just the business name listed, we have obtained information from their websites. We will be contacting them for further information and will update the list appropriately as soon as possible.
IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT SHARING THIS LIST: Obviously we want the word to get out to as many people as possible about what is and is NOT on the recall list. This list is meant to be shared, but rather than copying and pasting the list on other websites, please direct people to this post. That way people will have the most up-to-date version. I’d hate to remove a business name because of new findings and have that not show up on other versions of the list.
Abady Dog Food Company, Ltd. (verified with company president 3/28/07)
No products made by Menu Foods
Products do not contain wheat gluten
All ingredients are from US suppliers
Most products are manufactured in their own facility
Food that is outsourced is manufactured with Abady formulas
All American Pet Company (verified by company 3/30/07)
Brands Include Bow Wow Breakfast, Chompions, Barkfast Squares, and Chewa-Bunga
No products made by Menu Foods (never have used them)
Manufacturer is CJ Foods
All ingredients are from US suppliers
No products contain wheat gluten
Artemis - Holistic Pet Food (verified by company 3/26/07)
Do not use Menu Foods but will not disclose name of manufacturer.
All ingredients are from the USA except New Zealand lamb.
They test every batch and submit a sample to the USDA for testing.
Test for proximates, salmonella, bacteria.
No wheat corn, soy, or wheat gluten is used in their products
Aunt Jeni’s (Home Made 4 Life) (verified by company 3/22/07)
They make all their own food (no outsourcing)
No wheat products of any kind
Azmira Holistic Animal Care Products (verified by company 3/26/07)
Manufacturer of canned foods is “proprietary information” but they are not involved in recall.
Only supplies/ingredients that do not come from the US are lamb from New Zealand, and sea meal from Scotland.
Back to Basics (verified by company 3/30/07)
No products made by Menu Foods (have never used Menu)
Manufactured by Chenango Valley Pet Foods in Sherburne, NY, a USDA inspected Facility
No wheat, soy, gluten products of any kind, sugar, fillers or byproducts
No Chemicals or Artificial Preservatives
All human-grade ingredients
All ingredients are from US suppliers - suppliers do not outsource for their ingredients
Rigorous testing is performed due to finished product export to other countries.
Manufacturer of Back to Basics is not amongst the dry foods being investigated for possible melamine contamination
Beneful (Nestle Purina)
Bil-Jac (verified via website 3/27/07)
No products made by Menu Foods
All grains used in Bil-Jac products are grown and harvested domestically.
Blackwood Pet Food (verified by company 3/28/07)
Brands include Adirondack and Blackwood
No products made by Menu Foods
Foods manufactured by Ohio Pet Foods and Evangers
No wheat gluten is used in their products
All domestic ingredients except for lamb from New Zealand
Blue Buffalo (verified by company 3/27/07)
Brands include BLUE for dogs, and Spa Select for Cats
No products made by Menu Foods (have never used Menu)
Products do not contain wheat gluten, soy, or corn
All ingredients from US except lamb from New Zealand
They do not manufacture food in their own facility. Manufacturer is confidential but they have their own vets and staff on location at all times and ingredients are tested before and after each run.
Blue Seal (verified by company 3/22/07)
Brands include Blue Seal, Bright Life, By Nature, Life Stages
Menu Foods manufactures Blue Seal - 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 (verified by company 3/27/07)
Brands include Active Care, Advanced Pet Diets Select Choice, AvoDerm Select Cuts, Health Food for Dogs, Pinnacle
Canned manufactured by Menu Foods, and American Nutrition
The only products manufactured for them by Menu Foods are AvoDerm 3oz. can and Pinnacle canned dog & cat food
The only product they use wheat gluten in is Active Care cat treats (healthy joint treats)
Canidae (verified by company 3/28/07)
Brands include Canidae and Felidae
No products made by Menu Foods
All ingredients are grown in the US and are also processed here.
No wheat gluten is used in their products.
All products are free of corn, wheat, soy and all grain fractions
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.
Cesar
See Mars Pet Food
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
See Diamond Pet Foods
Del Monte Pet Products
Brands include Cycle, Kibbles ‘n Bits, MeowMix, Nature’s Recipe, Reward, Skippy, 9Lives
Diamond Pet Foods (verified by company 3/28/07)
Brands include Diamond, Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul, Nutra Nuggets, Premium Edge, Professional Pet Food
No products made by Menu Foods
All foods contain US and Canadian ingredients
Manufacture their own dry food
Canned foods made by American Nutrition
Drs. Foster & Smith Products (verified by company 3/29/07)
Wet foods made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.
Dry foods manufactured by Chenango Valley Foods
All grain and meat products are from the US
No wheat gluten is used in the products manufactured at Menu
Eagle Pack (verified by company 3/27/07)
Brands include Eagle Pack Holistic Select, Eagle Pack Super Premium, Hy-Dration, Prism
Loaf style canned food is made by Menu Foods to their unique formulas, but not part of the recall.
They do not use any “ingredients that are common to the recalled product.”
Products contain no wheat gluten.
Only non US ingredient is lamb meat imported from New Zealand and/or Australia.
Onsite lab tests incoming ingredients and finished food
USDA/APHIS inspected and EU approved
Evangers (verified by company 3/28/07)
No products made by Menu Foods
No products contain wheat gluten, fillers, or preservatives
They’re a privately owned company that manufactures their own food as well as manufacturing food for other private labels.
All ingredients domestic except for New Zealand or Australian lamb, on request.
Evolve Pet Food
Brands include Evolve, Hi-Tor, Pet Gold, and Triumph
Please Note: Numerous attempts to contact them have been unsuccessful. One phone number works but is a recording saying they are not part of the recall. Another number is not in working order. Emails have been returned as undeliverable.
Fancy Feast
Flint River Ranch (verified by company 3/27/07)
No products made by Menu Foods
Manufacture their own foods with US suppliers
No products contain wheat gluten
Friskies
Fromm Family Foods (verified via website 3/25/07)
Canned foods are NOT made by Menu Foods.
Canned foods made in China. See this post for explanation from Frommes.
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 their dog 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 3/31/07)
Menu Foods manufactures wet food but are not involved in the recall
Dry foods manufactured at various Canadian Mills
No products contain wheat gluten
Great Life (verified by company 3/29/07)
Their only brand is Great Life
No products made by Menu Foods (have never used them)
No product contain wheat gluten
All ingredients are organic and come from the US
They do not manufacture their own food. Name of manufacturer is confidential.
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.
Holistic Blend (verified by website 3/31/07)
Products contain human grade ingredients
Certified Organic Ingredients
Formulated to exceed AAFCO standards
Animals are not used for product testing
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)
No products made by Menu Foods
Specially formulated by multi-species nutritionist
No soy, by-products or wheat sources
Manufactured by Crosswind Petfood Industries
USDA/APHIS inspected and meats utilized are EU approved
Voluntarily regulated by American Institute of Baking (i.e. held to human bakery standards)
All grains are American grown and regulated
Food is tested before, during and after production
Kumpi Pet Foods does not test on animals
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.
Life’s Abundance by Healthy Pet Net (verified by company 3/28/07)
One product manufactured by Menu Foods but not in the suspect facility
Most products are manufactured by Ohio Pet Foods
Products do not contain wheat gluten or corn
All products are human quality
Mars Pet Food (verified by company 3/28/07)
Brands include Cesar, Pedigree, Sheba, The Good Life, Whiskas
No products made by Menu Foods
All products manufactured by Mars Pet Food
Wheat gluten is used in some products but they get it from a different supplier than Menu Foods
Merrick Pet Foods (verified by company 3/29/07)
Their only brand is Merrick
No products made by Menu Foods
All Merrick foods, dry, canned, and treats are made in their own
facility.
All ingredients are from the US
Products do not contain wheat gluten
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 by company 3/27/07)
For more information on Natural Balance, please see this post.
No products made by Menu Foods.
Dry food is manufactured at Diamond, with Natural Balance machinery, by Natural Balance employees. Natural Balance personnel are the only ones to work with the machines and products. Diamond packages the products.
Canned food is manufactured at American Nutrition in Utah, with Natural
Balance machinery, by Natural Balance employees. Natural Balance personnel are the only ones to work with the machines and products. American Nutrition in Utah packages the products.
Products contain no wheat gluten.
All ingredients are from the US except for lamb and venison from New Zealand.
Food is tested before and after production.
Please note: Contrary to what I was told by Natural Balance, Diamond has confirmed that they manufacture dry food for Natural Balance. Additionally, American Nutrition has verified that they manufacture canned food for Natural Balance.
Nature’s Variety (verified by CEO 3/27/07)
Brands include Nature’s Variety, Nature’s Variety Prairie, and Nature’s Variety Raw Instinct.
Canned foods made by Menu Foods but not involved in the recall.
Dry foods are outsourced, but not by Menu Foods.
Frozen and freeze-dried raw foods are made in house.
All grains used are of US origin, except flax seed, which they get from Canada.
No wheat gluten is used in their products, or in the plant that manufactures their dry foods.
Neura (verified by company rep 3/26/07)
“Menu does make some of our canned cat and canned dog foods. They make
OUR recipes according to OUR quality standards.”
“We have procedures in place to clean between each run of food that is produced. We also inspect the plant regularly to audit their procedures. Since we take our quality very seriously we go above and beyond what is expected in the industry. We are happy to tell you that we require our facilities to pass an audit by Cook & Thurber, a HUMAN FOOD auditing firm.”
Other manufacturers are used besides Menu Foods.
Products do not contain wheat, corn or soy, artificial preservatives, flavors or colors.
Newman’s Own Organics (verified by company PR firm 3/30/07)
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.
All ingredients are certified by Oregon Tilth.
Nutra Nuggets
See Diamond Pet Foods
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 by company 3/26/07)
“Menu does make some of our canned cat and canned dog foods. They make
OUR recipes according to OUR quality standards.”
“We have procedures in place to clean between each run of food that is produced. We also inspect the plant regularly to audit their procedures. Since we take our quality very seriously we go above and beyond what is expected in the industry. We are happy to tell you that we require our facilities to pass an audit by Cook & Thurber, a HUMAN FOOD auditing firm.”
Other manufacturers are used besides Menu Foods.
Products do not contain wheat, corn or soy, artificial preservatives, flavors or colors.
Pedigree
See Mars Pet Food
Performatrin (verified by company)
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
Please Note: I have been unable to verify anything with PetGuard other than the fact that their website says their foods are “not affected by the recall.” This is not the same as saying “we do not use menu.” I have emailed a number of times and have called and spoken with someone a couple of times as well who assured me they would call back with information I had requested. As of 3/31/07 they have not.
Pet Promise (verified via website 3/25/07)
No products made by Menu Foods
PMI Nutrition (verified by company 3/26/07)
No products made by Menu Foods
Brands include PMI Nutrition and PMI Nutrition Exclusive
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
See Diamond Pet Foods
Professional Pet Food
See Diamond Pet Foods
Purina Dog Chow
Purina One
Purina Pro Plan
Purina Veterinary Diets
PHD Products
Royal Canin (verified by company 3/28/07)
Brands include Canine Health Nutrition, Feline Health Nutrition, Kasco, Sensible Choice, as well as prescription available through veterinarians.
Menu foods is used for a limited number of foods
They also have their own production facility
They do use wheat gluten, but when asked if they used the same source as Menu Foods, I was told that was “proprietary information.”
Sheba
See Mars Pet Food
Solid Gold Health Food for Pets (verified by company 3/29/07)
No products made by Menu Foods.
Dry food made by Diamond.
The Honest Kitchen (verified by company 3/28/07)
No products made by Menu Foods.
Food is contracted to company manufactures human food. The Honest Kitchen is the only pet food they manufacture.
All ingredients are human grade and domestic
Products to not contain wheat gluten, soy or corn
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 by company 3/26/07)
“Menu does make some of our canned cat and canned dog foods. They make
OUR recipes according to OUR quality standards.”
“We have procedures in place to clean between each run of food that is produced. We also inspect the plant regularly to audit their procedures. Since we take our quality very seriously we go above and beyond what is expected in the industry. We are happy to tell you that we require our facilities to pass an audit by Cook & Thurber, a HUMAN FOOD auditing firm.”
Other manufacturers are used besides Menu Foods.
Products do not contain wheat, corn or soy, artificial preservatives, flavors or colors.
Whiskas
See Mars Pet Food
Whole Foods 365 Everyday Value (verified by company 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 being used in our products.”
Wysong (verified by company 3/27/07)
Menu Foods is used for 2 canned products but not involved in recall. These are Au Jus (chicken, duck, turkey, NOT rabbit) and Stew & Gravy (beef & chicken)
All other foods manufactured in their own facilities (2 factories) in the US.
No wheat gluten is used in their products.
All products are from the US
IMPORTANT:
Do not take this list as the final word. It is neither an endorsement of any foods listed, nor is it a complete list of all pet foods that are not on the recall list. There undoubtedly are other foods that are not on the recall list. We are adding them as we find out about them and verify their status.
Please check with the manufacturer of your pet’s food…check their website or call them. Also, as more pet foods are being added to the list of recalled pet foods, it’s imperative that you continue to check the Menu Foods recall list at
http://menufoods.com/recall/ And if you find out your pet has eaten any of the recalled food, call your vet immediately.
And again, as stated above, if you’d like to share this list, please direct people to this website rather than copying it. This will ensure people have the most up-to-date version.
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Note the last comment and be sure to keep checking for updates as there are very likely to be daily additions! Unfortunately!