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

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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 below.

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 below.

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

Del Monte Pet Products are 100% guaranteed and all returned product will be refunded.

Del Monte Pet Products customers can visit our website (www.delmonte.com) or contact our Consumer Hotline at [phone] for further information about the recall and for instructions on obtaining a product refund.

Following is a list of the Products and Best Buy Dates that have been voluntarily recalled:

		Production Code/Best By Date
BRANDED
Jerky Treats Beef Flavor	Code:	TP7C05	TP7B07	TP7B08	TP7B09	TP6B10
Dog Snacks	Best By:	Aug 05 08	Aug 07 08	Aug 08 08	Aug 09 08	Aug 10 08
	Code:	TP7B15	TP7C05	TP7C06
	Best By:	Aug 15 08	Sep 02 08	Sep 03 08
Gravy Train Beef Sticks	Code:	TP7B19	TP7B20	TP7B21
Dog Snacks	Best By:	Aug 19 08	Aug 20 08	Aug 21 08
Pounce Meaty Morsels Moist	Code:	TP7C07	TP7C12
Chicken Flavor Cat Treats	Best By:	Sep 04 08	Sep 09 08
PRIVATE LABEL
Ol' Roy Beef Flavor Jerky Strips	Code:	TP7B06	TP7B07	TP7C05	TP7C06	TP7C07
Dog Treats	Best By:	Aug 06 08	Aug 07 08	Sep 02 08	Sep 03 08	Sep 04 08
	Code:	TP7C08
	Best By:	Sep 05 08
Ol' Roy Beef Flavor Snack	Code:	TP7B19	TP7B20	TP7B21	TP7C08	TP7C09
Sticks Dog Treats	Best By:	Aug 19 08	Aug 20 08	Aug 21 08	Sep 05 08	Sep 06 08
Ol' Roy Bark'n Bac'n Beef &	Code:	TP7C14
Bacon Flavor Dog Treats	Best By:	Sep 11 08
Ol' Roy with Beef Hearty Cuts	Code:	BC6M21
in Gravy Dog Food	Best By:	Dec 21 09
Ol' Roy with Beef Hearty Strips	Code:	BC7A19
in Gravy Dog Food	Best By:	Jan 19 10
Ol' Roy Country Stew Hearty	Code:	BC6M15
Cuts in Gravy Dog Food	Best By:	Dec 15 09
Dollar General Beef Flavored	Code:	TP7C06
Jerky Strips Dog Treats	Best By:	Sep 03 08
Dollar General Beef Flavored	Code:	TP7B20	TP7B21
Beef Sticks Dog Treats	Best By:	Aug 20 08	Aug 21 08
Happy Tails Beef Flavor	Code:	TPY7B08	TP7B09
Jerky Strips	Best By:	Aug 08 08	Aug 09 08
Happy Tails Meaty Cuts with Beef	Code:	BC7A29
in Gravy Dog Food	Best By:	Jan 29 10

As part of the pet community, we value the health and well-being of pets, and we deeply regret this unfortunate situation. We will continue to take any and all actions necessary to ensure the quality and safety of our products.