Pet Vitamin & Supplement Recall - Salmonella detected

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 2, 2010 – United Pet Group, Cincinnati, Ohio is voluntarily expanding its recent recall of its Pro-Pet Adult Daily Vitamin Supplement tablets for Dogs to include additional pet nutritional supplement products for dogs and cats due to possible Salmonella contamination. The list of recalled products is provided below. The Food and Drug Administration is aware of this recall.

The recalled products are sold nationally at various retailers. The products include various United Pet Group Pro-Pet and Excel branded products for dogs and cats, and certain other private label brands of the same products. All of the affected products are in tablet and powdered form. These products are being removed from retail stores and consumers should immediately stop feeding these supplements to their pets. The affected products are those with expiration dates that include and are between "01/2013" and "06/2013." Products with expiration dates earlier than 01/2013 or later than 06/2013 are not included in this recall. The expiration date can be found imprinted vertically on the right side of the product label.

Laboratory testing has revealed that some lots of some of these products may be contaminated with Salmonella. The company is recalling the additional products out of an abundance of caution.


See the full list of products:

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm217999.htm

[livetohike]

1. Thanks for posting this

:hi: The vitamins I give Murphy are on the list. :-(

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Thanks for posting this...important info.

[livetohike]

3. Just mailed Murphy's vitamins back to the company

They will pay shipping and handling in addition to the cost of the product.