| May 14, 2007 (3:30 pm CDT)
Cereal Byproducts Company recalls rice protein concentrate produced in China
Cereal Byproducts Company of Mt. Prospect, Illinois announced today that the FDA has determined there are melamine and/or melamine type derivatives in the rice protein concentrate produced by a single source Chinese supplier, Binzhou Futian Biology Technology Co. Ltd., and purchased by Cereal Byproducts Company through a local domestic importer. Cereal Byproducts shipped the recalled product to a total of three customers located in the Midwest between July 19, 2006 and March 14, 2007.
The FDA previously found melamine and/or melamine derivatives in Wilbur-Ellis Company's rice protein concentrate, which was purchased from the same Chinese supplier as Cereal Byproducts.
For more information see the FDA press release at http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/cerealbyproducts05_07.html.
NOTE of clarification: The company press release, dated May 4, 2007, refers to "rice protein concentrate" as the contaminated ingredient. On May 8, 2007 the FDA announced that wheat flour, mislabeled as wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate, was actually the contaminated ingredient in all cases related to the massive pet food recall that began March 16. See the AVMA press release for more information on this topic.
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