Recall expands to dry food

From Hill's:

In accordance with its over-riding commitment to pet health and well-being, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food from the market. Hill's is taking this precautionary action because during a two-month period in early 2007, wheat gluten for this product was provided by a company that also supplied wheat gluten to Menu Foods. U.S. Food and Drug Administration tests of wheat gluten samples from this period show the presence of a small amount of melamine. Prescription Diet m/d Feline Dry represents less than one half of one percent of all Hill's products.

This is the only product Hill's currently sells in the United States and Canada that contains wheat gluten from any supplier. No other Hill's Prescription Diet® or Science Diet® products are affected by this voluntary recall. Hill's Science Diet Savory Cuts Feline canned cat foods, manufactured by Menu Foods, were previously withdrawn from the market as a precaution. Together with this earlier withdrawal, less than 1% of all Hill's products have been affected.

The voluntary recall of Hill's Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food involves discontinuation of all retail sales and product retrieval from sellers. This recall does not include Prescription Diet m/d Feline canned food which contains no wheat gluten.

From the AP:

FDA was working to rule out the possibility that the contaminated wheat gluten could have made it into any human food. However, melamine is toxic only in high doses, experts said, leaving its role in the pet deaths unclear.

Here are the affected lot numbers:

Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food: 52742 42770
(all lot numbers) / 4 lb. bag
Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food: 52742 42790
(all lot numbers) / 10 lb. bag

Hello, FDA? Pet Connection is wondering if Hill's is the previously unnamed manufacturer of potentially tainted wheat gluten, or if the other shoe has yet to drop.

AMENDED:
- Partial list of dry (mostly dog) foods containing wheat gluten [Itchmo]