Purina Recalls Horse Feed -- No Public Announcement

I just received an e-mail through our 4-H club that Purina has issued a horse feed recall. I don't feed Purina but in case you do you need the following information, as for some reason the recall was issued to dealers but not the public. When I went to the Purina web site to find their announcement, it was in a .pdf file that I couldn't copy and it didn't have a url I could copy either. I was willing to give them some benefit of the doubt before that. They also closed that "announcement" with wording designed to scare people who don't use Purina, saying that the problem was from one supplier that other feed manufacturers use, too.

Oh. And it's not a product recall. It's a Purina product retrieval.

Here's text from the e-mail I received:

The recalled products are from these 3 East Coast Plants: Guilderland, NY; Harrisburg, PA; Statesville, NC.
The mfg plant codes are: GDL, HAR, STA If these codes are on your feed bags, stop feed and contact your dealer now. Purina Phone number is: 1-800-227-8941

Those who are in Ohio, Tenn, KY, Mississippi and states East of there should all check their feed to be sure it isn't among the recall list.

This is the list of products, but only if from the GDL, HAR, STA plant

Formula No. - Item No. - Description
56AT - 0049098 - Country Acres All Sk 14% Texture
56AZ - 0051858 - Country Acres All Sk 16% Texture
35EX - 0048193 - Country Acres Horse Complete 14
35DR - 0041941 - Country Acres Horse Pellet 10
35DS - 0041940 - Country Acres Horse Pellet 12
35DN - 0041937 - Country Acres Horse Sweet 10
35DP - 0041943 - Country Acres Horse Sweet 12
6514 - 0009876 - Country Acres Layer 16%
3505 - 0034202 - Complete Advantage
35G9 - 0001206 - Equine Junior
35J9 - 0001209 - Equine Senior
5501 - 0001403 - Goat Chow
3531 - 0004984 - Horse Chow 100
35CZ - 0054628 - Horsemans Edge 10:10 TXT HF
35TK - 0065331 - Horsemans Edge Complete 14
35Y5 - 0010610 - Horsemans Edge Pellet 10:6
35TG - 0065244 - Horsemans Edge PLT 12:6 +Lys35TP - 0065356 - Horsemans Edge Sweet 14:6
35TM - 0065354 - Horsemans Edge Sweet 12:6 +LYS3516 - 0001187 - Pure Pride 100
26WK - 0047869 - Sow & Pig Builder OTC 50
61S3 - 0057259 - Start & Gro Sunfresh Recipe

Purina has recalled several horse products including Senior.

On 4/9 they recalled 27 equine products inc. Senior and Platformline.  On 4/21 they recalled another 18 products.to The problem is Aflatoxinswhich can cause liver dysfunction, immune suppression and neurological difficulties.

Comments

[mrs mom]

Produt RETRIEVAL? Dude?,.....

OK, if they say so... I dont feed Purina, never did like the feed, and neither did my horses.

Funny they are recall--- err, excuse me, Retrieving feed from Guilderland NY. I used to work in G'land at a vets office there. Pretty area, but h*ll in the winter. Dont miss it ONE bit! ;)

Hope that there are no issues from the contaminated feeds..... Hate to hear of things that happened later on.

[Molly]

I'm not feeding Purina at this time, either, but have in the past. Thanks for the heads-up, though. I've got to go out and look at my bags. Likely they weren't produced all the way back east.

[kathyc]

Interesting. I hadn't heard of the recall. Retrieval. Whatever.

I have been using their Ultimum feed with great success this spring.

[Simply Marvelous]

Thanks for the information! I do use Purina Senior feed and just bought 4 bags and filled the bins! Now, I dashing out to the barn. Thank goodness I still have the empty bags.

Maybe, I'll just switch to something else and avoid the risk!

Thanks again!!

[Grey Horse Matters]

Thanks for the heads up.

[jme]

thanks for the info. i just called my local feed store (i feed equine senior) and they informed me that i have, in fact, probably already fed the contaminated feed from the guilderland plant a few months ago, though, they were happy to tell me, none of their current stock is affected by the recall, just the stuff i already bought and fed earlier. hooray. now off to call the vet. i'm switching back to feeding straights. these mixed feeds are nothing but trouble!

[christine]

OMG! I was just looking through horse blogs and I found this! I feed Country Acres to my horse. I'm going first thing in the morning to see if I'm in the "product retrieval". I'm in Florida.
Thank you!!

[bookhound78@hotmail.com]

My mare colicked day before yesterday. she's older and sensitive. I had her on the retrieved. are they going to cover vet bills?